The US California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) currently wonders whether they will still be in business by 2017. The group, formed from a California voter initiative in 2004, has cost taxpayers $3 billion (£1.75 billion), making it the largest funder of adult and embryonic stem cell research in the world. While ten years ago voters were […] Read more
That is the question being asked today after it was discovered scientists may have developed a technique to recreate human corneas involving the use of limbal stem cells. These stem cells are necessary for good eyesight. This new process could help numerous people who have lost their sight. It has been tested on mice, and […] Read more
A new treatment involving a stem-cell transplant between siblings could cure sickle cell disease. This has the potential to help tens of thousands of people around the world, while also decreasing the dependency on immunosuppressant drugs and narcotics. Sickle cell disease is predominately found in people of African descent. Read the full story here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-01/stem-cell-transplant-stops-sickle-cell-in-potential-cure.html
