News for Doctors
Heart Attack Victim Has Surgery To Inject Stem Cells From Hip (Daily Mail)
(London, England) After experiencing a heart attack, a patient underwent injection of his own stem cells into the damaged heart tissue to stimulate regeneration.
Study Shows How Stem Cells Treat Lung Disease (Medical XPress)
(Munich, Germany) The treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with stem cells to minimize inflammation.
Milestone Reached in Building Replacement Kidneys (Eureka Alert)
(Winston-Salem, NC) Laboratory experiment using stem cells to maintain blood flow in organ transplantation.
Scaffolding Attracts Stem Cells to Rebuild Muscles In Vivo (Designer Edge Articles)
(Wake Forest, NC) The use of scaffolds to attract stem cells to rebuild muscle tissue in the human body.
Study Finds Coronary Arteries Hold Heart-Regenerating Cells (News Vanderbilt)
(Nashville, TN) Endothelial cells in coronary arteries function as cardiac stem cells to produce new heart muscle.
Cord Blood Banking: Huntsville Company Offers Alabama Children a Chance at a Healthy Future (AL)
(Huntsville, AL) Umbilical cord stem cell banking for low income newborns in Alabama.
Study Reveals Stem Cells Aid in Post-Exercise Muscle Repair, Strengthening (PT Products Online)
(Champaign, IL) Mesenchymal stem cells used to rejuvenate skeletal muscle after resistance exercise.
Treating Infertility With Skin Cells? (Nature World News)
(Bozeman, MT) Skin stem cells from infertile men used to create healthy sperm cells.
Brigham Researcher In Flawed Stem Cell Study Will Step Down (Boston Globe)
(Boston, MA) Researcher steps down after overseeing a flawed stem cell study.