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2. Stem-cell therapy - Wikipedia

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   Stem-cell therapy uses stem cells to treat or prevent a disease or condition. [1] As of 2016, the only established therapy using stem cells is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. [2] This usually takes the form of a bone marrow transplantation, but the cells can also be derived from umbilical cord blood.

3. Stem cell - Wikipedia

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   Stem cell tourism is the part of the medical tourism industry in which patients travel to obtain stem cell procedures. The United States has had an explosion of "stem cell clinics". Stem cell procedures are highly profitable for clinics. The advertising sounds authoritative but the efficacy and safety of the procedures is unproven.

4. Stem cell laws and policy in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Stem cells are cells found in all multi-cellular organisms. They were isolated in mice in 1981, and in humans in 1998. [1] In humans there are many types of stem cells, each with varying levels of potency. Potency is a measure of a cell's differentiation potential, or the number of other cell types that can be made from that stem cell.

5. Intraoperative blood salvage - Wikipedia

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   Intraoperative blood salvage ( IOS ), also known as cell salvage, is a specific type of autologous blood transfusion. Specifically IOS is a medical procedure involving recovering blood lost during surgery and re-infusing it into the patient. It is a major form of autotransfusion . It has been used for many years and gained greater attention ...

6. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood, in order to replicate inside a patient and produce additional normal blood cells.

7. Stem cell laws - Wikipedia

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   Stem cell laws. Stem cell laws are the law rules, and policy governance concerning the sources, research, and uses in treatment of stem cells in humans. These laws have been the source of much controversy and vary significantly by country. [1] In the European Union, stem cell research using the human embryo is permitted in Sweden, Spain ...