Categoría: Adult Stem Cells
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Pluristem’s Off-The-Shelf Placenta-Derived Cell Therapies
Pluristem announced that its "off the shelf" placental stem cells will be the focus of upcoming talking at investor and medical conferences. The company Pluristem is currently in Phase I trials assessing its unique bio-reactor expanded placental stem cells for the treatment of critical limb ischemia. In contrast to other therapies that use the patient’s…
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Success Stems From Adult Cells
The use of adult stem cells for conditions besides bone marrow transplant is most prevalent in the area of heart failure. Since the original study of Strauer et al in 2001 in which a 46-year old patient was administered bone marrow stem cells after a heart attack and experienced a profound improvement in cardiac function,…
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Stem Cell Institute Panama Clinic Case Report of Successful Treatment of Heart Failure Patient Published
Adult stem cell therapy is currently in numerous clinical trials in the United States and Internationally. A sample of ongoing trials can be seen at www.clinicaltrials.gov if you search for the words "stem cell". In clinical trials the objective is to determine safety (in Phase I), efficacy in an unblinded manner (Phase II) and efficacy…
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Dylan’s hope (Stem Cell Therapy for Cerebral Palsy)
The possibility of using stem cells to treat cerebral palsy has been suggested by several scientists based on the ability of these cells to: a) stimulate regeneration of damaged nervous system tissue; b) to prevent ongoing death of neurons; and c) to directly turn into, or "differentiate" into neurons. This is explained in the video…
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Hope for Brain Injury Victims
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major health problem caused by a sudden trauma to one or more areas of the brain. Today the conventional method of treating patients with TBI is based on administration of supplements to rebalance the brain’s chemistry. In the early phases of TBI reduction of the ongoing inflammation using various…
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Biomedical Ethics in a Brave, New World
Dennis Trammell Pastor of the First Baptist Church at Possum Kingdom Lake, near Graford was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999 when his vision decreased in one eye, a symptom of multiple sclerosis called optic neuritis. Over the years he has been receiving numerous conventional medications that dealt with the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. However…
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Saginaw stem-cell therapy study breaking new ground
Use of stem cells for treatment of degenerative diseases offers great hope. Unfortunately, this hope is tempered by practical considerations. For example, in patients with heart attacks it is known that readministration of their own stem cells into the infarct related area results in profound improvement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flv0RmzPyLU. The problem with this is that stem cells…
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Magnetic Attraction of Stem Cells to Injured Heart Creates Potent Treatment
The intracoronary administration of bone marrow stem cells in patients who have suffered a heart attack has been demonstrated to cause beneficial effects in double blind studies, as discussed in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flv0RmzPyLU. Intracoronary administration has potential side effects since a balloon needs to be expanded in the area where the heart attack occurred, which…
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Cord Blood Stem Cell Therapy for Cerebral Palsy in Clinical Trial
Cerebral palsy is characterized by hypoxia/reperfusion induced damaged to the brain in the perinatal period. It is manifested in four main types: a) Spastic, which occurs in 70-80% of cases and is associated with damage to the corticospinal tract or the motor cortex; b) Ataxic, occurs in 10%, is associated with damage to the cerebrum,…
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Stem cell therapy shows early promise: Celgene
Crohn’s disease is a favorite amongst mesenchymal stem cell development companies. This may be because on the one hand, this type of stem cell possesses anti-inflammatory properties, and on the other hand it has the potential to regenerate injured tissue. Additionally since the quality of life of patients with advanced Crohn’s Disease is so poor,…