Stem cells cruise to clinic

​Wednesday, Feb 27 2013

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For the first time, induced pluripotent stem cells are being studied in a Japanese research clinic. This particular study will be for treatment of patients with debilitating eye disease. 

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The scientist who is leading this study is Masayo Takahasi, from the RIKEN Center for Development Biology in Japan. Recruitment for the study is expected to begin around September of this year. Many scientists are hopeful that this project will lead to many more to come.

Sweet News for Stem Cell's 'Holy Grail'

Tuesday, Feb 26 2013

 

​Scientists at the University of Manchester's School of Materials and Faculty of Life Sciences have created a "web-like scaffold, coated with long-sugar molecules, that enhances stem-cell cultures..." (Science Dailty) to help the stem cells develop into into a particular cell to combat a disease.
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'Future of medicine' comes to Nelson

Monday, Feb 25 2013

 

​Dr. DeBoyer has introduced a new stem cell treatment for patients who want to avoid or cannot undergo knee surgery. Using the patient's own stem cells and a state-of-the-art centrifuge, he is able to inject 170000 stem cells into the patient's knee. Treatment was reported to take place in 24 hours, leaving the patient with a brand new knee.
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Stem Cells derived from the Placenta used to treat Leukemia 

Friday, Feb 22 2013

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Although chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant aid in keeping blood cancer at bay, many cannot find a donor, nor are these methods permanent. When Luna Quinn was diagnosed with leukemia, and could not find a matching marrow donor, she became the first patient to be treated with cord-blood stem cells.

 

Stem cell heart repairs: 21st century medicine in action

Friday, Feb 22 2013



Gerard Cuomo has received a treatment in which his heart muscle been injected with stem cells, and the results are clear.  
​Cuomo reports that while before the treament he would get tired easily because of his failing heart, but after the treatment, his health had drastically improved. He takes walks with this dog daily now. More information of the treatment can be found clicking the read more button.

​​Researchers prove that Leukemias arise from changes that accumulate in blood stem cells
Wednesday, Aug 29 2012

 

Stem cell researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have proposed a new way to cure acute leukemia! This new theory has the potential to also be applied to other cancers, but at a later stage. Click here to learn more about the revolutionary method! (CITATION 123)
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