Stem cells used to fix breast defects
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For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed.
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Scientists have used stem cells and a soup of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually regrow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially paralyzed rats walk.
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Urinary incontinence in women can be  corrected by transplanting the patient's own muscle-derived  stem cells into the urethra to strengthen it, scientists said  on Monday.
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Science & environment: British scientists have been given the go-ahead to begin potentially ground-breaking experiments using injections of stem cells to repair patients' damaged hearts
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Embryonic stem cells, valued by researchers for their ability to become any kind of tissue that a body might need, also produce druglike compounds that can help ailing organs repair themselves, scientists are reporting today.
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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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A new study shows that embryonic stem cells can heal defective heart cells in mice. It could be a new way to look at the potential healing power of these controversial cells. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Infusing patients with bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may one
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Researchers report that embryonic stem cells sent molecular signals that repaired fatal genetic damage to heart cells in laboratory mice.
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Scientists have helped women beat incontinence by injecting them with stem cells from their own tissue. Research on stem cells - the ultimate in self-medication - is still in its infancy.
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A treatment for muscular dystrophy may be within view after US scientists reported Sunday they used stem cell transplants to improve muscle function in mice afflicted with the disease.
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The long-term survival of breast cancer patients isn&#39;t reduced when they receive breast reconstruction with implants after mastectomy.
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Reports show cells can help correcting faulty heart rhythms and fighting vision-destroying diseases.
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Advance could eventually allow women to provide their own tissue for transplants and disease therapy.
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A new discovery about a cellular control mechanism could lead to drugs for both stem cell-driven tissue regeneration and cancer. American researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina
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Korean researchers, using stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood, succeeded in reversing the paralysis of the lower limbs caused by spinal cord injury, of a 37-year-old female patient.
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Researchers in the UK and Japan say adult stem cells could be used to reverse liver disease.