Word: stemming
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...taking a shower left him exhausted. After his doctors told him there was nothing more they could do, Grinstead turned to the Internet for ideas. Countless searches and phone calls later, he was on a plane to Thailand in a quest for the Holy Grail of 21st century medicine: stem-cell therapy. Today, eight months after having stem cells injected into one of his coronary arteries, Grinstead's heart is operating more efficiently and he's leading a life his U.S. doctors thought impossible. "I can go for a 30-minute walk," he says. "I've taken trips to Antigua...
...Grinstead owes his turnaround to TheraVitae, a 2-year-old American- and Israeli-run company that, in conjunction with local hospitals, offers treatment for heart disease with stem cells taken from the patient's own blood. (Bangkok was chosen as the firm's base because of its good medical facilities and relatively permissive policies governing medical procedures.) Using these cells carries several advantages. In contrast to stem cells taken from a human embryo, they're ethically uncontroversial. And because they're derived from blood, they appear better suited to forming heart and artery tissue. What's more, there...
...process is surprisingly simple. After arriving in Bangkok, the patient has about 250 cc of blood drawn?less than a standard blood donation. This is sent to the company's laboratory in Israel, where stem cells that occur naturally in the blood are isolated and multiplied through a patented process. A week later, a batch of several million stem cells is returned to Bangkok. These are inserted by surgeons into the patient's arteries or heart, using procedures that Patel helped to develop in the U.S. Patel says that when the cells are released into coronary arteries using an angioplasty...
When a group of girls is dancing together and some guys approach them, it can be awkward—even “against the code”—for some girls to break away from the group, leaving others in the dust. So the whispering may stem from the very uncertainty of how the girls should act. And even if their goals are clear, whispering is a nervous impulse and a way to establish security in an uncertain situation. In fact, the girls probably can’t even hear what the others are saying...
Many of Columbia’s problems stem from its lack of experience. Although the Lions have 14 seniors on the roster, many of them are seeing action for the first time this year...