stem cell therapy

June 15, 2017

Understanding the Etiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

This video from Mechanisms in Medicine shares that there are around three million people in the U.S. living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Out of those three million, only around a third are in ... Read more

June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

Stem Cell Therapy Potentially Effective in Crohn’s Disease, but Concerns Remain, Review Finds

Crohn's Disease, News

Stem cell therapy was found to be potentially effective and a possible alternative treatment for patients with refractory active Crohn’s disease, according to a meta–analysis review study. Toxicity remains the most ... Read more

June 6, 2016June 6, 2016

Insights Into Intestinal Stem Cells Could Help Improve IBD Therapies

IBD News, News

The location of intestinal stem cells and their proliferation inhibitors were recently identified in a study “The Colonic Crypt Protects Stem Cells from Microbiota-Derived Metabolites,” published in Cell. The findings ... Read more