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"After a decade of intense controversy, the field is finally ready to start proving itself and to actually start helping patients suffering from a range of horrific diseases."--Bob Lanza, chief scientist at Advanced Cell Technology.
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6 e8 ]9 t1 s: G, a4 |"We know that when the liver is injured, it changes the molecules on the surface of the liver to attract these particular stem cells. So by giving patients the drug, GCSF, not only does it put the stem cells into the blood circulation, but it also makes them more likely to go to the liver where we think that they can help break down scarring and also get the liver's own cells to divide. When there's a lot of scarring or cirrhosis of the liver, the liver is unable to overcome the damage. It needs a boost and an injection of stem cells allows the liver to get that boost."--Dr Philip Newsome, from the Centre for Liver Research at Birmingham University.
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3 z+ t! b- j! J' R- m“In cases like Cho's condition, patients can gain hope through stem cell therapy rather than facing the worst case scenario of having to get one's leg amputated. There is continuous hope until the day comes where stem cell therapy will be available to anyone worldwide.”--Jeong Chan Ra, MD, chairman of RNL Bio Co.
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' D2 b. _* N* r- _' Q6 Z& \"I felt pulled in both directions. I had no interest in joining the Flat Earth Society. I empathized with the hopes for new medical cures. I had lost a sister to childhood leukemia.... At the same time, I felt that technology should respect moral boundaries. I worried that sanctioning the destruction of human embryos for research would be a step down the slippery slope from science fiction to medical reality.I envisioned researchers cloning fetuses to grow spare body parts in a laboratory. I could foresee the temptation of designer babies that enabled parents to engineer their very own blond‐haired basketball player. Not far beyond that lies the nightmare of full‐scale human cloning.""--former President George W. Bush.
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- g* k! B/ }! j# j( [1 O"Arabic is spoken by more than 280 million people worldwide. Access to relevant, quality information is becoming more important for the Arabic-speaking patients, their physicians and families. We have met the ever-rising need to have access to information on our current direction of work. We decided to meet the needs and came forward with an Arabic language web site."--dr Yihua An Phd, Director of Stem Cell Transplantation Department of Wujing General Hospital.7 a2 x& `% S" u3 h
% L8 l, {& b8 }1 B: B% t* H"Most of the current anti-cancer therapies used to treat leukaemia attack healthy blood cells as well as cancerous ones. Interestingly, beta-catenin is not required for normal blood stem cells. So, if we can specifically target beta-catenin in the bone marrow, we can have potentially a more effective and less toxic anti-leukaemia therapy that can efficiently eradicate leukaemic stem cells but spares healthy blood stem cells."--Professor Eric So at King's College London.) V. T3 V: \0 U
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"Advanced Cell Technology is now the first company to receive FDA clearance for two hESC (human embryonic stem cell) trials, and is now a true translational leader in the field of regenerative medicine.It marks a major step forward, not just within the stem cell sector, but, potentially for modern healthcare techniques."--Gary Rabin, Interim chairman and chief executive.
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"These cells have been really performing quite robustly in the animals. If we see a fraction of that in a human patient, it's a home run."--Advanced Cell Technology chief scientific officer Dr. Robert Lanza.
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2 s$ D l3 S: z# e0 o a"None of this can be generalized. Stem cell therapy is not one thing. Stem cell therapy will in time be 100 different things."--Dr. Mark A. Magnuson, a professor of cell and developmental biology at Vanderbilt University.8 o0 N: Z" o1 P2 @' m- y
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"We asked: 'Are stem cells depleted in bald scalp?' We were surprised to find the number of stem cells was the same in the bald part of the scalp compared with other places, but did find a difference in the abundance of a specific type of cell, thought to be a progenitor cell. This implies that there is a problem in the activation of stem cells converting to progenitor cells in bald scalp."--George Cotsarelis, MD, chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.% V6 X8 g) s: W. N; Y: s
- L8 D s; {- ]1 N+ j“We extracted, cultivated and stored stem cells and were paid for the services only. It was the patients who went to the hospitals and got treated, so the treatment has nothing to do with us.”--Kim Ju-seon, an RNL executive.
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"In China 1.2 million people are diagnosed with diabetes every year or roughly 3000 people every day. It is vital to control blood glucose level to prevent and reduce the long-term complications such as eye and nerve damage or diabetic foot. Stem cell treatment enables patients to reduce their insulin and hypoglycemic medications, in some cases even completely stop taking them. It also relieves chronic diabetic complications."--Dr. Xiaodong Wang, MD, PhD, deputy director of Sino stem cells.
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