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‘Butterfly Boy’ Jonathan Pitre recovering after stem cell treatment – CTV News

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2016-09-09 NEWS

Ottawa Citizen

‘Butterfly Boy’ Jonathan Pitre recovering after stem cell treatment
CTV News
An Ottawa-area boy who suffers from a rare and painful blistering skin disease is recovering in a Minneapolis hospital, after undergoing a potentially life-altering stem cell surgery. Jonathan Pitre, who’s become known as “the Butterfly Boy” because of
From mother to son: Ottawa’s ‘Butterfly Boy,’ Jonathan Pitre, infused with mom’s stem cellsOttawa Citizen
Stem cell transplant for Ottawa’s Butterfly Child Jonathan Pitre580 CFRA Radio

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2016-09-09 NEWS

Suburban Life Publications

McHenry dentist encourages patients to use dental stem cell banking
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H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com Dr. Douglas Colthurst studies a patient’s electronic X-ray on Sept. 1 in his McHenry office. Colthurst donated his …

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2016-09-09 NEWS

Northwest Herald

McHenry dentist encourages patients to use dental stem cell banking
Northwest Herald
That’s why McHenry dentist Dr. Douglas Colthurst of Colthurst DDS General Dentistry, 3240 W. Elm St., recommends to his patients that they should donate them to dental stem cell banks. About 10 years ago, Colthurst discovered dental stem cell banking

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2016-09-09 NEWS

UCLA Newsroom

Less developed human stem cells are found to metabolize more sugar
UCLA Newsroom
The least developed type of human embryonic stem cells, known as “naïve” pluripotent stem cells, consume more sugar than “primed” pluripotent stem cells, which are embryonic stem cells from later in development, researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad …
We can lead the world on stem cells — if we act quicklyiPolitics.ca (subscription)

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2016-09-08 NEWS

Ottawa Citizen

Updates: Jonathan Pitre’s stem cell operation has started
Ottawa Citizen
The stem cells dripped through an intravenous tube connected to the right atrium of Pitre’s heart, so that they could be pumped quickly and evenly through his bloodstream. The procedure — it looks much like a blood transfusion — started in late
Jonathan Pitre, on the verge of radical stem cell transplant, is tired but resolute: ‘I just fight’National Post
Stem cell transplant for Ottawa’s Butterfly Child Jonathan Pitre580 CFRA Radio

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