Stem cell therapy debated as option to fight coronavirus – STA – Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija

Ljubljana, 16 April - A debate co-hosted by the STA on Thursday heard that stem cell therapy could be one of the possible solutions for the treatment of Covid-19, in particular for the most severe cases, but that clinical studies are required to realistically evaluate their therapeutic effect. The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.The news item consists of 3.046 characters (without spaces) or 593 words words. Buy the news item

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Horizon Research Fellow job with UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS | 203439 – Times Higher Education (THE)

Would you like to be involved in cutting edge research to develop novel solutions for smart resorbable bone implants for controllable and fast bone restoration, and to testa new generation acellular scaffold with bone-like architecture? Are you interested in acquiring and/or developing your skills to develop new tissue engineering solutions for in vitro reprogramming of adult stem cells for embedding into the smart implant? Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellow position working with Prof Peter Giannoudis and Dr Elena Jones on the Horizion 2020project SBR Smart Resorbable Bone and a small industry funded project Greenbone.

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She was on a tropical vacation when she received a text message: You need to come home to save a life – The Philadelphia Inquirer

At first, it didnt hit Stewart that her donation would help save someones life the potential recipient, unknown to her, was too abstract. But then she thought of her father, a nurse in Reading, and how, years ago, when he was 48, she was just 8. She let herself feel what it would have been like to lose him back then.

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FDA Authorizes Athersys to Initiate a Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating MultiStem Cell Therapy in Patients With COVID-19 Induced Acute Respiratory…

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the Company to initiate a Phase 2/3 pivotal study to assess the safety and efficacy of MultiStem therapy in subjects with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) induced by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

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Stem Cell Basics I. | stemcells.nih.gov

Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive

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