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British teenager becomes first to have new stem cell operation to rebuild cancerous windpipe
Daily Mail ^
| Last updated at 2:12 AM on 4th August 2010
| By Jenny Hope
Posted on 08/03/2010 6:48:08 PM PDT by Niuhuru
Doctors have carried out pioneering lifesaving surgery to give a new windpipe to a British teenager suffering from cancer.
The 19-year-old was able to speak within a few days of the operation carried out in Italy using her own stem cells.
Another 31-year-old patient from Czechoslovakia also underwent surgery for the same rare form of trachea cancer.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: british; cancer; girl; stemcells
Praise God they are finally doing this.
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posted on
08/03/2010 6:48:12 PM PDT
by
Niuhuru
To: Niuhuru
Another 31-year-old patient from Czechoslovakia also underwent surgery for the same rare form of trachea cancer. Uhh somebody ought to tell these people that Czechoslovakia no longer exists.
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posted on
08/03/2010 6:49:58 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Niuhuru
Actual, verifiable testing is being done with adult stem cells. There have been positive results treating (possibly curing) diseases like Parkinson’s, MS, and several others.
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posted on
08/03/2010 6:50:03 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Outrage does not make the law.)
To: dfwgator
Did it exist 31 years ago?
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posted on
08/03/2010 6:54:31 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: Niuhuru
Wonderful news! Well maybe not for the rats who had hopes for using aborted” fetus” stem cells
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posted on
08/03/2010 6:55:40 PM PDT
by
hope
To: Niuhuru
The 19-year-old was able to speak within a few days of the operation carried out in Italy using her own stem cells. Awesome news!
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posted on
08/03/2010 7:02:47 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Niuhuru
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posted on
08/03/2010 7:10:43 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Democrats: expediting the Destruction of America, before they lose power...)
To: Niuhuru
This is about as hugh and series as it gets, folks.
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posted on
08/03/2010 7:14:57 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Niuhuru; wagglebee
The 19-year-old was able to speak within a few days of the operation carried out in Italy using her own stem cells. Would that be Adult stem cells or Embryonic stem cells?
Would this development make John Kerry, John Edwards and Michael J. Fox sad?
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posted on
08/03/2010 7:22:57 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
(Does not play well with others)
To: Niuhuru
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