Surgeons have, for the first time, used a combination of an artificial heart and stem cells to save the life of a dying man. Ioannis Manolopoulos was fitted with the mechanical pump because his heart was too weak to push blood around his body. Surgeons then injected...
Three year-old Eva Winston-Hart from Leicestershire is getting better by the day after undergoing stem cell surgery a few months ago in America to treat her leukaemia. Now her family is campaigning for change in the UK. Last November three year-old Eva Winston-Hart...
A Singapore company has used stem cells to help victims of serious burns and other wounds to grow fresh skin. While more work must be done to test the promise of the new treatment, the procedure has so far allowed three patients to do away with painful skin grafts....
A man who was partially blinded after intervening in a fight has had his vision restored by a new stem-cell therapy. Russell Turnbull, 38, lost most of the sight from his right eye in 1994 when he was sprayed in the face with ammonia while trying to break up an...
A Gillingham man who faced losing his leg in a climbing accident saw it saved thanks to a revolutionary ‘glue’ made from stem cells. Andrew Kent’s right leg was broken in five places by a falling boulder while he was climbing with his son in the...
