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Family fights to save mom’s life after US gov’t denies stem cell donor entry – WLS-TV

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2017-09-18 NEWS

WLS-TV

Family fights to save mom’s life after US gov’t denies stem cell donor entry
WLS-TV
“We have letters from the hospitals stating that she is a match and that she is coming to the U.S. to donate for the stem cell transplant. The letter from the City of Hope stated that they are requesting a medical emergency visa,” Sharon said. Four

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2017-09-18 NEWS

China.org.cn

Heshan Forum underlines roles of stem cells
China.org.cn
“What is also very important is that the stem cells have property. When it grows, and it divides one stem cell into two stem cells. They can also change their identities to becomea different cell. This also goes together with the technology of genetic

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2017-09-17 NEWS

Deccan Herald

New gene therapies at whopping price tags
Deccan Herald
Emily Whitehead, the first paediatric patient to receive the genetherapy treatment, Kymriah, which put her leukaemia into remission, in Beltsville, Maryland. The treatment’s expensive price tag has raised questions about how patients and insurers will

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2017-09-17 NEWS

Financial Times

UK start-up Autolus starts ‘living medicine’ cancer trials
Financial Times
Christian Itin, chief executive of Autolus, called the start of its clinical trials “an important step on our path to build a fully integrated ‘autologous’ CarT cell company with a portfolio of differentiated therapies.” Autologous treatments engineer