Stem Cell Medical Tourism Risks: Safety Concerns Raised by Brits

Stem Cell Tourism Risks: Safety Concerns Raised by Brits. Now that stem cell treatment is fastly becoming a part of the medical tourism industry, some British experts and the International Society for Stem Cell Research are warning would-be patients to be wary of rogue private stem cell treatment clinics around the world who are out to exploit anxious patients who are willing to take the risk of having the treatment.

According to a report by Reuters, the British experts have been prompted to speak out against these clinics because of a flood of requests they get from patients who read about apparently dramatic cures on websites and in the media.

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Stem Cell Face Lifts: Good or Bad? Effective or Not?

Stem Cell Face Lifts: Good or Bad? Effective or Not? Although there is no sufficient scientific evidence to prove that stem cell facelifts are effective, a growing number of people are getting this done to improve their looks.

There is no doubt that stem cell face-lift is becoming more popular and that the demand for it is growing.

Dr. Nathan Newman, a cosmetic surgeon in Beverly Hills says he performed more than 200 of the procedures in the last half-decade.

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Cord Blood Banking Benefits

Cord Blood Banking Benefits. What are the advantages of cord blood banking? Our friend Thomas raised this question after he read the post on the cord blood banking of Australian Stem Cell Healthcare.

We told him that cord blood would be useful in fighting diseases that a child might have in the future but Thomas wants “specifics”. He goes, “What exactly are these diseases that a child would have to fight with cord blood?”

Thankfully, in his column at The Star Press, Dr. Joseph B. Landwehr Jr., director of maternal-fetal medicine at the Perinatal Center at Ball Memorial Hospital, has a more specific answer to our doubting Thomas: Continue reading “Cord Blood Banking Benefits”

Stem Cell Therapy for Deafness?

Stem Cell Therapy for Deafness? So stem cell therapy may be able to cure Crohn’s disease and blindness, but can it treat hearing loss too? Stefan Heller, professor of otolaryngology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and his team believe that it can.

However, it will take the researchers a couple of years to generate human hair cells that could replace damaged hair cells in the cochlea.

Normally, these hair cells which convert sound waves into electrical signals that are sent on to the brain, do not regenerate when damaged but Heller and company believe that they can coax the cells to regenerate with their new stem cell technology.

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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 are seen as a potential renewable source of replacement tissues to treat many ailments for which there is no cure, or for which few treatments exist.

But where leukemia is concerned, stem cells are both the “good” and the “bad” guys. As the “good guys,” they are used in the bone marrow transplantation to treat this blood cancer.

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