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Stem Cell Breakthrough – The Times (subscription)

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2014-10-10 NEWS

Stem Cell Breakthrough
The Times (subscription)
“We’re tired of curing mice.” With these words Professor Doug Melton, of Harvard University, gave hope this week to millions of diabetes sufferers that a breakthrough he and his team has achieved towards curing the disease in mice could in a few years

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Fighting CP through stem cell therapy
The Hindu
The patients, who underwent stem cell therapy, have displayed huge improvement in CP symptoms,” says Professor and Head of Neurosurgery, LTM Medical College, Mumbai, Alok Sharma. The neurosurgeon, who is taking part in an international conference …

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Stem Cell Success Raises Hopes for Type 1 Cure
WebMD
THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News) — In what may be a step toward a cure for type 1 diabetes, researchers say they’ve developed a large-scale method for turning human embryonic stem cells into fully functioning beta cells capable of producing …

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Doctors Close to Implanting First StemCell Therapy for Diabetes
Xconomy
“By the end of the year, we should have a significant amount of information about the first three patients in the first cohort,” Henry said in a heavily attended presentation at the 9th Annual Scientific Symposium of the “Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa.”.

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International Business Times UK

Cure for Type 1 Diabetes Imminent After Harvard Stem Cell Breakthrough
International Business Times UK
Doug Melton, Xander University Professor at Harvard University, who led the work, said: “While there have been previous reports of other labs deriving beta cell types from stem cells, no other group has produced mature beta cells as suitable for use in …