by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 24, 2015 | Stem Cell News
In a recent article for the website Leukaemia Lymphoma Research, cancer research scientist Vicky Forster explains what leukaemia stem cells are and why they are important for leukaemia research. Scientists believe that all forms of leukaemia originate from a single...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 23, 2015 | Stem Cell News
A researcher from the Creighton University has received a grant to research the effects of a gene and stem cell therapy for coronary artery grafts. Devendra K. Agrawal, Ph.D., will receive the $2.9 million NIH grant. Dr Agrawal has already spent more than...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 22, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Results from a phase 2 clinical trial by researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center’s Bone Marrow Transplant Program may lead to a reduction in stem cell transplant complications. Researchers found that after stem cell treatments, lymphocyte recovery falls into...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 21, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Scientists at the University of York have made a stem cell discovery that paves the way for a stem cell treatment for osteoarthritis. Working in conjunction with colleagues from the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, researchers have identified the stem cells that...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 20, 2015 | Stem Cell News
In 2009, an 8-year-old boy named Kenneth Kelley became one of the first people in the United States to receive stem cell therapy for autism. Kenneth had to travel to Panama for the treatment, which doctors hoped would reduce his autism symptoms. Some doctors...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 19, 2015 | Stem Cell News
A four-year-old girl from Australia has become the world’s first person to receive umbilical cord blood to prevent type 1 diabetes. Researchers from the University of Sydney used stem cells that were harvested from the girl’s own umbilical cord. The procedure...
