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New potential drugs for muscle dystrophy found using stem cells
November 29, 2021 - Kyoto, Japan - (Link to Article) Muscular dystrophy describes a group of genetic diseases in which muscles progressively weaken and degenerate, with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) being the most common. There are no curative treatments for DMD,...
“World’s first” 3D printed immunized skin model enables cold plasma wound healing treatment for burns
The NOVOPLASM consortium has announced it is the “first in the world” to develop cold plasma technology for the treatment of infected burns and the wound healing of skin grafts. Regenerative medicine firm CTIBIOTECH, the French Armed Forces Biomedical Research...
Stem cell memories may drive wound repair, and also chronic disease
by Rockefeller University A trifling paper cut is a site of frenzied activity. Within it, a squad of epidermal stem cells briskly regenerate to patch up the wound. A closer inspection of this war-torn swath of epidermis will reveal that while some of the stem cells...
Attorney General James Secures $5.1 Million Judgment Against New York City Stem Cell Clinic for Scamming Patients Out of Thousands Through False Advertising
Park Avenue Stem Cell and Dr. Joel B. Singer Ordered to End Deceptive Practices. Consumers Paid Thousands of Dollars for Unproven and Potentially Harmful Treatments. NEW YORK –(Link to Article) New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a $5.1 million...
Could platelet-rich plasma injections help avoid knee surgery? More studies may give answer.
By Marlene Cimons - November 6, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT - Link to Article Douglas Jantz, 57, a retired middle school teacher from Houston, has been playing tennis since he was 9. He is serious about his game, so he was worried when his knees started to hurt....
An Experiment Using Human Stem Cells Ended Up Reversing Diabetes in Mice
By Peter Dockrill - November, 17 2021 - Link to Article A technique capable of converting human stem cells into insulin-producing cells could hold huge promise for future diabetic treatments, if results seen in a recent experiment with mice can be successfully...
Stem Cell Therapy Reduces Need for Nearly 10% of Hip Replacements
November 15, 2021 - by John Ready - Link to Article Daniel Wiznia, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon with Yale School of Medicine, is practicing a surgical technique designed to render 10% of hip replacements unnecessary. Regenerative properties from a patient’s own stem...
New therapy harnesses “dancing molecules” to reverse paralysis, repair tissue after spinal cord injuries
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. News-Medical.Net Nov 11 2021 - Link to article Northwestern University investigators have developed a new injectable therapy that harnesses "dancing molecules" to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries....
Woman Hopes Father She’s Never Met Will Save Her Life by Donating Bone Marrow
NEWSWEEK Article - By Aristos Georgiou On 11/3/21 at 8:31 AM EDT - Link to article A woman suffering from a rare blood condition is on a quest to find her estranged biological father, who may enable her to get a potentially life-saving transplant if he donates his...
RNA Control Switch: Engineers Devise a Way To Selectively Turn On Gene Therapies in Human Cells
By Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology October 30, 2021 - Link to Article A new RNA-based control switch could be used to trigger production of therapeutic proteins to treat cancer or other diseases. Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have...
Hoag trial spells hope for patients battling aggressive form of breast cancer
Oct. 19, 2021 7:50 PM PT By Sara Cardine, Staff Writer Norma Marquez distinctly remembers the day she learned she had breast cancer. “It was May 1, 2018. I was diagnosed on St. Peregrine’s Feast Day,” the 43-year-old Anaheim resident recalled, explaining Peregrine is...
Decades of research show common stem cells could fuel advances in regenerative medicine
Image Caption: Adult stem cells (indicated by the white arrows) show promise in treating a variety of conditions, according to research by Dr. Eckhard Alt of the School of Medicine. These cells were obtained from adult adipose, or fat tissue. Credit: Dr. Eckhard...