The Stem Cell Faculty of Panama College of Cell Science

The Panama College of Cell Science offers the only PhD program in Stem Cell Medicine. The program is available internationally as an online offering and is asynchronous, meaning that the learning materials are available 24/7 and students do not have to be online same time as Instructors. Walter P. Drake, stem cell scientist, leads the …

Stem Cell PhD Program Shortened to 2 Years 4 Months

May 1, 2025: Panama College of Cell Science, the first and still only online PhD degree in Stem Cell Medicine, has announced its new shortened Curriculum. Originally a 3 year online PhD program, the new PhD in Stem Cell Medicine can now be completed in 2 years 4 months. This saves students 8 months of …

Coming up to 20 years…The History of The Panama College of Cell Science

  Some Highlights by Walter P. Drake, Director November, 2024 It all started when I went to Thailand in 2001 and began reading in the Bangkok Post of the amazing things going on with early stem cell therapies in Thailand. I never even knew what a “stem cell” was. By 2005 in Thailand, some Thai …

FDA Dismembered by California Stem Cell Clinic

  May, 2023 In a stunning reversal of FDA power to regulate stem cell medicine, a California court recently upheld the right of a stem cell clinic to provide stem cell treatments to patients using a patient’s own stem cells. In the Court case, the FDA relied solely on their “guidelines” that a patient’s stem …

Blockbuster Court Ruling in Favor of Autologous Stem Cell Therapy

September 22, 2022 The Panama College of Cell Science offers the only online Ph.D. in Stem Cell Biology in the world. And we have been offering our stem cell doctoral program since 2005.  As hopes that embryonic stem cells could lead to cures evaporated over the years, stem cell therapies using adult stem cells grew …

Photobiomodulation and Stem Cell Activation

Here at the Panama College of Cell Science, our graduate students try to stay on top of the hottest, most advanced techniques involving stem cell therapy. So, recently the question arose as to whether a patient's dormant, inactive stem cells could be stimulated by external physical means to become curative and anti-aging. In order to …

Dr. Victor Details Why the Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) is Still the Liquid Gold for Stem Cell Therapy 2022

The Panama College of Cell Science offers the world’s only 100% online Ph.D. degree in Stem Cell Biology. Our Curriculum emphasizes the methodologies used in stem cell therapy of our most serious diseases. Even though we are an online College, our Curriculum presents the very latest innovations in stem cell medicine, now including the study …

Sample Graduate Dissertation-Plant Exosomes 2021

We present here a recent example of a graduate published dissertation, being a Review paper on the subject of Plant Exosomes. As the students at the Panama College of Cell Science are coming to learn, the topic of Exosomes has exploded onto the stem cell biologics landscape over the last year or so. First, researchers …

The Best Biology PhD Program for Biologists…Stem Cells

The Panama College of Cell Science has been presenting its 3 year online Ph.D. degree program in stem cell biology since 2005. Over the years, our stem cell Curriculum and focus has always been updated and modernized in order to keep up with this exciting new and distinct field of biology. Still in its infancy, …

Current Stem Cell Treatment for Scleroderma

The Panama College of Cell Science offers the only 3 year online Ph.D. program in stem cell biology in the world. The mission of the College is to train physicians, bio-medical research scientists, clinical researchers, and others concerned about the cure and control of our most difficult diseases, in stem cell procedures. We emphasize treatment …

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Coming On Strong…Or Are They?

Presented by Walter P. Drake, Director, Panama College of Cell Science Where we are in the US as of November 1, 2019, is that the SVF fraction of stem cells from fatty tissue, collected from patients via liposuction, is still not generally permitted. SVF stands for “stromal vascular fraction”, which is isolated from fatty tissue …

Panama College of Cell Science Revised Curriculum for September 2019

The Panama College of Cell Science offers the world’s only 3 year online PhD degree program in Stem Cell Biology, focusing on the “new medicine” that is patient specific stem cell therapy. We were the first program, starting in 2005, and we are still the best stem cell biology program in the world. With the …

A New Bell Finally Rang: FDA Now On Board with Adult Stem Cell Therapies

In 2005, the Panama College of Cell Science was formed to train scientists and clinicians in the new medicine of adult stem cell therapy. The College offered the only PhD program at that time which contained any courses espousing the benefits of adult stem cell therapy, and presenting the advancements in adult stem cell therapy …

Cutting Edge in Cancer Treatment : Combination Therapy with Oncolytic Viruses

The following paper, exemplary of the fine work of our graduate students, explores the current thinking on the use of oncolytic viruses to destroy tumors. The paper was authored by Sayali Kale Kandari. Please scroll the article and if desired, Click on the "full screen" icon in the lower right. The Panama College of Cell …

What a Great Exam Looks Like at the Panama College of Cell Science

This Final Exam in our course, Blood-Components, Separation, Labeling was presented by our graduate student, Sayali Kale Kandari. It represents a sample of the kind of work and effort we and our students strive to produce. The online Ph.D. program in stem cell biology offered by the Panama College of Cell Science is the only …

Panama College of Cell Science Early Admission for High School Students and Homeschoolers

The Panama College of Cell Science. Still the world's only PhD degree program in stem cell biology. Still the world's only PhD program in stem cell biology that can be completed entirely online in 3 years. Now offering early admission for High School graduates and Homeschoolers. The Panama College of Cell Science offers early admission …

Use of Menstrual Blood Stem Cells in Therapy

Editor’s Note: The following is a paper presented to the Faculty of the Panama College of Cell Science by graduate student Tom Wey,  Director, Omega/BioChem Laboratories (56 Park Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 USA) concerning stem cells found in menstrual blood. This very new and very important source of adult stem cells is sure to be further studied for …

New Lab Based Research Option Available

The Panama College of Cell Science now offers an exciting laboratory-based option to students who prefer to complete a dissertation based on actual stem cell research. Up to now, our graduate students have done elegant “reviews” to meet their dissertation requirement. These review papers have been published in peer reviewed journals as well as through …

Safety of Adult Stem Cell Therapy Demonstrated for First Time in US

The United States continues to lag far behind when it comes to treating patients with adult stem cells. Long in the grip of embryonic stem cell scientists, the medical and regulatory establishments in the US have refused to recognize adult stem cell therapy as the new medicine, even though many countries are now routinely treating …

Welcome to Our New Students from Nigeria and Tanzania in Africa, as Well as from the US, UK, and India

The Panama College of Cell Science would like to welcome our new students from  Nigeria and Tanzania in Africa, as well as from the US, UK, India, and Australia. In association with Blue Marble University, we are now serving 5 continents!! The Panama College of Cell Science... Still the Best and Only Online Graduate School …

Benefits of Adult Stem Cells vs Embryonic Stem Cells…Again

To date, there are hundreds of adult stem cell therapies available worldwide, and increasingly in the USA. But NOT ONE therapy using embryonic stem cells. Which is why people go overseas to Mexico, Thailand, and Panama for treatment of our most difficult  diseases. Like we have said many times to our students in one of …