Tag: Stem Cells
SKAN appoints Dr Yogesh Shouche as its Director
Microbiome expert to drive SKAN’s mission of advancing innovative therapies for ageing, neurological ailments, and lifestyle disorders
Patent granted to LVPEI scientists for novel stem cell therapy
Inventors Sayan Basu and Vivek Singh use stem cells from the eye’s surface to produce a patented new therapy to treat vision loss due to corneal scarring or corneal distention
SMART researchers pioneer novel microfluidic method to optimise bone marrow stem...
Traditional bone marrow aspirate (BMA) stem cell extraction methods are complex, time-consuming, and yield poor results due to antiquated centrifugation techniques
A treatment for ‘Retinitis Pigmentosa’ could be in the offing
In their new study, researchers, who hailed from the Department of Biotechnology’s New Delhi-based National Institute of Immunology (DBT-NII) and Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, assessed the potential of monocytes..............
LifeCell records 50,000 qualified donor cord blood stem cell units
LifeCell has announced its remarkable surge in its community banking inventory by clocking over 50,000 consented and qualified donor stem cell units..................
DKMS builds public stem cell bank for blood cancer patients
As the world’s largest donor center, DKMS thus tackles new and future challenges with the establishment of the DKMS Stem Cell Bank, which is currently underway in Dresden, Germany........................
World Cancer Day: When a Thalassemia survivor met her lifesaver!
Reinstating faith in humanity, a techie from Bangalore donated his blood stem cells giving a second chance at life to a 4-year-old girl child suffering from Thalassemia. At an event to bring both together, DKMS BMST Foundation India also took this platform to launch its online registration...............
World Marrow Donor Day: Awareness event on stem cell donation held
DKMS BMST Foundation India along with students at RV College of Engineering thanks blood stem cell donors across the world to mark World Marrow Donor Day..................
New method developed to test cancer drugs
Finding a new way to develop non-animal models to test new cancer drugs, Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras have come up with a new strategy to simulate microgravity in their laboratory by using equipment called rotary cell culture system.....................
InStem scientists’ research insights to help cure inflammatory bowel disease
The researchers at the Bangalore-based Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem) have also found the mechanism by which the microbial metabolite and its analog reduce inflammation and restore gut barrier integrity............