Justin Van Baalen was a champion swimmer for Laramie High School. As a student at the
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Luckily for Dakota, a five years old child, when an expectant mother agreed to be a stem cell donor and donated the blood from her umbilical cord after giving birth.

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A report on embryonic stem (ES) cells differentiation, with potential implications for future regenerative therapies published by a team of researchers primarily from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.

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A Scottish man (Mark Westwell, 45), with multiple sclerosis (MS) claims to be pain-free for the first time in 12 years after a controversial stem-cell procedure in a Co Cork clinic, which is at the centre of an investigation.

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A Hayward judge ruled Friday that California’s $3 billion stem cell initiative does not violate state law, a decision that, if upheld on appeal, would free up funds for the controversial research program that have been on hold for more than a year.

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Wealthy Thai mothers embrace cord blood banking by depositing their new born babies’ blood in what is hoped to be a precautionary measure should their kids need stem cell transplants in future if they were to develop lethal blood-related complications like thalassemia and leukemia.
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An Illinois judge has denied to block an executive order Gov. Rod Blagojevich issued to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on unproven embryonic stem cell research, unbeknownst to state lawmakers.
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A Plymouth, UK-based laboratory is fast emerging as the world’s leading stem cell processing and storage centre as a landmark collected sample arrives.

Stem cell collection specialist Smart Cells International has chosen BioVault in Plymouth International Business Park to store its 5000th stem cell sample. Smart Cells has now collected stem cells in 40 countries, with the vast majority being stored in Plymouth. BioVault undertakes all Smart Cells’s cord blood preparation and storage in an environment designed to comply with all current and foreseeable European medical guidelines and practices.
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Stemcell study in curing heart disease will be officially started in Thailand according to a report in the Bangkok Post.

Some forty patients will be tested over two months - with 20 receiving stem cells transplanted into their hearts and the rest given normal medical treatment - to determine the effectiveness of the treatment.
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Australia is hoping a collaboration involving a U.S. university could make it the global leader in stem cell research, but experts doubt that will happen any time soon.

Australian Premier Steve Bracks says, this historic initiative will cement Victoria as a global leader in stem cell research and allow our leading stem cell researchers to work alongside their Californian counterparts.
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