Regenerative Therapy

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute seek the treatments that will make a difference in quality of life for patients suffering from such diseases as Parkinson’s, diabetes, heart disease, muscular dystrophy, and more.
Minnesota  USA
http://www.stemcell.umn.edu/

A new informative website launched by the Children’s Hospital Boston, for research and clinical aspects of stem cell medicine.
Boston USA
http://stemcell.childrenshospital.org/

Umbilical cord blood transplant from unrelated donors for treatment of mucopolysaccharidoses and Hurler syndrome.
Review article:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20109613
Medical center: http://www.cancer.duke.edu/PBMT/
Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

Collaborative study between the University of Southampton and The University of Nottingham. Researchers will use autologous adult stem cells from bone marrow in combination with an innovative impaction process and polymer scaffolds.
England
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2010/mar/10_27.shtml

Under the direction of Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D., the program has  performed approximately 1200 autologous and allogeneic transplants in children with cancer or genetic diseases since 1990.
The program provides transplant as a treatment option for a variety of acquired and congenital disorders of children and young adults including hematopoietic malignancies and solid tumors, inherited immune deficiency syndromes, bone marrow failure syndromes, and inherited metabolic diseases.
Allogeneic and autologous bone marrow, peripheral stem cell and umbilical cord …

NATIONAL CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
A Partnership of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, and University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Ongoing clinical studies in cancer and heart conditions.
Cleveland Ohio US
http://www.ncrm.us/ncrm/ClinicalTrials/

Results of clinical dtudy for cardiac disease using blood derived autologous stem cells.
Phase II, double-blind trial, subjects’ own purified CD34+ stem cells,were injected into their hearts in an effort to spur the growth of small blood vessels that make up the microcirculation of the heart muscle. The cells were injected into 10 locations in the heart muscle. The study was supported by Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
Chicago IL USA
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/news/2009B-November/Stem%20Cells%20Treat%20Heart%20Disease.html

McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
http://www.mirm.pitt.edu/
Cellular Therapies: Information on potential therapies and clinical studies is described.
http://www.upmc.com/Services/MIRM/Pages/regenerative-medicine.aspx