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How Inflammation Suppresses Stem Cell Function
Wang et al. PLoS One;5(12):e14206. Low grade inflammation is well known to correlate with development of numerous disease conditions such as heart failure, kidney failure, and diabetes. It is generally accepted that oxidative stress caused by inflammation is one of the means by which disease evolution occurs. Inflammatory conditions usually generate oxygen free radicals that…
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Stem Cell Institute (Cellmedicine) Successfully Treats Spinal Cord Injury Patient with Adult Stem Cells
Peer-Reviewed Joint Publication between Stem Cell Clinic and American Researchers Panama City, Panama – The Stem Cell Institute (www.cellmedicine.com) reported today recovery of a spinal cord injury patient that was treated with a unique combination stem cell treatment. The patient suffered a crush fracture of the L1 vertebral body on May 13th, 2008 after a…
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Membrane Voltage Changes Control Timing of Stem Cell Differentiation
Researchers at Tufts University have discovered that changes in voltage which naturally occur across adult human stem cell membranes act as a powerful control mechanism which determines the timing of stem cell differentiation. Led by Dr. Michael Levin, the scientists have shed new light on the role that electrophysiology plays in the differentiation and proliferation…
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Why should mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) cure autoimmune diseases?
Uccelli A, Prockop DJ. Curr Opin Immunol. 2010 Dec;22(6):768-74. Epub As many readers of Cellmedicine News most likely realize, the concept of stem cell therapy is still relatively controversial. Despite the fact that clinical trials have demonstrated therapeutic signals that various stem cells are useful in treatment of diseases ranging from multiple sclerosis, to type…
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What Works Better: Stem Cell Mobilization or Stem Cell Administration for Brain Injury
Bakhtiary et al. Iran Biomed J. 2010 Oct;14(4):142-9. Bone marrow mobilization is used as part of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in order to collect donor bone marrow stem cells without having to puncture the bone. The process of mobilization is induced by administration of the drug G-CSF, which is approved by the FDA. One interesting…
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Stem Cell Institute Stem Cell Clinic Publishes Successful Treatment of Heart Failure Patient
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – The Stem Cell Institute reported today publication in the peer reviewed journal, International Archives of Medicine, of a heart failure patient who underwent profound recovery after receiving adult stem cell therapy. The publication is freely available at www.intarchmed.com. “Stem cell therapy is experimental, and although the results discussed in the paper…
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Beike Biotechnology Reports on 114 Patients Treated with Novel Cord Blood Stem Cell Protocol
New Approach Opens Door to Expanded Uses of Cord Blood Stem Cells Beike Biotechnology Press Release Beiki Biotechnology and Medistem Inc (MEDS.PK) report positive safety data in 114 patients with neurological conditions treated using Beiki’s proprietary cord blood stem cell transplantation protocol. In the peer-reviewed paper “Safety evaluation of allogeneic umbilical cord blood mononuclear cell…
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Scientists identify and isolate adult mammary stem cells in mice
(Times of India) It is well-known that stem cells exist in adult tissues. The most commonly known stem cell, the bone marrow stem cell, plays the physiological role of generating billions of blood cells per hour while being capable of making copies of itself. Subsequent to the discovery of the bone marrow stem cell in…
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Stem cell therapy benefits patients with chronic heart failure—study
(Neharika Sabharwal) After a heart attack the myocardium (heart muscle) undergoes a period of damage during which cells of the body attempt to heal the injured tissue. This occurs through stem cells found in the heart itself, called cardiac specific stem cells (CSC) as well as bone marrow stem cells which seem to exit the…
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Pluristem to take part in EU stem cell study
(Shiri Habib-Valdhorn, Globes [online], Israel business news) Broadly speaking there are two types of adult stem cell therapies: Those that involve the use of the patient’s own stem cells, called autologous, and those that involve use of another patient’s cells, called allogeneic. There are pros and cons to both approaches. In the autologous approach the…