Stroke patients improve after stem cell therapy
Five stroke patients have begun to recover after being treated with their own stem cells, and have reported no side effects six months after treatment...
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Dr Barbara Kramarz is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme, while completing her PhD at UCL's Institute of Ophthalmology. Barbara then worked for four years as scientific curator at UCL’s Institute of Cardiovascular Science. She is currently working at a branch of Liverpool John Moores University in Doha, Qatar, as a module leader for research dissertations.Five stroke patients have begun to recover after being treated with their own stem cells, and have reported no side effects six months after treatment...
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Professor Daniel Davis began his lecture at the Royal Institution by introducing 'the compatibility genes', the DNA components that vary the most from person to person. Unlike many of us would expect, these genes are not responsible for features such as skin or hair colour. This engaging lecture tells their story....
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A womb transplant recipient is set to become pregnant after doctors successfully transferred an embryo into the transplanted uterus. If the embryo embeds and the pregnancy is successful, the baby will become the first child born following a womb transplant....
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