What else can they find to treat with stem cells?? Science Daily — Women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) treated using muscle-derived stem cell injections to strengthen their sphincter muscles experience long-term improvements in their condition, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. The study, … Read More
Stem Cells Treating Spinal Cord Injury!!
Here is a story that hits close to home for me. A Michigan woman, paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident, has been traveling to Russia for adult stem cell therapy that is helping her regain feeling and movement: The stem cells are drawn from Rummelt’s own blood and separated in a special machine. Then they are injected … Read More
Do it for the Children
The American College of Pediatrics calls for support of adult stem cell research and an end to embryonic stem cell research. This is my favorite quote from the news release from a fellow from the ACP: Not only does embryonic research require taking the life of human embryos, it also prolongs needless suffering by delaying the development of more promising … Read More
Phase II ASC Clinical Trials Approved for Texas
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Australia’s adult stem cell company, Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB; US OTC: MBLTY), today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has cleared the Investigational New Drug Submission (IND) of its US-based sister company, Angioblast Systems Inc., to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial of its allogeneic, or ‘off-the-shelf’, adult stem … Read More
Can You Smell What Those Stem Cells Are Cookin’?
Science Daily — Hopkins researchers have identified a backup supply of stem cells that can repair the most severe damage to the nerves responsible for our sense of smell. These reservists normally lie around and do nothing, but when neighboring cells die, the scientists say, the stem cells jump into action. Isn’t that fantastic? God is such an amazing architecht! … Read More
O, Those Promising Stem Cells!
I mean the adult ones. You know, the ones that can be obtained without destroying a human life. It seems that stem cells found in bone marrow (that seems to be the most popular source for ASCs) have been very successful in treating race horse injuries. Stem cell therapy may be controversial in human medicine but in the world of … Read More
Stem Cells Gave Don Ho 15 Extra Months to Perform
From PRWeb: Entertainer Don Ho, a household name in the U.S., who died last week after a long battle with heart failure, gained an extra 15 months doing what he loved with the help of Theravitae’s VesCell adult stem cell therapy. His story has inspired many others to seek the benefits of adult stem cell therapy. The entertainer was forced … Read More
How the Presidential Candidates Voted on Wednesday
LifeNews tallied up the votes of the presidential candidates in the Senate and the results are no big surprise. Democrat candidates Clinton, Obama and Biden voted for S. 5 – the ESC research funding bill – while Sen. Chris Dodd was absent. The only Republican candidates were Sens. John McCain and Sam Brownback – the results: McCain:yes, Brownback: no. Brownback … Read More
Girls Rule, Boys Drool
We all know that’s true, but now we have scientific proof – when it comes to stem cells anyway. Science Daily — Female stem cells derived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletal muscle tissue than male cells, according to a study at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. This finding could have a major impact on the … Read More
Adult Stem Cell Stories You Aren’t Hearing About
I haven’t done any adult stem cell success stories in a few weeks so here’s a bunch: Heart Attack Patients Treated With Novel Stem Cell Therapy Experience Significant Improvement in Heart and Lung Function Science Daily — Heart attack patients who received an new intravenous adult stem cell therapy, Provacel™, experienced a lower number of adverse events, such as cardiac … Read More