by rss feed | Aug 27, 2023 | News Feeds, stem cell therapy, weekly reads
Many avenues are being pursued to get stem cell therapy to the clinic for eye conditions. These different approaches employ a variety of stem cell types. In some cases, such as with iPS cells, the stem cells themselves are not transplanted. Instead, the iPS cells are...
by rss feed | May 17, 2022 | News Feeds, stem cell therapy, Stem cells for ALS
The regular emails and phone calls I get from patients asking questions about stem cell therapy are a powerful reminder of the fact that research in our field can be very personal. Sometimes individuals who receive experimental stem cell therapy (or other cell...
by rss feed | Mar 22, 2022 | News Feeds, stem cell therapy
I am in the unique position of being a stem cell scientist and a cancer survivor, although I have never had a stem cell therapy myself. Looking on the bright side my cancer experience gives me a unique perspective. What’s in this post Stem cell therapy |...
by rss feed | Jul 20, 2021 | Bioinformant, BioLife, Boston BioLife, News Feeds, stem cell clinical trials, stem cell clinics, stem cell muddy waters, stem cell therapy
How can you tell who to trust in the world of stem cell therapy? What information can a patient trust? Once upon a time about a dozen years ago it seemed a much simpler question. There were universities and biotech companies doing legit research as well as clinical...
by rss feed | Mar 12, 2021 | Blog, FDA, FDA approved stem cell therapies, News Feeds, stem cell therapy
Over the years many of us have wished that there was a list of FDA approved stem cell therapies. Patients and fellow scientists often asked me, but there was no list that I could find. Other researchers mentioned being asked too. As a result, the general answer was,...
by rss feed | Dec 16, 2020 | Back Pain, degenerative disc disease, News Feeds, stem cell therapy
Marc Darrow MD, JD I will frequently receive emails from a web visitor that say, I have a serious back problem, I am being advised to have spinal surgery for degenerative disc disease, can you help me? I then write back, “what is the nature of your serious back...