Aug 21, 2025 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
A groundbreaking therapy based on transplanting mitochondria into blood stem cells has shown encouraging results in an ongoing, phase 2 trial. If successful, the therapy could not only treat rare, incurable diseases, but also potentially help reverse some of the...
Jul 25, 2025 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
A team of scientists at UCLA has shown it’s possible to reprogram hematopoietic stem cells to generate a regular supply of cancer-killing T cells. This novel approach, tested in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial the results of which were published in Nature...
Jul 14, 2025 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
The first in-human trial of a stem cell therapy to treat hearing loss is due to begin later this year in the UK, after receiving approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The trial will test whether the treatment is safe, as well as...
Jul 7, 2025 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
The liver is a remarkably resilient organ – the only organ in the body capable of regenerating itself when damaged.[1] Damage to the liver does, however, build up over time, eventually leading first to chronic (long-term) liver disease and then, inevitably, to...
Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, News, Skeletal Diseases and Injuries, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies, Uses for Cord Tissue
Chronic complete spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-altering diagnosis that severs communication between the brain and body, leading to a permanent loss of movement and sensation for which no restorative treatments currently exist.[1] However, a groundbreaking...
Jun 23, 2025 | Blog, Eye Conditions, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies, Uses for Cord Tissue
A recent phase 1 trial has found that umbilical cord stem cell eye drops could help relieve the symptoms of dry eye for patients with a severe, treatment-resistant form of the condition. What is dry eye? Dry eye is a chronic condition where either the eyes do not...