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A first: All respond to gene therapy in a blood cancer study – Northwest Herald

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2017-06-14 NEWS

A first: All respond to gene therapy in a blood cancer study
Northwest Herald
CHICAGO – Doctors are reporting unprecedented success from a new cell and gene therapy for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that’s on the rise. Although it’s early and the study is small – 35 people – every patient responded and all but two were in

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NBC 10 Philadelphia

Living drugs the new frontier
Northwest Herald
Currently available only in studies at major cancer centers, the first CART cell therapies for a few blood cancers could hit the market later this year. The Food and Drug Administration is evaluating one version developed by the University of
Doctors Reprogram Patients’ Own Cells Into Cancer Assassins …NBC 10 Philadelphia

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Sumter Item

Doctors reprogram patients’ own cells into cancer assassins – The Item
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Serving Sumter and the surrounding communities. The Sumter Item is the best source of news, features, sports, business, advertising, sales and people in …
Promise and risks of turning blood into cancer drugs – News 12 NowWDEF News 12

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BSA bureau (press release)

LifeCell’s Community Stem Cell Banking Receives Global Recognition
BSA bureau (press release)
Singapore – LifeCell International (India’s first and the largest stem cell bank)has made an entry into global platform with their recently launched concept of ‘Community Stem Cell Banking’. It is believed to be a general practice that technological

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Independent.ie

Kilkenny legend Richie Power: ‘Stem-cell treatment is my last hurrah …
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He may have brought the curtain down on his inter-county career due to a chronic knee injury but Richie Power hasn’t given up hope of living a normal life and …
Former Kilkenny star Richie Power hoping stem-cell therapy can fix …The Irish Sun

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KSAT San Antonio

Gov. Abbott signs HB 810, allowing Texans to use own stem cells as medicine
KSAT San Antonio
AUSTIN – The legal battle to get patients access to stem cell therapy in Texas is a battle KSAT has been following for more than a year. Gov. Greg Abbott has now signed stem cell therapy bill HB 810 into law. Access to the treatment won’t be immediate

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