Cord blood offers leukaemia hope
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Blood from a newborn babies' umbilical cords can be used to treat adults with leukaemia, a US-based study says.
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MILWAUKEE -- Umbilical-cord blood, now used mostly to treat children with leukemia, could save thousands of adults with the disease each year who cannot find bone marrow donors, two big studies indicate.
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A new implantable device can extract stem cells for therapeutic transplant or program cancer cells to die.
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UK scientists are attempting to restore vision in people with a leading cause of blindness using stem cells.
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Scientists have identified a type of stem cell that appears to fuel the growth of brain tumours. The Canadian and American researchers say their discovery could lead to new ways of targeting cancer cells.
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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.
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Scientists identify rare stem cells in newborns' hearts, which could be used to treat those with cardiac problems.
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The chances of children being  diagnosed with leukemia seem to be related to the number of  infections they had in their first year of life, research from  the UK suggests.
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NEW YORK  - The chances of children being diagnosed with leukemia seem to be related to the number of infections they had in their first year of life, research from the UK suggests.
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British researchers have identified the cancer stem cells that spawn tumors in the most common form of childhood leukemia, and said on Thursday it provided a "bull's eye" target for new drugs.
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A boy with no immune system being treated with pioneering  gene therapy has developed leukaemia, his doctors say.
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Giving infants oranges and bananas regularly may halve their risk of developing childhood leukaemia, suggest the results of a new study.
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Early tests are raising hopes that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal cord.
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Waiting before cutting a premature baby's umbilical cord reduces brain bleeding risk, say researchers.
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Seventeen-year-old Shane Rich of Kensington in Cape Town was diagnosed with leukaemia four months ago. On Monday, his elder sister Jane lay patiently in hospital for seven hours as her stem cells were harvested in an attempt to save Shane&#39;s life.
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Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer.
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests.