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MS patient pins hope on stem-cell transplant – The Ledger

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2016-02-15

MS patient pins hope on stemcell transplant
The Ledger
Crum actually does have hopes the disease will be gone soon — that a hematopoietic stemcell transplant will allow her to return to a normal life, that she will be able work full-time as a dietitian, move back out on her own and drive, leaving behind

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2016-02-15

MS patient pins hope on stemcell transplant
The Ledger
Crum actually does have hopes the disease will be gone soon — that a hematopoietic stemcell transplant will allow her to return to a normal life, that she will be able work full-time as a dietitian, move back out on her own and drive, leaving behind

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2016-02-14

Scottish Daily Record

Brave young Scot paralysed from chest down after rugby injury describes ‘incredible’ feeling as stem cell treatment
Scottish Daily Record
A tiny electronic implant fitted to his spine and groundbreaking treatment which saw 400million stem cells injected into his body have brought his legs back to life. Connor, an accounts and business student, was injured while playing for Stirling
Tiny electronic implant has helped rugby player paralysed from chest down move his legs againMirror.co.uk
Rugby player hopes to walk again with ‘incredible’ implantThe Times (subscription)

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2016-02-13

ABC2 News

Baltimore woman once blind, regains vision after retinal stem cell surgery
ABC2 News
The procedure goes likes this: first, an orthopedic surgeon extracts bone marrow from the patient. Using a special machine, the marrow is spun down to stem cells. Those cells are then injected into the problem area, in Vanna’s case, her optic nerve. Dr

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2016-02-12

Deccan Chronicle

Smile! Milk teeth can help in stem cell cure
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: Stem cells from the pulp of milk teeth and also wisdom teeth are being increasingly stored as these cells can be used to treat muscular dystrophy, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and also cancers other than blood cancer.
Global Stem Cells Group to Launch New Clinical Site in Quito, Ecuador with an Inaugural Conference and Stem Cell Benzinga
Embryonic stem cell research: an ethical dilemmaPress Telegraph (blog)

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