Scientists have shown that muscle patches grown from stem cells can be used to strengthen and help repair a failing heart. In a breakthrough clinical trial, ten patches containing 400 million cells were implanted on the heart of a 46-year-old woman who was suffering...
A recent study, carried out both in vitro and in vivo on a mouse model, has found that extracellular vesicles derived from adipose (fat) and umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells could have a regenerative effect on sun-damaged skin.[1] Sun damage causes and...
After two planned transplants from unrelated donors fell through at the very last minute, Australian three-year-old Tommy Bacon is now in remission from a rare, dangerous form of leukaemia following a transplant of the stem cells from his baby sister’s cord blood.[1]...
A 25-year-old woman from China is the first in the world to have been cured from type 1 diabetes, following an injection of islet cells derived from her own reprogrammed stem cells. The study, published in the Cell journal, offers real hope to the millions of people...
After a nick caused by a small shard of glass went unnoticed, Canadian Ron Williams developed a deep, infected wound spanning from the heel to the middle of his foot. Even after six months of hospital treatment, the wound wouldn’t heal; if the infection had persisted,...
A new study on the effectiveness of treatment for spinal cord injuries indicates that a combination therapy, including epidural electrical stimulation (EES) as well as neural stem cells and umbilical cord stem cells, could offer better results than any one treatment...
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