by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 19, 2019 | Stem Cell News
The Japanese government’s health ministry has just approved a clinical study which uses pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to treat patients with corneal disease. The study will be carried out by researchers from Osaka University. It is only the sixth time that a study...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 12, 2019 | Stem Cell News
A baby in China has become the first child to receive a stem cell transplant to treat an inherited form of irritable bowel disease. It is a significant breakthrough because there is currently no cure for this often-fatal condition. Zhao Jiaxin was born in 2015...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 5, 2019 | Stem Cell News
Researchers from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia recently published details of a process to obtain more stem cells from umbilical cord tissue. Details of their findings were published in the journal Stem Cell Research & Therapy. The research...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Mar 29, 2019 | Stem Cell News
A group of researchers form Rutgers University has made a significant breakthrough using stem cells that could lead to a treatment for a life-threatening heart condition. The discovery could help patients with damaged hearts heal themselves, reducing the need for...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Mar 22, 2019 | Stem Cell News
A preliminary study recently published in JAMA shows that a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) may be better at treating highly active relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis (MS) than traditional drug treatments. This study is the first to test the use of...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Mar 15, 2019 | Stem Cell News
Researchers are using stem cells to develop treatments that can help patients regrow tissue in a field called regenerative medicine. One of the latest breakthroughs in this field has come from researchers in the United States who used stem cells to regrow heart muscle...