Stem Cell Therapy Research Dr. Steenblock Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
Stem cell therapy research presented by Dr. David Steenblock discusses the use of umbilical cord blood stem cells in the treatment of diseases like diabetes, als and cerebral palsy. Other uses of stem cells include in the regenerative recovery process for patients of brain trauma and stroke recovery.
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Stem Cell Introduction What are Stem Cells?
At the beginning of life is the "FIRST CELL." This first stem cell or oocyte is "totipotent. It is capable of generating every other cell of the body. As this first stem cell divides, it becomes different embryonic layers - the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.
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Safety Issues in Stem Cell Transplants
Safety is the first factor to be considered when discussing the benefits of different types of stem cells. In addition to the moral and ethical issues involved with using embryos, embryonic stem cells have numerous challenges, including contamination, genetic instability and cancer risk.
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Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Therapies for Heart Disease Cancer MS
Research on umbilical cord blood stem cell therapies for use in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke patients, cancer patients and several other conditions treated by stem cell therapy.
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Diseases Treatable by Stem Cell Transplantation
Diseases Treatable by Stem Cell Transplantation. Diseases Treatable by Stem Cell Transplantation. Compilation from The National Donor Program, 2002 and www.stemcelltherapies.org, 2004
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How Stem Cells Help the Healing Process
When stem cells are injected intravenously, intramuscularly or subcutaneously, they travel to those parts of the body that have suffered from some type of injury.
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Resources in Stem Cell Therapy Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Research on Stem Cell therapies and Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
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Stem Cell Therapy Research Dr. Steenblock Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
Stem cell therapy research presented by Dr. David Steenblock discusses the use of umbilical cord blood stem cells in the treatment of diseases like diabetes, als and cerebral palsy. Other uses of stem cells include in the regenerative recovery process for patients of brain trauma and stroke recovery.
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Umbilical cord blood stem cells damaged immune system
Umbilical cord blood stem cells will develop into T and B lymphocytes when injected into a patient whose immune system had been damaged or is failing to work effectively due to disease or aging. In addition, stem cells help the damaged immune system of a patient treated with chemotherapy and/or radiation.
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Research in Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Safety
Research in Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Safety.
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Diseases Treatable by Stem Cell Transplantation
Additional Diseases Treatable by Stem Cell Transplantation.
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UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD STEM CELL RESEARCH
This study demonstrated that hematopoietic-derived cells responded to neural growth factors in the subventricular zone in both 6 month old (adult) and 16 month old (elderly) rats. Human umbilical cord cells were implanted into the brain of the rats. Many cord cells retained their hematopoietic identity but a few cells expressed markers (nestin and doublecortin) for endogenous neural progenitors.
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Stem Cells Nutrients Depression
Depression may be a symptom of the loss of stem cells. Many of the same factors that cause depression can inhibit neural stem cell growth and many of the same factors that promote neural stem cell growth alleviate depression.
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Cerebral Palsy Stem Cell Therapy for Repair and Regeneration
Cerebral palsy is a disorder caused by damage to the brain during pregnancy, delivery or shortly after birth. It is often accompanied by seizures, hearing loss, difficulty speaking, blindness, lack of co-ordination and/or mental retardation.
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Umbilical cord blood stem cells and Cerebral Palsy
Umbilical cord blood stem cells have the ability, when stimulated by neural growth factors, to produce neural and glial cells. Cord blood cells treated with retinoic acid and nerve growth factor have been shown to respond by transforming into cells that have the markers of neurons and glia.
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Cerebral Palsy Hyperbaric oxygen umbilical cord stem cells
Hyperbaric oxygen may increase stem cell differentiation as well as promote new blood vessel growth, we are suggesting a new protocol to be tested out that includes an injection of 1.5 million umbilical cord derived stem cells followed two months later with mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy to assist the stem cells in differentiating into specialized cells such as neurons.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/cerebral_palsy_2.htm
Cerebral Palsy Brain Repair Stem Cell Therapy
Dr. Steenblock at the Brain Therapeutics Medical Clinic has worked to create an effective, comprehensive program in brain repair utilizing hyperbaric oxygen and adjunct therapies. These same adjunct therapies have recently been shown to promote stem cell growth and/or differentiation.
