Etiqueta: clinical trials
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Increasing Efficacy of Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
Jin et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). Clinical trials of stem cells for treatment of spinal cord injury are currently being conducted in the United States and abroad. For example, the Covington Louisiana company TCA Cellular Therapy LLC is recruiting 10 patients with spinal cord injury to receive intrathecal infusion (lumbar puncture) of autologous, ex…
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Time to end stem cell institute CIRM
Wesley J. Smith , San Francisco Chronicle The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was created in 2004 as a result of the California Proposition 71, which called for a new bond issue to generate 3 billion dollars in order to support stem cell research in the State. In part, the institute was created as…
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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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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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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,…