by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 18, 2015 | Stem Cell News
New research has shown that fibres from silk and stem cells may be used to regenerate salivary glands and treat dry mouth. Dry mouth occurs when salivary glands produce insufficient saliva. It is often caused by medication use, cancer, autoimmune illnesses and...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 17, 2015 | Stem Cell Facts
Stem cells are one of the most powerful components of the human body. These cells are capable of differentiating into other types of cells that can fuel growth and repair tissue. Stem cells play a very important role in the development of the human embryo and form a...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 16, 2015 | Stem Cell News
A story published by news station WBIR tells the story of Beth Harris, a mother of five who made a stem cell donation that saved the life of an elderly woman suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. More than 20 years ago, Beth saw an organisation at her college...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 15, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Researchers have developed a new method for delivering stem cells to damaged heart muscle following a heart attack. The breakthrough could help create a successful stem cell therapy for heart failure. The preliminary study has had its results published in the journal...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 14, 2015 | Child Parenting Guide
One of the biggest challenges for any parent is guiding the behaviour of your children. The goal should be to create an environment where children can develop social skills and gain some understanding about what constitutes acceptable behaviour. How to respond to...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 11, 2015 | Stem Cell News
New research published in the journal Stem Cell Reports has described newly discovered genes that are responsible for developing hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), also known as blood stem cells. Even though doctors have been using blood stem cells to perform a number...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 10, 2015 | Stem Cell Therapy
There are nearly 80 different medical treatments which involve the use of a cord blood stem cell transplant. All of these treatments involve the use of the hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that can be found in umbilical cord blood or within bone marrow (Cordblood.com,...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 9, 2015 | Cord Blood Banking, Stem Cell News
In an article published on the health website LiveWell, Dr. Alisa Hideg explains the reasons why umbilical cord blood may be worth banking. Dr Hideg explains why stem cells are very powerful components of the human body — they have the ability to create other types of...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 8, 2015 | Stem Cell News
A new study by researchers at the Stanford Cardiovascular Medicine has used stem cells to create patient-specific cardiac cells. The team used Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (IPSC), which are capable of turning into any type of human cells, to generate new heart...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Aug 5, 2015 | Stem Cell News
The world’s first clinical trial of a stem cell therapy for pulmonary hypertension (PAH) has yielded positive results. PAH is a rare disease which results in high blood pressure affecting arteries in the lungs and in the heart. The disease mostly affects young women...
