by Cells4Life Middle East | May 5, 2016 | Stem Cell News
American researchers are embarking on a “world-first” trial which will attempt to use mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. They are testing stem cells’ ability to improve cognitive function in patients with the disease. The...
by Cells4Life Middle East | May 3, 2016 | Stem Cell News
41 years ago, Oliver Semler was born with multiple bone fractures. Doctors soon realised that he had been born with a debilitating genetic disease called osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). This disease causes bones to break very easily. The disease made life very...
by Cells4Life Middle East | May 1, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Vlad Stesin recently shared a touching story of survival on the Huffington post. The story details the journey of Vlad’s wife Mai, who survived cancer thanks to donated umbilical cord blood. Mai was first diagnosed in January of 2013, when she was 15-weeks pregnant...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 27, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Researchers have been investigating how stem cells create new hair for a number of years. A recent study published in the journal PNAS has made a breakthrough and shed some light on how hair filaments are created. Adult tissue stem cells (SCs) are typically used by...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 26, 2016 | Cord Blood Stem Cells
Research in the last few years has shown that umbilical cord blood contains stem cells that can repair and regenerate damaged or diseased tissues. Cord blood stem cells have the ability to transform into other tissues and can cure diseases that are difficult to treat...
