Stem cells 'correct heart defect'
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Stem cells have been used to save mice embryos from a lethal heart defect.
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Scientists yesterday suggested that they could within a few years help cardiac patients repair and regenerate their hearts by using stem or parent cells from their own organs.
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British scientists are reportedly working on how they can use stem cells to treat cirrhosis of the liver. A team of researchers at London&#39;s Hammersmith Hospital are testing a process which uses the patient&#39;s
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Donor hearts could make good scaffolding for new organs.
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People with cystic fibrosis could be treated with genetically tweaked versions of their own stem cells. Researchers say that for the first time they have shown that human bone marrow-derived adult stem cells
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Pulsing transplanted heart cells with electrical current helps them grow into mature cardiac cells, bringing doctors closer to a grow-your-own heart patch, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Patients with cystic fibrosis could one day be treated using their own stem cells which have been given a shot of gene therapy to fix a faulty gene, suggests a new study.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - 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 day make many heart transplants unnecessary, Brazilian  researchers said on Friday.
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Scientists have discovered a new type of embryonic stem cell in mice and rats that should speed up research into regenerative medicine and help in the hunt for cures to a range of diseases.
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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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UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells.
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NEW YORK  - Transplanting stem cells from a  healthy woman to her sister with severe rheumatoid arthritis  apparently cured the disease, researchers report in the journal  Arthritis & Rheumatism.
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Bone marrow cells infused to the heart through tiny incisions helped several severe heart failure patients get markedly better, an international team of researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Curing blindness and treating diabetes "naturally" in mice are just two of the recent breakthroughs that suggest stem cells hold real potential for helping humans.
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Researchers at MIT are one step closer to creating patches for damaged hearts: They've used rat cells to construct a beating slice of cardiac tissue about the size of a dime. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Scientists have discovered a new type of  embryonic stem cell in mice and rats that should speed up  research into regenerative medicine and help in the hunt for  cures to a range of diseases.
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Creating a bank to store a new type of  stem cell produced from donors' ordinary skin cells could help  reduce time and money for treating patients with regenerative  medicine in the future, a Japanese researcher said on  Wednesday.