You may have spotted a brief news report in recent years about stem cell research conducted in Austria and more recently in Canada for treating urinary incontinence. Now the first U.S. stem cell trial for stress urinary incontinence is getting underway, with FDA approval, at Beaumont Hospital in Detroit.
This novel research uses the patient's own muscle stem cells, obtained through a small needle biopsy from the thigh muscle. No embryo or fetal tissues are involved. The extracted cells are...
We often see the stem cell debate in the political arena presented as a singular, boiled-down talking point designed to sway voters one way... Read more »
Recently, a very interesting and promising article was published in Lancet, a very respectable medical journal. The article describes a... Read more »
Let me start by pointing out that I am easily frustrated by rat and other rodent-research. It's all too common that a story gets planted in... Read more »
There are multiple types of incontinence, and I have discussed them on my SharePost blog previously. What happens when you have been... Read more »
When discussing incontinence, I'm always quick to define "stress incontinence" as a physical stress endured by your body, such as sneezing... Read more »
Scientists say they may be able to use stem cells to cure urinary incontinence. In recent clinical trials, researchers harvested blood and muscle... Read more »
TORONTO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Approximately 13 million Americans are living with urinary incontinence -- a condition that causes the bladder to... Read more »
Cells taken from the upper thigh and injected into the sphincter muscle may help ease urinary incontinence in patients who haven't responded to... Read more »
U.S. scientists say they've coaxed human embryonic stem cells into generating cells that might someday be used to repair nerves damaged by multiple... Read more »
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