NTUC Income of Singapore has cut an exclusive deal with CordLife, a regional private cord blood bank, to help patients defray costs related to the stem cell transplants, which can treat about 75 diseases, including most forms of leukaemia. It is for the first time stem cell insurance is available anywhere in the world.
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Dr. Hans Keirstead, the doctor who injected human stem cells into paralyzed rats and saw them walk again, believes that embryonic stem cells, cells extracted from a fertilized human egg that can grow into any type of cell in the body, are a medical milestone seen only every 100 years.
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France approved guidelines earlier this month allowing scientists to use human embryos leftover from fertility treatments in research.
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South Korea’s stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk is being investigated by prosecuotrs for fraud, misuse of state research funds and breach of bioethics law.
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It has been found that direct implantation of stem cells into the pancreas of type 2 diabetic individuals enhances the production of endogenous insulin. Not only this, it also helps to increase C Peptide levels and decrease the sugar level in blood.
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