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The latest news and research from Forever Labs

Three Questions

posted by: Mark Katakowski

As CEO of Forever Labs, I attend as many of our stem cell collections as I can and I talk with many of our clients. The majority of people that are interested in storing their young-adult stem cel...

Health Maintenance: We can do more

posted by: Mark Katakowski

The amoeba is a single-cell organism that you might recall from high school biology. Single-cell organisms reproduce asexually. That is, from time to time, if food is plentiful, an amoeba splits in...

Forever Labs physician Dr. Michael Schenden featured on WXYZ Detroit news

posted by: Sean Robenalt

Last week, Dr. Michael Schenden, our first plastic surgeon to offer the Forever Labs procedure in Michigan, was featured on the ABC Detroit affiliate WXYZ. Forever Labs co-founders Steven Claus...

Stroke trial finally published

posted by: Mark Katakowski

The long awaited results of a bone marrow MSC stroke trial were published recently, and the results were quite striking (with caveats that we’ll get to). This topic is near and dear to my heart...

Why your own cells matter

posted by: Mark Katakowski

Many people have asked us, “Can I use my cells for a family member?” Strictly speaking, you may be able to for some conditions, some of the time. But here, I’d like to discuss why your cells ma...

Do MSCs act exclusively on the immune system in neural injury?

posted by: Mark Katakowski

An interesting study came to my attention recently. Last year, a group out of Hannover Medical School in Germany published a report entitled, “” That’s a bit of jargon, and if you click through...

Cellular Senescence in Brief

posted by: Mark Katakowski

Forever Labs was founded on the principle that each of us has a valuable reservoir of bone marrow cells, and that as we age this reservoir is depleted, much like an extended drought that has de...

How young blood might help reverse aging. Yes, really

posted by: Mark Katakowski

Tony Wyss-Coray on TED Talk In this TED talk, Tony Wyss-Coray studies the impact of aging on the human body and brain. In this eye-opening talk, he shares new research from his Stanford lab and...

New Studies Show How Donor Age Affects MSCs’ Disease Fighting Capabilities

posted by: Mark Katakowski

In the past, I’ve written that there is a strong suggestion that MSCs from older individuals are less likely than those from young ones to fight diseases, but that the evidence—though strong—is...

Stem Cell Research Updates

Efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells in treating patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: A meta-analysis.

posted by: Mark Katakowski

To assess the clinical efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee (KOA), a systematic electronic literature search was performed on PubMed, EMBASE ...

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cell treatment in patients with severe ischaemic heart failure: a randomized placebo-controlled trial (MSC-HF trial).

posted by: Mark Katakowski

AIMS: Regenerative treatment with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) has been promising in patients with ischaemic heart failure but needs confirmation in larger randomized trials. We aimed to study...

Intravenous transplantation of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells prevents memory impairment in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

posted by: Mark Katakowski

Stem cell transplantation therapy is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of ischemic stroke, and several beneficial aspects have been reported. Similarly, in Alzheimer's disease (AD), st...