While the use of stem cells to treat various health conditions has been a staple of medical news for many years, promising new research on stem cell therapy (also known as regenerative medicine) is focusing on how this treatment can benefit cerebral palsy patients. Cerebral…
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Parkinson’s disease is a progressive degenerative illness that causes damage and nerve cell loss in the brain. The dopamine-producing cells are vital for smooth and controlled muscle movement. The loss of these cells due to Parkinson’s disease is currently irreparable, and treatment is limited. While…
Stem cell research is a rapidly changing and growing field, with new developments happening regularly. The latest news in the industry is promising: Researchers have repaired damaged corneas using healthy stem cells for the first time in the United States. You may wonder why this…
It was back in early January when Dr. Michael Matthay and his team at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) began delving into a clinical trial to study how stem cells could help treat acute respiratory distress syndrome. Known as ARDS, the syndrome causes…
The coronavirus pandemic is devastating the U.S. economy and healthcare systems — as of publication, nearly 3.2 million Americans have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. We’re eagerly looking ahead in hopes that a safe, effective vaccine will become available…
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect millions of Americans — in the U.S. alone, more than two million people have been infected and over 100,000 have died — researchers are urgently seeking treatment options for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Because viruses aren’t…
People suffering from diseases or other medical conditions that currently have no cure may be desperate to seek some kind of medical treatment. And while stem cell therapies may sound promising and offer hope, many of those currently being advertised are not proven to be…
Medical treatment involving stem cells is an ever-growing, billion-dollar industry, so chances are you have heard about it in the news. Here in the U.S. and around the world, stem cells are being used in various therapies to treat a wide variety of health problems…
