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Stem cell therapy: is the US missing a trick? – Medical News Today

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2016-02-24

Medical News Today

Stem cell therapy: is the US missing a trick?
Medical News Today
Autism, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis: they are all incurable diseases. But there is one treatment that may offer hope to patients with such conditions – autologous stem cell transplantation. In the US, however, this procedure is only used to
Woman’s blindness apparently reversed by stem cell treatmentJournal Times
Stem Cell Research Products – Market Opportunities, Challenges, and Technologies: ResearchMozGlobeNewswire (press release)
Stem cells don’t work in topical anti-aging creams and treatmentsMiami Herald
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2016-02-24

Terminator: Stem cell cure to destroy liver fibrosis
Nature Middle East
“By eradicating worms and reducing their eggs, praziquantel possibly provided the ideal liver microenvironment for the stem cells to grow into functioning liver-like cells,” says lead researcher Yasmeen M. Attia from the British University in Egypt.

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2016-02-24

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HMC opens Interim blood stem cell Screening Center
Al-Bawaba
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has opened an Interim Screening Center in Doha as an initial step to developing a national program for blood stem cell donation in Qatar. “The Interim Screening Center is laying the foundations as part of our
HMC opens Interim Screening Centre ahead of blood stem cell donation programmePeninsula On-line

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2016-02-24

Journal Times

Woman’s blindness apparently reversed by stem cell treatment
Journal Times
No one can explain exactly how Belton came to see again, not even the doctor who treated her as part of an unconventional stem cell study shortly before she regained limited vision. Despite their promise, stem cell treatments often garner skepticism