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Revolutionary gene therapy saves Syrian refugee boy’s skin, life – The Times of Israel

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2017-11-10 NEWS

The Times of Israel

Revolutionary gene therapy saves Syrian refugee boy’s skin, life
The Times of Israel
PARIS, France (AFP) — A Syrian refugee boy who nearly died when disease stripped most of the skin from his body, is playing soccer two years after he received a new, gene-edited hide in an experimental procedure, the doctors who treated him said.
Gene Therapy Creates Replacement Skin to Save a Dying BoyNew York Times
Gene Therapy Skin Grafts Save Boy With Rare DiseaseNBCNews.com
New gene therapy technique saves boy’s life by growing new skinEngadget
Snopes.com –Popular Science –Medical News Today –Genetics Home Reference – NIH
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Immunotherapy Shows Promise for Mesothelioma Treatment
Curetoday.com
Today, the only FDA-approved regimen for treating people who have pleural malignant mesothelioma is chemotherapy. But that might change soon. Impressive improvements in patients’ overall survival rates when treated with combination immunotherapy in …

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Peninsula Daily News

Bingo fundraises for Port Angeles woman’s stem cell therapy
Peninsula Daily News
PORT ANGELES — One spaghetti feed, garage sale, GoFundMe page and donation account later, a Port Angeles woman sits less than $5,000 away from undergoing stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis. And “Bingo!” — Jolinda Creery could reach her …

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Singularity Hub

The Dream of Regenerating the Body With Stem Cells Is Alive and Well
Singularity Hub
To Bob Hariri, the body is a machine. Hariri is a surgeon, entrepreneur, and biomedical scientist. But perhaps it’s his time flying jets that most strongly lends itself to such thinking. “I’ve been flying longer than anything I’ve done in my life
Child Gets Entirely New Skin in Amazing Adult Stem Cell FirstChristian News Network
Frequent alcohol drinking kills new brain cells in adults, females are more vulnerableMedical Xpress
Global Stem Cell Therapy Market 2017 – Osiris Therapeutics, Vcanbio, Gamida CellMedgadget (blog)
Xinhua –PRUnderground (press release) –Daily Mail
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