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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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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Austrian researchers say they have successfully used their female patients&#39; own stem cells to treat urinary incontinence. The therapy is a potentially long-lasting one, with patients remaining continent one year after treatment, HealthDay reported.
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Scientists turn embryonic stem cells into retinal cells for the first time. The groundbreaking work could be tested to treat human blindness in two years if all goes well. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Scientists say urinary incontinence in women can be corrected by transplanting the patient&#39;s own muscle-derived stem cells into the urethra to strengthen it.
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Scientists have identified a cardiac stem cell that could be the basis for new heart therapies
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Stem cell research could provide a new treatment for incontinence, a new study has suggested. Research featured in the New Scientist suggests that it may be possible to use a patient&#39;s own stem cells to rebuild weak bladder muscles.
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A technique would let scientists use a patientâs skin cell to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells that might be transplantable.
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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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Stem cells taken from the eye could help restore normal vision in people with sight problems, researchers say.
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Monkey stem cells can repair the brain damage caused by Parkinson's disease, researchers have shown.
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Scientists are successfully treating stress incontinence with a transplant of the patient&#39;s own stem cells. Cells are removed from muscle tissue in the patient&#39;s arm, cultured in a lab, and injected into the wall of the urethra and the sphincter muscle.
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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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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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Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman's breasts using fat and stem cells.
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Austrian doctors reported yesterday that they&#39;ve successfully treated women suffering from urinary stress incontinence with their own muscle-derived stem cells.