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IT’S A START: Newly approved gene therapy may help 4 percent of cancer patients – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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2017-06-06 NEWS

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

IT’S A START: Newly approved gene therapy may help 4 percent of cancer patients
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The oncologist was blunt: Stefanie Joho’s colon cancer was raging out of control and there was nothing more she could do. Flanked by her parents and sister, the 23-year-old felt something wet on her shoulder. She looked up to see her father weeping.

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2017-06-06 NEWS

Current in Westfield

Mice with ALS improve with stem cell therapy
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TAMPA — Researchers at the University of South Florida show in a new study that bone marrow stem cell transplants helped improve motor functions and nervous system conditions in mice with the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by repairing …
New way to convert stem cells leaves no extra DNAFuturity: Research News
Column: Stem Cell Therapy – A medical revolutionCurrent in Westfield
Reader’s view: Stem cell treatments can make a differenceMidland Daily News
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2017-06-06 NEWS

Deccan Chronicle

Doctors discover new kind of gene therapy to cure blood cancer
Deccan Chronicle
Chicago: Doctors are reporting unprecedented success from a new kind of 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 to treatment and all

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