Monthly Archives: January 2012

Stage-4 breast cancer survivor talks about stem cell treatment – Video


25-01-2012 18:06 A former stage-IV breast cancer patient talks about being treated at Stanford over a dozen years ago as part of a small clinical trial testing whether high-dose chemotherapy, followed by blood stem cell rescue with purified hematopoietic stem cells, could cure her cancer. Continue reading

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Medistem and ERCell Initiate Phase II RECOVER-ERC Heart Failure Trial

First Three Patients Successfully Treated With ERC Stem Cell Using Novel “Retrograde Procedure” SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – Jan 30, 2012) – Medistem Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MEDS) together with its Russian Licensee, ERCell LLC, announced successful dosing of 3 heart failure patients in the Non-Revascularizable IschEmic Cardiomyopathy treated with Retrograde COronary Sinus Venous DElivery of Cell TheRapy (RECOVER-ERC) trial. Continue reading

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Stem Cells Used To Regrow Breasts – Video


24-01-2012 09:59 CBS Early Morning Show discusses the use of adult adipose (from fat) stem cells to regrow breast tissue for use for both cosmetic reasons and reconstructive reasons as in the case of a mastectomy. Continue reading

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Researchers turn skin cells into neural precusors, bypassing stem-cell stage

Mouse skin cells can be converted directly into cells that become the three main parts of the nervous system, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Continue reading

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Stanford scientists turn skin cells into neural precusors, bypassing stem-cell stage

Mouse skin cells can be converted directly into cells that become the three main parts of the nervous system, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding is an extension of a previous study by the same group showing that mouse and human skin cells can be directly converted into functional neurons. Continue reading

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Gingrich Vows to Ban Embryonic Stem Cell Research

(Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton) U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R) speaks to the media after attending a church service at the Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Florida January 29, 2012. Continue reading

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$60k needed to give Fayt a chance

A Taumarunui mother is hoping to raise $60,000 to take her disabled son to the Dominican Republic for controversial foetal stem cell treatment. Continue reading

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RBCC Explores New Cures for Cancer, Brain Injuries & Headaches

Cutting-edge stem cell research is producing new breakthroughs that could potentially revolutionize the treatment of currently incurable diseases from cancer to brain injuries to headaches. Continue reading

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Lecture by stem cell researcher tomorrow

Celebrated adult stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka will deliver a lecture, ‘New era of medicine with iPS cells', here on Monday as part of a three-city lecture series. Prof. Yamanaka's scientif… Continue reading

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UCD stem cell research battles Huntington's disease

A team of researchers at UC Davis has pioneered a technique to use stem cells to smother the genetic problem that causes Huntington's disease. Continue reading

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