News for Doctors
Making Insulin Producing Beta Cells From Stem Cells – How Close Are We? (Euro Stem Cell)
(Copenhagen, Denmark) Using stem cells to create beta cells which produce insulin with hopes of curing diabetes.
Woman With Sickle-Cell Treated with Stem Cells (Nature Journal)
(Boston, MA) Stem cells for the treatment of sickle cell disease.
Nadal To Receive Stem Cell Treatment (Nation News)
(Barcelona, Spain) Tennis star Rafael Nadal to receive a stem cell treatment for his ailing back.
Embryonic Stem Cells Restore Vision In Preliminary Human Test (WMRA)
(Los Angeles, CA) A research project using embryonic stem cells to cure blindness.
Study Hints At Stem Cell Cure For Parkinson’s (Yale Daily News)
(New Haven, CT) Adult uterine stem cells to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
One MS Patient’s ‘Starting Line’ For Stem Cell Therapy (Fox News)
(New York, NY) A phase 1 clinical trial using stem cells to treat multiple sclerosis.
Stem Cells Show Potential To Repair Diseased Corneas (Medical Xpress)
(Cincinnati, OH) The utilization of stem cells to improve the success of corneal transplantation.
Survival of Neural Stem Cell Grafts In Lesioned Rat Spinal Cords Enhanced By Treadmill Locomotion (JNeurosci)
(Seoul, Korea) The combination of cell transplantation and activity-based rehabilitation as therapy for spinal cord repair.
Insurers In Japan Will Soon Offer Coverage to Cell-Cultivating Companies (Live Insurance News)
(Tokyo, Japan) The non-life insurance companies in Japan will begin to sell policies to cover the cultivation of stem cells for regenerative medicine procedures.