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Edinburgh boy with terminal cancer ‘saved’ by stem cell transplant from American stranger
Herald Scotland
“There are not enough stem cell donors in the world. When Rory needed a transplant we were told that no-one in his family or in the UK or even in Europe matched his tissue type. “Thankfully there was one willing match and that person’s cells were flown …
US stem cells give Edinburgh 11yo a second chanceEdinburgh Evening News

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Edinburgh boy with terminal cancer ‘saved’ by stem cell transplant from American stranger
Herald Scotland
“There are not enough stem cell donors in the world. When Rory needed a transplant we were told that no-one in his family or in the UK or even in Europe matched his tissue type. “Thankfully there was one willing match and that person’s cells were flown …
US stem cells give Edinburgh 11yo a second chanceEdinburgh Evening News

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Edinburgh boy with terminal cancer ‘saved’ by stem cell transplant from American stranger
Herald Scotland
“There are not enough stem cell donors in the world. When Rory needed a transplant we were told that no-one in his family or in the UK or even in Europe matched his tissue type. “Thankfully there was one willing match and that person’s cells were flown …
US stem cells give Edinburgh 11yo a second chanceEdinburgh Evening News

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Plea for blood stem cell donors after rise in hospital admissions
BT.com
“One possible life saving treatment is a blood stem cell donation, yet too many people in the UK diagnosed with a blood cancer can´t find a suitable donor. Our job of getting people to join the register is more important now than ever before which is …

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Stem cell spin out has highest ever UK funding round
Lab News
A spin out focusing on stem cell drugs to treat age related diseases has raised the highest ever amount in the UK in a single investment round. Oxstem, an Oxford University spin out, received £16.9m. The money will be used on developing small molecule …

Stem Cell Therapy to help neurologically challenged?
Daily News & Analysis
Could Stem Cell Therapy (SCT) improve the quality of life of the intellectually disabled? Doctors from NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute say that this relatively new and innovative therapy helps better the quality of life of patients affected with …

Man saved by stem cell transplant has special connection to German donor
Windsor Star
When Al Malcolm and his wife Renee step off a plane in Frankfurt, Germany at noon Friday, they’ll be meeting for the first time the man whose stem cells saved Al’s life. “Without him, I’m dead,” said Al, 42, describing how he and donor Sebastian Menge …