Stem Cell
Clear, inclusive messaging crucial to recruit LGBTQ+ stem cell donors
Although gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men can serve as volunteer unrelated stem cell donors for people in need of transplants, they have long faced exclusion from donation and represent a largely untapped donor pool.
Stemedica announces clinical trial for IV stem cell treatment for chronic ischemic stroke
Stemedica Cell Technologies announced the launch of a phase 2b/3 clinical trial to assess the safety, efficacy and tolerability of a single IV injection of allogenic mesenchymal stem cells in patients with chronic ischemic stroke.
VIDEO: Melphalan dosing, immunotherapy considered in multiple myeloma research
NEW ORLEANS — In this video perspective, Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP, discusses potentially practice-changing early research on treatments for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma presented at the ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Man is oldest person possibly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
A 66-year-old man is the oldest person yet to possibly be cured of HIV after undergoing a stem cell transplant, researchers announced Wednesday.
VIDEO: Secondary cancers found after stem cell transplants for multiple myeloma
In this video, Paul Richardson, MD, director of clinical research at Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the phase III DETERMINATION study in multiple myeloma presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.
VIDEO: Impact of stem cell transplants in myeloma treatment ‘remarkable’
In this video, Paul Richardson, MD, director of clinical research at Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the phase III DETERMINATION study in multiple myeloma presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.
Gene therapy deemed safe, effective for children with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Gene therapy appeared safe and effective for children with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome without a suitable donor for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.
US woman is third person to achieve sustained HIV remission after stem cell transplant
A woman from the United States is the third person to achieve sustained treatment-free HIV remission after undergoing a stem cell transplant, researchers announced.
The Take Home: AHA Scientific Sessions
The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions were held virtually Nov. 13 to 15. The event included numerous presentations of new data in cardiology.
Cell therapy approaches goal of restoring vision in geographic atrophy
A cell replacement therapy that uses retinal pigment epithelium-derived stem cells is showing the potential to restore retinal tissue in advanced age-related macular degeneration with geographic atrophy.