stem cells

  • Viagra Might Someday Enhance Bone Marrow Transplants

    Viagra Might Someday Enhance Bone Marrow Transplants

    The long story of sildenafil citrate, best known by the brand name Viagra, may have another chapter to it. Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz think the drug can improve how we perform bone marrow transplants, as part of a combination therapy that allows doctors to harvest stem cells from patients quicker and…


  • Contaminated Stem Cell Treatments Sickened At Least 12 People In 2018

    Contaminated Stem Cell Treatments Sickened At Least 12 People In 2018

    Public health experts have been warning us about clinics offering unapproved and untested stem cell treatments for some time now. But a recent report from the Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) underscores the health risks these procedures can have. An outbreak linked to stem cell injections contaminated with bacteria sickened at least 12…