The treatment only has a 50% success rate so far, but those who have received it have reportedly experienced no significant side effects.

Cord blood transplants—considered an adult stem cell therapy because the cells come from infants, not embryos—have been performed since 1988. Like bone marrow, which doctors have been ...

Techniques that cause multipotent adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to differentiate ... activities in the OA joint. Targeted gene therapy might further enhance these activities of MSCs.

He not only highlighted the success stories of using adult stem cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma therapy in treating patients with conditions such as stroke, arthritis, cerebral palsy ...

The stem cell treatment involved the injection of roughly two million reprogrammed or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which are created by hacking adult cells back into an embryonic-like state.

Mayo Clinic is taking epilepsy research in a bold new direction, exploring treatment approaches to help patients living with the most severe and difficult-to-treat forms of epilepsy. About 50 million ...

skeletal muscle stem cells and gene therapy; growth factors and signal transduction; mouse molecular genetics; muscular dystrophies and neuromuscular diseases. Skeletal muscle maintenance and ...

Beyond gene therapy, another issue of much debate relates to the use of stem cells. These cells can be divided into two broad classes: embryonic and adult. Both classes are currently being ...

Cytora, a clinical stage company developing unique stem cell treatments based on human Oral Mucosa Stem Cells (hOMSCs), reported today successful results of a Phase 1/2a clinical trial for treating ...