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Girl, 4, Sees Parents for First Time After Stem Cell Operation

by Mary Kate Baumann, Posted Dec 15th 2010 1:45PM

Izabelle Evans, 4, with her parents, James Evans and Hollie McHugh, had been blind since birth, but now can see following a groundbreaking stem cell treatment. Credit: Solent News / Rex / Rex USA Born with Septo Optic Displasia, a ...The blind-since-birth girl can now see up to three feet in front of her.
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First Stem Cell Research Curriculum Developed for High School Students

by Honey Berk, Posted Aug 12th 2010 1:30PM

Today's high schools will yield tomorrow's cutting edge researchers. Credit: Corbis
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has developed the first high school stem cell curriculum in the U.S., and will be offering it to ...
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Who needs men -- artificial sperm coming soon

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 8th 2008 1:05PM

Personally, I'm not into guys. What with women in the world, I don't really understand why anyone would be, my wife included (perhaps even especially). That said, guys are still kinda necessary for reproduction. For now, anyway. German geneticists ...
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Could obesity be caused by a virus?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 21st 2007 1:33PM

Believe it or not, researchers say that it is possible that a common virus may be responsible for at least some cases of obesity. Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center took stem cells, which can regenerate and turn into different types ...
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Should you keep your kid's umbilical cord blood?

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Feb 20th 2007 1:03PM

Should you bank your baby's umbilical cord blood in case of future illness? It's apparently all the rage amongst high-class clientele -- who can expect to pay upwards of $2,000 to get started. In short, the answer is "probably not." According to ...
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Professional athletes banking on babies

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Aug 30th 2006 1:30PM

Professional football players in Britain are stirring up controversy with the freezing of their children's stem cells as "future repair kits." Eight professional "footballers", as they're called, have frozen their children's stem cells with two ...
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