15 Years of Stem Cell Education-Panama College of Cell Science

The Panama College of Cell Science continues to offer the only 3 year online Ph.D. program in stem cell biology. The only online stem cell doctoral program in the world, the College continues to train students in the new field of stem cell medicine.  Emphasizing the study of adult stem cells, the College teaches the …

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 …

The Subversion of Stem Cell Therapy in the United States

Walter P. Drake. October 1, 2019. The best stem cell therapy is still overseas. And stem cell therapy in the US, applied routinely overseas to cure and control our most debilitating diseases, is being subverted by powerful forces bent on requiring the use of expensive off the shelf products that can be “dispensed” like drugs. …

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 …

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 …

Kristin Comella PhD: Leading the Way to Adult Stem Cell Therapy

  Dr. Kristin Comella, PhD Image From: U.S. Stem Cell Clinic [https://usstemcellclinic.com/about-us/ ] This month we are highlighting the achievements of one of our graduates, Kristin Comella, Ph.D. Dr. Comella is a world-renowned expert on regenerative medicine with a focus on adipose (fat) derived stem cells.  Terrapin, the organizer of the Annual World Stem Cells …

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 …

Still the World’s Only Online PhD Program in Stem Cell Biology

https://youtu.be/Yghr8GbXPJI&rel=0 If you are looking around for a biology graduate program, there are sure many to choose from. But can you complete a PhD in biology including a published dissertation in 3 years? At Panama College of Cell Science you can. Can you pay less than $3000/year tuition for your biology graduate degree? At Panama …

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 …

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 …

Stem Cell Musings- An Essay by Dr. Walter P. Drake, Director, Panama College of Cell Science

[Please Note: I am not opposed whatsoever to embryonic stem cell research which continues to lead to valuable understandings about cell-cell interactions. However, these synthetic laboratory models are not likely to lead to any patient therapies, which for many people, particularly patients with debilitating diseases,  is the most important goal of stem cell research.] It …

Why We Teach Adult Stem Cell Therapies At Our Graduate School

Repair Stem Cell Institute October Newsletter details some current adult stem cell treatments. And this is why, at the Panama College of Cell Science, our three year online PhD program introduces our graduate students to international stem cell therapies available now. Except of course in the United States, where few if any stem cell therapies …