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Edmonton family hoping to find stem cell match in Calgary – Toronto Star

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2018-05-25 NEWS

Toronto Star

Edmonton family hoping to find stem cell match in Calgary
Toronto Star
CALGARY—Three Edmonton sisters are trying to bring Calgary’s Asian community together for a donor registration drive in the hopes of saving their brother’s life. Bille Nguyen was in his final year of studying engineering at the Northern Alberta

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2018-05-25 NEWS

UCSF News Services

UCSF Welcomes First In Utero Stem Cell Transplant Baby
UCSF News Services
“It is too early to say how effective the stem cell transplantation will be, but we are encouraged by how well she and her mother have tolerated the treatment,” said Tippi MacKenzie, MD, a pediatric and fetal surgeon at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital

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2018-05-25 NEWS

Digital Trends

CRISPR gene-editing could help feed future generations
Digital Trends
Experts predict that another two billion people will inhabit the Earth by 2050, bringing the global population to 9.7 billion. That’s a lot of mouths to feed. Current food production systems can’t keep up with today’s demand — more than ten percent of

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OncLive

Patel Provides Perspective on Immunotherapy Developments in NSCLC
OncLive
Immunotherapy’s introduction into the field of non–small cell lung cancer has revolutionized the treatment landscape, most recently following the phase III results of clinical trials such as PACIFIC and KEYNOTE-189, said Sandip P. Patel, MD. Yet

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HouseBeautiful.com

Tarek El Moussa Just Shared An Update On His Back Injury, Saying “Miracles Happen”
HouseBeautiful.com
In early May, Flip or Flop star Tarek El Moussa suffered a serious back injury that left him struggling to walk. After weeks of stem cell therapy, Tarek took to Instagram to share that he’s almost fully recovered. “MIRACLES HAPPEN!!!!” he announced in