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Plerixafor, G-CSF may serve as preferred stem cell mobilization for multiple myeloma – Healio

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2016-02-27

Plerixafor, G-CSF may serve as preferred stem cell mobilization for multiple myeloma
Healio
The use of cyclophosphamide or plerixafor, in combination with granulocyte colony–stimulating factor, facilitated robust stem cell mobilization in patients with multiple myeloma, according to data presented at the BMT Tandem Meetings.

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2016-02-26

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Woman’s blindness apparently reversed by stem cell treatment
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Despite their promise, stemcell treatments often garner skepticism from experts who are still studying their safety and effectiveness. While stem cells can be grown into any type of cell in the body, scientists generally believe proving the cells can
ICYMI: Woman Says Blindness Reversed by Stem Cell TreatmentLaboratory Equipment

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2016-02-26

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Chinese Scientists Turn Mouse Stem Cells Into Working Sperm Cells
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Scientists in China have successfully made mouse sperm cells from embryonic stem cells. These “spermatid-like cells” were used to successfully fertilise mouse egg cells and produce healthy fertile offspring. This is a significant breakthrough and makes
Chinese scientists produce mice sperm, offspring from stem cellsYIBADA English
The Chinese researchers make exciting new new treatments for male fertilityWestern Daily Press

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2016-02-26

Personalized Medicine Considers Which Would-Be Stem Cells to Cultivate, and When
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
A human donor’s stem cell candidates—fibroblasts, typically—may be too set in their epigenetic ways to serve as the basis of new tissues and organs. Or not. That is, some donor fibroblast populations may have relatively weak epigenetic memories.

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2016-02-26

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ICYMI: Woman Says Blindness Reversed by Stem Cell Treatment
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There she found Dr. Jeffrey Weiss in Florida, who was enrolling blind patients in an unorthodox stem cell study. He wasn’t affiliated with a university or government institute, but he was taking on all those who could afford the roughly $20,000 to pay

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