US greenlight to world’s first stem cell treatment on humans

LONDON – The world’s first experiments using embryonic stem cells to treat humans have been given the go-ahead in the US.

California-based biotech firm Geron will begin clinical trials on patients paralysed by spinal cord injuries.
Scientists hope that injecting cells from discarded human embryos into the spines of volunteers will trigger regrowth of … Original source on Gaea Times at : US greenlight to world’s first stem cell treatment on humans.

Teen gets new windpipe grown from own stem cells

LONDON – A British teenager has got a new windpipe grown from her own stem cells in a pioneering operation.

The 19-year-old has now been discharged after the procedure in Italy.
She was suffering from a rare form of trachea (windpipe) cancer and would have died without the operation, says a Telegraph report from …. Read the original article  : Teen gets new windpipe grown from own stem cells.