by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 2, 2018 | Stem Cell News
Researchers in the United States have started a revolutionary clinical trial that uses stem cells to treat Thalassaemia in babies while they are still in the womb. The procedure has already been successfully performed on a critically ill second-trimester foetus,...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Cells4Life Middle East | Jun 29, 2018 | Stem Cell News
In a world-first, a Pakistani man is set to receive an umbilical cord blood transplant in China to treat his Myelodysplastic Syndrome.  It is the first time that a foreigner has received this type of umbilical cord blood transplant in China. Myelodysplastic...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Cells4Life Middle East | Jun 22, 2018 | Stem Cell News
Many researchers have attempted to use stem cells for sickle cell anaemia treatments in recent years.  Details of a new stem cell treatment protocol that may finally cure the condition have just been released.  The research was published in the journal...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Cells4Life Middle East | Jun 15, 2018 | Stem Cell News
A recent study published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that a stem cell treatment may be able to help heart cells regenerate after a heart attack.  This new stem cell treatment works by regenerating heart muscle cells. Stem cells are the building blocks...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Cells4Life Middle East | Jun 8, 2018 | Stem Cell News
Gene therapy has been often mentioned in the media in recent years.  It is an experimental technique that treats genetic diseases by altering a person’s genes.  It either alters a disease causing gene or adds a healthy gene to replace it.  The first...