Israeli stem cells save Romanian girl

Two months after a second bone marrow transplant failed, surgeons at Hadassah hospital gave PLX stem cells from Israel’s Pluristem to a 7-year old Romanian girl. After 10 days, blood levels improved and nine months later she is to be discharged from hospital and will return with her mother to Romania. This is a major breakthrough.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000747466&fid=1725
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4228036,00.html

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