Stem-Cell Research
Connecticut lawmakers consider bill to allow stem-cell research
Published in Hematology Week, May 10th, 2004
He begins with his life.
Since 1998, the Stratford Republican has fought multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer. He was expected to live no more than 5 years after his diagnosis.
His doctor told him stem cell therapy had some success at treating the disease. But with few specialists in Connecticut, the procedures happened only a few times a year.
"I said thank you, and got out of there," he said.
An Internet search led him to a specialist in Little Rock, Arkansas, at a hospital...
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Source: Hematology Week (2004-05-10)
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