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Cerebral Palsy Stem Cell Therapy References
References for the treatment of Cerebral Palsy with Umbilical cord blood stem cells.
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Alternative Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis Stem Cells Steenblock
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, autoimmune, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Between 250,000 - 350,000 people in the United States alone suffer from Multiple Sclerosis. The name relates to the multiple hardened (sclerotic) lesions and scars in the brain and spinal cord
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Stem Cell Therapies Multiple Sclerosis David Steenblock
Continued article by Dr. David Steenblock on alternative therapies for Multiple Sclerosis including stem cell therapy.
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Multiple Sclerosis Depression and Stem Cell Therapy
One of the most common symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis is depression. A new model of depression is emerging, related to the inhibition of neural stem cell growth in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Factors such as stress-related glucocorticoids that inhibit stem cell growth also induce depression.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/multiple_sclerosis_1.htm
Multiple Sclerosis Epstein-Barr Measles Mumps Stem Cells Steenblock
Multiple Sclerosis is associated with viral infections, including Herpesvirus 6, Epstein-Barr virus, herpes simplex, infectious mononucleosis, measles and mumps (especially after 15 years of age), Chlamydia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Varicella zoster, retroviruses, and nidoviruses.
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Multiple Sclerosis Antioxidants Free redicals David Steenblock
Free radicals, including peroxynitrite are induced in Multiple Sclerosis. Antioxidants can help protect the neural tissue from damage, induced by inflammatory cascades that result in free radical pathology and oxidative stress.
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Multiple Sclerosis References Stem Cell Therapies Steenblock
References for Dr. David Steenblocks paper Alternative Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis.
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Stem Cells and Radiation Research in Treating Depression Diabetes Immune Function
Research on Stem Cells and radiation in the treatment of depression, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and diabetes.
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Diabetes umbilical cord-derived stem cells Embryonic stem cells
Embryonic stem cells have been grown in culture to produce pancreatic cells capable of secreting insulin and expressing genes for pancreatic beta cell development. Similar research is now being undertaken with umbilical cord-derived stem cells.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umdiabetes.htm
Stem Cells and Heart Disease congestive heart failure
Each year, over 1 million Americans experience a heart attack and there are about twelve million who have survived but now may suffer from scar tissue, hypertrophy and hyperplasia.
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Stem cell technologies Genetics Parkinson's disease Diabetes
Stem cell technologies are creating unique opportunities for genetic engineering. Stem cells can be differentiated to specific cells such as dopamine-producing neurons for Parkinson's disease or pancreatic beta cells for diabetic patients.
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Hearing on Stem Cell Research
This is the 14th hearing of the subcommittee. Shortly after stem cells came upon the scene, the subcommittee held hearings in December of 1998. And this is our 14th hearing in following up on this very, very important field of medical research. The unique opportunities for stem cells is recognized in a wide variety of ailments. And it has been a controversial matter because the stem cells are extracted from embryos. While there are other stem cells , our hearings have disclosed that the embryonic stem cells are the most useful.
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Stanford to develop human stem cells
Stanford University re-ignited the debate over the use of stem cells when a top scientist said the school intended to experiment with nuclear transfer technology, an effort many consider to be cloning.
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Program with Zain Verjee on Stem Cells
CNN International Program with Zain Verjee on Stem Cells transcript.
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UCSF begins distributing first of its two embryonic stem cell lines
University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) has begun distributing the first of its two human embryonic stem cell lines to academic researchers, increasing the opportunity for scientists around the world to study the therapeutic potential of the cells .
