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Islet Cell Transplants To Be Offered In Scotland by John Shelmet Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:02pm , Islet Cell Transplantation, Therapy (Type 1), Type 1 Diabetes ... Type 1 diabetic patients in Scotland may be eligible to receive "insulin-producing cells from donated pancreas in the first service of its kind in the UK". Islet Read on »

Islet Cell Transplants To Be Offered In Scotland by John Shelmet Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:02pm Type 1 diabetic patients in Scotland may be eligible to receive "insulin-producing cells from donated pancreas in the first service of its kind in the UK". Islet cells are implanted (via injection) into the patient's liver. "The Scottish government are investing in a range of initiatives designed to increase the number of actual organ and tissue Read on »

Islet Cell Transplant Clinical Trials by JimmyD-Tau1061 Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 09 Feb 2011 7:00am swing with a number of islet transplant clinical trials. ( DRI on Facebook ) This is exciting, but we need to remember to be patient. We all hope... as a Type 1, I'm right Read on »

Blood Stem-Cell Transplant Regimen Reverses Sickle Cell Disease in Adults by Tosin Ola Registered Nurse

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Posted Fri 11 Dec 2009 1:22am Hey everyone, someone sent this to me today. I can't believe it but it looks like adult blood stem transplant to reverse sickle cell is officially a reality! WOOHOO!!! I... is performing experimental blood stem cell transplants for sickle cell--using stem cells from healthy siblings. Health care providers — and sickle cell patients and family members who Read on »

Stem-Cell Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease by P.Allen Jones Posted Tue 15 Dec 2009 12:00am Anyone Want a Bone Marrow Transplant or maybe a Stem Cell Transplant? The airways are popping. The media blitz is in full affect. Massive editorial posts have been sent... at the U.S. National Institutes of Health say that a new method of bone marrow transplantation cured nine out of 10 adult patients with sickle cell disease. NEW…hmmmm. I’ll take a big Read on »

Autologous Non-Myeloablative Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation In Type 1 Diabetics by John Shelmet Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 15 Apr 2009 12:35am be seenin this Forbes.com article about pancreatic islet cells. I do not routinely read JAMA ... if that helps to clear up some of the confusion. Read on »

New technique could revolutionize stem-cell transplants by ViaMedica Posted Mon 30 Nov 2009 10:03pm Read on »

Lisa Ray to undergo stem cell transplant for cancer by David Granovsky Posted Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:03pm Indo-Canadian actress Lisa Ray will undergo a stem cell transplant to treat her multiple myeloma, an incurable form of blood cancer. Read on »

Stem cell transplant unit launched: Health24: Genetics: News by David Granovsky Posted Thu 05 Aug 2010 9:53pm Stem cell transplant unit launched Created: Thursday, August 05, 2010 The largest stem cell transplant unit in South Africa was launched at a Pretoria hospital this week. Pretoria, South Africa Speaking after the official launch on Wednesday night, Jackie Thomson who heads up the Albert Alberts Haemopoitic Stem Cell Transplant Unit Read on »

LASIK Eye Surgery Stem cells. Transplants. Restored vision … by Dr. Syed L. Doctor of Dentistry

Posted Thu 25 Feb 2010 1:50am The medical center trains future leaders and includes the dedicated work of many physicians, scientists, public health professionals, dentists , and nurses at the College of Physicians and Surgeons , the Mailman School of Public Health , … Read the original here LASIK Eye Surgery Stem cells. Transplants. Restored vision … Read on »