Stem Cells

Health Ministry says stem cell therapy for autism must remain restricted to approved clinical trials, while unauthorised use could invite regulatory and disciplinary action.

For autism, the ministry has specifically said that therapeutic use of any type of stem cell will remain restricted to duly approved clinical trials

After years of knee pain and sciatica, the actor turned to stem cell therapy, fuelling curiosity around regenerative treatments and what doctors say about safety and evidence

A man treated for blood cancer has stayed HIV-free for seven years after a stem-cell transplant, even without the CCR5 mutation once seen as essential, shifting cure research

Chinese researchers engineered dopamine-producing neurons from stem cells and transplanted them into mice, reducing depression-like symptoms and boosting reward responses

A new stem cell-based treatment helped most trial participants with severe type 1 diabetes stop insulin use, offering hope for long-term freedom from injections

Chinese scientists claimed to have cured a chronic type-1 diabetes patient using cell transplants in what was stated to be the first such case in the world. The patient, a 25-year-old woman who had the chronic condition for over a decade, was able to naturally regulate her blood sugar some two and half months after undergoing the minimally invasive surgery, the Shanghai-based Chinese news outlet, The Paper reported. According to the report carried by the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, the surgery took just half an hour. The team behind the breakthrough published their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Cell last week. Researchers from Tianjin First Central Hospital and Peking University were among those who took part in the study, the report said. So far, islet transplant, which involves removing islet cells from the pancreas of a deceased donor and implanting them in the liver of someone with type 1 diabetes, is regarded as an effective clinical treatment but is ...

One injection will cost Rs 1.25 lakh with effects lasting for two years or more

The International Society for Stem Cell Research has announced it no longer endorses the prevailing international standard limiting human embryo research to 14 days

Clinical trials are also under way for autism

The researchers behind the breakthrough will soon start studies into a treatment