In the setting of ASCT, since the mid-1990s, the use of bone marrow as a hematopoietic stem cell source has largely been supplanted by the use of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs). Compared with ...

Since their emergence, cell and gene therapies have reshaped how we address previously untreatable diseases. Successfully bringing new cell and gene therapies to patients hinges not only on the ...

Stem cell charity Anthony Nolan has announced the opening of the Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre in Nottingham, UK. Founded in 1974, Anthony Nolan created the world’s first stem cell register and ...

The medical practice of cord blood banking involves collecting newborn umbilical cord blood after birth to create a valuable ...

Intermountain Health is now offering a national first-of-its kind expansion of CAR-T Cell Therapy, bringing cutting-edge cancer care closer to patients in Southern Utah and Nevada. Intermountain’s new ...

Before an autologous stem cell transplant, you usually go to the day care unit for the stem cell collection. You have daily blood tests to see if there are enough stem cells in your bloodstream. When ...

Figuring out that stem cells’ trash collection system falls apart as the cells age is important, he says, because pinpointing what goes wrong with age gives us an idea of how to target future fixes.

Rarely, you have a transplant using stem cells from a donor. This is called an allogenic transplant, or allograft. You have injections of growth factors before stem cell collection. Growth factors are ...

“Stem cell transplantation is central to the treatment of multiple myeloma, but some patients don’t see as much benefit because standard therapies can’t harvest enough stem cells for the ...

This first-in-human trial is testing a highly unconventional method: delivering fat-derived stem cells from the patient directly into the brain to stimulate repair and regeneration of damaged neurons.

(Allen Institute Photo) Space: The final frontier … for stem cells? Seattle’s Allen Institute for Cell Science says cells from its collection are going into space for the first time on a ...