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First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study

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A UC Davis Health research team has safely performed the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining fetal surgery with stem cells, according to results from Phase 1 of an ongoing clinical trial. These results have been published today in The Lancet.

Researchers identify 'switch' to activate cancer cell death

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Autism severity can change substantially during early childhood, study suggests

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Kids with autism may have a change in their symptom severity during childhood. Around 30% of them have less symptoms by age 6.