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Ashley Cain has revealed his daughter Azaylia has received her stem cell transplant amid her leukaemia battle. The former Ex On The Beach star, 29, took to Instagram on Monday and shared heartwarming snaps of his ‘strong, mighty’ daughter. Ashley, who shares Azaylia, five months, with Safiyya Vorajee, said she has now begun the ‘toughest journey … Read more
Ashley Cain has confirmed that a donor has been found for his daughter Azaylia’s stem cell transplant amid her battle with leukaemia. The Ex On the Beach star, 29, said he was devastated to learn his five-month-old, whom he shares with Safiyya Vorajee, is at a higher risk of complications going into the transplant after … Read more
Scientists have created ‘invisible’ stem cells that evade the immune system — thereby paving the way to new treatments for cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The lab-grown cells — created by researchers from the US — could be used for cell therapies and tissue implants without fear of immune rejection. They work by expressing so-called … Read more
Stem cells found in the umbilical cords of newborn babies could provide a life saving treatment for people with a severe case of coronavirus, according to scientists. A study by the University of Miami found that using stem cells on patients under the age of 85 doubled their chances of surviving Covid-19 and worked in … Read more
Ashley Cain has revealed 80,000 people became stem cell donors 48 hours after he appealed for the public’s help amid his daughter Azaylia’s leukaemia battle. The Ex On The Beach star, 29, spoke on Tuesday about how grateful he is to those who signed up to charities DKMS and Anthony Nolan to help his four-month-old, and others like … Read more
Amazon has revealed it is expanding its range of free online STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities to keep children educate and entertained over the Christmas holidays. The tech company’s selection of activities includes a new game called Cyber Robotics Challenge. This three-hour long event tasks a youngster with using maths to ensure a friend’s … Read more
Amazon has revealed it is expanding its range of free online STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities to keep children educate and entertained over the Christmas holidays. The tech company’s selection of activities includes a new game called Cyber Robotics Challenge. This three-hour long event tasks a youngster with using maths to ensure a friend’s … Read more
Please help give my little girl a second chance at life: Surgeon makes stem cell plea as his daughter, 12, fights rare blood disorder Geraint Lloyd is appealing for donors to help save his 12-year-old daughter, Arya Arya, from Cambridge, has been diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disease The keen swimmer has aplastic anaemia, which limits … Read more
Baseball caps that blast laser beams on to the head, potent medicines, shampoos, serums, mousses and creams. Even ‘vampire hair-facials’ – injections of a patient’s own blood into the scalp – all carry the same enticing promise: to halt or even reverse hair loss. And, as bizarre or painful as many may sound, there’s no lack … Read more
A new type of bandage has been developed that can rebuild broken bones by transplanting bone-forming proteins and stem cells directly onto fractures. The biomaterial, which can be stuck to a fracture ‘like a plaster’ to accelerate healing, has been tested successfully on mice’s skulls. After rebuilding bits of broken bone, the biodegradable bandage – which is … Read more