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Implanted stem cells reduce symptoms of Alzheimer’s during experiment …
Medical Xpress
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at University-affiliated McLean Hospital have taken what they describe as an important step toward using the implantation of stem cell-generated neurons as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
Possible progress against Parkinson’sHarvard Gazette

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New Stem Cell Test May Help Identify Breast Cancer And Treat It More Quickly
Medical Daily
Breast cancer cells that have a similar pattern of gene activity to adult stem cells are more likely to spread to other parts of the body, the researchers, hailing from the Institute of Cancer Research and Cardiff University’s European Cancer Stem Cell …
‘Stem cell‘ test could identify most aggressive breast cancersMedical Xpress
Public Release: 3-Mar-2015 ‘Stem cell‘ test could identify most aggressive …EurekAlert (press release)
Breast cancer cells could hold keyScotsman
mirror.co.uk
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Arthritis cure is on the way: Scientists make new breakthrough using embryonic …
Express.co.uk
Professor Sue Kimber, who led the research, said: “This work represents an important step forward in treating cartilage damage using embryonic stem cells to form new tissue. “It may offer a new line of therapy for people with crippling joint pain and …
Public Release: 3-Mar-2015 UK scientists move closer to creating cartilage …EurekAlert (press release)

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Dog on wheels needs stem cell therapy, family to love
Fox17
WALKER, Mich. –A terrier mix who has found new life through his wheelchair needs a stem cell procedure and a family to love. Life hasn’t been easy for 2-year-old Bolt. While the cold, winter months are hard on all stray animals as they search for food …

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Dog on wheels needs stem cell therapy, family to love
Fox17
WALKER, Mich. –A terrier mix who has found new life through his wheelchair needs a stem cell procedure and a family to love. Life hasn’t been easy for 2-year-old Bolt. While the cold, winter months are hard on all stray animals as they search for food …

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S. Idaho man to undergo stem cell transplant for rare illness
Idaho State Journal
Anderson, who used to work as a journalist, remembers covering a stem–cell transplant that was conducted on Pokey Allen in the early 1990s for treatment for a rare form of muscle cancer. Allen was the head coach of Boise State University’s football …

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Behind the scenes of the world’s first commercial stem–cell therapy
Nature.com
The achievement is all the more remarkable because Holoclar was developed by a small laboratory in Italy, a country better known for its lack of support for life sciences — and for its recent tolerance of an unproven stem–cell concoction, marketed by …