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Steering stem cell trafficking into pancreas reverses type 1 diabetes – Harvard Gazette

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2015-01-12 NEWS

Harvard Gazette

Steering stem cell trafficking into pancreas reverses type 1 diabetes
Harvard Gazette
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) studying mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) — a cell type useful in treating immune-related diseases — have uncovered a way to enhance and prolong the cells’ therapeutic effects in a …

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2015-01-12 NEWS

Harvard Gazette

Steering stem cell trafficking into pancreas reverses type 1 diabetes
Harvard Gazette
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) studying mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) — a cell type useful in treating immune-related diseases — have uncovered a way to enhance and prolong the cells’ therapeutic effects in a …

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2015-01-12 NEWS

State awards $36 million for stem cell research
Capital New York
Weill Cornell Medical College and the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City as well as the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo will split $36 million in state funding for stem cell research, the governor’s office announced Monday. The funding

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Ottawa Citizen

Gordie Howe, stemcell tourist: Experts warn of worrisome trend
Ottawa Citizen
Hockey legend Gordie Howe is the latest high-profile sports figure to receive experimental stemcell therapy, a trend that is being watched with concern by Canadian scientists and others who work in the field. The rise of stemcell tourism by
Howe continues to improve after stem cell treatmentDetroit Free Press
Gordie Howe continues to improve after stem cell treatmentSI.com
Howe seeing further gains following stem cell treatmentNBCSports.com
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CBC.ca

Stem cell donors sign up to help Ontario man with leukemia
CBC.ca
A plea for help from a man suffering from leukemia has convinced 36 Nova Scotians, so far, to become stem cell donors. Chris LeBrun, whose friends and family organized a Bedford donor-recruiting clinic on Saturday, is “over the moon” about that, said