NUIG scientists develop new method of fighting breast cancer
Breast cancer patients whose cancer has spread still face relatively poor outcomes.
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Breast cancer patients whose cancer has spread still face relatively poor outcomes.
This form of cancer is often resistant to treatment, but researchers say they’ve found a new means to fight it.
That’s a ruling from Europe’s top court.
Research conducted by scientists in NUI Galway could increase the number of successful cornea transplant operations.
New technology uses sound waves to target specific cells.
The blood is rich in stem cells that have been used in the treatment of many different cancers, immune deficiencies and genetic disorders.
A team of researchers across Ireland and the United Kingdom used stem cells to grow red blood cells.
Japanese researchers find a new way of generating stem cells, but experts in Ireland are calling for developments here.
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The breakthrough is one of the most significant developments since Dolly the sheep – and could potentially be used to help diseases like Parkinson’s and MS.
Foot ulceration will affect up to 25 per cent of people with diabetes and may result in amputation.
Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain found that adult cells could be transformed back to stem cells.
It’s a long way from working in humans but researchers have made a leap forward.
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A young girl in Sweden has had a major vein replaced with another grown using her own stem cells.
The Irish Stem Cell Foundation has expressed regret over the decision, saying the Vatican’s willingness to host the conference had been seen as the beginning of “a dialogue” on the issue.
Doctors had believed women were born with all of the eggs they would ever have, but new research suggests young women could produce new eggs.
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A study by American doctors showed that scar tissue mass that occurred after a heart attack could be reduced after treatment with the patient’s own stem cells.
Scientists have criticised the decision of Europe’s top court, saying it is “the worst possible outcome” in the battle against neurodegenerative diseases.
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Heavily pregnant woman says she was told at 20 weeks that she could have the procedure at Holles Street – but with only weeks left to give birth, is having to go private.
The artificial windpipe was grown in a lab and transplanted into a 36-year-old man suffering from tracheal cancer.
Some parents in the US have been bringing their children to have baby teeth removed in the hopes that stem cells harvested from them might help with future health problems.
Controversial study begins treating its first patient in the US.
Scientists unexpectedly find a way to generate skin cells that grow their own hair.