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Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health – EurekAlert (press release)

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2015-03-11 NEWS

Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health
EurekAlert (press release)
Until now it was thought that maintaining the stem cell pool was based on the self-renewal of individual stem cells. The team of scientists headed by Dr. Jovica Ninkovic and Professor Dr. Magdalena Götz were able to refute this: Both the self-renewal

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2015-03-11 NEWS

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Limited self-renewal of stem cells in the brain
Medical Xpress
Stem cells in the brain can produce neurons and are consequently seen as a hope for treatment. A team of researchers from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) has now discovered that the self-renewal rate …

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2015-03-11 NEWS

Medical Xpress

The promise of stem cells
Phys.Org
The potential use of stem cells to treat disease, including diabetes, heart disease, dementia and cancer, and the possibilities for cell, tissue and organ repair are astounding. During the Festival fortnight, a series of events will investigate these
Stem Cell Researchers Develop Method to Treat Sickle Cell DiseaseDrug Discovery & Development
Researchers use stem cells from sickle cell disease patients to grow mature News-Medical.net

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2015-03-10 NEWS

UConn Today (blog)

Researchers Tap Stem Cells to Heal Rotator Cuff Injuries
UConn Today (blog)
They harvest the patient’s own stem cells during the surgery, concentrate them, and then deliver them into the repair. These adult stem cells, harvested from bone marrow within the patient’s humeral bone, have the potential to turn into bone, tendon, …

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