Public release date: 6-Sep-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Sally Stewart Sally.stewart@cshs.org 310-248-6566 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center LOS ANGELES Sept. 6, 2012 A team of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute stem cell researchers today was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine to continue study of an experimental stem cell therapy that treats heart attack patients with heart-derived cells. Earlier this year, data from the first clinical trial of the stem cell treatment showed the therapy helped damaged hearts regrow healthy muscle. To date, this cell therapy, developed by Eduardo Marbn, MD, PhD, director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Mark S. Siegel Family Professor, is the only treatment shown to regenerate the injured human heart. In this therapy, human heart tissue is used to grow specialized heart stem cells, which then are injected back into the patient's heart. The new research will focus on understanding the cellular mechanisms that have produced favorable outcomes. "We have seen encouraging results in patients with this treatment, and it has the potential to revolutionize how we treat heart attack patients," Marbn said. "This further study will allow us to better understand how it works, which we hope will lead … Continue reading →

Laking pasasalamat ni Albert Martinez at ng kanyang pamilya na cleared na sa breast cancer ang asawa niyang si Liezl Martinez. Kuwento ni Albert sa PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal), sa tulong daw ng stem cell therapy ay naging cancer-free ang asawa. Ok naman, so far with Gods blessing,. Its all cleared. So, were very, very happy. Dealing with cancer is a struggle from day one, and Im really thankful that theres such a thing as stem cell na naging solusyon sa recovery ni Liezl." EXTENSIVE RESEARCH. Ayon kay Albert ay pinag-aralan niya ang lahat ng puwedeng maging solusyon sa sakit ng asawa. Pero sa huli, ang stem cell pa rin ang naging solusyon. Marami akong pinagdaanan kasi ni-research ko lahat yan. Kailangang alamin mo kung ano ba ang mga dapat gawin. Lahat pinag-aralan natin And nag-end up talaga, na ang pinakamaganda is stem cell. I took the risk, researched on the possibilities of doing it, availability niya. More: Albert Martinez claims stem cell therapy cleared wife Liezl Martinez of breast cancer … Continue reading →

Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will undergo stem cell therapy on Monday with an alternative medicine doctor. Arroyo, in a post on her Twitter account Saturday morning, said Monday's session will be her fourth intravenous treatment. "This Monday I will have my fourth stem cell intravenous treatment with my alternative medicine doctor," she said. Also she said, "It's cultured stem cell and much more modest in price than the one coming from sheep or one's own body." But she did not elaborate on how much the treatment will cost. Stem cell therapy is type of intervention strategy that introduces new adult stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat disease or injury. Earlier this week, Arroyo said she continues to search for alternative solutions to an anatomic problem that prompted her to be rushed to a government hospital last month. Arroyo said she had seen at least two "alternative medicine practitioners," and has initiated communication with a "neurocervical spine purist." She said she also had her thrice-weekly therapy at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City Thursday. Arroyo underwent treatment last August for an anatomic problem that caused her to choke on her food. … Continue reading →

Durham, NC (PRWEB) September 07, 2012 A new pre-clinical study demonstrates how stem cells may significantly reduce the ripple-effect damage caused by a heart attack. The study, by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, appears in the September issue of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine. Several recent clinical trials have shown how stem cells can help the heart heal after an attack, but to date the investigations have focused on transplanting cells directly into the site of the attack itself. However, a heart attack has a ripple effect, much like how an earthquake reaches beyond its epicenter to affect outlying regions, too. As the heart attempts to shift the workload from the damaged section to surrounding healthy muscle, the tissue abutting the attack site gets caught in the middle. This often results in the tissue being overstressed and leads to cardiac failure. In this new study, the researchers evaluated the effects of expanding the stem cell treatment beyond the heart attack site to include the surrounding region. We wanted to look specifically at whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) improve the remodeling of the myocardium directly abutting the attack site, explained Zhongium Wu, Ph.D., associate professor of … Continue reading →