by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 5, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Carl Fox, a 61-year old Superior Court judge from North Carolina is battling an aggressive form of blood cancer called myelodysplastic syndrome. After an unsuccessful search for a compatible bone marrow donor, Fox says his strategy has changed and it now involves the...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 4, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Scientists have discovered that sleep deprivation affects stem cells in mice. Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine discovered that a sleep deficit of just 4 hours can negatively affect the ability of stem cells to migrate to the bone marrow and...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 2, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Mai Duong never takes her time with her daughter for granted — she understands how fragile life is and how quickly it can be taken away. She is particularly aware of her mortality because she has been diagnosed with leukaemia twice and beaten the disease twice....
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 1, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Scientists have developed a technique that allows them to create mature brain cells using stem cells from the skin samples of older human subjects. It is the first time that scientists have been able to grow old brain cells using stem cells. Being able to grow older...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Oct 30, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Researchers from the Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester may have found a better way to use stem cells to combat congenital brittle bone disease. The research involved transplanting stem cells into unborn babies which have “brittle-bone disease”,...
