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Stem Cells Can Restore Vision
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Stem Cells on June 24, 2010
Some blind patients are able to see again with the help of a regenerative treatment that uses stem cells taken from the patient's own eyes. Such were the findings reported by Italian researcher...
Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Can Repair Heart Tissue
Filed in archive Stem Cells on May 29, 2009
Using an animal model, researchers have shown that injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle can repair cardiac tissue and thus reverse damages due to heart failure by doubling myocy...
Stem Cell Therapy Reverse Multipple Sclerosis
Filed in archive Stem Cells on January 31, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6634098The Telegraph reports of the continuing positive results on the use of stem cells in treating multiple sclerosis in conjunction with a drug called alemtuzu...
Nanotubes with Stem Cells Accelerate Bone Growth
Filed in archive Information About , Stem Cells on January 31, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5176287Researchers have discovered that using titanium oxide nanotube implants with stem cells can help accelerate bone growth and healing. During their research...
First Clinical Trial Using Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injuries
Filed in archive Corporate and Industrial News , Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Stem Cells on January 28, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 2845362The FDA has approved the world's first clinical trial on the use of stem cell therapy for patients with acute spinal cord injury. Geron Corporation wil...
Insulin-Producing Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells
Filed in archive Stem Cells on November 22, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Gary CavinessSingapore researchers have developed pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). The resulting cells have the same sub-cellular str...
LifeSource Cryobank: Only Company in U.S. to Extract and Store Stem Cells Directly from Bone Marrow
Filed in archive Stem Cells on October 8, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 1135046 A privately-owned, FDA-registered, state of the art laboratory - LifeSource Cryobank, LLC - is committed to ensuring the safety and integrity of the stem ...
Cardiosphere-Derived Stem Cells for Treatment of Heart Disease
Filed in archive Stem Cells on September 30, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Aaliya LandholtDuring the recently held Southern California BioMedical Council (SoCalBio or SCBC) 10th Investor Conference, biotech firm Capricor Inc presented their Car...
Poly-D-Lysine Matrix for Growing Animal-Free Stem Cells
Filed in archive Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation , Stem Cells on August 26, 2008
Scientists have developed an alternative to animal-based materials such as Matrigel-coated plates for culturing the stem cells, which produce cells that are cells unsuitable for medical use. First, th...
Spinal Cord Stem Cells Identified
Filed in archive Stem Cells on July 29, 2008
Stem cells within the spinal cord that could differentiate into more healing cells and fewer scarring cells following an injury, have been identified. The researchers at MIT and the Karolinska Instit...
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