University offers stem cell boost
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Scientists develop a method of routinely growing stem cells in conditions similar to the human body.
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A company is set up to encourage students to be entrepreneurs when they leave university.
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Stem cells taken from muscle tissue can be used to build new blood vessels for transplants, researchers reported on Friday.
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Scientists have moved closer to being able to use human stem cells to manufacture blood.
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Scientists prove stem cells are not necessary for cloning and find other cells may even be better candidates.
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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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Scientists have made two significant advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage caused to the heart after an attack.
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A patient's own stem cells could soon be used to cure chronic back pain, say researchers.
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The discovery of a mouse embryonic stem cell startlingly similar to its human counterpart will likely speed progress toward the regeneration of healthy cells and organ tissue in people, two studies reported Wednesday.
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UK experts say they have proof that stem cells could be used to treat children with a life threatening lung disease.
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A new research conducted at Monash University has revealed that primitive nerve cells, grown from stem cells in the lab, could reduce symptoms of an MS-type illness when injected into mice.
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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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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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A well-known Singaporean doctor was in the country recently to promote the idea of using stem cells from umbilical cord blood as an alternative to bone marrow transplantation.
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University of Pennsylvania researchers have figured out how to produce a continuous supply of sperm stem cells from mice, a technique that could one day be used to save endangered species or treat infertility in men.
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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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Scientists are preparing for a large  clinical trial in 2008 which aims to use stem cells to help 400  patients with spinal cord injuries in Hong Kong, mainland China  and Taiwan grow new cells and nerve fibers.