Stem cell therapy for autism gets clinical trial go-ahead
Stem cells harvested from patients' own umbilical cord blood are to be trialled in the US as treatment for children with autism...
A research study in which new ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat disease are tested on human participants.
Stem cells harvested from patients' own umbilical cord blood are to be trialled in the US as treatment for children with autism...
by Daryl Ramai
Scientists may now be one step closer to producing the first non-hormonal, male contraceptive pill after a successful animal study...
The UK House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee has launched an inquiry into cell therapy and regenerative medicine to take place this autumn...
by Emma Stoye
Eating two handfuls of walnuts every day can improve sperm quality in healthy young men, researchers have found...
The European Medicines Agency has recommended European Union market approval for a gene therapy, Glybera, to treat patients with severe cases of a rare genetic condition called lipoprotein lipase deficiency...
A US federal court has ruled that a stem cell product is classified as a 'drug', falling under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ruling allows the FDA to regulate stem cell therapy in the USA and could open clinics that offer stem cell treatments open to federal liability...
The genetic mutations underlying colon and rectal cancer are so similar that these cancers should be classified as one disease, a study suggests. Researchers analysed over 200 tumour samples and also identified genes that could serve as targets for future drug treatments...
by Dr Greg Ball
Two UK newspapers have hailed a potential treatment for osteoarthritis using a patient's own stem cells although results from early studies in animals and patients are yet to be published...
Researchers in the USA have claimed to have created a male contraceptive gel applied directly to the skin that can effectively reduce a man's sperm count with few side effects...
A gene that codes for nicotine antibodies has been successful in immunising mice against the drug's effects. But although the treatment appears to work in mice, any 'smoking vaccine' is still a long way off...
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