Toxins in Cigarette Smoke Inhibit Stem Cells
Smoking has been known to interfere with the healing of bone, and now new research sheds light on the chemical mechanisms underlying this phenomenon.
March 4, 2008
Smoking has been known to interfere with the healing of bone, and now new research sheds light on the chemical mechanisms underlying this phenomenon.
In a novel type of therapy, mesenchymal stem cells are found to expedite wound healing.
Scientists in the U.K. have invented a new method for using a patient’s own adult stem cells to heal severely damaged bone and cartilage.
A review of the medical literature yields positive conclusions for the clinical use of adult stem cells in the treatment of some of the most serious of diseases.
A man who had suffered from multiple sclerosis for nearly a decade says that his symptoms are gone after being treated with adult stem cell therapy.
The same gene that stimulates stem cells to manufacture blood cells is also involved in protecting against infection.