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items tagged with Stem cells

Burned skin healed with human embryonic stem cells
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2009-11-20 10:00:26
A French study has shown that human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can be potentially used to produce skin grafts for people with large, serious burns.


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Can we cure diseases? We've leaped forward!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2009-06-01 07:47:08
Lead by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a team of researchers has successfully shown that, in theory, human diseases can be cured using gene therapy and stem cells. There’s much more work to accomplish, but this research is highly important for eventually curing cancers and other such diseases.


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President Obama lifts stem cell research ban
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2009-03-10 11:57:05
On March 9, 2009, U.S. president Barack Obama enacted the executive order "removing barriers to responsible scientific research involving human stem cells," which lifts the federal funding ban on embryonic stem cell research.


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Medical first: Stem cells used for windpipe transplant
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-11-20 09:40:37
European surgeons performed a pioneering first in medicine: The first human trachea (windpipe) transplant that used the patient’s own stem cells to prepare the trachea for transplantation.


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New artificial heart pump assists and repairs defective hearts
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-09-08 08:54:31
American inventors and faculty at the University of Utah have developed an artificial heart pump that can assist the pumping of a person’s natural heart, but also helps to repair it by taking cardiac stem cells from the blood stream and injecting them into the heart.


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