Top doctors, health critics blast Eric Hoskins for stem cell crisis – Toronto Star
Toronto Star |
Top doctors, health critics blast Eric Hoskins for stem cell crisis
Toronto Star Health minister Eric Hoskins drew heat from fellow doctors and political peers on Wednesday over Ontario’s stem cell transplant crisis, which has seen under-funded hospital programs rationing life-saving treatment as patients are dying on unacceptably … |
Hamilton Spectator |
Toronto cancer patients head to Hamilton for stem cell transplants because of unsafe waits
Hamilton Spectator One-third of Hamilton’s sought-after spaces for stem cell transplants from a donor will be taken up by Toronto cancer patients left with no local care. Eight months after Burlington teen Laura Hillier raised alarm about dangerous waits for the life … |
Hamilton Spectator |
Toronto cancer patients head to Hamilton for stem cell transplants because of unsafe waits
Hamilton Spectator One-third of Hamilton’s sought-after spaces for stem cell transplants from a donor will be taken up by Toronto cancer patients left with no local care. Eight months after Burlington teen Laura Hillier raised alarm about dangerous waits for the life … |
Healthline |
Stem Cell Research May Help People with Rare Pain Disorders
Healthline In 2014, researchers in Australia successfully used mesenchymal stem cells — those that can grow into bone, cartilage, muscle, or fat cells — to treat pain in 10 women with neuropathic pain symptoms. At six months, their pain intensity was reduced … |
Science Daily |
Micro heart muscle created from stem cells
Science Daily Creating heart cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that are derived from a patient’s skin cells enables scientists to study and test drugs on that patient’s specific disease. However, cells made from iPSCs are relatively immature … |
News1130 |
Stem cell drive for young Richmond boy fighting rare form of Leukemia
News1130 BURNABY (NEWS 1130) – The Canadian Blood Services is holding another stem cell drive at Byrne Creek Community School in Burnaby today to help raise awareness and possibly find a match for a little boy who desperately needs help. Joshua Weekes is … |
News1130 |
Stem cell drive for young Richmond boy fighting rare form of Leukemia
News1130 BURNABY (NEWS 1130) – The Canadian Blood Services is holding another stem cell drive at Byrne Creek Community School in Burnaby today to help raise awareness and possibly find a match for a little boy who desperately needs help. Joshua Weekes is … |
Digital Trends |
New stem cell treatment could help eradicate sexual arousal disorders in women
Digital Trends A new medical treatment for women suffering from sexual arousal disorders will use stem cells –not pharmaceutical drugs– to increase blood flow to the genitals. A company called Creative Medical Technologies (CMT) filed a patent yesterday that covers … |