What You Need to Know About the Promise of Stem Cells

How close are we to cures, and how are stem cells transforming human health?
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome and introduction
2:58 What is a stem cell
8:29 How can stem cells personalize medicine
10:55 Automation and robotics in stem cell research
14:48 Drug Discovery for Parkinson's Disease
21:01 Other Stem Cell clinical trials
24:40 Audience Q&A
Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, PTSD, cancer: all diseases that are still, to this day, largely a mystery, with scarce therapeutic options for patients.
Thanks to the exponential progress of stem cell research over the last two decades, we now have breathtaking data and revolutionary tools to show that new treatment options for these diseases, along with countless others, could reach patients sooner than you think.
In this crash course for audience members of all ages, NYSCF’s Dr. Daniel Paull explains the fundamentals of stem cells and shares the latest advances that are making their way to patients.
About Dr. Daniel Paull (Senior Vice President, Discovery & Platform Development at NYSCF): Dr. Paull oversees the NYSCF Global Stem Cell Array® team and works on a variety of diseases including rare diseases. Dr. Paull received his PhD in Ophthalmology and Cell Biology from University College London, England, and performed his postdoctoral work in the lab of Dr. Dieter Egli at NYSCF. In the latter role, he laid the groundwork for developing the NYSCF automation systems by gaining a firm understanding of how to create stem cells and turn them into the other cell types of the body.
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I have one eye affected by AMD. My localheath service offers me treatment, an injection of something that is supposed to slow down the progression of the disease. Would I be better taking up this offer or would I be better off waiting for the stem cell treatment to mature and be available here, in Europe? In other words is the injection of stuff to slow down the progress of the disease likely to make the stem cell therapy impossible?