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 …

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 …

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 …

From a Tube of Blood To Exosomes…The Stem Cell Therapy Story 2022

Address By Walter P. Drake To Our New Graduate Students Panama College of Cell Science-January 1, 2022 Cite as: Drake, Walter P, "From a Tube of Blood To Exosomes…The Stem Cell Therapy Story 2022", Panama College of Cell Science-January 1, 2022; Published at: https://panamacollegeofcellscience.org/2022/02/09/from-a-tube-of-blood-to-exosomesthe-stem-cell-therapy-story-2022/ Accessed March 7, 2022   Dear Future Stem Cell Scientists: Thank …

Why Our Online Biology PhD Program is Better Than Lab-Based

  The Panama College of Cell Science offers a well regarded online biology PhD in stem cell biology. Still the only online stem cell biology doctoral program in the world, we have been operating over 15 years. Our biology PhD degree is equivalent to a regionally accredited US college or university. And our online biology …

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 …

Mixed Cell Regenerative Medicine and the 21st Century Cures Act: The Law Authorizing Adult Stem Cell Therapy in the United States

Message from Walter P. Drake, Director Panama College of Cell Science March 26, 2019 For our students, graduates, and others interested in Adult Stem Cell Therapy With the passage of the game-changing 21 Century Cures Act (enacted Decemeber 13, 2016), the use of adult stem cell therapy in the United States has finally been authorized. The …

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 …

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 …

Be Thankful for the “Unregulated Stem Cell Market” !!

A lesson for our graduate students. A story published July 2, 2016, and purporting to be ‘News”, is entitled: “Unregulated Stem Cell Market Thriving in US, Finds Study” The news report was published by Perfscience.com: http://perfscience.com/content/2144313-unregulated-stem-cell-market-thriving-us-finds-study and the complete article is here:  UnregulatedClinicsThriving The author and all persons quoted are concerned that they found “351 …

Seeking Graduate Students for Stem Cell Biology

The Panama College of Cell Science continues to offer the only 3 year online PhD program in stem cell biology in the world. We are a world class biology graduate school and both our program and our students are scholarly. Why should you study stem cell biology?? Because not only is it the new biology …

Panama College of Cell Science Lowers Tuition to $2,950 USD

May 1, 2016 Panama College of Cell Science returns to its roots, offering the tuition pricing that made us great: $2,950 USD with payment plan or $2,700 USD annually if paid in advance in a lump sum   Tuition fees include ALL textbooks and other learning materials. You will not have to pay anything further …

The Importance of the Paired Mice Experiments to Adult Stem Cell Therapy

April 6, 2016, Dr. Walter P. Drake Here at the Panama College of Cell Science, we have spent a good amount of time on the "Paired Mice " experiments. Although for our purposes, the seminal paper was issued over 10 years ago in 2005, the importance of the paired mice experiments has yet to be …

Suggestions for Graduate Students Completing Dissertations at Panama College of Cell Science

 by Walter P. Drake, Director Panama College of Cell Science November 2015 "Do not pay any fees to view scientific articles. Boycott all "pay to view" scientific journal publishers." At the Panama College of Cell Science, we require dissertations as part of our 3 year online PhD degree in stem cell biology. So when our …

Dissertation for Online PhD Degree in Stem Cell Biology

The Panama College of Cell Science offers the world’s only online PhD degree in stem cell biology, what is now becoming the “New Medicine”. It is an exciting new field, and quite possibly the hottest field in biology today. So, how does the dissertation requirement work? A dissertation, also known as a thesis, is a …

Online Biology Graduate Students Get Private Student Website

The Panama College of Cell Science has announced that it has developed a unique system for providing student content. Called a "private student portal", online biology students can access all their course content, syllabus for every course, downloadable resources and video links, assignments, academic records, and billing records. With this private web page, our students …

New Course on Blood Is Added to Curriculum

The Panama College of Cell Science recently revised its 3 year online curriculum to include a new course: "Blood- Components, Separation, Labeling, and Culture". Because of the importance of the study of hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells, which can be harvested from the blood, the new course was added. "Blood is going to …

Stem Cell Pioneer Dr. Carlos Lima Dies

Dr. Carlos Lima, who pioneered using Adult Stem Cells to cure and/or improve paralysis from spinal cord injuries,  has died on June 21.  "The world has lost a wonderful, compassionate scientist and clinician in the field of adult stem cell therapy", said Dr. Walter Drake, of the Drake Biomedical Institute,  and acting Dean of the …