Etiqueta: stem cell therapy
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Bone Marrow Stem Cells Successful For Liver Failure Caused by Hepatitis B
Peng et al. Hepatology. The liver is the most regenerative solid organ in the body. One can resect 2/3 of the liver and it will still regenerate back to normal size. There have been several experimental studies in animals where induction of liver injury is treated by administration of bone marrow stem cells. A video…
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Stem Cell trial volunteers thank doctors at reunion lunch
Miami Herald, by Fred Tasker, ftasker@MiamiHerald.com Stem cell therapy was originally used for the treatment of leukemias in the form of bone marrow transplant. Nearly 2 decades after this groundbreaking work, clinical trials initiated using bone marrow stem cells for treatment of heart patients. Bone marrow stem cells possess the ability to stimulate new blood…
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Pluristem to develop stem cell therapy on its own: CEO
Anand Basu, Reuters Pluristem is an Israeli company that is publicly traded on NASDAQ and has been working on a “universal donor” stem cell therapy that originates from cord blood mesenchymal stem cells. Key to Pluristem’s intellectual property are a series of patents on three dimensional bioreactors that allow for mass production of these cells.…
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StemCells, Inc. Initiates World’s First Neural Stem Cell Trial In Spinal Cord Injury
StemCells Inc Press Release StemCells Inc announced today they are initiating a clinical trial using their fetal derived neural progenitor cells for the treatment of spinal cord injuries. Previously the company had reported that their stem cells, called HuCNS-SC, are capable of differentiating into various neural lineage cells including neurons, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes. The fact…
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Stem Cells Help Women Regrow Breasts After A Mastectomy
By Lucy Johnston Express News Scientists in the UK and Australia have been implementing a new technique to benefit women who have had a mastectomy to remove cancerous cells. The technique involves placing a special plastic mould under the skin and then injecting the area with the patient’s own stem cells. The cells are cultured…
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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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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,…
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Stem Cells Might Reverse Heart Damage From Chemo
The rats that received the cardiac specific stem cells had both preservation of cardiac function, and also regeneration of the damaged heart tissue.
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Stem Cell as Anti-Aging «Medicine»
In addition to the possible use of Stem-Kine for restoration/maintenance of circulating endothelial progenitor cells, the publication discusses the possibility of using such cells from sources outside of the body, for example cord blood.
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Adenosine inhibits chemotaxis and induces hepatocyte-specific genes in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
One of the major questions with adult stem cell therapy is how do the stem cells go to where they are needed?