by APFLI | Aug 10, 2016 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical), Stem Cell Research / Regenerative Medicine
Today the Charlotte Lozier Institute releases its fourth Stem Cell Research Facts video; this story features Cindy Schroeder’s recovery from multiple myeloma after an adult stem cell transplant. Cindy Schroeder had always lived an active life. A wife, mother of three,...
by APFLI | Dec 22, 2015 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical), Artificial Conception, Stem Cell Research & Cloning
US: Legislation Passes to Ban Production of 3 Parent Embryos The US House of Representatives passed legislation banning the creation of 3 parent embryos. This past year, Chinese, British and American scientists have been praising the potential of genetically modified...
by APFLI | Oct 6, 2015 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical), Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell - Archive
Ieshea Thomas, a Chicago woman, is the first adult to be cured of sickle cell disease with the chemotherapy-free procedure at UI Hospital. Iesha Thomas has been in and out of hospitals battling sickle cell disease since she was only 8 months old. This summer,...
by APFLI | Nov 5, 2010 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX ECM The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex structural entity surrounding and supporting cells that are found within mammalian tissues. The ECM is often referred to as the connective tissue. The ECM is composed of 3 major classes of...
by APFLI | Jun 5, 2010 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
Recent Adult Stem Cell Research Educational Campaign — www.stemcellresearchfacts.org With the never-ending battles over abortion and health care, the pro-life community may be lulled into forgetting that other fights exist on the bioethics front. To keep those...
by APFLI | Nov 7, 2009 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
Scientists Cure Sickle Cell Anemia in Mice: Adult Skin Cells Coaxed to Produce Embryonic-like Properties Published in UAB Insight, Winter 2008 A team of scientists from UAB and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have cured mice with humanized sickle cell...
by APFLI | May 7, 2009 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
First published online September 11, 2008 Stem Cells Vol. 26 No. 12 December 2008, pp. 3205 -3209 doi:10.1634/stemcells.2008-0103; www.StemCells.com TISSUE-SPECIFIC STEM CELLS Evidence That an Early Pregnancy Causes a Persistent Decrease in the Number of Functional...
by APFLI | Jan 15, 2009 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
President's Council on Bioethics New Advances in Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research Since 2005 (2007) http://www.bioethics.gov/stemcells/new_advances.html Embryonic-LIKE Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood and Potential for Neural Modeling (10-page, Acta...
by APFLI | Sep 30, 2007 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
The first study, conducted by scientists at the Minneapolis Heart Institute and reported in the journal Circulation, finds the research helping patients with angina, or pain due to artery blockage. The results found enhancement of blood flow to the heart and an...
by APFLI | Sep 30, 2007 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Successful in Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Umbilical Cord Blood Alters Course of Type 1 Diabetes in Newly Diagnosed Mothers Keep On Giving…Stem Cells, That Is… Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Successful in Treatment...
by APFLI | Aug 8, 2007 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
by Peter Hollands In 1983, apart from a few highly specialized experts in bone marrow transplantation, there was little interest in stem cell biology. In this wide-open field, I was lucky enough to work at Cambridge University with Professor Bob Edwards and lay the...
by APFLI | Apr 16, 2007 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
Adult stem cells were able to spur prolonged insulin independence in patients. Researchers from Brazil found success with transplanting adult stem cells into patients with newly diagnosed type 1, or insulin-dependent, diabetes. Dr. Julio C. Voltarelli, from the...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2007 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
National Marrow Donor Program Facts and Figures http://www.marrow.org/MEDIA/Facts_and_Figures/facts_figures.pdf Each year, thousands of people are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma and genetic and immune system disorders. For...
by APFLI | Feb 12, 2007 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
"Stem Cells in the Umbilical Cord", by M. Weiss and E. Troyer, Stem Cell Reviews, Humana Press, vol.2, 2006 Abstract. "Stem cells are the next frontier in medicine. Stem cells are thought to have great therapeutic and biotechnological...
by APFLI | Nov 29, 2006 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
PARKINSON’S TREATMENTS ADULT STEM CELLS VS. EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS Adult Stem Cells Treat Parkinson’s in Humans and Animals: 2006 Scientists used adult stem cells from the solid umbilical cord to treat rats with Parkinson’s, and found significant...
by APFLI | Nov 28, 2006 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
Canadian doctors have used adult stem cells taken from multiple sclerosis patients to attempt to cure them of their disabling condition. CTV News reports that researchers at the Ottawa Hospital have successfully treated four patients with stem cells obtained from...
by APFLI | Nov 12, 2006 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
[update: see below a list of diseases presently treated successfully] ADULT STEM CELLS, according to Phil Coelho [CEO, Chairman, Board of Thermogenesis Corp] which provides cord blood stem cell processing and cryopreservation systems used by major cord...
by APFLI | Sep 11, 2006 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have revealed findings that some placental cells have many of the same characteristics of embryonic stem cells. Like umbilical cords, the placenta is routinely discarded after a baby is born, and is a rich source of...
by APFLI | Sep 11, 2006 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
Taken from unrelated donors, doctors are saving the lives of children with Hurler's syndrome — a rare congenital illness that typically kills victims before they reach the age of five. While experts have been treating Hurler's syndrome with stem...
by APFLI | Sep 11, 2006 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
The possible discovery of adult stem cells in the pancreas could offer hope for diabetics who take insulin shots to make up for defective cells. Scientists from the University of Toronto believe they have found adult stem cells in the pancreas of mice that are...