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Stem Cell Injections Pioneering Step Forward?

sanspeak writes "Indian Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences have performed a radical new operation of sorts by pioneering the method of stem cell injections. Ishika Gupta, a seven month old girl child who was suffering from cardiac myopathy, was treated by injecting stem cells into her heart from bone in her own leg. AIIMS has marked a global first in pioneering stem cell medicine by the "injection method''." From the article: "There will now be a national stem cell centre at AIIMS which will coordinate the research and its applications. The statistics speak for themselves. After six months, 56% of the affected (dead muscle) area injected with these cells had shown improvement." Additional details on this therapy available from the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel and Medical News Today.

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  1. Re:so thanks to bush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This shouldn't be modded "funny". We need a "sad" option.

  2. Injecting new powers by null+etc. · · Score: 4, Funny

    This reminds me of Smallville, where one guy would get bitten by a bug who ate meteor rock, and the guy would develop bug powers. Another guy would fall on a hot meteor rock, and would develop heat powers. I can't wait for the stem cell meteor rock episode.

  3. This is HUGE for /.ers by mahju · · Score: 2, Funny

    A complete change of life.
    They now can line up to get their mojo injected.

    Yeah baby. Yeah!