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Desperate parents chase a stem-cell miracle muscular dystrophy
Despite some $50 million spent in research in the United States last year, and more than 30 years of Jerry Lewis telethons, nothing approaching a cure exists. There are many forms of muscular dystrophy, but Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which affects James and about 15,000 other American children -- almost all of them boys -- is one of the most serious. The disease is caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the body from making a protein that protects muscles. The best treatments available can alleviate some symptoms, but do little or nothing to lengthen a life.
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Absence of data on clinic's therapies provokes skepticism
The clinic takes its name from the embryonic stem cell, and its website says it delivers embryonic stem-cell therapy. The actual cells it claims to use, however, are not embryonic stem cells by any conventional definition. An embryonic stem cell comes from an artificially inseminated embryo, typically about 5 days old, and EmCell obtains its cells from aborted fetuses between 2 and 8 weeks old.
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Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Stroke Treatment
A comprehensive program of rehabilitation from stroke that includes cord stem cell therapy is advised for both acute and chronic stroke patients. Current programs in hyperbaric oxygen therapy, external counterpulsation, neuroprotective intravenous therapies and physical therapy are recommended.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/stroke.html
The Benefits of Stem Cells for Traumatic Brain Injuries
We have observed that young adults such as those in car accidents or veterans from Iraq who have suffered traumatic brain injuries respond well to intravenous treatments of human umbilical cord stem cells.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/brain-trauma.html
Benefits of Cord Stem Cells for Cerebral Palsy treatment
Brain imaging scans of cerebral palsy children show hypoperfusion, (a lack of blood flow) in various regions of the brain, including the thalamus, cerebellum and/or basal ganglia. Umbilical cord derived stem cells have the ability to help repair the entire system.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/cerebral-palsy.html
Stem Cells Treatment to Improve function in Spinal cord injury
Several animal studies have shown that stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood have the ability to improve neurological function after spinal cord injury. The stem cells migrate to the injured area and divide into neurons and astrocytes. The most dramatic use of human umbilical cord stem cells in a spinal cord injury was reported in South Korea.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/spinal.html
Reduce the Clinical Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease with Stem Cell Therapy
Parkinson's Disease is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tremor, rigidity of limbs and body, slowness of movement and loss of balance and coordination. These characteristics were described in ancient Ayurvedic literature in India 6500 years ago.
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Heart Muscle Repair, Heart Attack and Stem Cell Therapy
The damaged heart can progress through various stages including inflammation, heart cell injury and death, scar formation, compensation by adjacent tissue and perhaps gradual degeneration towards congestive heart failure.
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Diabetes Stem Cell Therapy David Steenblock
Cord mesenchymal stem cells can be beneficial in regenerating the pancreas and restoring normal insulin release. In addition, hematopoietic stem cells found in cord blood are beneficial in restoring normal immune function in autoimmune disorders.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/diabetes.html
Stem Cell Therapy fo Loss of Vision and Eye Conditions
If the limbus area of the cornea is injured or damaged, it can reduce the number of proliferating stem cells. If the corneal stem cells are reduced or eliminated, there is a gradual loss of transparency in the cornea and the formation of scar tissue. Cord stem cell treatments that include CD34 cells may be of benefit to some of these conditions.
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Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Cancer
Umbilical cord blood has been used since 1988 for treating primarily malignant diseases. The hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells from cord blood restore blood, bone marrow and immune function after radiation or chemotherapy. In addition, stem cells themselves may fight against cancers.
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Multiple Sclerosis MS Stem Cells Treatment neurological deterioration
Between 250,000 - 350,000 people in the United States alone suffer from Multiple Sclerosis. The name relates to the multiple hardened (sclerotic) lesions and scars in the brain and spinal cord. Initial symptoms may include extreme fatigue, vertigo, optic neuritis, and numbness in the extremities. Most patients experience relapsing-remitting episodes that over time can lead to progressive neurological deterioration.
