Regenerative Therapy

Adoptive cell therapy for metastatic melanoma patients
Adoptive cell therapy is provided as experimental treatment for metastatic melanoma patients at the Ella Institute, the Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
Along with other advanced technologies, eligible patients are offered the advanced immunotherapy treatment with TIL (tumor infiltrating lymphocytes).This treatment was developed at the National Institute of Health, US, and very encouraging clinical results have been published by both institutions in the US and Israel*.
*
1. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 17:4550-7.
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The USA Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine  (AFIRM) is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary network developing advanced treatment options for  severely wounded servicemen and women. Website includes information on clinical studies and regenerative treatments of burns, reconstructive surgery and others.
http://www.afirm.mil/

Injection of autologous muscle cells for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
FDA approved clinical study in women.
Feb. 2010

United States, Michigan

Wm Beaumont Hospital
 

Royal Oak,

Principal Investigator: Kenneth Peters, MD

United States, Tennessee

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 

Nashville, Tennessee,

Principal Investigator: Roger Dmochowski, MD

Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
 

Principal Investigator: Lesley Carr, MD            

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00847535?term=Vanderbilt+incontinence&rank=4
Published results: Cellular Therapy for Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19951258?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=4

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are investigating the development of a series of vaccine injections against pancreatic cancer.  CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Active vaccine against pancreatic cancer clinical study.
Starts enrolling patients on Feb. 2010
New Jersey, USA
http://njtoday.net/2010/02/15/clinical-trial-looks-to-harness-body%E2%80%99s-own-immune-system-to-tackle-pancreatic-cancer/

Safety and preliminary effectiveness of human central nervous system stem cells (HuCNS-SC®) transplantation in patients with Connatal Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease (PMD).
Embryonic stem cells differentiated into neural cells by StemCells Inc.
First patient enrolled Feb. 2010
University of California San Francisco Children Hospital, USA
http://www.ucsfchildrenshospital.org/cgi-bin/nihctDisplayTrial.cgi?id=NCT01005004

Adoptive Immunotherapy of malignant melanoma.
Treatment with tumor derived expanded lymphocytes together with myeloablation and high dose IL2.
Clinical study conducted in the Sheba Medical Center in Israel
http://eng.sheba.co.il/Sheba_Hospitals/Acute_Care_Hospital/Division_of_Internal_Medicine/MELANOMA/
Clinical study conducted in the Surgery Branch, National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, US.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/melanoma
Results published in scientific journals.

Enhancement of bone healing following orthopedic surgery of severe bone fractures, using autologous cultured bone marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells.
Ongoing clinical study at the Department of Orthopedics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
http://www.hadassah.org.il/English/Eng_SubNavBar/Departments/Medical+departments/Orthopaedics/default.htm

The National Institutes of Health resource for stem cell research
Information on stem cells for anyone who wishes to learn more about the biological properties of stem cells, the important questions about stem cells that are the focus of scientific research, and the potential use of stem cells in research and in treating disease. It includes information about stem cells derived from embryonic and non-embryonic tissues. 
Topics:

What are stem cells?
What are the different types of stem cells, and …

Hospital of Shandong Red Cross Society.
Non related cultured neural stem cells for treatment of various neurological diseases.
Suggesting treatment for: Multiple system atrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke, ataxia, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, post-traumatic brain syndrome, cerebral atrophy, motor neuron disease, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, facial palsy and nerve deafness.
Clinical results are described in company website as patient testimonials and in company news and posts.
 Jinan, P. R. China
http://www.nsccenter.com/index.html

Neurosurgical hospital
 Various types of stem cells, either autologous or allogeneic, used for different indications. ‘self stem cells activation and proliferation program’, neural stem cells implantation by sterotacxios technique and spinal cord stem cell injections, human retinal pigment epithelial cells, adult bone marrow stem cells extracted from the patient’s own bone marrow, neural stem cells derived from fetal stem cells.
Parkinson’s disease, Brain Trauma, Cerebral palsy, Stroke, ALS and other Neurological disorders
Beijing  China
http://www.stemcellspuhua.com/