by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 8, 2016 | Stem Cell News
New research may allow some very common degenerative eye conditions to be treated with a patient’s own stem cells. This new research was led by Dr. Kang Zhang, an ophthalmologist at the University of California, San Diego. The procedure was performed on 12 infants...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 6, 2016 | Stem Cell News
There are thousands of people waiting for heart transplants around the world. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough organs available to meet demand and a significant proportion of those patients will never find a suitable donor organ. Of the patients that do find an...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 5, 2016 | Cord Blood Stem Cells, Stem Cell Facts
A newborn baby’s umbilical cord and placenta are rich sources of stem cells that can potentially treat more than 80 different diseases. These are different from the stem cells obtained from a child or an adult. The cord blood stem cells can grow into blood...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 4, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Scientists from the CSIRO and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) have developed a new method for harvesting stem cells. This method is less invasive and results in fewer side effects for donors. Currently, Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) donors have...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 2, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Scientists in the United States have made a new medical breakthrough, reprogramming stem cells into groups of neurons that have higher survival rates after a transplant. The breakthrough uses three-dimensional scaffolding to support the growth of the cells and to help...
