by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 11, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Chris White, a one-time Super Bowl champion, has just received a first-of-its-kind stem cell procedure to help him play football again. White was a linebacker who has played with the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots. NFL is a very intense sport that takes a...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Apr 9, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Scientists have just finished testing an adult stem cell treatment for multiple sclerosis. Some of the patients in the trial have had incredible improvements in their condition — after receiving the stem cell treatment some went from being wheelchair bound to walking...
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 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...