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Stem Cell Therapy for Pets – WHDH-TV

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2015-06-16 NEWS

WHDH-TV

Stem Cell Therapy for Pets
WHDH-TV
Then, Angus and Lilly are put under anesthesia and wheeled into the operating room. Dr. Pitcairn makes an incision in their shoulders and removes fat tissue containing stem cells. Each dog’s fat tissue is then mixed with their own plasma to “activate

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2015-06-15 NEWS

Cheltenham men urged to sign up as blood stem cell donors
Gloucestershire Echo
Cheltenham men are being encouraged to step up by a charity ‘alarmed’ at the number of men signing up to donate blood stem cells. Delete Blood Cancer UK, the charity that recruits potential blood stem cell donors, is alarmed at the gender imbalance …

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2015-06-15 NEWS

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

What are leukaemia stem cells and why are they important?
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
All leukaemias are thought to originate from a single blood stem cell in the bone marrow, which has damaged DNA. This causes the cell to abnormally divide, filling the circulatory system with immature, dysfunctional blood cells, suppressing the rest of

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2015-06-15 NEWS

WFMZ Allentown

Health Beat: Can your own stem cells cure you?
WFMZ Allentown
Elsa Rosa can’t walk without pain. Doctors say she needs two knee replacements. Instead, she’s trying something new, stem cells harvested from her own body to heal her knee. “I would like to be active again. I’m young at heart,” Rosa said. Doctors use …

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2015-06-15 NEWS

Toronto Sun

Scientists find way to disrupt brain tumour stem cells
Toronto Sun
The group, based at Washington University School of Medicine, says some cancer cells in glioblastomas – a deadly form of brain cancer – are more resistant to treatment than others. “These tumour stem cells are really the kingpins of cancers – the cells
Discovery Of Vulnerability In Brain Tumor Stem Cells May Lead To Successful Tech Times
Cancer Cure Update: Protein Disrupts Brain Tumor Stem Cells, Stops Spread Of Yibada (English Edition)
Scientists Find Way to Disrupt Brain Tumor Stem CellsNewswise (press release)
EurekAlert (press release)
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2015-06-15 NEWS

News-Medical.net

ExCellThera’s stem cell expansion approach may benefit AML patients
News-Medical.net
Patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia (AML), who require stem cell transplantation as part of their treatment, may now benefit from a new best-in-class process that improves the viability and success of cord blood stem cell transplantation.

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