A new study has found that stem cell therapy can reduce lung inflammation in an animal model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis. Although, still at a pre-clinical stage, these findings have important potential implications for the future treatment of patients. The findings were presented in Estoril, Portugal on 25 March, 2017 at the European Respiratory Society’s...
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Study shows stem cell therapy is safe for stroke patients
A multicenter trial looking at whether a single dose of millions of adult, bone-marrow-derived stem cells can aid stroke recovery indicates it’s safe and well-tolerated by patients but may not significantly improve their recovery within the first three months, researchers report. However, the trial does provide evidence that giving the therapy early – within the first 36 hours after...
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Mixed results for stem cell treatments of AMD
(HealthDay)—Stem cells may offer new hope for patients with age-related macular degeneration, but that promise can come with some risks, according to research published in the March 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. One report details a legitimate effort to restore the sight of a 77-year-old Japanese woman with macular degeneration using stem...
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Study shows stem cell therapy is safe for stroke patients; may aid recovery if given early
IMAGE: DR. DAVID C. HESS, STROKE SPECIALIST AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA AT AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY. AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 20, 2017) – A multicenter trial looking at whether a single dose of millions of adult, bone-marrow-derived stem cells can aid stroke recovery indicates it’s safe and well-tolerated by...
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‘My £43,000 stem cell therapy in Mexico has transformed me’: MS left BBC war correspondent Caroline Wyatt struggling to walk or even think clearly, but now she has hope
Though it was diagnosed in 2015, Caroline Wyatt has lived with MS for 25 years Increasingly, she lost control of her arms and legs – even her eyes were affected Convinced she had nothing to lose, she set off to Mexico to get stem cell therapy Three weeks after her return, Caroline’s symptoms had significantly...
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Stem cells beat the clock for brain cancer
New research has shown that human skin cells can be transformed into stem cells, and used to hunt down brain cancer Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer that kills most patients within two years of diagnosis. In tests on mice last year, a team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
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Stem cells used to regenerate the external layer of a human heart
Summary: A process using human stem cells can generate the cells that cover the external surface of a human heart — epicardium cells — according to a multidisciplinary team of researchers. Heart progenitors cells derived from human stem cells can be further specified to heart cells belong to external layer or muscle layer of a...
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New Stem Cell Therapy Could Help Treat Osteoporosis and Restore Bones
IN BRIEF Four percent of all men over the age of fifty, and sixteen percent of women of the same age, suffer from osteoporosis in the United States. Researchers from University College London have discovered that stem cells found in human amniotic fluid could be used in a treatment to strengthen brittle bones. ASTRONAUT BONES...
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Scientists use stem cells to restore testosterone
Male hypogonadism is a condition affecting almost a third of the elderly male population. The most common treatment option is testosterone replacement therapy, but the practice can have significant side effects. A new development in stem cell research suggests an alternative treatment for hypogonadism may soon become available. Stem cell research may provide an alternative...
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Stem Cell Therapy Might Improve Brain Function of Traumatic Brains Injury Patients
Accidents happen and sometimes really bad accidents happen; especially if they injure your head. Traumatic brain injuries or TBIs can result from automobile accidents, explosions or other events that result from severe blows to the head. TBIs an adversely affect a patient and his/her family for long periods of time. TBI patients can experience cognitive...