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"We applaud Attorney General Doug Peterson for taking action against direct-to-consumer stem cell clinics operating in Nebraska. Stem cell treatments offered at these clinics are not supported by controlled clinical trials in evidence-based medical research and do not have approval by the [...]

“On behalf of the board, staff, and supporters of the Coalition for Lifesaving Cures and Research Nebraska Inc. we are deeply saddened by the passing of former Speaker of the Legislature Ron Withem.  We extend [...]

COVID-19 Infection & Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell (MSC) Therapy Currently, everyone is very focused on the coronavirus pandemic that is overrunning the world.  That concern and apprehension is not misplaced.  Among the major issues regarding COVID-19 [...]

Gene therapy employing genetic engineering approaches involves the direct manipulation of DNA using biotechnology and may or may not include the manipulation of stem cell populations.  The first description of this approach in biological systems [...]

Critical aspects of hippocampal function can be reversed in old age, or compensated for throughout life, with the help of neural stem cells. Read more of the article, here.

"Proteins are the keys to initiating genetic programs in the cells to tell them Now you grow, now you stay put, now you metastasize. And those proteins are called transcription factors," says paper co-senior author, [...]

Researchers have begun trial testing an experimental stem cell treatment against the best available biologic therapies for severe forms of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). The trial, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious [...]