UCI-Led Team Begins First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell-Based Retinitis … – Newswise (press release)
|
UCI-Led Team Begins First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell-Based Retinitis …
Newswise (press release) Newswise — Irvine, Calif., Aug. 12, 2015 — Participants are being enrolled in the first clinical trial that tests the use of retinal progenitor cells to treat retinitis pigmentosa, reported project director Dr. Henry Klassen of UCI’s Gavin Herbert … |
Daily News & Analysis |
‘Embryonic stem cells‘ could help to study pollution effects on human health
Daily News & Analysis The researchers used a combination of biochemical and cell-based assays to examine the gene expression profile during the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells upon treatment with BPA, a compound known to cause heart disease, diabetes and … |
|
Adult stem cells vs. aborted baby parts
OneNewsNow “Organs like the liver and the heart are being grown using adult stem cells, which are ethical,” Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, tells OneNewsNow. But other experiments are being done with rats by transplanting aborted … |