Dozens of US clinics sell unproven stem cell therapies for heart failure – Reuters
Ars Technica |
Dozens of US clinics sell unproven stem cell therapies for heart failure
Reuters (Reuters Health) – Stem cell therapy isn’t approved to treat heart failure in the U.S., but dozens of clinics nationwide advertise the treatments anyway, often charging thousands of dollars for procedures that may not be safe or effective, a new study … The curious case of ClinicalTrials.gov, where dubious stem cell therapies seem legitArs Technica Stem Cell Clinics Are Advertising Their Treatments As Clinical Trials. They’re NotForbes ‘Stem cell centers’ often deliver therapy for HF without preevaluations, follow-upHealio News-Medical.net –MinnPost –MedPage Today all 12 news articles » |
Medical Daily |
Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment Reverses Gray Hair In Some Patients
Medical Daily Despite the promising find, this study was very small and it’s way too soon to bank on immunotherapy drugs for their anti-aging benefits. Noelia Rivera, a dermatologist at Autonomous University of Barcelona, told the paper that the medications have … Immunotherapy Drugs Also Appear To Restore Hair Color In PatientsIFLScience Cancer patients’ gray hair darkened on immunotherapy drugsPhillyVoice.com New drugs turn cancer patients’ gray hair unexpectedly youthfully darkChicago Sun-Times NBC4i.com –KOIN.com all 34 news articles » |
Medical Daily |
Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment Reverses Gray Hair In Some Patients
Medical Daily Despite the promising find, this study was very small and it’s way too soon to bank on immunotherapy drugs for their anti-aging benefits. Noelia Rivera, a dermatologist at Autonomous University of Barcelona, told the paper that the medications have … Immunotherapy Drugs Also Appear To Restore Hair Color In PatientsIFLScience Cancer patients’ gray hair darkened on immunotherapy drugsPhillyVoice.com New drugs turn cancer patients’ gray hair unexpectedly youthfully darkChicago Sun-Times NBC4i.com –KOIN.com all 34 news articles » |
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Kite’s CAR–T Therapy Produces Durable Remission in DLBCL, Study Finds
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network The research, to be published in Molecular Therapy, followed 7 evaluable patients with relapsed DLBCL, a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), who received the anti-CD19 CAR–T cells. Of these patients, 5 demonstrated complete remission (CR), and in 4 … |
Ars Technica |
The curious case of ClinicalTrials.gov, where dubious stem cell therapies seem legit
Ars Technica Earlier this year, doctors reported the case of three women who went blind after having stem cells derived from their own fat injected directly into their eyeballs—a procedure for which they each paid $5,000. Piecing together how those women came to … ‘Stem cell centers’ often deliver therapy for HF without preevaluations, follow-upHealio Caveat Emptor for Heart Failure Patients Considering Stem Cell TxMedPage Today Breakthrough in Advanced Kidney Disease by Stem Cell Genetic MedPR Newswire (press release) Newswise (press release) –satPRnews (press release) all 9 news articles » |
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The CRISPR revolution
Portsmouth Daily Times Since obesity is mostly a genetic problem, CRISPR could be the cure. If you haven’t heard of CRISPR prepare to be amazed. I just read a book about this called “A Crack in Creation” by Jennifer Doudna and her student and co-investigator Samuel Sternberg. |
Scientific American |
US Defense Agencies Grapple with Gene Drives
Scientific American Todd Kuiken, who studies policy relating to synthetic biology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, is glad to see gene-drive research receive more funding. But he has qualms about the US military’s interest in the field; with Safe Genes … |