Regina woman a walking miracle

For more than two years, Dionne and Graham Warner hoped for a miracle — and when it finally arrived Tuesday, they were numb. Then euphoric.

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Routine PET/CT scan use in head and neck cancer patients can detect local recurrences

Routine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in head and neck cancer patient follow-up can detect local recurrences before they become clinically apparent and may improve the outcome of subsequent salvage therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM.

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Routine PET/CT scan use in head and neck cancer patients can detect local recurrences

Craig Venter: Understanding Our Genes – A Step to Personalized Medicine | CIRM Spotlight on Genomics – Video


24-01-2012 10:25 On January 17th, 2012, the CIRM Governing Board heard from scientists and a patient about the essential role of genomics in the development of stem cell based therapies.

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Craig Venter: Understanding Our Genes – A Step to Personalized Medicine | CIRM Spotlight on Genomics – Video

Tainted heart medicine suspected in Pakistan deaths

At least 100 people died after taking what officials suspect may have been tainted heart medicine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, the health ministry said Thursday.

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Aldagen Presents Data Describing Cell Therapy Products' Mechanism for Homing to Ischemic Injury

DURHAM, NC– – Aldagen, Inc. today announced that a poster describing the homing properties of its cellular therapies was presented at the Seventh International Conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular …

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Aldagen Presents Data Describing Cell Therapy Products' Mechanism for Homing to Ischemic Injury

World-Renowned Cell-Therapy Researcher, Doris Taylor, PhD, Joins Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital

Officials at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital announced today that Doris Taylor, PhD, FAHA, FACC, one of the world’s leading cell thera

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World-Renowned Cell-Therapy Researcher, Doris Taylor, PhD, Joins Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital

Stem Cell Eye Therapy Shows Promise

Reporting in The Lancet, researchers write that a preliminary study shows embryonic stem cell therapy in two patients with macular degeneration was safe.

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Stem Cell Eye Therapy Shows Promise

Stem-Cell-Financing – Video


24-01-2012 19:07 www.StemCellTreatment.org Need stem cell financing? We are the only stem cell treatment clinic that offers financing to qualified individuals. Stem cell financing is offered most treatment types but not all.

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Stem cell research: no laughing matter

Larry Goldstein has written what his UC San Diego colleague Vivian Reznik jokingly refers to as the definitive text on stem cell research: “Stem Cells for Dummies.”

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Stem cell research: no laughing matter

Researchers hope cardiac stem cell transplants may help heart failure patients

TORONTO – Doctors have performed Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant using cells from the patient's own bone marrow.

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Researchers hope cardiac stem cell transplants may help heart failure patients