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Cord blood stem cell transplant hopes lifted: Matching donors cannot always be found, despite extensive registries
A technique which may eventually remove the need for matched bone marrow transplants has been used in humans for the first time.

When I have horrifying visions of killing myself in the lab from an experiment gone wrong, I'm really concering myself with the 'graft versus host' problem which usually ends in the death of the patient.

One second-hand space shuttle: Yours for $29m

U.S. Keeps Science Lead, But Other Countries Gain