NETHERLANDS -- A quick scan of the internet using the search term "stem cell therapy" immediately delivers 17 million "hits". Stem cells have become a " hot" topic but how can patients and their families know whether stem cells can be used to treat their particular disease, now or in the future? What are the facts and what is (science) fiction
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http://www.handwrittentutorials.com - This tutorial looks at the differentiation of the cells of the immune system. Beginning with the stem cell, the tutorials maps the differentiation of the cells to their functional state.
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Cells of the Immune System
(Part 2 of 5) Mark Genovese, MD, spoke at the "Spotlight on Arthritis," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on January 30, 2009. Genovese defined the different types of arthritis and described current arthritis therapies as well as promising stem cell based therapeutic strategies.
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Arthritis: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Mark Genovese
Ian MacKenzie is Professor of Stem Cell Science at the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. This talk was given on the 8th of July 2011 as part of a research opportunities day oraganised by Saving Faces
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Prof Ian MacKenzie on cancer stem cells part 3 of 3.avi
http://www.presstv.com In this episode of Iran, Mahsa Mortazavi reports on the Stem Cell cord bank which is a modern method of curing diseases among the family members through stem cells.
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Stem Cells-Iran-08-28-2011
This video, is a webinar presentation with educational purposes, talks about the basics of stem cells and stem cells treatments.
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Webinar 1, Stem cell therapy basics, what is available today?
Meet some of the patients, families, doctors and nurses of Akron Children's Hospital's Stem Cell Transplant Program. The program, which is part of the Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, provides both autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplants to help restore the healthy stem cells detroyed by chemotherapy or radiation.
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Stem Cell Transplant Program
genetichealth.jax.org ... Rudolf Jaenisch, MD speaks at the 2009 Jackson Laboratory Symposium on Biomedical Science
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Jackson Laboratory symposium: What's vital for effective stem cell therapies?
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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Stem Cell Health Alliance - Breakthrough to Independence
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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French Doctors Using Red Blood Cells Created From Stem Cells