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Muscular Dystrophy and Stem Cell Therapy
There are two dramatic reports from China that demonstrate that cord stem cells can correct the exon 19 deletion and improve muscle tone in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We are anxious to see similar results in patients treated in Mexico with cord stem cells, perhaps transfected with the exon 19 gene.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/muscular-dystrophy.html
Huntington's Disease and Stem Cell Therapies
Huntington's Disease is a genetic autosomal dominant disorder clinically characterized by progressive neural degeneration. Treatment with human umbilical cord stem cells can prolong the life of animal models of Huntington's disease.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/huntingtons.html
Stem Cell Treatments to Improve symptoms in Down Syndrome
The clinical characteristics of Down syndrome, caused by the triplication of the fragment 21q22 of chromosome 21 (trisomy 21) include mental retardation, craniofacial abnormalities, clinical defects of the heart, gut and immune system, and an increased risk of other diseases, including leukemia and Alzheimer's disease.
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Stem Cell Therapy Improves Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mesenchymal stem cells are proving to have significant effects on a variety of autoimmune type of problems such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, Lupus, colitis, mixed connective tissue disease.
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Improve symptoms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by diffuse motor neuron degeneration. The disorder leads to paralysis of the skeletal muscle and premature death, often by respiratory failure.
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Stem Cells can Reduce symptoms in Epilepsy
Approximately 1% of the population has epilepsy. While most patients gain control of their seizures from medications, those with intractable focal epilepsies may respond to umbilical cord stem cells.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/epilepsy.html
Stem Cell Therapy to Improve symptoms in Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder that is associated with a variety of clinical symptoms. While human umbilical cord stem cells have been used successfully in patients with sickle cell disorders, more promising results may come from transfected stem cells with genes that are shown to be deficient or mutated in the person's genetic screening.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/sickle.html
Research on Stroke Recovery and Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
Articles on Stroke Recovery and Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells including advantages of human cord blood cells in CNS injuries and disorders.
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Research on Stem Cells and Traumatic Brain Injury
Human umbilical cord blood cells show benefit in treating brain hemorrhage. Cord Blood Cells succeed in reducing impairments from traumatic brain injury.
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Research on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Spinal Cord Injury
Articles on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Spinal Cord Injury featuring Umbilical cord stem cells given with BDNF for spinal cord injury.
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Research in Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Parkinson's Disease
Research articles on Parkinson's disease and the use of umbilical stem cells in treatment including Umbilical Cord Matrix Stem Cells and Parkinson's Symptoms.
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Stem Cell Research for Heart Muscle Repair and Heart Attack
Research articles on the use of sten cells in treating heart patients. A variety of stem cells have been used for regenerating the heart.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/heart-attack-research.html
Research on Diabetes and Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Treatment
Research on Diabetes and Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Treatment including Type 1 diabetes can be caused by autoimmune destruction leading to a lack of insulin.
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Research on Stem and Progenitor Cells and Vision
Research articles on Stem and Progenitor Cells and Vision including Neural and non-neural stem cell sources are able to repair the injured retina.
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Heart Muscle Repair and Heart Attack Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell research for heart attack patients, coronary disease and heart muscle repair.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/heart-attack-research2.html
Research on Stem Cells and Muscular Dystrophy
Articles on muscular dystrophy and stem cell treatments including Cord stem cell treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/muscular-dystrophy-research.html
Research in Stem Cell Therapies and Multiple Sclerosis
Research articles on stem cell therapies and Multiple Sclerosis including the article Infusions of cord stem cells rather than transplants may be beneficial in MS.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/ms-research2.html
Cerebral Palsy Stem Cell Research
Cerebral Palsy stem cell research articles including Umbilical cord stem cells and transdifferentiation into oligodendrocytes and Umbilical cord stem cells with multipotent neural markers
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/cp-research2.html
Research in Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Cancer
Research in umbilical cord stem cells and cancer including umbilical cord stem cells and ovarian and prostate cancer.
