Third person ‘cured’ of HIV after receiving stem cell cancer treatment
A 53-year-old man in Düsseldorf, Germany, has been declared cured of HIV by doctors after a blood stem cell transplant to treat leukaemia – the third case of this kind. The man has no signs of active infection four years after he stopped taking antiretroviral drugs. “We don’t think there’s a functional virus present,” says Björn Jensen at Düsseldorf University Hospital. The “Düsseldorf […]
World Cord Blood Day
In honour of the world day dedicated to cord blood (17 November): so that every day may be the day dedicated to this priceless resource
Umbilical cord: bank it with Nescens
Until a few years ago, babies’ umbilical cord was simply thrown away as waste. Today families have the opportunity to bank the umbilical cord and preserve a very valuable resource for the medicine of the future
Stem cells: the crucial role of proteins in differentiation
A network of proteins that preserve their ability to differentiate and become any type of cell, or in other words maintain their pluripotency, regulates stem cells
Stem cells and rejection: new clues and possible solutions
Study of the causes of rejection in stem cells transplants: the role of mitochondria in the field of regenerative medicine
Stem cells collection: a simple gesture, without any risk
The gynaecologist performs the collection of cord blood and tissue immediately after childbirth: a painless procedure and without any risk both for the mother and the baby
Transplantable arteries created from stem cells
Cardiovascular diseases: a new method for creating smooth muscle tissue cells from stem cells that will enable to produce fully functional transplantable blood vessels
Umbilical cord stem cells: why store them?
A valuable resource as a source of haematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells, useful for the treatment of many diseases
The importance of umbilical cord tissue for regenerative medicine
The importance of the proliferative and differentiation potential of mesenchymal stem cells contained in the umbilical cord
The first stem cells “invisible” to the immune system were created
Stem cells manipulated with this method can be used for universal regenerative medicine therapies
