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CBR: Umbilical Stem Cell Overview

CBR: Umbilical Stem Cell Overview

Cord Blood Registry Launches Industry-Leading Innovations for Newborn Stem Cell Collection New Collection System Offers Parents Opportunity to Preserve a Greater Number and Diversity of Their Newborn’s… Read more »

Official definition of human embryonic stem cells widened in US

Official definition of human embryonic stem cells widened in US

By Dr Philippa Brice, PHGFoundation.org The official definition of human embryonic stem (HES) cells in US National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines is to be broadened from… Read more »

Treatments Autologous Stem Cell Transplants

Treatments Autologous Stem Cell Transplants

This video details autologous stem cell transplants and offers insightful animations of the procedure. In an autologous stem cell transplant, you are your own donor. Your peripheral… Read more »

A ‘huge leap forward’ for stem cell research

A ‘huge leap forward’ for stem cell research

From usatoday.com Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine may have taken the controversy out of the entire field of stem cell research. In a paper… Read more »

International Stem Cell Corporation Progresses towards Establishment of the Industry’s First Universal Stem Cell Bank, UniStemCell™

International Stem Cell Corporation Progresses towards Establishment of the Industry’s First Universal Stem Cell Bank, UniStemCell™

OCEANSIDE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB: ISCO), www.internationalstemcell.com, announced today that it has signed up the first two in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics and engaged an… Read more »

Neuralstem Announces First Patient Treated in ALS Stem Cell Trial

Neuralstem Announces First Patient Treated in ALS Stem Cell Trial

ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that the first ALS patient was treated with its spinal cord stem cells yesterday at… Read more »

First Successful Use of Expanded Umbilical-Cord Blood Units to Treat Leukemia

First Successful Use of Expanded Umbilical-Cord Blood Units to Treat Leukemia

ScienceDaily (Jan. 18, 2010) — Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have cleared a major technical hurdle to making umbilical-cord-blood transplants a more widely-used method for… Read more »