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First clinical trial: Embryonic stem cells for spinal repair

News: Stem Cells    October 13, 2010
Normally clinical trials, especially Phase 1 clinical trials (the ‘do no harm’ test) are not considered particularly auspicious. Lots of drugs and procedures never make it through this first step. Nor is a Phase 1 trial normally the stuff of media coverage. A Phase 1 trial of embryonic stem cells is another matter. Just when [...]
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First ‘cancer vaccine’ approved in U.S.

Impact: Major Disease Cures    May 1, 2010
In a way, it is something of a milestone along the road to treating one of mankind’s worst diseases – cancer. The formal approval of an anti-cancer ‘vaccine’ (I’ll explain the quotation marks shortly) is a first for the United States, and as such is a signal to the rest of the world that treatment [...]
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Throat surgery the robotic way

News: Robotics    January 4, 2010
Think about having your throat slit, ear to ear – even for removal of cancer. Rather not? That’s what doctors at University of Pennsylvania (USA) thought, especially since this kind of highly invasive throat surgery often makes breathing, eating, and speaking difficult for weeks after the operation. Their response: develop a robotic procedure that makes [...]
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