Categoría: Stem Cells
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Japanese Company Conducts Clinical Trials with Adult Stem Cells
JCR Pharmaceuticals has begun clinical trials for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease with mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow.
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More Canine Cures Achieved With Adult Stem Cells
The California company Vet-Stem continues its success in treating man’s best friend with adult stem cells.
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Doctors in Spain Use Adult Stem Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Crohn’s Disease
Following the success obtained in other countries with the same procedure, doctors in Spain are using adult stem cells to treat patients with Crohn’s disease.
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Parkinson’s Disease Successfully Treated with Adult Stem Cells
Scientists at the Los Angeles Neurosurgical Institute have reported the first successful reversal of Parkinson’s disease with an adult neural stem cell transplantation.
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Fetal Stem Cell Therapy Could Prove Fatal
A young boy who was treated with fetal stem cell therapy developed a life-threatening tumor which was directly traced to the fetal stem cells that he received.
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Endometrial Regenerative Cells Inhibit Cancer
The remarkable, highly potent adult stem cells known as endometrial regenerative cells have been found to inhibit gliomal growth.
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Blindness Successfully Treated with Adult Stem Cells
Adult stem cell therapy in China successfully treats a 16-year-old girl who was born blind.
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Geron’s Efforts in Europe are Thwarted
Geron’s worldwide license for embryonic stem cell technology is decreed invalid in Europe.
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Ordinary Skin Cells are Reprogrammed to Beat as Heart Cells
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have shown that ordinary, non-stem-cell, skin cells can be reprogrammed into heart cells.
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Osiris Demonstrates Exceptional Performance of Adult Stem Cell Product in Clinical Trial
The adult stem cell company Osiris Therapeutics has announced its final set of two-year results from its clinical trial for Prochymal, one of its adult stem cell products, which has met and surpassed all performance expectations.