Tag: Stem Cells
Stemcells, building blocks of our bodies
The words “stem cell research and therapy” evoke a number of responses. In emotionally vulnerable patients, a sense of hope.
In scientists, a great deal of excitement about future prospects. In the case of legal experts and ethicists, a need to ensure that patient safety and a spirit of distributive justice are maintained. And in the minds of entrepreneurs, an opportunity to develop a profitable business.
Stem cells are the building blocks of our bodies.
Regenerating nerve tissue in spinal cord injuries
Rush begins participation in novel study using stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center are exploring a new therapy using stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries within the first 14 to 30 days of injury. Rush is only the second center in the country currently studying this new approach.
Will ‘factories’ churn out billions of stem cells?
When using this form of gene editing, Cedars-Sinai scientists can more efficiently insert reporter genes that glow when a stem cell turns into a...
The Race To Treat Spinal Cord Injury: A Comparative Analysis
Summary
Four biotech companies are pursuing the treatment of spinal cord injury with the use of stem cell transplantation.
Each company demonstrated efficacy in pre-clinical studies.
The...
Recovery of sensory function by stem cell transplants
New research from Uppsala University shows promising progress in the use of stem cells for treatment of spinal cord injury. The results, which are...
Australian treated with new cell-based therapy
In a rare surgery, a 35-year-old Australian woman with a spinal injury for 14 long years regained her sensory ability after undergoing a new...
New study shows stem cell treatments promote faster healing in primates with spinal cord...
A new study appearing today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, designed to test how stem cell injections affect primates with spinal cord injury (SCI),...
India to participate in first clinical study trial to treat spinal cord injury using...
By involving 18 patients, India will soon become a part of a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, a collaborative study conducted in China, Norway and America,...
Scientists crack stem cell reprogramming code
TORONTO – A Canadian-led international team of researchers has begun solving the mystery of just how a specialized cell taken from a person’s skin...
German Scientists create lab-grown spinal cords
For the first time, researchers in Germany have been able to create spinal cords in a Petri dish. To be more precise, they didn’t...
