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Regenerative Medicine Minnesota recently announced the release of the 2017-2018 grant applications for Education Programs, Biotechnology/Biobusiness, and Clinical Care. Grant proposals are due Tuesday, ...

Reparative stem cells have the capability to restore function to damaged tissue by renewing cell growth (shown in green) in cardiac ...

Medical research scientists, academics and clinicians mingled with entrepreneurs and patient advocates at the World Stem Cell Summit recently in West Palm Beach, Florida. In ...

Registration is now open for the Mayo Clinic Symposium on Regenerative Medicine and Surgery, Feb. 15-17, 2017 at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in ...

The  2016 World Stem Cell Summit poster prize winners include Mayo Clinic's Amanda K. Golden, research medical writer, and Rosalie M. Sterner, M.D.-Ph.D. student. Posters were judged on contribution to the field of regenerative medicine, scientific method, creativity and communicative power. The World Stem Cell Summit poster forum covered a variety of regenerative medicine and stem cell research topics, including science and medicine, business, finance, regulation and law, ethics, policy and communications. Mayo Clinic winners were selected in two categories: ELSI (ethics, legal, social issues) and Science & Medicine.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida have conducted the world’s first prospective, blinded and placebo-controlled clinical study to test the benefit of using bone marrow stem cells, a regenerative medicine therapy, to reduce arthritic pain and disability in knees. The researchers say such testing is needed because there are at least 600 stem cell clinics in the U.S. offering one form of stem cell therapy or another to an estimated 100,000-plus patients, who pay thousands of dollars, out of pocket, for the treatment, which has not undergone demanding clinical study. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZrOOxLT2mY The findings in The American Journal of Sports Medicine include an anomalous finding —patients not only had a dramatic improvement in the knee that received stem cells, but also in their other knee, which also had painful arthritis but received only a saline control injection. Each of the 25 patients enrolled in the study had two bad knees, but did not know which knee received the stem cells.

The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine is a co-sponsor of the 2016 World Stem Cell Summit. More than 1,200 attendees are expected at the 12th annual event in West Palm Beach, Florida. A delegation of administrators, researchers and clinical experts from Mayo Clinic will participate in featured presentations and panel discussions highlighting advances in discovery science, promising clinical trials and available therapies. Diverse topics to be covered include cardiovascular regeneration, restoring eyesight, and growing stem cells in a microgravity environment in space. Mayo Clinic experts also will be involved in panel discussions regarding education, consumer information and stem cell clinics.

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The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, in partnership with Regenerative Medicine Minnesota, recently produced a patient-focused video called, “Healing from Within: The Promise of ...