by Cells4Life Middle East | Mar 1, 2017 | Stem Cell News
Researchers have discovered that Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are one of the most powerful forms of stem cells found in the human body. They are multipotent stem cells that have the ability to turn into a variety of other cell types including fat cells,...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 26, 2017 | Stem Cell News
Researchers from the North Carolina State University have developed a new stem cell therapy that can repair damage to the heart muscle. This therapy has the added advantage of having less side effects than conventional therapies. When the heart muscle...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 24, 2017 | Stem Cell News
An exciting stem cell milestone occurred in Australia recently, with a 20-month old baby becoming the world’s youngest child to receive a transplant of their own stem cells. The treatment used cord blood to treat type 1 diabetes. Researchers have only used cord...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 22, 2017 | Stem Cell News
New research published in the journal Blood describes how a hormone called erythropoietin may be useful for improving the success rate of cord blood transplants. The research paper indicates that erythropoietin (EPO) may be able to improve the survival rate for...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 19, 2017 | Stem Cell News
A young 4-year-old boy named Lincoln Honoway has survived a life-threatening form of anaemia, thanks to a stem cell transplant. Lincoln was diagnosed with a condition called aplastic anaemia when he was just an infant. This condition prevents the body from...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 17, 2017 | Stem Cell News
Dr. Omar Aljitawi, an associate professor of Hematology/Oncology from the Wilmot Cancer Institute recently conducted a small clinical trial using cord blood as cancer therapy. It was the first human trial of its kind and its findings may lead to a dramatic...
