Early Heart Attack Therapy with Bone Marrow Extract Improves Cardiac Function
A UCSF study for the treatment of heart failure after heart attack found that the extract derived from bone marrow cells is as effective as therapy using bone marrow stem cells for improving cardiac function, decreasing the formation of scar tissue and improving cardiac pumping capacity after heart attack.
Possible Cure Found for Crohn's Disease
Initial findings from the world's first controlled trial of the procedure have raised hopes that it could banish the disease's symptoms for many years in up to half of the patients who undergo it.
Stem Cell Discovery May Bring Tissue Repair Closer
By studying zebrafish embryos, the research team found BMP4, a protein involved in bone and cartilage development, to be the critical signal required to generate haematopoietic, stem cells in the dorsal aorta.
Immucor: FDA Could Pull Manufacturing License
Immucor Inc., which makes products used in blood transfusions, said Friday the Food and Drug Administration intends to revoke the company's biologics manufacturing license, citing a January inspection.
Blood Samples Raise Questions of Privacy
A group of parents are challenging Minnesota's practice of storing babies' blood samples and allowing researchers to study them without their permission. The confrontation has focused attention on the practice at a time when there is increasing interest in using millions of these collected "blood spots" to study diseases.
Canada: Top Court Rules Transfusion Law Constitutional
Seriously-ill children under 16 can be forced to take life-saving medical treatment against their wishes - but only after their maturity and viewpoint has been carefully considered, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today.
