Toddler changes brother's life after stem cell donation

A hero sister donates stem cells.

A little girl from South Yorkshire girl is set to change her brother's life after donating stem cells to help him battle a life-threatening blood disorder.

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Stem cells show promise for stroke therapy in pilot study

A stroke therapy using stem cells has shown promising results in the first trial of its kind in humans. Five patients received the treatment in a pilot study conducted by doctors at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and scientists at Imperial College London. The therapy was found to be safe, and all the patients showed improvements in clinical measures of disability.

Read more here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140808110709.htm

Bioteeth From Stem-Cells Will Regrow Complete Teeth, Superior to Implants

Replacing missing teeth with new bio engineered teeth, grown from stem cells generated from a person's own gum cells, is a future method that could be superior to the currently used implant technology but for now not all required pieces are in place. 

New research, published in the Journal of Dental Research and led by Professor Paul Sharpe, an expert in craniofacial development and stem cell biology at King's College London's Dental Institute, describes an important preliminary step towards the development of this method by sourcing the required cells from a patient's own gum.

Read more here: http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/5506/20130312/bioteeth-stemcells-will-regrow-complete-tooth-superior-implants.htm