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(Nature) – A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells. She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells that …
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(New Scientist) – Stem cells made in the lab may one day aid cancer treatment by reducing our reliance on donors Human blood stem cells have been made in a laboratory for the first time, which could significantly improve how …
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(Nature) – Stem-cell transplants have freed seven people of the virus, but researchers say most long-term interventions remain a distant prospect. At a major HIV conference in July, scientists announced that a seventh person had been ‘cured’ of the disease. …
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(Washington Post) – Smith is one of a dozen patients who have received a full dose of islet cells generated in a laboratory from stem cells. Eleven of the patients in the clinical trial drastically reduced taking insulin or stopped …
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(BBC) – The first therapy that uses gene-editing is to be offered on the NHS in a “revolutionary breakthrough” for patients. It will be used as a potential cure for the blood disorder beta thalassaemia. Stem cells which make blood …
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(MedPage Today) – A seventh patient has achieved sustained HIV remission after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to a new case report. What is especially notable about this patient is that he received a transplant with a single, rather …
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(New York Times) – Many families are happy to pay for the assurance of a healthy future. More than two million umbilical cord samples sit in a handful of suburban warehouses across the country. It’s a lucrative business, with companies …
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from Bioethics.com