Categoría: Stem Cells
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Stem Cells Expedite the Healing of Severe Bone Fractures
Scientists in the U.K. have invented a new method for using a patient’s own adult stem cells to heal severely damaged bone and cartilage.
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Multiple Sclerosis Treated With Adult Stem Cells
A man who had suffered from multiple sclerosis for nearly a decade says that his symptoms are gone after being treated with adult stem cell therapy.
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Adult Stem Cells Show Positive Results in the Treatment of Autoimmune, Vascular and Cardiac Diseases
A review of the medical literature yields positive conclusions for the clinical use of adult stem cells in the treatment of some of the most serious of diseases.
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A Link Discovered Between Stem Cells and Immunity
The same gene that stimulates stem cells to manufacture blood cells is also involved in protecting against infection.
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Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetic Mice Proves Problematic
Once again, embryonic stem cells have been found to cause the formation of tumors in laboratory animals, thereby bringing into serious question the safety and efficacy of embryonic stem cells as a possible therapy in the treatment of human disease.
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Investment Firm Selects an Adult Stem Cell Company for its Sound Business Model
Once again, adult stem cells trump embryonic stem cells not only for scientific logic but also for financial common sense.
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Discovery Made in Reprogramming Ordinary Cells Back Into Stem Cells
As the result of a recent discovery at Harvard, adult human cells may be safely reprogrammed into cells that behave as stem cells.
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Growing Miracles
In the second half of a two-part series, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews interviews doctors who are working to regrow missing limbs in American servicemen and women who have been wounded in Iraq.
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Grow Your Own Replacement Parts
In the first half of a two-part series, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews investigates the new field of regenerative medicine by visiting a laboratory in which body parts are manufactured from stem cells.
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Discovery of the Mechanism by which Stem Cells are Released from Bone Marrow has Vast Implications in Health and Disease
Scientists have discovered the biological rhythms that regulate the release of stem cells from the bone marrow. The findings are important for the treatment of various diseases and the prevention of cancer.