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Beware the hype on stem-cell breakthroughs – The Globe and Mail

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2017-03-20 NEWS

Beware the hype on stemcell breakthroughs
The Globe and Mail
This week, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) reported on three individuals who went blind after receiving an unproven stem cell treatment at a Florida clinic. The patients paid thousands of dollars for what they thought was a clinical trial on
“8th World Congress on Cell & Stem Cell Research”The Hudson Reporter

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2017-03-20 NEWS

La Crosse Tribune

Borrowing from nature: UW-Madison scientists use plants to grow stem cells
La Crosse Tribune
After Murphy’s inspirational gaze out the window, he and Fontana tested plants as scaffolds for stem cells using varieties they could easily obtain: parsley, spinach, jewelweed, water horsetail, summer lilac and, from the UW Arboretum, softstem bulrush.