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A win for stem cells
The stem cell industry has scored a major victory in its efforts to keep patient treatments exempt from Food and Drug Administration regulations, brushing aside the regulatory agency’s concerns that the therapies are unproven and could be dangerous. The...
Reversing symptoms with cell and gene therapies Rewriting the Future of Healthcare
Health begins with understanding. And in recent decades, science has come to understand a lot about the human body. Particularly, our genetics. This has unlocked promising options for doctors and patients to treat some of the most debilitating diseases....
Stem Cell Therapy For Knees
Stem cell therapy for knees has the potential to provide relief to a lot of people. Knee pain is an common condition that affects millions of Americans and people around the world. Considering the daily load that legs bear, a problem with your knees can limit...
Stem Cells and Intervertebral Disc Regeneration Overview—What They Can and Can’t Do
Background Low back pain (LPB) is the main cause of disability worldwide with enormous socioeconomic burdens. A major cause of LBP is intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD): a chronic, progressive process associated with exhaustion of the resident cell population,...
Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections: Pharmacological and Clinical Considerations in Pain Management
Abstract Purpose of review: Regenerative medicine through interventional pain procedures is evolving with data demonstrating efficacy for a number of pain states in recent years. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP), defined as a sample of plasma with a platelet concentration 3...
Stopping arthritis before it starts
A novel off-the-shelf bio-implant containing embryonic stem cells has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of cartilage injuries More than a million Americans undergo knee and hip replacements each year. It’s a last resort treatment for pain and mobility...
The blood stem cell research that could change medicine of the future
Making stem cells from a patient’s adult cells – rather than human embryos – is one of the holy grails in modern medicine treatments. New research brings us two steps closer. Biomedical engineers and medical researchers at UNSW Sydney have independently made...
Streamlining stem cells to treat macular degeneration
As we age, so do our eyes; most commonly, this involves changes to our vision and new glasses, but there are more severe forms of age-related eye problems. One of these is age-related macular degeneration, which affects the macula -- the back part of the eye that...
What Is a Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Facial?
As we age, we notice many changes in our bodies. Many obvious changes take place in our skin. Do you have wrinkles and facial lines that you want to get rid of without surgery? Well, the vampire facial or plasma-rich protein (PRP) facial may be your answer. It...