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Latest news from all over the web about stem cell research and therapies by category and topics of interest.
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We aggregate and curate news from all over the web and social media, organizing them by categories and topics of interest, so you could make your own decisions about events, technologies and people connected with stem cell research and therapies.
Duke & Cryo-Cell plan big stem cell clinic for kids for unproven infusions
Duke Professor Joanne Kurtzberg’s clinical work on umbilical cord blood for autism and cerebral palsy (CP) involves a partnership with a publicly-traded cord blood banking [...]
Three Disappearing PhDs?
As you may recall, I have blogged about a naturopath who, based on what I found, has faked academic credentials and who has advertised himself [...]
A call for global oversight of unproven stem cell therapies
The promotion and marketing of unproven stem cell therapies is a global problem that needs a global solution, say experts in a perspective published June [...]
Apoptotic mesenchymal stromal cells support osteoclastogenesis while inhibiting multinucleated giant cells formation in vitro
Bone marrow MSCs from five healthy donors were obtained from the Institut für Klinische Transfusionsmedizin und Immungenetik of Ulm, Germany. The isolation and validation procedure [...]
A call for global oversight of unproven stem cell therapies
The promotion and marketing of unproven stem cell therapies is a global problem that needs a global solution, say experts in a perspective published June [...]
How to Avoid Knee Replacement: A Quickstart Guide
Your knee pain initially was intermittent and mild. Unfortunately, It is now constant and debilitating. Your doctor recommends knee replacement surgery. What is the knee [...]
Survival of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Doubled by Birth Cord Stem Cell Treatment
Critically ill COVID-19 patients treated with non-altered stem cells from umbilical cord connective tissue were more than twice as likely to survive as those who [...]
Research advances one step closer to stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes, which arises when the pancreas doesn't create enough insulin to control levels of glucose in the blood, is a disease that currently [...]
Odds of stem cell transplant restoring fertility are as random as a coin toss — until now
The ability of stem cells to fix impaired functions of host tissues after transplantation has been a lifesaving breakthrough in treating previously incurable conditions. Much [...]
FDA warning to stem cell clinic supplier Utah Cord Bank
A firm called Utah Cord Bank has been in the news related to stem cell clinics over the past year or two. Now they have [...]
What Is Neural-Prolo?
What Is ProloTherapy? “Gateway drug for regenerative autologous ortho-biologics (stem cells and PRP)” “Prolo” is shorthand for proliferative therapy. Its origins can be traced as [...]
Weekly reads: cancer stem cells & other pubs plus a puzzler
Cancer stem cells are one of the most interesting areas of research, intersecting the stem cell and cancer fields. Today’s weekly reads post highlights some [...]
The N6-methyladenosine demethylase ALKBH5 negatively regulates the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells through PRMT6
Generation of conditional Alkbh5-knockout miceAlkbh5fl/+ mice with C57BL/6 background were generated by Cyagen (Suzhou, China) using CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome engineering. Briefly, the Alkbh5 gene (NCBI Reference [...]
“Shark cage” implant protects insulin-producing cells in diabetic mice
Researchers have found a way to maintain insulin levels in diabetic mice by growing and implanting new beta cells that produce the hormone. These cells [...]
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Surgery
What Is the Cubital Tunnel Syndrome? Cubital tunnel syndrome, a compressive neuropathy of the ulnar nerve at the elbow, is the second most common compressive [...]
Tiny implant cures diabetes in mice without triggering immune response
Newswise — A team of researchers led by diabetes specialists and biomedical engineers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Cornell University [...]
Short lifespan of syngeneic transplanted MSC is a consequence of in vivo apoptosis and immune cell recruitment in mice
AnimalsNOD/ShiLtJ (NOD; Stock No: 001976) mice were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory and bred in the local animal facility. Mice were maintained under specific pathogen-free [...]
Have Kneecap Pain? Exercise Your Hips!
The body is always interesting. For decades some physical therapists have treated knee pain by having their patients perform knee exercises. However, more recently physical [...]
Scientists discover how stem cells trigger muscle regeneration
Researchers at the Salk Institute have uncovered a mechanism by which stem cells can help regenerate muscles. The discovery could provide a new drug target [...]
Next generation of heart regenerative therapies: progress and promise of cardiac tissue engineering
1.Bloom, D. E. et al. The Global Economic Burden of Non-communicable Diseases. Geneva: World Economic Forum (2011).2.Roth, G. A. et al. Global, regional, and national [...]
Stem Cell Therapy for COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects 250 million people each year and is the cause of nearly 5% of deaths globally. This family of airway [...]
Labral Tears and a Track Athlete – Surgery on Kids
On my Facebook Live show “You’ve Got the Power” on Friday I spoke about how crazy it is that we continue to offer aggressive orthopedic [...]
