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‘Match 4 Zara’: Social media boost for stem cell charity
ITV News A teenager’s urgent campaign to find a stem cell match has caused a surge in people coming forward to sign up as potential donors, a charity has said. Delete Blood Cancer UK says that thousands of people have registered this weekend after 13-year-old … Stem cell appeal by teenager leads to surge in potential donorsBT.com Match4Zara: Social media boosts cell donor searchBBC News |
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Parkinson’s patient shows marked improvement after stem cell therapy, claims doctor
Business Standard A 45-year-old patient suffering from Parkinson’s disease showed sharp improvement after undergoing stem cell therapy, according to claims made by the doctor who treated him. So far, such therapy has been effective only in diseases related to spinal … Stem cell scientists reprogram commonly found cell into master heart cellBiotechin.Asia Stem Cell Transplant To Revolutionize Medical Treatment In Pak: Dr SalmanDaily Capital (Capital TV) Newly identified genes impact how transplanted stem cells give rise to blood cellsSYS-CON Media (press release) |
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I’m calling it now: Stem Cell Burgers are bad news
Ecorazzi The minute news dropped about the new stem cell meat products that will be coming to shelves sooner than we possibly thought, I had a ton of non-vegan and vegan friends alike asking me if this was something I would be willing to consume. Nope. |
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Fruit importer seeks stem cell donor for seriously ill daughter
FreshPlaza It turned out not to be easy finding suitable stem cells for the young girl. The chance of finding suitable stem cells, is 1 in 50,000. In Bade’s case a Turkish person would genetically have the best chance of a match. Appeals in various Turkish and … |
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Duchenne MD Therapy by Gene Editing of Stem Cells May Be Possible in Next Decade
Muscular Dystrophy News UCLA scientists have developed a potential gene therapy approach for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and stem cells. If the new treatment proves successful and reaches the clinic — possibly in the next decade — it … |
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Polymer worms hold stem cells in suspended animation
Royal Society of Chemistry A hydrogel that can put human stem cells and embryos into stasis, where they are alive but not actively developing, has been created by researchers in the UK.1 The gel – which is made up of temperature-responsive polymer ‘worms’ – offers new insights … |
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Stem cells could help treat multiple sclerosis – but it’s still early days
The Conversation UK In the last two decades, a type of stem cell transplantation has received considerable attention as an experimental treatment for MS. Called autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), this method involves harvesting and freezing stem … |