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Immunotherapy treatment shows promising results for glioblastoma – The Independent Florida Alligator

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2017-08-24 NEWS

Immunotherapy treatment shows promising results for glioblastoma
The Independent Florida Alligator
A patient’s immune cells are used to make tumor-specific T-cells, which can find a tumor and kill it through a process called immunotherapy, said Jianping Huang, director of clinical laboratory operations at the UF College of Medicine. She’s looking at

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2017-08-24 NEWS

New Documentary Follows 3 AADC Patients Receiving Gene Therapy
Rare Disease Report
In the film, viewers are taken from the children’s earliest stages, when they were bed-ridden and unable to speak, to recent years in which they have shown dramatic improvement thanks to gene therapy. The impetus behind the documentary was Inazuka’s …

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2017-08-24 NEWS

Neighborhood health Watch: Platelet rich plasma and stem cell
WWBT NBC12 News
P-R-P derives growth factors from a person’s blood. Stem cells are taken from your hip or fat tissue. Both are injected into your joint. “So, a stem cell injection for instance. We take these stem cells. Stem cells are a primitive form of cells that