Vision loss often occurs when corneal epithelial cells are lost or do not regenerate fast enough. In data presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, Dr. David Harris demonstrated that cord blood stem cells can differentiate into these cells and form a cell sheet that is indistinguishable from corneal [...]

More and more people from the US and Europe are undergoing stem cell treatment in Costa Rica for a number of medical issues. Costa Rican doctors say they are providing these medical tourists with stem cell treatments. Scientists in the U.S. are saying that Costa Rica is offering false hope by using techniques that have [...]

New York State is going to commit to invest $20.4 million in stem cell research. New York state Health Commissioner Richard Daines, who is also the chair of the Empire State Stem Cell Board, said the funding would “ensure the best and the brightest new stem cell investigators conduct their research in New York state.” [...]

Indianapolis researchers are developing technology which could alleviate negative side effects during stem cell transplants for cancer patients. General BioTechnology’s device pumps bone marrow stem cells through a specially designed tube. The fiber filled tube gradually filters the Dimethyl Sulfoxide preservative from the bone marrow transplant while still maintaining the cell’s efficacy. DMSO is a [...]

Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered that a population of breast cells called luminal progenitor cells are likely to be responsible for breast cancers that develop in women carrying mutations in the gene BRCA1. Their finding represents a major shift in the way scientists think breast cancer develops. A team led [...]

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California have been awarded $2.9 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to support research into stem cell discoveries that will provide the basic foundation for future therapies. The Basic Biology Awards received formal approval on Aug. 20 from the [...]

Metastatic cancer refers to a cancer that has spread from the original tumor site to a distant part or parts of the body. Metastatic cancer spreads the original cancer cells found in the primary tumor, and creates new tumors elsewhere in the body. Cancer can become metastatic via the bloodstream and lymph nodes. Scientists at [...]

Sweden is well known in the medical community to be at the forefront of stem cell science and technology, and could offer some important insight for the industry on a global level. The country’s stem cell industry has everything in place for future expansion and success: strong public support, a favorable bio-ethical climate, a tradition [...]

After conducting clinical trials for spinal cord injuries in the US and China, US-based stemcell transplantation and therapeutics company, StemCyte Inc is planning to conduct the same in India next year. The company has set up an umbilical cord blood public bank for India in a joint venture with Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals and Ahmedabad-based Cadila [...]

Cerebral palsy describes a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to nonprogressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behaviour, by epilepsy, and by [...]