MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cell therapy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:55:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4237896&cid=t_233317_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdiagnosising-sepsis-in-under-an-hour%2F2010.12.07 Because current sepsis tests can take up to two days to provide a diagnosis, many patients fail to receive proper treatment until it is too late. However, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology hope to improve survival rates with the MinoLab, a new testing platform which they claim will be able to provide results in under an hour. The MinoLab uses magnetic nanoparticles to carry the analyte through multiple reaction chambers before providing a final diagnosis. More from the announcement: Dr. Dirk Kuhlmeier, a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, explains how all that works: “After taking a sample of blood, magnetic nanoparticles bind themselves to the target cells in the blood sample through specific catcher molecules. We... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4237896 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:00:28 +0100 4237896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082183&cid=t_233317_113_f&fid=39278&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogsite.mdbuyline.com%2F%3Fp%3D63 The heart is an amazing device in itself but has one major drawback: once damaged, it has a limited ability to repair itself.  So, calling the use of your own cells to repair damaged heart tissue “groundbreaking” is an understatement!  However, Dr. Warren Sherman, MD, FACC, FSCAI Director, Cardiac Cell-Based Endovascular Therapies Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, is a leading authority on autologous cell therapy and explained its potential to me.  He stated, “We’re looking at cell therapy for the treatment of heart muscle disease after it’s been damaged, meaning weeks, months, or years after it’s been damaged.  For patients with congestive heart failure, the impact could be huge.” Autologous cell therapy is a process that use... MD Buyline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082183 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:36:17 +0100 4082183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200625&cid=t_233317_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F6hZf_SGbMRc%2F The potential and safety of using stem cells to treat diseases suffered a setback with the news of a botched experimental treatment of a human being. A teenage boy who received fetal stem cells developed brain cancer four years after the transplant, reports PLoS Medicine this week. The patient suffered from a recessive genetic disorder called ataxia telangiectasia (AT), an incurable rare disease that causes degeneration of the part of the brain that controls movement and speech. When the boy was 9 years old, his parents took him to Moscow to have experimental stem cell therapy. Russian researchers injected the boy with transplants of neural stem cells taken from the brains of aborted fetuses. Four years later, the donor stem cells inside the boy’s brain differentiated into a cancerous... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200625 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:57:22 +0100 2200625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982592&cid=t_233317_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F175603634%2F A Bolivar, Missouri, mother is planning to take her 10-year-old autistic son to China for an umbilical stem cell transplant that has enabled another Missouri child, Rylea Bartlett, to react to light. Kimberly Anderson’s son, Autisn, also has an underdeveloped optic nerve; CBS News reports that the stem cells are “thought to be more versatile than adult stem cells to rewire the optic nerve.” Other families have taken their autistic children to China for injections with stem cells at a cost of $10,000 (noted in a July 12th post). Notes CBS News: Rylea’s progress gives them hope. They’ve started raising money in hopes of sending austin over there soon. The trip wasn’t cheap. Rylea’s cost about $40,000 and Rylea will probably need to go back for more t... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982592 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:02:12 +0100 982592