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Disabled teen still showing progress after stem cell treatment Provo Daily Herald Sun, 23 Mar 2008 0:09 AM PDT More than a year after she received stem cell treatment in China, Tori Schmanski is still showing signs of improvement. Tim and Maria Schmanski aren't sure how much of their daughter's progress is due to that trip to the Beike Clinic in Hangzhou, China, but they believe it helped. Progress may be slow, but Tori is still making new strides all the time. Protein protects embryonic stem cells' versatility and self-renewal EurekAlert! Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:13 AM PDT HOUSTON — A protein known as REST blocks the expression of a microRNA that prevents embryonic stem cells from reproducing themselves and causes them to differentiate into specific cell types, scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the journal Nature. Anita Creamer: Not the ending, but happiness to report The Sacramento Bee Sun, 23 Mar 2008 0:14 AM PDT Victoria Chavez knows she won't be able to deal with her luggage at the airport. So she's already shipped two months' worth of clothes to Chicago, where she is to enter a pioneering autologous stem cell program next week to treat the progressive systemic scleroderma that's robbing her of breath and life.

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