A muscle biopsy ( a procedure involving the removal and examination of a piece of muscle tissue ) may be the primary test used to confirm the diagnosis. In some cases a DNA test from the blood may be sufficient.
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Oregon researchers are set to begin the first clinical trial in the nation using fetal stem cells to treat infants and children suffering from a rare and fatal brain disease.
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Moraga Biotechnology Corporation, an adult stem cell company based in Los Angeles, California, announces the discovery in adult tissues of a very primitive stem cell with properties that are similar to embryonic cells.
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Scientists at Seoul National University, led by the embryonic stem cell research scientist Hwang Woo-suk has produced the worlds first cloned dog, Snuppy.
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More than 35,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in United States, for which a bone marrow or peripheral blood cell transplant is required.
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Children and infants with a rare neurodegenerative disorder, will undergo a Phase I clinical trial using stem cells at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University.
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Little Sarah Kuhl is helping cancer victims and other critically ill patients, when her parents had donated her umbilical cord so that its blood, which is rich in stem cells can be used for transplantation.
The programme is being initiated at the Christiana Hospital where Delaware’s is providing free, public banking of lifesaving cord blood.
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Scientists at University of Wisconsin suggest that liquid crystals, which are used to display information on various electronic devices may help in stem cell research.
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Cord blood is currently used to treat approximately 75 genetic diseases, cancers, and blood disorders. Both private and public Cord Blood Banks have developed in response to the success of umbilical cord blood transplants in treating diseases of the blood and immune systems, such as Fanconi’s anemia and Leukemia. Cord blood, once seen as waste to be discarded after a birth, is now viewed as a precious resource.
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Hillel and the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Registry recently celebrated the extraordinary success of their partnership by introducing the very first donor recruited on a campus to the man whose life she saved.
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