21
May
2018
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23:33
Asia/Singapore

Progress in stem cell treatment offers new hope

A research team from the Dept of Pharmacy at NUS Faculty of Science, Duke-NUS Medical School, National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital found that a laboratory-synthesised chemical substance called C7 can be used to increase the number of stem cells harvested from umbilical cords. This will help overcome a current challenge of cell levels being too low to help patients recover.