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Stem Cell Researchers Develop Method to Treat Sickle Cell Disease – Drug Discovery & Development

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2015-03-09 NEWS

Stem Cell Researchers Develop Method to Treat Sickle Cell Disease
Drug Discovery & Development
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treatment for sickle cell disease—the nation’s most common inherited blood disorder. Published in the journal Blood, the study led by Dr.
Stem cell researchers develop promising method to treat sickle cell diseaseImperial Valley News

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Public Release: 9-Mar-2015 Cancer-linked protein helps control fate of
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“Our results show that Snai1 is a key regulator of crypt base columnar cells, a type of stem cell found in the invaginations or crypts that exist at the base of the many villi found in the intestine,” remarked Helen E. Abud, Associate Professor at

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