Find out how scientists are using stem cells to attempt to repair the neuronal highways that are damaged in multiple sclerosis (MS). This video was produced as part of the Americans for Cures Foundation’s Report Back to the Public program. For more information about Multiple Sclerosis disease, check out the Americans for Cures website, and…
Clinical Trials 101
Have you ever wondered where medicines come from? Or how medicines are tested for efficacy and safety before becoming commercially available? Find out what clinical trials are and the purpose of this rigorous testing process. We will discuss the 3 phases of clinical trials and how the testing of medicines in patients is regulated….
Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research: Bubble Boy Disease
Find out how scientists are attempting to use stem cells to repair the immune system of children born with severe combined immuno-deficiency (SCID) or bubble boy disease! This video was produced in collaboration with Americans For Cures and explains how stem cell research, funded by California’s Proposition 71: the California Stem Cell Research and Cures…
Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research: Lou Gehrig’s Disease/ALS
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig’s disease is caused by the destruction of motor neurons. Find out how scientists are attempting to use stem cells as trojan horses to repair the injured motor neurons and produce new healthy motor neurons! Guest voiceover: Dr. Larry Goldstein This video was produced in collaboration with Americans For…
Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research: Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease is caused by misshaped red blood cells that are produced from stem cells. Scientists are now attempting to engineer the patient’s own stem cells to produce normal disc shaped red blood cells by fixing the underlying defect in the stem cell’s DNA. This video was produced in collaboration with Americans For Cures…
Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research: Fixing nerve damage in spinal cord injury
Our newest video highlights the latest stem cell research in the field of spinal cord injury where stem cells are being used to repair nerve damage in this devastating condition. And great news about this potential treatment: the clinical trial testing this therapy in spinal cord injury patients has recently reported positive results in the…
Stem Cells 101
Building the world’s most complex construction project Stem cells are the builders and the repairmen of the world’s most complex construction project: the creation of a human body! Find out what stem cells are, where they come from, how they are used in medicine today, and what promise they hold for medicine tomorrow! This video…
Engineering New Treatments For Diabetes
Scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have engineered new beta cells using what we know about normal development to replace missing cells that cause diabetes. They did this by using what we know of normal development to recreate new beta cells in a petri dish!!
Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research: Breast Cancer
Did you know that cancer cells have an invisibility cloak that prevents them from being recognized by the immune system? Scientists are making cancer cells vulnerable to the immune system by removing the cells’ invisibility cloak!! This is what our newest video in the series Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research is all about!!…
Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research: HIV
What is the newest research being pursued to treat HIV? In this video, you will learn about a new technology being tested to make immune cells HIV resistant. This video was produced in collaboration with Americans For Cures and explains how stem cell research, funded by California’s Proposition 71: the California Stem Cell Research and…