Study Finds Donated Stem Cells Help Restore Heart Tissue
November 8, 2012
In a recently published study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health involving 30 patients in Miami, Florida and Baltimore, Maryland who had suffered heart attacks (some as long as 30 years ago) and who had heart failure due to scar tissue, it was found that stem cells donated by strangers [...]
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How May Human Stem Cell Research Help People In The Future?
October 6, 2011
By researching human embryonic stem cells, there is increasing hope that one day human embryonic stem cell therapy may help alleviate the pain and suffering caused by many cancers, heart disease, diabetes, and many other human afflictions. Understanding Differentiation One major area of stem cell re[...]
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What Are Stem Cells?
October 4, 2011
Stem cells are cells that have the ability to divide for indefinite periods in the laboratory and to give rise to specialized cells. Stem cells are different from other types of cells because they are unspecialized cells that can renew themselves through cell division (sometimes after long periods[...]
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