![]() TopNews New Zealand | Stem Cells Restore Vision to the Blind Big Think Two legally blind California women report significant improvements in their vision months after an operation during which doctors injected stem cells into their eyes. Within six weeks of the test, one of the patients, a 51 year-old graphic designer who Stem cell treatment bears fruit Embryonic stem cells appear to help 2 blind patients see Stem Cell Treatment Offers Promising Results |
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Scientists link stem cell implants, healing brain - Daily News - Galveston County
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Scientists link stem cell implants, healing brain Daily News - Galveston County By University of Texas Medical Branch GALVESTON — For years, researchers seeking new therapies for traumatic brain injury have been tantalized by the results of animal experiments with stem cells. In numerous studies, stem cell implantation has |
Stem cell awareness - HealthCanal.com
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Stem cell awareness HealthCanal.com Experts in stem cell research from across the University have come together to help raise awareness of their work and promote greater research collaborations. Fraser Young of The School of Dentistry (left) was awarded a prize for best oral presentation |
Vet-Stem Announces Milestone of 8000 Animals Treated With Vet-Stem Cell Therapy - MarketWatch (press release)
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Vet-Stem Announces Milestone of 8000 Animals Treated With Vet-Stem Cell Therapy MarketWatch (press release) POWAY, CA, Jan 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Vet-Stem, Inc. today announced that over 8000 animals have now been treated with Vet-Stem cell therapy. Vet-Stem began providing stem cells to veterinarians in 2004 and has now provided stem cells for |
Cord blood stem cells improved metabolic control in type 1 diabetes - Endocrine Today
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Cord blood stem cells improved metabolic control in type 1 diabetes Endocrine Today Umbilical cord blood stem cells have been successful in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, according to a press release from Cord Blood America Inc. The stem cells have been used to re-instruct T cells so that the pancreas will begin producing insulin |
Stem cell injections may fix damaged heart muscle - Toronto Star
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![]() National Post | Stem cell injections may fix damaged heart muscle Toronto Star By Megan Ogilvie Health Reporter After more than a decade of study, Toronto scientists have begun injecting stem cells directly into a patient's heart with the hope of fixing muscle damaged by a serious heart attack. So far, two patients — the first Blackwell on Health: Surgeons hope to fix damaged hearts with stem-cell shot Ontario's First Cardiac Stem Cell Transplant Performed Last Week at the Peter ... Researchers hope cardiac stem cell transplants help future patients |
Heart patient's stem cells harnessed for healing - CBC.ca
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![]() CBC.ca | Heart patient's stem cells harnessed for healing CBC.ca Some heart bypass patients are receiving cardiac stem cell transplants to try to repair damage. This week, a 67-year-old James Culross from Toronto will be discharged from Toronto General Hospital after having 2.83 million stem cells injected into Q&A: What does Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant mean for Canadians? |
Stem Cell Tech May Aid Alzheimer's Research - ABC News (blog)
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![]() Mirror.co.uk | Stem Cell Tech May Aid Alzheimer's Research ABC News (blog) But researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a technology using stem cells to more accurately model what goes wrong in diseased brain cells of Alzheimer's sufferers. Their findings will be published in this week's issue of Stem cell research: no laughing matter Stem cell technology reveals clues to Alzheimer's Researchers replicate Alzheimer's disease neurons with stem cells |
Oklahoma bill would outlaw using embryonic stem cells in food testing - NewsOK.com
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![]() ThirdAge | Oklahoma bill would outlaw using embryonic stem cells in food testing NewsOK.com “There are companies that are using embryonic stem cells to research and basically cause a chemical reaction to determine whether or not something tastes good or not,” he said. “As a pro-life advocate, it kind of disturbed me that we would use aborted Embryonic Stem Cell Food Testing Would Be Outlawed in Okla. Bill State Bill Outlaws Use Of Fetuses In Food Industry; Meets Visceral Reaction Oklahoma lawmaker aims to ban fetuses in food with new bill |
Stem Cell Treatment for Eye Diseases Shows Promise - New York Times
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![]() Los Angeles Times | Stem Cell Treatment for Eye Diseases Shows Promise New York Times LOS ANGELES — A treatment for eye diseases that is derived from human embryonic stem cells might have improved the vision of two patients, bolstering the beleaguered field, researchers reported Monday. The report, published online in the medical Embryonic stem cells appear to restore some vision to legally blind patient Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people Stem cells improve vision for two legally blind patients, study shows |





