Reporting in The Lancet, researchers write that a preliminary study shows embryonic stem cell therapy in two patients with macular degeneration was safe. Results suggest the patients' vision improved slightly. Dr.
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Stem Cell Eye Therapy Shows Promise
09-01-2012 19:00 Stem cell therapy patient, Shelley Sims, discusses her improvements following stem cell treatments at the Stem Cell Institute in Panama City, Panama.
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Stem Cell Therapy – Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Patient Interview – Video
POWAY, CA–(Marketwire -01/27/12)- Vet-Stem, Inc.
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Vet-Stem Announces Milestone of 8,000 Animals Treated With Vet-Stem Cell Therapy
24-01-2012 10:25 On January 17th, 2012, the CIRM Governing Board heard from scientists and a patient about the essential role of genomics in the development of stem cell based therapies.
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Craig Venter: Understanding Our Genes – A Step to Personalized Medicine | CIRM Spotlight on Genomics – Video
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Officials at the Texas Heart Institute (THI) at St.
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World-Renowned Cell-Therapy Researcher, Doris Taylor, PhD, Joins Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Seattle Genetics, Inc.
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Seattle Genetics Announces Data from ADCETRIS™ in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma and Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
TORONTO – Doctors have performed Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant using cells from the patient's own bone marrow.
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Researchers hope cardiac stem cell transplants may help heart failure patients
Public release date: 26-Jan-2012 [ | E-mail [1] | Share [2] ] Contact: Erica DiMiao erica.dimiao@uhn.ca 416-340-4636 University Health Network [4] [3] Heart failure is a leading cause of death in Canada. As part of the ongoing IMPACT-CABG clinical trial to treat advanced heart failure, physicians at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre performed the first cardiac stem cell transplant in Ontario last week using stem cells derived from the patient's own bone marrow, isolated completely within the operating room, and implanted into the heart at the time of coronary bypass surgery
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Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant performed last week at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Avastin and Sutent, two cancer drugs, do not lead to longer survival in breast cancer patients, probably because they encourage an increase in the number cancer stem cells in breast tumors, according to a study carried out on mice by researchers from the Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (early edition)…
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Breast Cancer Survival – Why Avastin And Sutent Don't Help