thinkprogress : declared in Texas is leading the charge on stem cell therapy – ThinkProgress

Texas is leading the charge on stem cell therapy The Lone Star State could be the first to legalize the treatment option. So there you go — Texas, creating accountability for stem cell clinics for the first time in the US. Transcript:PHOEBE GAVIN, ThinkProgress: You'll never guess which state is on track to become the first to recognize stem cell therapy as a treatment for chronic illnesses. In the last weeks of the legislative session, Texas lawmakers passed a historic bill that legalizes investigative stem cell treatments for chronically ill patients. And patients who seek help there have felt the consequences: they've been blinded, developed tumors and even died after seeking unregulated stem cell treatment.

New cell therapy offers hope of a leukemia cure

A PIONEERING cancer treatment that teaches the body to attack rogue cells has offered hope of a cure. File picture: The results of an experimental blood cancer treatment have been hailed as amazing. It has shown particular promise for leukaemia and blood cancer, which together affect 30,000 new UK patients each year. These patients had multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, and were monitored for two months after their treatment. These trials have offered hope that a one-off treatment – administered for four hours over three or four hospital visits – could offer a permanent cure.CAR-T cell therapy is a form of immunotherapy, which has led to a 'new era' of cancer treatment.


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