Wednesday, October 16, 2013

S. Korea outperforms America in stem cell technology

S. Korea uses stem cells more often and with more success than America treating diseases of the blood:

Seoul St. Mary`s Hospital performs 5,000th hematopoietic stem cell transplantation 

From the article:

".... we are one of the best performers in the world, as the rate is 10 to 30 percent higher than in the United States, as the survival rate of our 5,000 transplantation surgeries is 20 to 30 percent higher than U.S. hospitals," said Dr. Lee Jong-wook, head of the hospital`s hematopoietic stem cell transplantation center. "There is no need to go overseas for leukemia treatments." "




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