FierceBiotechTeva returns unwanted stem cell heart drug to MesoblastFierceBiotechCredit Suisse believes that drug could be worth $4.1 billion in peak annual sales, but stem cell therapies have waxed and waned in both popularity and testing results over… Continue reading
Nature.comStem cells for Snoopy: pet medicines spark a biotech boomNature.comAratana is also developing antibody therapies for pets, and has applied for regulatory approval of a cancer vaccine that uses a bacterium to target malignant cells. The compan… Continue reading
Chicago Tribune |
Why stem cell research maintains a low profile
Chicago Tribune On the frontier of medicine today is research involving stem cells, thought to have the potential to treat afflictions from baldness to diabetes and age-related macular degeneration. With the capacity to develop into specialized functions, such as … Alumni award winner changing the course of stem cell researchUW Oshkosh Today Pituitary tissue grown from human stem cells releases hormones in ratsScience Daily Magazine Preview: Reaping What Stem Cell Technology SowsGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) The Science Explorer –Catholic News Agency –Phys.Org all 22 news articles » |
New York Magazine |
How the Media Botched the Gordie Howe Stem–Cell Story
New York Magazine The problem is that stem–cell experts appear to be united in their skepticism that Howe’s case provides solid evidence the Stemedica treatment regime works. Thousands of words have been written on this in some rather comprehensive, extremely skeptical … What to Know About Gordie Howe’s Controversial Stem Cell Treatment Did stem cells prolong Gordie Howe’s life? Gordie Howe dies, but the stem cell saga lives on |
Medical Daily |
Immunotherapy Treatment Increases Chances Of Survival For Advanced Stomach Cancer Patients
Medical Daily Stomach cancer diagnoses can be devastating for a patient and their family. Not only is the condition painful and arduous, but survival rates can be relatively low, depending on the stage in which the cancer is discovered. However, a new experimental … Autoimmune diseases among lung cancer patients may make them unsuitable for immunotherapyNews-Medical.net Cancer sufferer riddled with 26 tumours is ‘effectively cured’ by radical new treatmentTelegraph.co.uk |
Daily Mail |
Stroke patients to walk, talk and live a normal life after stem cell treatment
Daily Mail Patients regained the ability to walk, speak and have a normal family life, thanks to a procedure requiring only local anaesthetic and a single night in hospital. Remarkably, the stem cell treatment was shown to work even three years after someone had … Stanford researchers ‘stunned’ by stem cell experiment that helped stroke patient walkWashington Post Stem cell brain injections let people walk again after strokeNew Scientist |
Bend Bulletin |
Athletes’ stem cell use gaining appeal
Bend Bulletin SAN DIEGO — When ailing hockey legend Gordie Howe received stem cells grown by the San Diego company Stemedica, the story attracted international attention. But while Howe’s status made his case seem exceptional, this once-exotic therapy is … |