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Testing stem cells in tiniest hearts to fight birth defect | GazetteXtra – Janesville Gazette

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2017-01-01 NEWS

Janesville Gazette

Testing stem cells in tiniest hearts to fight birth defect | GazetteXtra
Janesville Gazette
In a bold experiment, doctors injected donated stem cells directly into the healthy side of Josue Salinas Salgado’s little heart, aiming to boost its pumping power …
Study of stem-cell treatment for infants with form of congenital heart …Healio

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2017-01-01 NEWS

San Francisco Examiner

All-star teams and stem cell injections
San Francisco Examiner
This brings us to stem cells. Much is written in the press, and millions of dollars are being spent on stem cell injections for every injury. Yet only a very few, truly effective outcomes from stem cell injections alone have been documented — and most

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2017-01-01 NEWS

Study of stemcell treatment for infants with form of congenital heart disease underway
Healio
Infants’ hearts will be injected with stem cells from adult bone marrow provided by the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute during open-heart operations, according to the release. “The premise of this clinical trial is to boost or regenerate the

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2017-01-01 NEWS

Business Insider

Gene therapy is here, and it could radically change modern medicine
Business Insider
For a few lucky patients, 2016 was the year when gene therapy turned from promises to cures. The technology, long contemplated as a way to erase disease by revising people’s DNA, made big advances and began turning into a real business offering some …

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2017-01-01 NEWS

Business Insider

Gene therapy is here, and it could radically change modern medicine
Business Insider
For a few lucky patients, 2016 was the year when gene therapy turned from promises to cures. The technology, long contemplated as a way to erase disease by revising people’s DNA, made big advances and began turning into a real business offering some …

and more »

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2016-12-31 NEWS

Hamilton Spectator

Laura Hillier’s legacy: 50 per cent more stem cell transplants in Hamilton
Hamilton Spectator
Hillier had a donor, was in remission and was ready for transplant to treat a second bout of acute myelogenous leukemia when she started raising awareness in July 2015 about backlogs for stem cell transplants. She revealed patients were going through …