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10.10.2014 - (idw) Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

From 9-10 October 2014 around 200 scientists met at the Leipzig Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology for the ninth Fraunhofer Life Science Symposium. Held every two years, this year the event focused on the theme "Medicinal Cell Products and Stem Cells for Medicinal Applications". In recent years biomedical research has revealed numerous promising new approaches for the prevention and treatment of serious illnesses. The issue of stem cells plays a key role in this. With the symposium the Fraunhofer IZI offers international scientists a platform on which they can discuss the latest developments in this field.

The scientific program encompasses three major subject areas: production, manufacture and application. In the first section a paper presented by Sarah Ferber (Centre for Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel) was one major point of interest: "Reprogramming the endocrine pancreas; autologous cell replacement therapy for diabetic patients". She spoke about the possibilities for transforming liver cells into insulin-producing cells. In the future this method could possibly be used to help patients with type 1 diabetes, where the misdirected immune system destroys the body's own insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.

The Fraunhofer Life Science Symposium brings together up to 200 participants from academic and clinical institutions to discuss the various focal points concerning new technologies, trends and developments. It is organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI. For further information see http://www.fs-leipzig.com. Weitere Informationen:http://www.fs-leipzig.comhttp://www.izi.fraunhofer.de

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Michael Scott, a ViaCyte vice president, holds the VC-01 device that holds progenitor cells that will mature to make insulin and other hormones.

More than ever before, stem cell therapies appear poised to transform medicine potentially curing heart disease, diabetes and paralyzing injuries, among other ailments.

But its also clear that such innovations will be very expensive.

How the government, insurers and patients will pay for what could be a flood of these new treatments drew the attention of more than 700 biomedical and health-care executives Tuesday at the 2014 Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa.

The annual conference, held on La Jolla's Torrey Pines Mesa, will run through Thursday. It brings together the business and academic worlds of cell therapy, including but not limited to stem cell treatments.

In California alone, 131 clinical trials are taking place with stem cells, according to Clinicaltrials.gov, a government website that tracks clinical trials. Patients are being treated for conditions such as blindness from retinal diseases, HIV, leukemia, sickle cell disease, stroke and aging of skin.

The recent proliferation of clinical trials marks great progress toward the ultimate goal of getting new treatments to patients, said stem cell researcher Jeanne Loring, who directs the Center for Regenerative Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla.

Its been a sea change from last year, said Loring, who is working with some colleagues in planning their own stem cell trial to treat Parkinsons disease.

Theyre developing replacement neurons grown from artificial embryonic stem cells called induced pluripotent stem cells. The process begins with cells derived from the skin of patients to be treated.

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Major League Baseball Commissioner-elect Rob Manfred participates in the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge outside the organization's headquarters in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Manfred participated with more than 160 other MLB employees to raise more than $16,000 for the ALS Association. (AP Photo/Vanessa A. Alvarez)(AP2014)

Israel's BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated its adult stem cell treatment as a "fast-track" product for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

BrainStorm's treatment, called NurOwn, is being studied in a mid-stage clinical trial in patients with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

The FDA's fast track program is designed to speed up access to drugs intended to treat serious conditions and which have the potential to address unmet medical needs.

"The receipt of fast-track designation from the FDA is an acknowledgement of the unmet medical need in ALS," BrainStorm Chief Executive Tony Fiorino said on Tuesday.

"What is so valuable about fast track designation to a small company like BrainStorm is the opportunity to have increased meetings with and more frequent written communication from the FDA," he said, adding that only a small number of cellular therapies have received FDA approval.

BrainStorm said the last patient has completed the last visit in its phase 2a clinical trial in ALS at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. The company expects to release final results of the study in the fourth quarter of 2014.

NurOwn is also being studied in a phase 2 clinical trial at three sites in the United States.

According to the ALS Association, 5,600 people in the United States are diagnosed each year with the disease, which has severely disabled British physicist Stephen Hawking.

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Backed by years of research, thousands of happy patients, and faster healing time is the latest in ethical stem cell treatments for foot pain. Stem cell therapy is a miracle in and of itself and it has a future full of healing opportunities once only dreamt about.

Stem cell therapy is a technique where live birth stem cells are injected into the foot, directly into the area feeling the pain. Live birth stem cells are obtained during the C-Sections of live births, and generated from the placenta. After the birth of the baby the amniotic membrane in the placenta is removed, sterilized and prepared to use. The women who the cells are taken from are screened and tested for any communicable diseases beforehand. Its important to note that they are not live birth embryos, so there is no controversy using them.

Stem cells are a blank slate; they are cells that havent quite yet determined their role in the body, so they have the amazing ability to turn into anything. For instance: If you put them where theres a tendon, whether its torn or not, theyll become a tendon. If theyre placed in a joint where the cartilage is worn down and irritated, it helps regenerate new cartilage and helps heal tissue much quicker.

The treatment is also being used for other problems causing foot pain, such as:

Stem cells breathe the new life into our cells that they need as we age.

When stem cell therapy is used healing occurs twice as fast. Tissues are regenerated and swelling is minimized. This means more range of motion, less post-operative pain and less inflammation.

Hopefully someday stem cells can be used to do even bigger and better things like re-growing organs, but for the time being they are producing amazing results when used in foot surgery. Patients that have had stem cell treatment heal faster and feel great after surgery.

Stem cell therapy is a miraculous treatment Adler Footcare has been using for a year and a half with tremendous results. If youre interested in learning more about stem cell therapy or other options to help heal your foot pain, contact a New York podiatrist at Adler Footcare for a free evaluation. We believe feet shouldnt hurt and neither should their treatment.

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