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Research on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Stroke Recovery
Research articles on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Stroke Recovery including Mesenchymal cells may be beneficial to stroke recovery
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Research on Huntington's Disease and Umbilical Cord Blood Cells
Umbilical cord blood cells for Huntington's disease
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/huntingtons-research2.html
Research on Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Diabetes
Research articles on umbilical cord stem cells and diabetes including the article Mesenchymal stem cells are capable of differentiating into pancreatic insulin producing cells in rat tissue.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/diabetes-research2.html
Research on Stem Cell Treatment of Down Syndrome
Research on Stem Cell Treatment of Down Syndrome including the article Stem cells offer a novel model system to study development disorders like Down's syndrome.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/down-research2.html
Arthritis Stem Cell Research stem cells may be beneficial as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
Umbilical cord blood transfusions for autoimmune disorders. Stem cells may be beneficial as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/arthritis-research2.html
Research on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Research on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/als-research2.html
Research on Spinal Cord Injury and Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
Research articles on Spinal Cord Injury and Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells including a case study of human umbilical cord stem cells used to treat spinal cord injury.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/spinal-research-2.html
Research on Stem Cell Treatment for Epilepsy
Research articles and citations for on stem cell treatment for epilepsy including the article Transplantation of GABA-producing stem cells for intractable seizures.
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Research in Sickle Cell Anemia and Stem Cell Treatment
Sickle Cell Anemia and stem cell treatment research articles including Umbilical cord blood derived stem cells for hemoglobinopathies.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/sickle-research-2.html
Research in Stem Cell Therapies and Multiple Sclerosis
Research articles on the use of stem cells in treating Multiple Sclerosis featuring Infusions of cord stem cells rather than transplants may be beneficial in MS.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/ms-research.html
Huntington's Disease Stem Cell Research
Articles on the treatment of Huntington's disease with human umbilical cord blood stem cells, including The Huntington gene and respiratory chain enzyme activity.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/huntingtons-research.html
Research on Stem Cells and Down Syndrome David Steenblock
Articles and citations for the treatment of Down syndrome by stem cell therapies including articles on Stem cells offer a novel model system to study development disorders like Down's syndrome
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/down-research.html
Rheumatoid Arthritis Stem Cell Therapy Research
Research on stem cell therapy and rheumatoid arthritis including pulsed electromagnetic therapy.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/arthritis-research.html
Research on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Research on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/als-research.html
Epilepsy Stem Cell Research Genetic therapies for epilepsy
Research articles on the treatment of epilepsy through stem cell therapies including Genetic therapies for epilepsy and Adenosine from stem cell implants suppress seizures.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/epilepsy-research.html
Research in Stem Cell Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia
Research articles on the use of stem cells for treating sickle cell anemia including Human umbilical cord stem cells and sickle cell anemia.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/sickle-research.html
Safety
Research on Embryonic Stem Cells Safety
Research on Embryonic Stem Cells Safety. Scientists are working non-stop to overcome the challenges of mouse feeder cell contamination, genetic instability and tumor development that have been safety concerns with embryonic stem cells.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/safety/safety-embryonic.htm
Stem Cell Safety Immune Suppression and Neuronal Toxicity
Immune suppressants are required for differentiated cells derived from embryonic stem cells and for bone marrow transplants to prevent severe graft versus host reactions. Immune suppressants often include corticosteroids (cortisone) that in elevated concentrations are toxic to neural progenitor cells and new neurons.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/safety/safety-immune.htm
Research
Safety of Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Transfusions Genetics Diseases
Umbilical cord blood stem cells transfusions are safe for a wide range of ages and diseases including diabetes, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and stroke recovery.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/research/cord-safety-2.html
Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Multipotency Stem Cell Safety
The Steenblock Research Institute has been working with other scientists to develop safe and effective stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/research/safety-multipotency.htm