News about stem cells



Therapy with the use of human embryonic stem cells improves vision in two patients
28 January
Two patients having vision disorders had their vision improved after the transplantation of retinal epithelium cells derived from human embryonic stem cells.
Scientists Are Close to Make the Heart Repair Itself With Stem Cells
22 January
Though heart tissue has little capacity for repair when damaged, scientists have made a crucial step in understanding how to coax the heart into producing new healthy cardiac muscle cells from stem cells.
Eyes as a Source of Autologous Stem Cells
14 January
Researchers from Neural Stem Cell Institute in New York have found a new adult stem cell source in a cells layer at the back of the eye.
Young Stem Cells Stop Rapid Aging in Mice
09 January
Injection of young progenitor cells resembling in function stem cells derived from young animals stops aging in mice bred to age too quickly, scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine demonstrate.
EmCell has received a state license for fetal cell bank activities
06 January
EmCell Clinic is the first stem cell clinic in Ukraine to receive a state license for fetal cell bank activities, the only specialized license in Ukraine permitting manipulations with stem cells.
New Method Produces Medically Useful Amounts of Liver and Pancreas Precursor Cells
02 January
Canadian scientists have found a way to produce scalable amounts of precursors of pancreas and liver cells from pluripotent stem cells overcoming the major impediment to development of stem cell treatments for diabetes and liver diseases.
Natural Compound Improves Engraftment of Stem Cell Transplants from Umbilical Cord Blood
25 December
A recent trial involving 12 cancer patients has shown the ability of a natural compound to facilitate and speed up engraftment of stem cells in the patients receiving a cord blood stem cell transplant.
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