Your Route to Real News

All news on the topic: Stem cells

1318
'Our son was saved by a stem cell donor - who worked in the same office'
Things looked bleak for baby Miles when he was born with a rare genetic immune condition prompting a global search for a stem cell donor - who turned out to work in the same office as dad David
1346
Desperate families lives are saved by strangers they've never met
The Anthony Nolan charity is celebrating 50 years since a mum’s love inspired the first stem cell register. Lizzie Catt speaks to three families about their hunt for incredible people willing to help their children
790
Diabetes could be cured by simple jab, scientists say after 'encouraging' study
Insulin, which cannot be made in the bodies of diabetic people, could be produced by cells implanted under the skin, according to new findings from Germany
476
Scientists close to 'elixir of life' and learn how to reprogramme immune cells
Boffins have found a way to reprogramme a type of white blood cell named the T Cell, which normally helps the immune system fight off diseases - and it could work after just one treatment
979
Sick boy, 10, to travel 4,000 miles from Zambia to India for transplant
Jasper Makungu, 10, is set to travel from his home in Zambia to a clinic in India for a life-saving transplant thanks to the Mirror after we teamed up with cancer charity DKMS
1407
Dad who was given 7 years to live due to cancer heroically saves 20 other people
In setting out to get more people on the stem cell register in a bid to find his ‘genetic twin’, Pete McCleave has found donors for more than 20 others around the world