Could Lost Retinal Cells Be Replaced? Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss, affecting the central vision people use for reading, driving, and recognizing faces. In dry AMD, specialized cells in the back of the eye gradually become damaged or lost, contributing to worsening vision over time. A first-in-human clinical trial…
A peer-reviewed review of research on mesenchymal stem cells in systemic lupus erythematosus, including potential uses, evidence, and limitations.
Making More From Umbilical Cord Blood Umbilical cord blood has been used as a source of blood-forming stem cells for decades. These cells can rebuild the blood and immune system after intensive treatment, making cord blood an important transplant option for people with serious blood disorders and cancers. One challenge, however, is that a single…
Looking Beyond Everyday Knee Pain Knee osteoarthritis can turn simple activities like walking, climbing stairs, or getting out of a chair into uncomfortable tasks. While cartilage changes are part of the condition, inflammation inside the joint can also play an important role in pain and stiffness. A recent randomized clinical trial explored whether umbilical cord-derived…
When Knee Pain Starts Getting in the Way Knee osteoarthritis can make simple things feel a lot harder than they should. Walking upstairs, exercising, standing for long periods, or even getting up from a chair can become uncomfortable as the joint gets stiffer and more painful over time. That’s why researchers continue to look for…
Protecting the Insulin the Body Can Still Make Type 1 diabetes develops when the immune system attacks the pancreatic beta cells responsible for producing insulin. By the time someone is diagnosed, many of these cells have already been lost, but some insulin-producing ability may still remain. Protecting that remaining function could potentially help slow the…
Stem cell therapy is being explored for several types of neuropathic pain, including diabetic peripheral neuropathy, chemotherapy-induced nerve damage, sciatica from nerve compression, and post-surgical nerve injury. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy alone affects nearly half of people with diabetes, making it one of the most common nerve pain conditions we see. At Stemedix, we build personalized…
Looking at Recovery Years Later For some people who experienced severe COVID-19, recovery continued long after leaving the hospital. A 2025 study followed patients for three years after treatment with umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells, or UC-MSCs, to see how they were doing over the long term. The study focused not only on possible benefits,…
Not All Stem Cells Behave Exactly the Same When we talk about umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells, or UC-MSCs, it can be easy to think of them as one uniform type of cell. In reality, cells collected from different umbilical cords can behave differently in the laboratory. Some may grow faster, while others may be…
Learn about Using a Patient’s Own Cells to Help Repair the Cornea, common considerations, established care, and questions to discuss with a licensed healthcare professional.
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