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Loughborough University smashes national stem cell donor record – LoughboroughEcho.net

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2017-03-16 NEWS

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Loughborough University smashes national stem cell donor record
LoughboroughEcho.net
LOUGHBOROUGH University has smashed the national record for stem cell donor recruitment at its event yesterday. Loughborough University, Loughborough Students’ Union, Anthony Nolan and the Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign (RBLC) have broken the …

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Addison County Independent

Co-Director of Harvard Stem Cell Institute to speak March 20
Addison County Independent
MIDDLEBURY — Human stem cells are a relatively new discovery in biomedicine. How were these cells discovered and what is their potential? Harvard University’s Douglas Melton will address this question in a March 20 lecture at Middlebury College titled

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Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center (blog)

How an Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Saved Mesothelioma Patient Mavis Nye
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center (blog)
Immunotherapy has emerged as a promising new treatment option for patients diagnosed with mesothelioma and many other cancers. For UK mesothelioma patient Mavis Nye, an immunotherapy clinical trial helped change her original prognosis of just 3 …

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Ars Technica

Stem cell clinic masquerading as legit research blinds three in Florida
Ars Technica
Ars has reported before about the predatory ways of direct-to-consumer clinics touting unproven and sometimes dangerous stem cell therapies. As they bubble up around the country, their slimy ads targeting desperate patient populations may seem pretty
Stem cell treatment at Sunrise clinic blinded 3 women, doctors saySun Sentinel
3 Women Blinded By Unproven Stem Cell TreatmentsNPR
3 women blinded by unapproved stemcell ‘treatment’ at Florida clinicChicago Tribune
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African trading bloc ready to embrace transgenic products
Coastweek
“We intend to develop a policy on synthetic biology to enable the country tackle disease, food and energy production, clean water and waste management challenges,” Kinyagia said during a workshop on synthetic biology at a Nairobi hotel. The field of …

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3 women blinded in stem cell clinical trial
AOL
Three women suffering from a degenerative eye condition were blinded—likely permanently—in a clinical trial for stem cell therapy, according to a report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The women, who were all between the …