Written based on 17 research studies on PubMed, searched on 14 Nov 2026.
The claim
Posts online say that stem cell treatment helps with meningioma.
Where research stands
We found 29 published papers on stem cell treatment and meningioma. They were published between 1987 and 2026. None of them is a study in people. 4 were studies in animals, and 3 were only in cells in the lab. 6 papers are reviews that sum up other studies.
- 0In people
- 4In animals
- 3Only in the lab
What the studies found
We have not summed up these studies in words yet. The most important papers are listed under Sources.
Verdict
Stem cell treatment has been studied for meningioma in animals, not yet in people.
Unproven means: it was only tested in animals or cells, or there is too little or mixed data from people. How we rate claims
What this means for you: Results in animals or in cells often do not hold in people. Do not stop or change your medicines because of it. Ask your doctor before you start taking it.
Sources
- Cancer stem cells in meningiomas: novel insights and therapeutic implications.2025 · Clin Transl Oncol · Review
- Modeling nervous system tumors with human stem cells and organoids.2023 · Cell Regen · Review
- Array expression meta-analysis of cancer stem cell genes identifies upregulation of PODXL especially in DCC low expression meningiomas.2019 · PLoS One · Review
- Malignant Transformation and Spine Metastasis of an Intracranial Grade I Meningioma: In Situ Immunofluorescence Analysis of Cancer Stem Cells Case Report and Literature Review.2018 · World Neurosurg · Review
- Tumour stem cells in meningioma: A review.2018 · J Clin Neurosci · Review
- Tumour stem cells in meningioma: A review.2018 · J Clin Neurosci · Review
- Perivascular NOTCH3+ Stem Cells Drive Meningioma Tumorigenesis and Resistance to Radiotherapy.2024 · Cancer Discov · In animals
- Prognostic Impact of Blood MN1 Copy Numbers Before Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia.2019 · Hemasphere · In animals
- Transplantation of human meningioma stem cells loaded on a self-assembling peptide nanoscaffold containing IKVAV improves traumatic brain injury in rats.2019 · Acta Biomater · In animals
- Tumorigenic potential of olfactory bulb-derived human adult neural stem cells associates with activation of TERT and NOTCH1.2009 · PLoS One · In animals
- Induction of Meningioma Stem Signature via Hydrogel Reprogramming and Application of Meningioma Stem Cell Marker CXCR4 to Pathological Diagnosis and Treatment.2026 · Biotechnol Bioeng · In the lab
- Overlapping variants in the blood, tissues and cell lines for patients with intracranial meningiomas are predominant in stem cell-related genes.2020 · Heliyon · In the lab
- Pleomorphism and drug resistant cancer stem cells are characteristic of aggressive primary meningioma cell lines.2017 · Cancer Cell Int · In the lab
- Immunohistochemistry expression of stem cell markers SOX2, OCT4, CD133 in different grades of meningiomas and correlation with Ki 67 index.2024 · Med J Armed Forces India · Other paper
- Primary central nervous system post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a case report.2024 · Front Oncol · Other paper
- Analysis of induced pluripotent stem cell clones derived from a patient with mosaic neurofibromatosis type 2.2022 · Am J Med Genet A · Other paper
- Expression of the stem cell marker CD133 in malignant meningioma.2021 · Clin Neuropathol · Other paper
