STUDIES show that stem cell treatment has the potential to treat even those considered as end-stage diseases but it may remain exclusive to moneyed individuals. Stem cell therapy is a type of intervention strategy that introduces new adult stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat disease or injury and has recently seen growing popularity in the country. Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Enrique Ona admitted that it would be hard to make the treatment affordable and will likely continue to cost millions of pesos in the next few years. We are not yet talking here of professional fees. We are just talking of equipment, technology napakamahal ho ng mga yan. That is the reason why we hear about millions of pesos being spent for stem cell treatment, said Ona. Hindi pa ho natin magagawa itong mga ganito na mapamura dahil napakamahal ng proseso ng stem cell po, he added. The Health chief said the only time that stem cell treatment can be offered to the poor Filipinos is by the time that the country already has an approved standard care. Ang atin hong pangarap is that when this type of therapy already has a standard of care already, … Continue reading →

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, announced that Chief Executive Officer Michael D. West, PhD will give the keynote address at the MSC 2013 Adult Stem Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine conference on Monday, August 19, 2013, at 12:15 p.m. EDT in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. West will discuss the potential use of embryonic mesenchymal progenitor cells, generated using BioTimes PureStemtechnology, in regenerative medicine and will contrast the properties of those cells with adult-derived mesenchymal stem cells. He will also discuss how those cells can be utilized in the search for genes potentially useful in induced tissue regeneration (iTR). The presentation will be available on BioTimes website at http://www.biotimeinc.com/scientific-presentations. MSC 2013 Adult Stem Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine, August 19-21, 2013, is being held at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center and is presented by Case Western Reserve University and the National Center for Regenerative Medicine. About BioTime, Inc BioTime is a biotechnology company engaged in research and product development in the field of regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine refers to therapies based on stem cell technology that are designed to rebuild cell and tissue … Continue reading →

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BIND Therapeutics, a clinical-stage nanomedicine platform company developing targeted and programmable therapeutics called AccurinsTM, announced today that it has dosed the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of BIND-014, a PSMA-targeted Accurin containing docetaxel, as first-line therapy in patients with chemotherapy nave metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. While treatment options for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer have advanced in recent years, primarily due to an increased understanding of androgen receptor biology, a significant unmet need remains for patients who fail hormonal agents, said Gregory Berk, MD, Chief Medical Officer of BIND Therapeutics. We are pleased our Phase 1 trial of BIND-014 established the safety profile and appropriate Phase 2 dose, and we are advancing BIND-014 in clinical development to further evaluate it as a potential treatment option for patients who are in need of more effective therapies. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is an attractive target in patients with advanced prostate cancer. By delivering an established cytotoxic to this target, there is the potential to significantly improve the therapeutic index and patient outcomes, commented Howard Scher, MD, the Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of … Continue reading →

What's Stem Cell Therapy Dr Bill Johnson Has Answers for more information go to... http://www.innovationstemcellcenter.com More useful info below... Drapeau's theory that Adult Stem Cells are nothing less than the hum... By: Mark Khan … Continue reading →

21st Century Stem Cell Scientists: CIRM Creativity High School Interns, Summer 2013 This summer California's Stem Cell Agency (CIRM) sponsored high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. During their internships, the student... By: California Institute for Regenerative Medicine … Continue reading →