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World first: Hadassah uses adult stem cells to help MS, ALS patients
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Jerusalem Post
11-22-2007
Headline: World first: Hadassah uses adult stem cells to help MS, ALS patients
Byline: JUDY SIEGEL
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 01
Thursday, November 22, 2007 -- Neurologists at Jerusalem's Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem, are the first in the world to help multiple sclerosis (MS) and amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients by injecting their spinal columns with large numbers of adult stem cells taken...
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