News for Doctors
Stem Cell Transplants Reported to Cure Sickle Cell Disease (NewsMax)
(Bethesda, MD) Stem cells administered to 30 patients with sickle cell disease.
Harvard Researchers Find Way to Improve Stem Cell Transplants (Harvard News)
(Boston, MA) Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation with blood vessel forming cells improves results.
Columbia University Grows Human Cartilage From Stem Cells (Wall Street Daily)
(New York, NY) Bone marrow stem cells bio-engineered to form cartilage.
Crohn’s disease patient gets stem cells at UCLA (SB Sun)
(Los Angeles, CA) Stem cells used to treat a patient with Crohn’s disease.
Stanford Researchers Generate Patient-Specific Heart Cells (Scope Blog)
(Stanford, CA) A new technique to generate patient specific heart muscle cells called cardio myocytes from stem cells.
Researchers Show Efficacy of Stem Cells for Brain Injuries (News Medical)
(Gainesville, FL) Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) topically transplanted on the brain migrate to the site of traumatic brain injury.
Fat Source Makes a Difference for ASCs (Cell)
(Singapore) Stem cells from subcutaneous adipose tissue express different cell surface markers then stem cells derived from visceral fat.
UGA Vet Surgeons Use Feline ASCs in Kidney Transplant (Online Athens)
(Athens, GA) Stem cells used in a cat to optimize the acceptance of a transplanted kidney.
Federal Court Dismisses Stem Cell Patent Challenge (Science Mag)
(Santa Monica, CA) US Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit brought against an 8-year-old patent creating human embryonic stem cells in vitro.