by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 30, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Researchers from the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences have released positive findings from a recent study that used stem cells in treating Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological condition that mostly affects older...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 26, 2015 | Stem Cell News
The prognosis of one-year old leukaemia patient Ana Elena was not good. Ana required a stem cell transplant but only had a 1 in 100,000 chance of finding a match. Miraculously, a match was found in the world donor bank, which gave the toddler a chance at...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 23, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that has a wide variety of symptoms including joint pain, swelling, muscle pain and an increased risk of having osteoporosis. Scientists are not sure what causes lupus or how to treat such condition however they have found that a...
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 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...
