Vancouver SunA team of cardiac researchers led by Canadian scientists has launched groundbreaking clinical trials of a stem cell therapy that helps the heart heal itself. Each year, about 70,000 Canadians suffer a heart attack. Many patients return to health after … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Non-adherent bone marrow cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells could …News-Medical.netIt is widely believed that bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells are highly adherent fibroblastic cells, defined as colony-forming unit-fibroblasts. Nevertheless, a few reports have shown that the non-adherent bone marrow cells can give rise to colony … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
News-Medical.netThe immune system is normally known for protecting the body from illness. But a subset of immune cells appear to be doing more harm than good. A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that these …Some immune cells appear to aid cancer cell growth, study findsMedical XpressSome Immune … Continue reading
ReutersThe maker of blockbuster blood pressure drug Diovan said it would use a stem–cell based platform developed by U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company Regenerex to help broaden its cell therapy portfolio. Timothy Wright, head of development at Novartis …Novartis signs cell therapy deal with RegenerexPMLiVENovartis announces an exclusive global licensing and research collaboration …ITNews all 5 news … Continue reading
Adult Stem Cells Treat Man’s Damaged HeartThe AlmagestDr. Eduardo Marban of Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, under the auspices of John Hopkins University, used his own technique to prove the power of adult stem cells. These are the cells that are already in your body, not embryonic stem cells that … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Study looks at stem cells‘ impact on heart attack victimsThe Globe and MailCanadian researchers have begun a trial using genetically enhanced stem cells in the hope they can repair a patient’s heart muscle after a major heart attack. The researchers, who announced the start of the study Thursday in Ottawa, believe they are … …read … Continue reading
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)Dr. Duncan Stewart stands with Harriet Garrow, the first patient in the new therapy trial, and her husband Peter, …Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute have begun a new experimental treatment today, which will use a heart attack victim … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
First patient treated in groundbreaking stem cell therapy trial for heart attackHealthCanal.comThis experimental therapy uses the patient’s own stem cells extracted from their blood soon after a major heart attack. These cells are enhanced in the laboratory with the insertion of a gene called endothelial nitric oxide synthase, which stimulates … …read more &nbs… Continue reading