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As a stem cell researcher, the term "MSC" means, mesenchymal stem cell. For more information on these cells, see http://youtube.com/watch?v=WaRnVcwZ0i8. MSC's are again showing up in the U.S. National...
View ArticleProgenitor Helper Cells-Stem Cells Don't Act Alone
Several years ago, we introduced the concept of a "Progenitor Helper Cell". At the time, all that was known was that MSC's needed to be present to help other cells like blood stem cells (CD34+)....
View ArticleStem Cells: There's No Place Like Home
MSC's can clearly Home. What does this mean? They can travel through the blood stream to a site of injury. A new study out this week continues to provide more information that this can happen in the...
View ArticleThe Autologous Biologics Revolution
All around us we're seeing a revolution in information transfer that has the big established businesses quaking in their shoes. Digital music has meant that the recording industry has to figure out a...
View ArticleAdult Stem Cell Explosion
I spent the holidays re-reviewing some 1,300 research papers published on mesenchymal stem cells in 2007. At the turn of the millennium in 2000, just 90 mesenchymal stem cell research papers were...
View ArticleTrouble in Big Pharmadise
This past week saw the demise of block buster drugs from our friends at big pharma. These cholesterol lowering drugs (Vytorin and Zetia), either didn't work any better than older drugs or in the case...
View ArticleHow Long are Your Telomeres?
In a recent study, 3 hours and 20 minutes of moderate exercise a week increases telomere length by about 200 base pairs. What does that mean? People that exercise like this were about 10 years...
View ArticleNo Easy Stem Cell Lunch
Amgen today announced that Epogen, a blockbuster drug that is often used to produce new blood cells in anemic cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, has significant risks. The problem is that the...
View ArticleCutting Out Tissue to Cure?
Much of modern surgery on joints involves the idea that cutting out torn or macerated tissue is a good idea. Take for example that a meniscus repair is actually removing the torn part or parts of that...
View ArticleStem Cell Hype vs. Medicine
As the medical director of a stem cell company building procedures that are less invasive and target specific tissues for regeneration, I see allot of hype out there. Here are some examples of stuff...
View ArticleSnake Oil?
In the last post, I discussed the sizable buzz out there about the phrase "stem cells" and how multiple groups were cashing in on that buzz with claims that don't make allot of scientific sense. As an...
View ArticleAdipose Nightmare?
A recent study published in the journal stem cells raises a few questions on the appropriateness of using fat derived stem cells in clinical patients at this time. While the study injected fat derived...
View ArticleA Fatty and Muscular Problem for Cartilage Repair
As you may know from prior posts, I've been concerned that products that claim to mobilize adult stem cells from bone marrow to blood may be barking up the wrong tree when it comes to musculoskeletal...
View ArticleEt tu Cipro
Looks like another one bites the dust. The antibiotic drug class known by doctors as "The Quinalones" has just been awarded a "black box" warning from the FDA. Seems like these drugs can cause tendon...
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A recent investigation into how mechanical loading can turn MSC's toward bone even if they are given chemical signals to become fat, has broad implications for exercise programs. While we fret about...
View ArticleBig Pharma Should be Very Concerned...WBC's from the Patient Could Cure...
Recent research on autologousWBC's has been nothing less than miraculous Two new articles are important. The first potential break through is in cancer research. A researcher at Wake Forest is...
View ArticleStem Cell Mania
There is an underground explosion in cell based medicine brewing. There already lots of players. I would break them into the following categories:1. Magic: Lots of these in Europe and Central...
View ArticleInjecting Adult Stem Cells IV Doesn't Work (Unless You Have a Lung Problem)
A recent study has shown what seemed obvious, out of country stem cell outfits injecting adult stem cells IV fail to get those cells to the target organs being treated. These cells don't end up in the...
View ArticleAnother Blow to Fat Cells for Ortho
Despite a rash of media coverage of the use of a dilute fat stem cell concentrate (nucleated cell centrifuge spin) in dogs, another study was published this week showing that adipose derived stem cells...
View ArticleStem Cells Cure Man's HIV
If you haven't seen this story, it's an amazing triumph for adult stem cell therapy and HIV. However, one man's gain is another man's loss. What should be read between the lines is that the genes of...
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