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Editors Horse Stem Cell Technique to be Tested on Humans 4/16/2009 9:00:00 AM

Comment now Horse Stem Cell Technique to be Tested on Humans

It's rare for veterinary medicine to lead human medicine, but race horses are a different breed. A stem cell technique that has been used to quickly repair the tendons of race horses will be tried in humans for the first time.

British biotech firm MedCell Bioscience Ltd said on Wednesday it would start clinical tests within 12 months to extract Mesenchymal adult stem cells from a patien...

Editors Human Trials: Man Cured of Multiple Sclerosis Using Adult Stem Cells 2/23/2009 11:40:00 AM

Comment now Human Trials: Man Cured of Multiple Sclerosis Using Adult Stem Cells

A Northwestern University clinical trial using adult stem cells 'cures' Edwin McClure, a Virginia Commonwealth University advertising graduate student with multiple sclerosis.

Stem cells were removed from his bone marrow and grown in a lab. His existing cells were destroyed by chemotherapy, then replaced by the new ones via injection.

His symptoms have since disappeared.

Editors Tourism: Costa Rica Clinic Hopes for Quadriplegic 2/10/2009 10:00:00 AM

Comment now Tourism: Costa Rica Clinic Hopes for Quadriplegic

Thousands of people travel to clinics around the world, from China to Mexico to Ukraine, in the hope of being cured for Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, nerve damage and more.

A quadriplegic from Arlington, Texas spent $20,000 on stem cell injections at the Institute for Cellular Medicine in San Jose, Costa Rica in an effort to walk again.

Editors Video: Actual Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy in 10 Minutes 2/2/2009 6:00:00 PM

Comment now Video: Actual Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy in 10 Minutes

Video of an actual bone marrow aspiration and biopsy on a patient at the Odette Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario on March 10 2008.

Takes only 10 minutes.

Editors Breakthrough: Origin of Blood Stem Cells Discovered 1/18/2009 11:50:00 AM

Comment now Breakthrough: Origin of Blood Stem Cells Discovered

The timeline of development of blood (hematopoietic) stem cells (HSCs) from the embryo to bone marrow has been proven in mice by a research team led by Nancy Speck, PhD, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

HSCs are found in the bone marrow of adults and generate all of the blood cell types in the body.

During developmen...

Editors FDA: Possibly First Ever Stem Cell Drug for FDA Approval 1/17/2009 11:31:00 AM

Comment now FDA: Possibly First Ever Stem Cell Drug for FDA Approval

Osiris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OSIR) expects to have the first ever stem cell drug for FDA approval.

Prochymal would treat Graft vs. host disease, assisting bone marrow transplant patients to prevent the implanted marrow's immune cells from attacking the body.

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