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Testicle stem cells ‘could treat diabetes’

13th December 2010 sandrea 0

MEN with insulin-dependent diabetes might one day have their condition treated with cells from their testicles, US scientists have claimed. Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), in Washington, DC, said hey transformed sperm stem […] […]

Pill cuts risk of HIV

23rd November 2010 sandrea 0

IN a finding that is being widely hailed as the first major prevention breakthrough in the AIDS era, researchers have shown that taking a single daily pill containing two HIV drugs can reduce the risk […] […]

3D test-tube tumours to speed up cancer drug trials

22nd November 2010 sandrea 0

THREE-dimensional cancers have been grown from human tissue in the lab for the first time, raising hopes of faster and more effective testing of new drugs. Scientists at Stanford University said Sunday that they grew […] […]

Tests on new stem cell treatment to cure blindness start in US

22nd November 2010 sandrea 0

HUMAN embryonic stem cells will be tested as a treatment for blindness, a US company has revealed. ggJust 12 adult patients will take part in the trial to see how the treatment using retinal cells […] […]

Injection of stem cells into stroke victim’s brain a medical first

20th November 2010 sandrea 0

A Glasgow man in his 60s has become the world’s first person to receive injections of foetal stem cells into the brain in order to repair damaged nerve tissue caused by stroke. Doctors who carried […] […]

Scanners at US airports ‘may be dangerous’

12th November 2010 sandrea 0

US scientists have warned that the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners being used to screen passengers and airline crews at airports around the country may be unsafe. “They say the risk is minimal, but statistically someone […] […]

Painkillers bad for unborn boys – experts

8th November 2010 sandrea 0

THE use of mild painkillers such as paracetamol, aspirin and ibuprofen during pregnancy could cause health problems in baby boys, scientists have warned. Women who took more than one painkiller simultaneously or who took them […] […]

Stem cell scientists turn skin into blood

7th November 2010 sandrea 0

STEM cell researchers have found a way to turn a person’s skin into blood, a process that could be used to treat cancer and other ailments, according to a Canadian study published overnight. The method […] […]

Woman who gave birth at 70 sparks motherhood debate

7th November 2010 sandrea 0

ALEWA, INDIA—Rajo Devi Lohan, a 72-year-old with weathered skin and short white hair, loosened her shirt and gingerly sat down, leaning back against a stack of fresh cut sheaves of wheat. As her 80-year-old husband […] […]

Promise of stem cells fulfilled

6th November 2010 sandrea 0

A clinical trial in Atlanta, Georgia, is proof that informed public debate is the key to medical advance IF I’m honest, my first reaction to recent reports that the first human embryonic stem cell trial […] […]