Spanish Doctors Believe They’ve Found a Cure for HIV Using Stem Cells
More than 36 million people worldwide currently have HIV/AIDs, including 1.8 million children. 35 million people have already died from…
Scientists ‘On the Brink’ of a Cure for Deafness Using Stem Cells
Researchers in Japan have made an exciting discovery using stem cells that could lead to a cure for certain forms…
How does a heart defect start? Scientists Use Stem Cells to Find Out
One of the greatest mysteries that paediatric cardiologists have been trying to solve is what causes certain structural defects in…
Stem Cells Prevent Rejection of Retinal Transplants in Animals
Researchers believe that stem cells may be important for treating many eye diseases that are currently considered incurable. The biggest…
What Expectant Parents Need to Know About Ultrasound During Pregnancy
These days an ultrasound is one of the first and most basic investigations done in pregnancy. Undergoing an ultrasound during…
Researchers Receive Grant to Develop Stem Cell Therapy for Glaucoma
Researchers from Liverpool University’s institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease have been awarded a grant to continue their research into…
What is the Role of Stem Cells in Transplants?
Doctors have been using stem cells in transplants for more than 60 years. The first successful stem cell transplant happened in 1956…
Doctors Use Stem Cells to Grow Healthy Cells for Cancer Patients
Stem cells can be used to treat many forms of cancer including leukaemia and myeloma. One type of stem cell…
3D Model of Scarred Lungs from Stem Cells Aid in Treatment Development
In a world first, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, have grown three-dimensional human lung “organoids”. Organoids are three-dimensional…
Top 5 Questions about Whole Cord Blood and Volume-Reduced Storage
In many ways, stem cell treatment is seen as the future of human medicine. In fact, many seriously ill children…