Categoría: Muscular Dystrophy
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US FDA Green Lights Second Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy Patient To Receive Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells In US
(PRWEB) MAY 26, 2016 After several promising treatments in Panama using stem cell technology developed by Medistem Panama Inc. at the City of Knowledge in Panama, a 6 year-old Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy patient received his first umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells in the US earlier this year following FDA approval of a second application…
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Why Stem Cells Work: Clinical Trials for Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy
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en Bone Marrow Stem Cells, Clinical Trials, Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, Medistem Labs Panama, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, muscular dystrophy, Neil Riordan PA PhD, News, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spinal Cord Injury, Stem Cell Lecture Videos, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Therapy, umbilical cord tissue stem cellsNeil Riordan, PhD speaks at the Riordan-McKenna Institute and Stem Cell Institute fall seminar in Southlake, Texas on October 10, 2015. Dr. Riordan discusses: How our lab selects uses specialized screening techniques to select only the stem cells that we know will be the most useful for our patients. Only about 1 in 100 cords…
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After FDA Approval, Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy Patient Receives First Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Treatment in the United States
Ryan Benton, a 28 year-old Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy patient from Wichita, Kansas, received his first umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cell treatment yesterday at Asthma and Allergy Specialists of Wichita, KS following US FDA approval of his doctor’s application for a single patient, investigational new drug (IND) for compassionate use. Wichita, KS (PRWEB) September 10,…
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Fat Stem Cells Turn to Muscle: A Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy?
New research published in the journal Biomaterials by University of California, San Diego researcher Adam Engler suggests fat-derived stem cells that are developed on a stiff surface transform into mature muscle cells. This remarkable discovery could lead to new treatments for muscular dystrophy in the future. Fat stem cells and bone marrow stem cells were…
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Muscular Dystrophy Sufferers Hope New Treatment Can Answer Prayers
Adult stem cell therapy has been used for many diseases including heart failure, liver failure, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and even drug resistant tuberculosis. The biological basis for how stem cell therapy works seems to be two-fold. On the one hand, the stem cells appear to have the ability to become new tissues, on the other…