News for Doctors
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.
Quebec Leukemia Patient Mai Duong Finds Cord Blood Donor (CTV News)
(Quebec, Canada) A patient has finally found a proper match for umbilical cord stem cells to treat her acute leukemia.
New Stem Cell Bio Drug for Bone Regeneration To Be Released in January (Miami Today News)
(Miami, FL) An adult bone marrow isolated multi-lineage inducible cell called the Miami cell.
Initial Six Teams to Compete for New Organ Liver Prize (PR Web)
(Washington, DC) Global competition with a $1 million prize for the first team to create a bioengineered solution to survive without native liver function.
Denmark All Set For Human Stem-Cell Trials (CPH Post)
(Copenhagen, Denmark) An advanced group of scientists will begin clinical trials using stem cells for a number of debilitating diseases.
World’s First AMD Stem Cell Therapy Patient (Optometry)
(Kobe, Japan) IPS cells used to grow retinal tissue in a patient with age-related macular degeneration.
Patient at UF Health Fights Heart Disease with Stem Cells (First Coast News)
(Jacksonville, FL) A patient’s heart disease treated with his own bone marrow stem cells.