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A Fresno woman hugged the Scottish stranger whose stem cells saved her life during an emotional reunion at Disney World. Abby Hudak and Lewis Haggerty ran a 5K together three years after his donation gave her a second chance.
Researchers discovered that blocking a "death protein" keeps blood stem cells healthier and stronger as they age. The breakthrough could lead to new ways to maintain a youthful immune system.
A California woman will meet the Scottish stranger whose stem cells saved her life when they run a Disney 5K together this week. The emotional reunion happens two years after the transplant gave Abby Hudak a second chance at life.
A 63-year-old Norwegian man appears completely cured of HIV after receiving stem cells from his brother during cancer treatment. The brother unknowingly carried a rare genetic mutation that grants natural resistance to the virus.
A California woman will meet the Scottish stranger whose stem cells saved her life during a magical Disney race weekend. Abby Hudak and Lewis Haggerty will run side by side just two years after his donation gave her a second chance.
A 63-year-old Norwegian man has been living without HIV medication for three years after receiving stem cells from his brother who carried a rare genetic mutation. His case offers crucial clues for researchers working toward an HIV cure.
After years of success in mice, researchers are launching the first human trial of a cellular therapy that could turn back the clock on aging tissues and organs. The groundbreaking test could reshape how we think about getting older.
British researchers have developed a revolutionary therapy that grows missing gut nerves from stem cells in just six days, offering hope for newborns with a life-threatening digestive disease. The breakthrough could end the need for repeated surgeries that many children currently face.
For the first time in over 50 years, humans are heading back beyond Earth's protective magnetic field, and scientists are using cutting-edge health monitoring to keep them safe. NASA is even sending tissue chips grown from the astronauts' own stem cells to study how deep space affects the human body in real time.
Groundbreaking therapies combining stem cells and immune drugs are showing real promise in helping people with type 1 diabetes produce their own insulin again. One patient has already delayed disease progression for nearly a decade.
Scientists are testing breakthrough treatments that could eliminate type 1 diabetes symptoms within the next few years. Late-stage trials of beta cell replacement therapy are showing real promise for millions living with the disease.
Babies born without vital gut nerves may soon receive a permanent cure instead of repeated surgeries. UK researchers created lab-grown stem cells that restore digestive function in just six days.
Scientists created an implant that could free diabetes patients from daily insulin injections. The device keeps insulin-producing cells alive inside the body without needing immune-suppressing drugs.
Scientists successfully grew replacement oesophagi in the lab and transplanted them into pigs, restoring their ability to swallow and eat normally. The breakthrough could one day help children born with oesophageal defects avoid major surgery.
Expectant parents can now enroll in a groundbreaking trial that treats Fanconi anemia before birth, potentially preventing devastating complications without harsh side effects. Stanford researchers are infusing healthy stem cells from mothers to their babies in the womb.
A groundbreaking trial shows one stem cell treatment helped frail seniors walk 20% further after nine months. One-third of participants who received the highest dose no longer qualified as frail.
A groundbreaking trial combined fetal surgery with stem cells to treat spina bifida before birth, and four-year-old Tobi can now walk. The safe results are opening doors for more families facing this once-devastating diagnosis.
Patients with Parkinson's disease and severe heart failure will soon receive groundbreaking stem cell therapies in Japan, marking the first time these treatments become commercially available anywhere in the world. The breakthrough could reach patients as early as this summer.
Japan just greenlit the world's first commercially available stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease, potentially reaching patients this summer. The breakthrough could bring hope to 10 million people worldwide living with the degenerative disorder.
A groundbreaking treatment using stem cells from mothers' placentas is giving babies with spina bifida a fighting chance at mobility and normal lives. Six families in a California trial are already celebrating remarkable results.
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