Stem cell therapy and cord blood therapy

OK, hope you got some time to relax and have a look at these stories that have made it to the headlines this week.

Vadodara to get first stem cell bank (The Times of India)
In a first-of-its-kind attempt in the state, Total Potential Cell plans to set up a world class cell laboratory confirming to national and international standards. (Read More)

Education?€™s Difficult Stage (Gotham Gazette)
On most mornings about 1,000 students show up at I.S 287, the Christa McAuliffe School in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. Whatever gripes they have about having to go to school and whatever adolescent angst preoccupies them at the moment, they are by most accounts lucky to be there. (Read More)

Stated Meeting ?€“ Street Names Sparks Heated Debate (Gotham Gazette)
Despite a demonstration on the steps of City Hall and apparent racial division among its members, the City Council excluded the revered and rebuked Sonny Carson from a street-naming bill at its stated meeting on May 30, turning a normally routine procedure into a controversy. (Read More)

Adult Stem Cells From Human Cord Umbilical Cord Blood Successfully Engineered To Make Insulin (BioresearchOnline)
In a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas, medical researchers here have reported that they have engineered adult stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood to produce insulin (Read More)

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