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A Stem-Cell Discovery Could Help Diabetics

September 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Researchers are inching ever closer to bringing the latest stem-cell technologies from bench to bedside — and are, in the process, learning more about some diseases that long have remained medical black boxes.

HydroGel hope for brain injury repair

September 5, 2009 by srrpenna

An injectable hydrogel could aid recovery from brain injury by helping stimulate tissue growth at the site of the wound, researchers say.

Research on rats suggests the gel, made from synthetic and natural sources, may spur growth of stem cells in the brain.

The gel has been developed by Dr Ning Zhang at Clemson University, South Carolina, who presented her work to a conference on military health research.

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Swine flu death estimate 'reduced by two-thirds'

September 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, estimated that 19,000 people would die from the virus under the "worst case scenario", a significant drop from the figure of 65,000 given in July.

He said the revised estimations, calculated by Government scientists, were "assumptions and not predictions".

They are based on one in three people across Britain becoming infected, and do not take into account what impact the swine flu vaccine, due next month, will have.