Bubble Baby Disease

How can stem cells help treat or cure SCID/Bubble Boy Disease?

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), or “Bubble Boy Disease,” is caused by a gen...

Shapiro Family 2015

How can stem cells help treat or cure sickle cell disease?

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a genetic mutation that causes the body to produc...

Neurospheres Salk

How can stem cells help treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gherig’s Disease)?

Neural stem cells can be engineered to secrete supportive molecules to the cells that ar...

Embryonic stem cells rise to nerve cells

How can stem cells help treat or cure Parkinson’s disease?

Scientists are using stem cells from Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients to see if alrea...

Neuron derived from neural stem cells UC Davis

How can stem cells help treat or cure Huntington’s disease?

Different kinds of stem cells can be engineered to secrete molecules that are known to r...

Kris Boesen

How can stem cells help treat or cure spinal cord injury?

Scientists are turning human embryonic stem cells into special cells called oligodendroc...

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