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Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Sclerosis May Revolutionize Care for One Million Americans – Newsweek

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2018-03-19 NEWS

Newsweek

Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Sclerosis May Revolutionize Care for One Million Americans
Newsweek
People with multiple sclerosis may be able to “reset” their immune system and potentially reverse their symptoms with an infusion of blood-based stem cells. The finding is based on a randomized clinical trial with 110 patients who’d been diagnosed with

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The Independent

Blind people could have sight restored after stem cell trial success
The Independent
Patients have had their sight restored in a pioneering trial in which stem cells were used to regrow the cells in the eye responsible for detailed vision. Two patients, a man in his eighties and a woman in her sixties, are now able to read again after
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2018-03-19 NEWS

TIME

Stem Cell Treatment Could Be a Game-Changer for People With MS
TIME
Researchers reported encouraging results for a stem cell transplant for multiple sclerosis (MS) that some doctors and patients hope will be a breakthrough for MS treatment. In a presentation at the European Society for Bone and Marrow Transplantation
Stem Cells in ‘Game Changing’ Treatment for MS | FortuneFortune
Stem cell transplant ‘game changer’ for MS patientsBBC News

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