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Stem Cell Health Alliance – Breakthrough to Independence

The Stem Cell Health Alliance - Breakthrough to Independence program is a clinical study that has been designed to advance the breakthroughs experienced in combining adult stem cell treatment with a comprehensive rehabilitation therapy protocol targeted at medical conditions related to spinal cord injury. The study is an eighteen month initiative in which two quadriplegic young adult participants -- Garrett Tanner and Terrence Cooper and two paraplegic young adults - Ashley Sisti and Jhoonar Barrera -- receive adult stem cell treatments along with comprehensive physical therapy designed to support them in gaining enough strength and mobility to establish greater independence and a significant increase in their quality of life.

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French Doctors Using Red Blood Cells Created From Stem Cells

From: http://www.youtube.com September 03, 2011 - French researchers say they have successfully injected red blood cells produced from stem cells into a patient for the first time. It is seen as a step towards a long-term goal of producing blood in large quantities. For now donors are still in demand: their numbers are declining despite an ever-increasing need for blood transfusions....

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Stem Cells: Fulfilling the Promise – 2011 CIRM Grantee Meeting

*Please note: this video contains graphic images of a disfiguring disease John Wagner presented the closing scientific talk at the 2011 CIRM Grantee Meeting. Weaving together stories of medical history, literature, bioethics, and his own clinical work, Wagner describes the challenges and promise of stem cell based therapies. Dr.

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