Stem Cell Treatments

Short Science, March 31, 2013

31 Mar 2013

Scientists have criticised an Italian government decree allowing a group of terminally ill patients to continue using an unproven stem cell treatment, saying such therapies may cause harm and risk...

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Grow your own

19 Feb 2013

Imagine this: a car crash victim who suffers serious trauma to the brain avoids neurological damage after the doctors regenerate his lost brain matter using stem cells in the lab.

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A potential cure on a plate

29 Jan 2013

Researchers are a step closer to developing therapies for the deadly condition, known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C).

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Stem cell treatment left woman with bone growing around one eye

20 Jan 2013

It sounds like a nightmare. A California woman complains to her doctor about pain in one of her eyes. She leaves his office six-and-a-half hours later after surgery to remove small chunks of bone...

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Donor stem cells as safe as patient's own for heart repair

7 Nov 2012

Researchers are reporting that stem cells donated by strangers proved as safe and effective as patients' own cells for helping restore heart tissue, a key advance in repairing hearts damaged by...

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Mainland tightens rules on stem cell therapy

10 Jul 2012

A member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who helped draft the mainland's first regulations on clinical trials of stem cell treatments says the authorities are considering centralising such...

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The Singaporean doctor has ALS, the incurable degenerative disease of the nervous system. He tried the drug with the best chance of slowing the weakening of his muscles, the compromising of his...

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China closes stem-cell gap with the West

China's aggressive drive to close the gap with the West in stem-cell research is paying off after five years of heavy investment in a branch of science free of the tight regulatory constraints and...

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Question of the week: Do you support stem cell research?

Taral Gurung, 15, YMCA of HK Christian College

A stem cell is a cell whose main function is to repair lost or damaged cells in all parts of the body.

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Change of heart

Richard Stuart lifts up his cream polo shirt and points to a small scar just below his left breast. 'That's it,' he said. 'They injected me 30 times, right here, straight into my heart.'

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Joint effort urged on stem cells

Public hospitals have been urged to work with private companies to provide subsidised storage for umbilical blood - a source of stem cells that are being used to treat a growing number of...

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