Andrew McGinty, 41, from Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast, in south-east Queensland, who was paralysed in a motorcycle accident almost two years ago, hopes to walk again after receiving a controversial stem cell treatment in India. Andrew leaves for India today.
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A major scientific breakthrough in stem cell research was today revealed by Lothian experts in a move that could lead to huge advances in medical treatment. For the first time, scientists from Roslin have managed to create new stem cells from a clinically unusable human egg.
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Stem cells work in mysterious ways, and that’s the tantalizing finding from scientists who treated monkeys with Parkinson’s disease using fetal stem cells.
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South Korean scientists will lead a global project to establish quality standards for stem cells that may speed up drug manufacturing and human treatment efforts, the Science Ministry said Thursday.
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The world of medical research was put into a spin last week. The respected scientific journals Nature and Cell Stem Cell both carried results of studies undertaken by three research teams — one in Japan and two in the US — claiming success in converting skin cells in mice back to an embryonic state.
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The Lifeline Multi-Speciality Hospital (LMSH) has nearly perfected the art of making paraplegics walk again and managed to instill many of them with the confidence to lead a normal life.
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Treatment of cancer affected children is now less complicated due to stem cell transplant therapy, according to Singapore-based paediatric haematologist-Oncologist consultant Dr Anselm Chi-wai Lee.
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Scientists have discovered that normal tissue cells can be reprogrammed into cells exhibiting the same properties as embryonic stem cells.
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Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal ambulatory function six weeks after receiving grafts of human spinal stem cells (hSSCs).
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Around 100 stem cell transplant survivors from across Saskatchewan will be meeting in Saskatoon for a fifth annual reunion to celebrate the program.
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