by Stacey Hawkins | Sep 21, 2017 | Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
TRANSPLANTING ORGANS FROM ANIMALS INTO HUMANS Every ten minutes, a new person is added to the national transplant waiting list. A little more than 75,000 people are active waiting list candidates — meaning they are medically eligible for transplantation according to... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Jun 8, 2017 | Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS SHOW PROMISE Imagine being able to reprogram one of your own skin cells to produce a functioning nerve cell or section of cardiac tissue. This may sound like science fiction — but the groundwork for this to become a reality is already in... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Mar 2, 2017 | Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
Inducing Stem Cells To Heal Headlines touting stem cells often claim the therapies heal everything from hair loss to hearing loss. While many of these treatments are not FDA approved, there are some promising innovations winding through preclinical and clinical... by Stacey Hawkins | Oct 23, 2014 | Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
Universal platelet cells—generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells—made their debut last week, courtesy of Advanced Cell Technology (Marlborough, MA). The possibility of producing platelets—the component of blood that stops bleeding on-demand and... by Stacey Hawkins | Sep 25, 2014 | Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
If stem cells have their way, replacement organs may find their place as a plentiful standard of treatment. This pairing prompted us to wonder: what is it about stem cells that make them attractive to organ replacement therapies? The therapeutic potential of stem...
