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Editors FDA: Possibly First Ever Stem Cell Drug for FDA Approval 1/17/2009 11:31:00 AM

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Osiris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OSIR) expects to have the first ever stem cell drug for FDA approval.

Prochymal would treat Graft vs. host disease, assisting bone marrow transplant patients to prevent the implanted marrow's immune cells from attacking the body.

Editors Human Trials: California's First Stem Cell therapy to Repair Human Heart 1/17/2009 9:31:00 AM

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California's first stem cell therapy study will repair human hearts.

45 patients will be injected with millions of adult stem cells that will grow and replace damaged heart cells.

Editors Breakthrough: Stem Cells Create New Windpipe 12/22/2008 3:30:00 PM

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In June 2008, Claudia Castillo has first-ever windpipe surgery at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain.

Her stem cells were used to create cartilage, tissue cells to cover her new windpipe.

Editors Olympic Swimmer, Cancer Survivor, Stem Cell Transplant, Wins Top Swimming Award 11/25/2008 1:01:00 PM

Comment now Olympic Swimmer, Cancer Survivor, Stem Cell Transplant, Wins Top Swimming Award

Maarten van der Weijden of The Netherlands, announced as winner of the 2008 the Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year from Swimming World.

He was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia at the age of 20. "I was diagnosed in March 2001 and didn't think I would ever swim again". He fought back after a stem cell transplant and chemotherapy, and this year, won Gold in the 2008 Olympics.

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