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Should aborted foetuses be used for stem cell research? – Health24

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2015-07-29 NEWS

Health24

Should aborted foetuses be used for stem cell research?
Health24
Can’t researches just use stem cells instead? Stem cells, including those obtained with adult donors, can develop into a variety of tissues in the lab. The European researchers in the Parkinson’s study and others hope to learn enough to use them

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2015-07-29 NEWS

Health24

Should aborted foetuses be used for stem cell research?
Health24
Can’t researches just use stem cells instead? Stem cells, including those obtained with adult donors, can develop into a variety of tissues in the lab. The European researchers in the Parkinson’s study and others hope to learn enough to use them

and more »

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2015-07-29 NEWS

Lung Disease News

World’s First Clinical Trial Of Genetically-enhanced Stem Cell PAH Therapy
Lung Disease News
A team of Canadian researchers have published promising results of the first clinical trial in the world of a genetically enhanced stem cell therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This rare and deadly disease mainly affects young women, and

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2015-07-29 NEWS

Lung Disease News

World’s First Clinical Trial Of Genetically-enhanced Stem Cell PAH Therapy
Lung Disease News
A team of Canadian researchers have published promising results of the first clinical trial in the world of a genetically enhanced stem cell therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This rare and deadly disease mainly affects young women, and

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2015-07-28 NEWS

UC Los Angeles

UCLA stem cell researchers receive $7.4 million to study immunodeficiency disorder
UC Los Angeles
The stem cell gene therapy process used in the trial will use patient’s own blood-forming stem cells, which are capable of turning into any type of blood cell, including the white blood cells central to the immune system. Blood stem cells will be
$114M grant to fund cutting-edge stem cell research at U of TToronto Star
U of T gets $114M grant for stem cell researchCBC.ca
Researchers hope $114-million grant will make Toronto a hub for stem cell researchThe Globe and Mail
Clinical Leader –The New Indian Express –PR Newswire (press release)
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2015-07-28 NEWS

Breast reconstruction surgery receiving boost from stem cell technique
Genetic Literacy Project
When it comes to tissue reconstruction, Oscar Ochoa, a plastic surgeon at the PRMA Center for Advanced Breast Reconstruction in San Antonio, Texas, says that the next big step will involve stem cells—immature cells that can, in theory, grow into