Athersys’ MultiStem(R) Stem Cell Therapy Receives Orphan Drug Designation in …NASDAQThe Company is developing its MultiStem cell therapy as a GvHD prophylaxis in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplant and is currently preparing for a Phase II/III clinical study in the area. The MultiStem therapy for …Athersys Treatment for Stem Cell Transplant Complication … Continue reading
Doctors inject stem cells into foetus to treat brittle bone diseaseStraits TimesBabies diagnosed with brittle bone disease can now be treated before they are born, thanks to a new stem cell treatment. The treatment involves injecting stem cells that aid in bone formation into the foetus. This procedure was performed on a girl by a … Continue reading
With new multimillion-dollar grants, UCLA scientists take stem cell research …UC Los AngelesScientists from UCLA are now bringing their groundbreaking stem cell science directly to patients in two exciting new clinical trials scheduled to begin in early 2014, thanks to funding from California’s stem cell agency. The new grants to researchers …Spotlight: The Future of … Continue reading
Stem cells offer new therapeutic path for colon cancerOncology Nurse AdvisorA promising new approach to treating colorectal cancer involves disarming the gene that drives self-renewal in the stem cells that are the root cause of disease, treatment resistance, and relapse. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Ethical Stem Cells Into Human KidneysNational Review Online (blog)I credit President Bush’s embryonic stem cell policy for the amazing advances we are seeing with induced pluripotent stem cells, e.g., stem cells made from skin. Not directly. But indirectly. Bush’s policy kept the entire world focused on the moral … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cell Agency Funds California Cancer ResearchCapital Public Radio NewsKevin McCarthy of the California Stem Cell Agency says it will need to find other ways to get money for a critical stage of research when the bonds run out. “We’re getting it through what they call ‘the valley of death,’ the point between when they … Continue reading
International Business TimesThe engineered kidney is a first for science. “This is the first time anybody has managed to direct stem cells into the functional units of a kidney,” Professor Brandon Wainwright, from the University of Queensland, told The Telegraph. “It is an …Stem cell kidneys offer new hopeABC OnlineTeam grows kidney from stem cellsMedical … Continue reading
Brittle-Bone Babies Helped by Fetal Stem Cell GraftsScience Daily (press release)The babies were treated with mesenchymal stem cells, connective tissue cells that can form and improve bone tissue. The stem cells were extracted from the livers of donors and although they were completely unmatched genetically, there was no rejection …Babies with Osteogeneis Imperfecta Helped by … Continue reading