Category: Clinical update

Breakthrough therapy designed for periodontitis sufferers

Published on: 23rd May 2019

Periodontitis is a painful and destructive dental disease caused by bacteria that induce inflammation, leading to the loss of gums surrounding teeth. As one of the most common dental diseases affecting a large number of the population, researchers have designed a new stem cell-based therapy to treat it.

Stem cells effectively treat arthritis of the knee

Published on: 1st May 2019

A clinical trial in Toronto, Canada has demonstrated that a single injection of MSCs (mesenchymal stem cells) can safely reduce pain and improve quality of patients with late-stage osteoarthritis of the knee.

Future Health Biobank supports pioneering research into tooth dentin regeneration

Published on: 9th April 2019

Scientists at Future Health Biobank have provided samples of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), to aid pioneering research into the regeneration of tooth dentin and bone.

Man regains use of arms and hands with stem cell therapy

Published on: 27th March 2019

In 2016, Kris Boesen suffered a devastating cervical spine injury when he was just 20 years old. The injury happened after a serious car accident in Bakersfield, USA, which left him paralysed from the neck down. It was expected that he would remain paralysed for life.

Personalised stem cell therapy for spinal cord injuries

Published on: 13th March 2019

Phase I/II clinical trials have investigated the benefits of stem cell therapy for chronic paraplegia (spinal cord injury), using a drug manufactured with patients’ own stem cells.

Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant Corrects Irritable Bowel Disease

Published on: 26th February 2019

A baby girl, Zhao Jiaxin, has become the first child in China to receive a cord blood stem cell transplant to cure an inherited type of Irritable Bowel Disease.

Stem Cells Engineered To Produce Insulin For Type 1 Diabetes

Published on: 25th February 2019

For the first time, researchers have transformed human stem cells into mature insulin-producing cells. The breakthrough could lead us a step closer to developing a cure for Type 1 diabetes.