Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 1, 2013

Stems cells used to construct new windpipe (trachea) for girl Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Young Girl Receives Lifesaving Windpipe Transplant Made From Her Stem Cells

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 15, 2013

New cell treatment may help treat MS and Cerebral Palsy Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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New Technique Holds Promise For The Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis And Cerebral Palsy

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Transcription factor–mediated reprogramming of fibroblasts to expandable, myelinogenic oligodendrocyte progenitor cells

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 25, 2013

Proof of concept study demonstrates that you can change pancreatic cells to produce insulin Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Reprogramming Alpha Cells To Fight Diabetes

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“Epigenomic plasticity enables human pancreatic α to β cell reprogramming”

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 10, 2012

Technology will not replace 80 per cent of what doctors do Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Technology will replace 80% of what doctors do

Will Technology Replace Doctors? Not So Soon!

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 3, 2012

Two stories: Man dies from Necrotizing Fasciitis after a baseball injury and preliminary results of a spray-on treatment for venous leg ulcers Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Ottawa umpire dies of flesh-eating disease after being struck by foul ball

‘Spray-on Skin’ May Someday Heal Stubborn Leg Ulcers

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Chronic venous leg ulcers: the future of cell-based therapies

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 29, 2012

Oxygen-rich nanoparticles may be able to keep you alive when you cannot breathe Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing

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John N. Kheir, Laurie A. Scharp, Mark A. Borden, Edward J. Swanson, Andrew Loxley, James H. Reese, Katherine J. Black, Luis A. Velazquez, Lindsay M. Thomson, Brian K. Walsh, Kathryn E. Mullen, Dionne A. Graham, Michael W. Lawlor, Carlo Brugnara, David C. Bell, and Francis X. McGowan, Jr. Oxygen Gas–Filled Microparticles Provide Intravenous Oxygen Delivery. Science Translational Medicine, 27 June 2012 DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.3003679

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 11, 2012

Stem cells from fat cells produce bone regeneration technology Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Fixing broken bones a growth industry

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 20, 2012

Tissue regeneration technology making first steps Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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To Fix a Heart, Doctors Train Girl’s Body to Grow New Part

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 1, 2011

Phase 1 anti-cancer vaccine study shows great promise Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Canadian-made virus shows promise as cancer treatment

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Intravenous delivery of a multi-mechanistic cancer-targeted oncolytic poxvirus in humans

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 18, 2011

Functional electrical stimulation improves arm and hand function after incomplete spinal cord injury Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Electric jolts help spinal patients regain use of hands

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Rehabilitation of Reaching and Grasping Function in Severe Hemiplegic Patients Using Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 6, 2009

Genes research offers cancer treatment hope Play Now | Play in Popup | Download