Reuters report today on drug-resistant tuberculosis. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/23/us-tuberculosis-kids-idUSBREA2M0P520140323 It reminds me of a report 5 years ago from Russia by Erokhin et al. They gave intravenous expanded autologous … [Continue reading]
Panama’s First Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Press release Panama’s First Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Rheumatoid Arthritis Approved by Comité Nacional de Bioética de la Investigación Institutional Review Board Translational Biosciences, a subsidiary of Medistem Panama has … [Continue reading]
Speaking at Stemso Conference in Freeport, Bahamas February 21, 2014
Register here: Stemso Website https://stemso.org/riordan.html … [Continue reading]
Medistem to be acquired by Intrexon
The company I founded in 2005 is to be acquired by Intrexon for $26 million. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/intrexon-acquire-medistem-generate-multipotent-154433543.html GERMANTOWN, Md. and SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intrexon … [Continue reading]
Currently Enrolling Clinical Trials of Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes
Baylor: http://clinicaltrial.gov/ct2/show/NCT00530686?term=islet+diabetes&rank=59 Ohio: http://clinicaltrial.gov/ct2/show/NCT01705899?term=islet+diabetes&rank=2 U. of Chicago: … [Continue reading]
Remembering Coach
Remembering Coach I met Richard Humphries in May of 2008. He had come to Costa Rica for stem cell treatment for his secondary progressive MS. He had come with Sgt. Preston Walker of the Ft. Worth Police department. My role at ICM was management … [Continue reading]