Stem Cell Research and News: Russia
<-- Back To RegionsRussians Are Now Paying To Participate in Stem Cell Experiments?
As we have talked about in the past, Russian doctors are running towards stem cell research in droves. The issue has been that in many ways it will likely raise ethical issues in the West. "We're working with stem cells...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 15, 2005 02:02 PM
Russian Scientists Are Warning About Stem Cell Treatment Advertising
While we are on the topic of stem cell research in Russia, here we have a report from RIA Novosti regarding what we have heard in the past: clinics across Russia have been advertising stem cell treatments for a variety...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 16, 2005 11:25 PM
Russian Scientists Store Cord Blood Cells in Moscow Cord Blood Bank
The cord blood banking spreads even farther abroad. Russian specialists from Russia’s Hemobank at the national oncology center of the Russian Academy of Sciences have started to collect umbilical cord blood stem cells and store them, as is reported by...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 16, 2005 10:59 PM
PharmaFrontiers Announces Dr. Eliezer Huberman to Chair Scientific Advisory Board
THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2005--PharmaFrontiers Corp. (OTCBB:PFTR), a company involved in the development and commercialization of cell therapies, announced today that Dr. Eliezer Huberman, Ph.D., an authority in the area of adult pluripotent stem cell technology, has agreed to...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 1, 2005 11:41 AM
Albany Medical Center Hires Ethics Ace
A British company wants to make rings out of human bone, by growing a loved one's cells into a keepsake to be worn by his or her mate. This same company, this week, asked Glenn McGee to serve on its...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 21, 2005 06:00 PM
Russian Researchers-Embryo Stem Cells Can Repair Retina
I have personally been waiting for more news about research in this field and, even if it has been a loooong wait ... russian researchers are reporting about an embryonic stem cell treatment that has been used to repair damaged...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 18, 2005 11:35 PM
Russian Stem Cell Therapies
When Svetlana Galiyeva found that a clinic offered to treat multiple sclerosis with embryonic stem cells, she jumped at the opportunity. For Five hundred and sixty thousand rubles ($20,000) later she is however, still in a wheelchair and still desperate....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 11, 2005 12:00 PM
As With Any New Breakthroughs, The First To Hit The Masses are the Snake Oil Dealers
It would appear that Stem Cell Research is no different than the many frightenling AIDS "treatments" of the 80's, the hack platic surgery of the 90's and some the "holistic" cancer treatments that hit the market. Here we are at...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 22, 2005 10:24 AM
Pravda Discusses Stem Cell Research Promises
Utter fascination with stem cells has occupied the hearts and minds of scientists across the world. There is an overwhelming amount of publications concerning various advances in the field of stem cell research. Internet along with numerous printed publications is...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 2, 2005 10:51 AM
Researchers in Russia Investigating Spinal Cord Treatment
Russian scientists modeled a severe spinal rupture within 60 test rats. Stem cells in a polymer gel were injected into the region of the rupture for 24 rats; only polymer gel was injected with another group of rats and the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 21, 2005 08:25 PM
Russian Scientists Conduct Successful Stem Cells Experiment to Cure Spinal Cord Ruptures
Specialists of the Russian State Medical University conducted one of most exciting experiments of 2004. The work was carried out within the scope of the "Stem Cells" scientific program. Scientists explored the ability of stem cells to treat spinal injuries....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 15, 2005 12:34 PM
Russian scientists treating spinal cord damage with non-embryonic stem cells
Russian news agency Novosti reported Monday that Russian scientists have succeeded in treating six individuals whom were bed-ridden with spinal cord damage using non-embryonic stem cells derived from those patient's own nasal tissues. Read On......
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 7, 2004 09:07 AM