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Adult Stem Cell Success Treating Cerebral Palsy

Adult stem cell therapy quickly and significantly improved the recovery of motor function in an animal model for the ischemic brain injury that occurs in about 10 percent of babies with cerebral palsy, researchers report. Within two weeks, treated animals... ... more

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Human Adipose-Derived Adult Stem Cells

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (Frankfurt: XMP), today announced research results illustrating that human adipose-derived adult stem cells can differentiate into cells displaying the phenotype of nucleus pulposus (NP) cells. The nucleus pulposus, which forms the soft gel-like center of an intervertebral... ... more

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Umbilical cord stem cells key to curing diseases

Most hospitals discard cord blood after a baby's birth, despite the fact that the blood contains stem cells that can be used in transplants for as many as 80 serious medical problems. Those include the most prevalent types of leukemia,... ... more

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Cardiac Adult Stem Cells May Lead to Treatments

The Associate Press reports that Japanese researchers have discovered stem cells in human heart tissue, a development that could lead to improved treatments for heart disease and reduce the need for transplants, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.... ... more

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