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Researcher says success rate in use of adult stem cells ‘staggering’ – The Catholic Sun

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2015-07-16 NEWS

The Catholic Sun

Researcher says success rate in use of adult stem cells ‘staggering’
The Catholic Sun
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Adult stem cells, easily harvested from human bone marrow, umbilical cord blood and fat tissue, have a successful track record in treatments for more than 90 medical conditions and diseases, including sickle cell anemia, multiple …
Speaker highlights major breakthroughs in adult stemcell therapiesCatholicPhilly.com
Embryonic Stem Cells Found To Repair Damaged Lung Tissue in Animal ModelsLung Disease News

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Drug Discovery & Development

Tiny Brain Clumps Offer New Clues into the Cause of Autism
MIT Technology Review
By turning stem cells taken from autistic patients into tiny “organoids” that closely resemble the brains of human embryos, researchers have gleaned potentially valuable insights into what may go wrong during brain development in people with autism.
Making ‘Miniature Brains’ from Skin Cells to Better Understand AutismDrug Discovery & Development
Growing Micro-Brains From Skin Cells Sheds Light On AutismPopular Science
Mini Brains Model AutismThe Scientist
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Speaker highlights major breakthroughs in adult stemcell therapies
CatholicPhilly.com
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — In 2013, the University of Kansas took a lead role in adult stemcell research by establishing the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center. David Prentice, a member of the center’s advisory board, gave an overview of several …
Embryonic Stem Cells Found To Repair Damaged Lung Tissue in Animal ModelsLung Disease News

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2015-07-16 NEWS

Speaker highlights major breakthroughs in adult stemcell therapies
CatholicPhilly.com
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — In 2013, the University of Kansas took a lead role in adult stemcell research by establishing the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center. David Prentice, a member of the center’s advisory board, gave an overview of several …
Embryonic Stem Cells Found To Repair Damaged Lung Tissue in Animal ModelsLung Disease News

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2015-07-16 NEWS

The Catholic Sun

Speaker highlights major breakthroughs in adult stemcell therapies
The Pilot
Procedures already successfully treating children for sickle cell anemia, using stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood, are now seeing fledgling success in adults. “I’ve seen, for sickle cell, that ‘C word’ — cure — used (when referring to) adult
Researcher says success rate in use of adult stem cells ‘staggering’The Catholic Sun
Embryonic Stem Cells Found To Repair Damaged Lung Tissue in Animal ModelsLung Disease News

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