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Hiding in plain sight: Placentas in regenerative medicine

Millions of placentas are discarded annually around the world. Given the regenerative medical potential demonstrated by placenta-derived tissue over the years, this is quite an unfortunate statistic. First used in 1910, placenta-derived tissue was abandoned in the...

Thalassemia: Invisible for some, deadly for others

You might be the carrier of a genetic disorder and not even know it; that was me up until a few years ago. My family doctor noticed something odd in my bloodwork: my mean corpuscular volume (the volume of my red blood cells) was abnormally low, despite my blood...

Have scientists cured diabetes with stem cell therapy?

From extracting insulin from the pancreas of cows to extreme diets and herbal remedies for glucose regulation, diabetes treatments over the century have evolved progressively, with each discovery extending the life span of patients a little longer than the last....