Arroyo stem cell doc won't leave PH - lawyer

A wellness center operator who once gave treatment to former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has denied the charges of illegal medical practice filed at the Tagaytay City Prosecutor's Office.

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Hope for new therapies for heart damage offered by stem cell study in salamanders

Imagine filling a hole in your heart by regrowing the tissue. While that possibility is still being explored in people, it is a reality in salamanders.

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Heart disease patients may soon benefit from stem cell therapies

Stem cell therapies work as a complement to standard treatments, potentially cutting the number of deaths after a year, suggests evidence from the latest Cochrane review: stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure .

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New studies: Stem cells can repair animal hearts and human muscle

Two new studies out Wednesday show both the incredible promise of stem cell research and its current limitations.

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New treatment using pig bladders regenerates human muscle lost in traumatic injury

Dr Stephen Badylak of the University of Pittsburgh holds a sheet of extracellular matrix, which is derived from pig bladder.

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Patent Issued for Imaging Methods for Early Detection of Brain Tumors ...

News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "This invention relates to non-invasive imaging methods and minimally invasive sensing methods for assessing the viability of implanted stem cells and for the early detection of the transformation of implanted stem cells into brain tumors.

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Bond between mom, baby focus of stroke research

Studies showing pregnant women with pre-eclampsia - or high blood pressure - are at higher risk for stroke - and that women respond differently to treatment than men - led to this question, posed by Dr. Louise McCullough of the UConn Health Center: Women give birth and neurologist Dr. Louise McCullough says that led to a closer look at the link ... (more)

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