Stem Cell Blog
Stem Cell Blog
International Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
This week is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week which aims to raise awareness of the symptoms and treatments, as well as tackle the misconceptions of MS across the world. In this multiple sclerosis research blog, we will provide an overview of what multiple sclerosis...
Stabilitech’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine: A Major Breakthrough
Cells4Life’s sister company, Stabilitech, is developing an oral coronavirus vaccine that could be delivered in the post. Cells4Life Chairman, Wayne Channon, who is also Chairman of Stabilitech, says the firm is hoping to produce millions of its potential coronavirus...
Placenta-Based Cell Therapy: Remarkable COVID-19 Breakthrough
A small cohort of six critically ill COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Israel have been treated with a placenta-based cell-therapy and have all survived, according to initial data.Pluristem, a company based in Haifa who specialise in the development of human placental...

Placenta Banking vs Placenta Encapsulation
After birth, the placenta is often thrown away despite the fact that there are other options available to parents - including placenta banking and placenta encapsulation. In recent years, these options have become increasingly popular for mums-to-be. But what exactly...

How should I talk to children about coronavirus?
News about the coronavirus is pretty hard to escape at the moment. Whether it’s being reported on the TV, on the front page of a newspaper, or on social media, we are constantly exposed to it. And that’s not just to us adults, it’s our children too.It can be difficult...