Category Archives: Stem Cell Treatment | Therapy
How to Stop Leukemia from Returning? Block β-catenin Pathway
Target stem cells to prevent leukemia’s return, Harvard scientists say Usually, stem cells are seen as the “good guys,” and today, research into their regenerative properties is at an all time high. As the “building blocks” of the body that can go on to develop into blood, bone, brain and body organ tissues — they [...]
Is Stem Cell Therapy for Macular Degeneration Safe & Effective?
Stem cell retinal implant therapy is safe, new study shows: After only four months, an embryonic stem cell treatment for eye disease has improved the sight of two women legally blind for many years — according to the women themselves and scientists behind the world’s first human trial for eye disease stem cell treatments. The [...]
Dr. Kiminobu Sugaya, UCF Team Patent iPS Stem Cell Technique
University of Central Florida team patents stem cells advance: The University of Central Florida recently achieved another breakthrough in stem cell research, when a research team from its Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences patented a method of creating human stem cells—a way that bypasses ethical controversies as well as medical concerns. Because they are naturally [...]
Vectalys & iPS Acacemia Ink Stem Cell Patent Pact
Stem cell research boosted by Vectalys, iPS Academia licensing pact: A new licensing agreement between a French biotechnology company and a Japanese developer of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technologies over the production and sale of iPSCs promises to boost global stem cell research. With their potential to grow into any type of body tissue, [...]
Stem Cell in Florida: UCF Team Finds Hope in Umbilical Stem Cell Cords
U.S. scientists grow nerve cells from umbilical stem cells: What could be more tragic than a woman in her prime, trapped in a chronic, unpredictable and progressive disease of the central nervous system that causes her to suffer from constant pain, spasms and tremors, incontinence, constipation, memory loss, difficulty concentrating, anxiety, depression—and eventually, paralysis and [...]
