Regenerative health at the Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center

The LiveHealthy Podcast
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Regenerative health at the Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center
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Dr Ruqqia Mir, the consultant neurologist at Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center talks all about the cutting edge work at the center, which recently conducted the UAE’s first bone marrow transplant on a patient with Multiple Sclerosis.   Highlights:   What stem cells are and how they work CAR (Chimeric antigen receptor) therapy, which harnesses the body’s defense system by reprogramming certain white blood cells (T cells) to identify and attack cancerous cells How the

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Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center is regenerating health

The LiveHealthy Podcast
The LiveHealthy Podcast
Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center is regenerating health
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Dr Ruqqia Mir, the consultant neurologist at Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center talks all about the cutting edge work at the center, which recently conducted the UAE’s first bone marrow transplant on a patient with Multiple Sclerosis.   Highlights:   What stem cells are and how they work CAR (Chimeric antigen receptor) therapy, which harnesses the body’s defense system by reprogramming certain white blood cells (T cells) to identify and attack cancerous cells How the

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Stem cell researcher

How Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center is taking aim at disease

Dr Ruqqia Mir, a consultant at the groundbreaking Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center, is excited. We’re speaking to her just days after its doctors performed the UAE’s first successful bone marrow transplant on a patient with Multiple Sclerosis – with immediate improvements in her condition. “She did really well,” she beams. “We are an innovation and research-driven facility but we’re committed to helping patients heal today — as well as tomorrow and for years to

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How not to get the flu

Flu cases this winter season are up by at least 70 percent compared to last year as Covid-19-related precautions have gone down, according to an expert. Earlier this year, the UAE eased coronavirus restrictions, almost two and half years after the pandemic began, as the number of cases dropped in the Gulf country. However, influenza or common cold cases have spiked massively since the onset of the winter season in September. Dr Mohammed AlJeaidi, a

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How I learned to reduce my pain and live with fibromyalgia

After 18 years of searching for a cure for fibromyalgia, all I wanted to do was to be able to function.  But with some lifestyle adjustments, I have been able to achieve much more than that. I can manage the severe pain, and when I have a fibromyalgia attack, I take a rest and take the painkiller: without giving up, with the certainty that time and it will pass and I will return to my normal

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