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Tool to easily search for a stem cell clinical trial for your disease

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Clinicaltrials.gov is where you want to go for finding a certain clinical trial and studies. Note that this U.S. database Clinicaltrials.gov includes international trials. It is a very powerful tool! Check it out here to do your own searches. Also follow me on Twitter for all the latest info and expert analysis: http://twitter.com/pknoepfler and this patient’s […]

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Why ‘cure’ is a 4-letter word for those with cancer: thoughts from a survivor and researcher

Cancer is often referred to as the “Big C”. It’s a powerful word with many implications. Another “Big C” word is “Cure”. I believe “Cure” is also a loaded word. I am a cancer survivor and cancer scientist. You can read more about my experience here. Recently I got some more good news on the

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Considering a stem cell treatment? #1 thing to know is that for clinics it’s all about your money

Should I get a stem cell treatment? I regularly get contacted by patients considering dubious stem cell treatments, asking me that question. They want advice and have many questions. Most of them are seriously considering stem cell treatments because they have an illness that today’s “modern” medicine cannot help. Tens of millions of people are

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מהם תאי גזע?

מהם תאי גזע? גוף האדם מורכב ממאות סוגי תאים שונים החשובים לתפקודו התקין של הגוף. תאים אלו דואגים שהלב יפעם באופן סדיר ותקין, המוח יוכל לבצע את פעולות החשיבה הסדירות, הכליה תטהר את הדם, תאי העור המתים יוחלפו בחדשים בקצב תקין וכו’. תפקידם של תאי הגזע ליצור את כל אותם תאים כלומר לייצר תאים חדשים.

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New Celltex website goes live for the first time, making many safety & efficacy claims

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Celltex, the controversial stem cell clinic in Texas, announced in a press release (PR) today a couple of new hires. It also fired up its website for the first time that I am aware of. You can check out the website here. Wow. The website is notable since it has been inactive for quite some

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Question of the week: is there stem cell doping in the Olympics?

Has there been stem cell doping in the Olympics? Readers of this blog have been asking me this question more than any other in the last week. Part of the impetus for this question is the growing number of professional athletes who more generally have received dubious stem cell treatments in foreign countries, perhaps treatments

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Refuting potential downsides to stem cell drug court ruling

There was a burst of feeling last night in the stem cell community as word began circulating that a federal court had ruled in favor of the FDA defining manipulated stem cell products as drugs. However, not everyone was pleased with the court ruling. The clinics most directly affected by the ruling were understandably upset,

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FDA finally bans poison and carcinogen BPA from baby products

We live in an ever increasing plasticized world. There are many good things about plastic, but then there are also some very bad things such as the giant whirpools of plastic fragments out in the oceans that are larger than Texas and also some of the chemicals in plastics are dangerous. One particular chemical villain

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