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Stem cells: between hope and lies – The Daily Courier (subscription)

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2014-11-23 NEWS

Stem cells: between hope and lies
The Daily Courier (subscription)
Worse yet are the dozens of bogus stem cell therapy “clinics” and “institutes” popping up all over the world, usually in less-developed countries and Texas. These despicable places lure desperate people into their programs and swindle them of thousands

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2014-11-23 NEWS

Stem cells: between hope and lies
The Daily Courier (subscription)
Worse yet are the dozens of bogus stem cell therapy “clinics” and “institutes” popping up all over the world, usually in less-developed countries and Texas. These despicable places lure desperate people into their programs and swindle them of thousands

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2014-11-23 NEWS

Telegraph.co.uk

Stem cell failure ‘led to children’s deaths’
Telegraph.co.uk
By October last year the hospital had identified that a higher than usual proportion of eight children who had undergone stem cell transplantation between March and August had suffered what doctors call “delayed engraftment”. But by the time it stopped …
Four children dead at Great Ormond Street after stem cell transplant failureDaily Mail
Children died after stem cell storage failedThe Times (subscription)

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2014-11-22 NEWS

The Difference Stem Cell Research Can Make
Huffington Post
Just this week scientists at UCLA announced that in the last five years they have used stem cells to cure 18 cases of “bubble baby” disease — a once-deadly problem occurring when children are born without a functioning immune system. For the children
Poland and California Partner to Advance Stem Cell ResearchGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Poland and California Announce International Collaboration to Advance Stem Imperial Valley News

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2014-11-21 NEWS

The Guardian

Great Ormond Street deaths caused by stem cell lab failures, inquest told
The Guardian
Four children have died after failings in how stem cells used in life-saving operations were frozen at Great Ormond Street hospital, it emerged this week. The four, who were between one and 12 years old, were among eight children with cancer whose bone …
‘Mystery’ of stem cell failure that killed four children at Great Ormond West End Extra

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2014-11-20 NEWS

Zee News

Stem cells may help mend ‘broken hearts’
Zee News
Senior author Roger J. Hajjar said that it is clear that the expression of the stem cell factor gene results in the generation of specific signals to neighboring cells in the damaged heart resulting in improved outcomes at the molecular, cellular, and
Delivering stem cells into heart muscle may enhance cardiac repair and reverse EurekAlert (press release)

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