Etiqueta: stem cell treatments
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Ischemic Stroke Recovery May Be Improved Using Stem Cell Therapy
At the American Heart Association’s International Stroke Conference in New Orleans, two studies suggested that stem cell therapy improves functional recovery following subacute ischemic stroke and may aid in regenerative therapy. One hundred and twenty subacute ischemic stroke patients were treated with mononuclear bone marrow-derived stem cells. Patients ranged in age from eighteen to seventy…
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Autologous mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: an open-label phase 2a proof-of-concept study
Connick P, Kolappan M, Crawley C, Webber DJ, Patani R, Michell AW, Du MQ, Luan SL, Altmann DR, Thompson AJ, Compston A, Scott MA, Miller DH, Chandran S. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Abstract BACKGROUND: More than half of patients with multiple sclerosis have progressive disease characterised by accumulating disability. The…
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Fat Stem Cells Turn to Muscle: A Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy?
New research published in the journal Biomaterials by University of California, San Diego researcher Adam Engler suggests fat-derived stem cells that are developed on a stiff surface transform into mature muscle cells. This remarkable discovery could lead to new treatments for muscular dystrophy in the future. Fat stem cells and bone marrow stem cells were…
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Medistem Begins Phase II Clinical Trial for Heart Failure
Medistem Inc announced today treatment of 3 heart failure patients in the Non-Revascularizable IschEmic Cardiomyopathy treated with Retrograde COronary Sinus Venous DElivery of Cell TheRapy (RECOVER-ERC) trial. The trial is aimed at assessing safety and efficacy of the company’s Endometrial Regenerative Cell (ERC) stem cell product in 60 heart failure patients who have no available…
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Umbilical cord stem cells may lead to new spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis treatments
Researchers in Florida have accomplished converting umbilical cord stem cells into other cell types. According to University of Central Florida bioengineer James Hickman, it’s the first time that non-embryonic cells have accomplished this feat. His research group published this work in the January 18th issue of ACS Chemical Neuroscience. Two major benefits of umbilical cord-derived…
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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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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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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?