Stem Cells in Focus

This blog space is dedicated to putting “stem cells in focus” for the public and potential consumers of stem cell therapies. Monthly blog posts feature authoritative, and scientifically-based information to help educate on stem cell research and its potential to impact human health. This month we want to highlight the recent commentary in Scientific American,...

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of unregulated stem cell clinics providing unproven treatments for patients with a variety of diseases, injuries, and congenital defects. With more than 700 stem cell clinics in operation within the United States alone, and many more worldwide, patients have increasing access to risky, untested options for serious...

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy have traditionally been considered the main forms of cancer treatment. While these treatments can be highly effective, they have significant negative side effects due to their unintended collateral toxicity on normal cells in the body. New treatments are needed to more safely treat cancers, which affect millions of people worldwide every...

The Promise It is all too common today to come across ads declaring that stem cells can cure your [insert disease/condition here]. In fact, these marketing claims made by so-called “stem cell" clinics are everywhere: in newspapers, on billboards on your way to and from work, on the television and radio, and littered all over...

The ISSCR hosted a panel of women at the leading edge of science to share their personal life experiences and discuss how they communicate in fields still largely dominated by men. The discussion, held at the 2019 annual meeting, was extremely inspiring; as a young woman in science, I learned a lot.