by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 22, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Scientists in Spain are about to start a clinical trial that attempts to use umbilical cord stem cells to cure HIV. The trial aims to cure five patients of the HIV virus within three years. The trial seeks to replicate the medical treatment that cured The Berlin...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 21, 2015 | Cord Blood Banking
Once parents decide to invest in their child’s future by preserving the cord blood, there are some important decisions to make. Not only should parents decide which stem cell bank to use, they also need to assess the technologies involved in preserving the cord...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 19, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Researchers from the Mansoura Medical School in Egypt have shown that reversing infertility after cancer using stem cells is possible. The researchers injected stem cells directly into the ovaries of mice in an attempt to repair damage done by chemotherapy drugs and...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 18, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Researchers from the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have combined the latest genome editing techniques with stem cells to produce red blood cells. This new study is the first of its kind to combine the two technologies to...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 16, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Spanish researchers have announced a ground breaking clinical trial on the effects of stem cells on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). They are going to test if it is possible to eliminate HIV with umbilical cord blood stem cells. The National Organization of...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 15, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Scientists have presented new research at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine which shows that adult stem cells restore function to ovaries in mice. Researchers restored ovarian function in mice who had chemotherapy-induced...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 14, 2015 | Cord Blood Stem Cells
Heart disease is considered as one of the leading causes of death in Western Countries and was responsible for killing an estimated 17.5 million people globally in 2012 — accounting for 3 in 10 deaths (Who.int, 2015). The majority of people killed by heart disease...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 12, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Malignant brain tumours occur at a rate of approximately 5 or 6 in 100,000 people. 80% of those tumours are malignant gliomas, a type of tumour that comes from the glial cells in the central nervous system. These types of tumours are more likely to occur in older...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 11, 2015 | Stem Cell News
NHS researchers are about to test a stem cell treatment for diabetic kidney disease. If the research is successful it may help save the lives of thousands of people worldwide. The NHS Blood and Transplant section will use stromal stem cells in the trial, which...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 9, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Scientists have made breakthrough related to human heart development using stem cells. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the Gladstone Institute performed the research, which has just been published in the Journal of Nature Communications....
