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UCLA Duchenne muscular dystrophy research receives grant from California’s stem cell agency – UCLA Newsroom

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2016-07-25 NEWS

UCLA Newsroom

UCLA Duchenne muscular dystrophy research receives grant from California’s stem cell agency
UCLA Newsroom
Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA have received funding from California’s stem cell agency for the next phase of cutting-edge stem …

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2016-07-24 NEWS

The Guardian

Stem cell trial suggests damaged heart tissue could be regenerated
The Guardian
Twenty-four months after participants were injected with the stem cell treatment there was a 30% improvement in heart function, 40% reduction in scar size, and 70% improvement in quality of life, as judged by the Minnesota living with heart failure
Sub-set of stem cells found to minimize risks when used to treat …Science Daily
Major breakthrough against heart failure after scientists use stem cells in ‘astonishing’ trial which could help Telegraph.co.uk
Pioneering stem cells treatment saw damage reduced by 40 …Daily Mail
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2016-07-24 NEWS

Hwang’s stem cell aspirations fail again
Korea Times
Korea’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has rejected the registration of a stem cell line, dubbed NT-1, created by former Seoul National University professor Hwang Woo-suk, citing a lack of scientific evidence to prove that the line