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AIDS Patient Is Reported Cured

Nov. 14, 2008
Doctors in Berlin are reporting that they cured a man of AIDS by giving him transplanted blood stem cells from a person naturally resistant to the virus.
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Molecular origin of stem cells uncovered

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've identified the origin of bone marrow stem cells in a mouse embryo.

Blood stem cells originate in the placenta

LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests blood stem cells -- those that can differentiate into all the cells in the blood supply -- originate and are nurtured in the placenta.

Scientists find new cord blood stem cells

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- University of Minnesota Medical School scientists have discovered new cord blood stem cells that might lead to regenerating nerve tissue after a stroke.

Cord blood stem cells multiplied

TORONTO, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Toronto have increased the number of stem cells in umbilical cord blood, improving their therapeutic usefulness.

Scientists closer to disease treatments

SAN BRUNO, Calif., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Recent findings of embryonic-like stem cells in umbilical cord blood may improve treatments for such conditions as diabetes, CBR Systems Inc. said Monday.

Cord blood may become source of stem cells

, Singapore, July 11 (UPI) -- The CellResearch Corp. in Singapore announced Monday it has discovered the outer lining of umbilical cords is a rich source of stem cells.

Blood cells develop from stem cells

BALTIMORE, June 21 (UPI) -- Researchers in Baltimore have discovered that human embryonic stem cells grown in the laboratory develop spontaneously into blood cells.

Human stem cells helped heal mouse hearts

HOUSTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Texas scientists who injected human stem cells into the ailing hearts of mice found the stem cells integrated with the heart cells to start healing.

Firm offers to store your stem cells

AGOURA HILLS, Calif., June 2 (UPI) -- A California firm is offering healthy adults the chance to bank their own stem cells against the day they may need them to fight a serious illness.

Blood stem cells can repair damaged muscle

HOUSTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A new University of Texas study indicates cells taken from a patient's own blood may one day be able to repair that person's damaged heart tissue.

Stem cells from cord blood show promise

SEATTLE, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Researchers said Tuesday they can increase the number of stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood significantly by exposing the blood to a particular molecule, a finding that could have important implications for stem cell research.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic