Etiqueta: blood
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Immune Cells Killing Stem Cells and Stem Cells Killing Immune Cells
Knight et al. J Neurol Sci. Several studies have demonstrated that stem cells are useful in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The Cellmedicine clinic published previously in collaboration with the University of California San Diego that 3 patients treated with their own fat derived stem cells entered remission. Other studies are ongoing, including a study…
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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…
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Transient Inhibition of Transforming Growth Factor-{beta}1 in Human Diabetic CD 34+ Cells Enhances Vascular Reparative Functions
CD34 cells are primarily known for their hematopoietic activity, which means, that they are capable of making blood cells. More recently, studies have demonstrated that a subset of CD34 cells are capable of creating new blood vessel cells called endothelial cells. The ability to made new endothelial cells is important because old/dysfunctional blood vessel cells…