1. Stem cell research
A stem cell is a "generic" cell that can make exact copies of itself indefinitely. In addition, a stem cell has the ability to produce specialized cells for various tissues in the body -- such as heart muscle, brain tissue, and liver...
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2. Breast Cancer : Stem cell treatment
Stem cell treatment is used to treat advanced breast cancer. By first removing a woman's stem cells from her bone marrow or blood, the doctor can use very high doses of chemotherapy or radiation to kill cancer cells. Because...
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3. Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
Most stem cells are in your bone marrow. You also have some that circulate from your marrow into your blood. Bone marrow stem cells turn into red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets to help...
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4. Stem Cells: MedlinePlus
Stem cells are cells with the potential to develop into many different types of cells in the body. They serve as a repair system for the body. There are two main types of stem cells...
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5. Tumor Stem Cells
In the mid-1990s, Canadian researchers discovered the first cancer-initiating cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. These so-called cancer stem cells, which make up less than five percent of a tumor, may, in fact, be the cells<...
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6. Cancer stem cells
A growing body of evidence suggests that some tumors are driven by a small number of cells that have properties similar to those of embryonic stem cells. The cancer stem cell hypothesis suggests that these rare cells
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7. Stem Cells
Stem cells are how we all begin: undifferentiated cells that go on to develop into any of the more than 200 types of cell the adult human body holds.
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8. Stem Cell
Stem cells hold remarkable promises for cell replacement therapies. And stem cell biology and stem cell engineering is one of our key research focus. Dr. Wen group is studying both human embryonic and adult stem ...
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9. Stem Cell
An Italian-French team found transplanting stem cells into dogs with a version of the disease markedly improved their symptoms.
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10. Stem Cells
A 'light at the end of the tunnel' could be more than just an expression in the coming years. It could be a reality for people suffering from vision loss due to retinal vein occlusion. UC Davis researchers are poised to begin pioneering the use of...
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