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Missouri Cures Education Foundation
2012 Speakers Series
Co-sponsored by
in conjunction with
MedStem &
APRIL 15-2PM at PS GALLERY, COLUMBIA,
John Viator, PhD, MU - Biological Sciences,
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Discussing breakthrough for early detection of melanoma |
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April
Parkinson's Awareness Month
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Linda Horner
"I feel both lucky and blessed; I received a heart transplant that saved my life. Stem cell researchers are working on ways to help hearts heal themselves, which could save the lives of more people like me."
_Linda Horner, Canton, MO. Read Linda's story »
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Newly identified stem cells may hold clues to colon cancer
Thursday, March 29, 2012
This new stem cell population, reported March 30 in the journal Cell, appears to be relatively quiescent (inactive) in contrast to the recent discovery of intestinal stem cells that multiply rapidly and is marked by a protein, Lrig1, that may act as a "brake" on cell growth and proliferation.
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Scientists move closer to engineering new organs from scratch
Friday, March 9, 2012
There are 113,237 people in the U.S. waiting for an organ. About eighteen of them will die today because they won't get one, according to the US Government's organ donor website. If science could build new organs like it can build cares and televisions, those 113,237 people would not have such an uncertain future.
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