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Stem cell recipes go head to head – Science AAAS

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Stem cell recipes go head to head
Science AAAS
What’s the best recipe for creating patient-specific stem cells? The question has prompted years of debate and a series of contradictory papers. Ideally, the cells should develop into any cell type just as well as those in a natural embryo do. For now
New hope for Parkinson’s patients in stem cell treatmentWashington Post
Parkinson’s stem cell ‘breakthrough’BBC News
Researchers create stem cell model of Parkinson’s disease in a dishFox News
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Parkinson’s Stem Cell Breakthrough
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“The study shows that the cells that we generate from stem cells, they function equally as well as the cells that we find in the brain,” said Malin Parmar, an associate professor in Lund’s Department of Medicine, who helped lead the study published in

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Stem cells to repair broken chromosomes
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) CLEVELAND, Ohio — In 1990 the Human Genome Project started. It was a massive scientific undertaking that aimed to identify and map out the body’s complete set of DNA. This research has paved the way for new genetic discoveries; …

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Stem cells to repair broken chromosomes
KLAS-TV
(Ivanhoe Newswire) CLEVELAND, Ohio — In 1990 the Human Genome Project started. It was a massive scientific undertaking that aimed to identify and map out the body’s complete set of DNA. This research has paved the way for new genetic discoveries; …

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Stem Cell Model of Parkinson’s disease Made Created in Dish
Diabetes Insider
A pair of identical twins were examined The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF), one with Parkinson’s disease, one without. Additionally, as another Parkinson’s patient was evaluated unrelated to the twins and four healthy control subjects to examine …

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International Stem Cell Corp (OTCMKTS:ISCO) Heading Towards Resistance
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International Stem Cell Corp (OTCMKTS:ISCO) is making a highly explosive move up on accelerating volume after the Company announced on November 4 that the FDA has cleared ISCO’s human parthenogenetic stem cells line for investigational clinical …

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Stem cell therapy may be effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Genetic Literacy Project
Stem cells can be used to heal the damage in the brain caused by Parkinson’s disease, according to scientists in Sweden. They said their study on rats heralded a “huge breakthrough” towards developing effective treatments. There is no cure for the