Stem Cell Roundup: February 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Extreme Life Extension Research and Development Fund Raising

... the stem cells. It is difficult to obtain normal funding for this kind of research, as the current stem cell research is focused on embryonic stem (ES) cells or genetically induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells. The potential of ES and iPS cells are ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10481336.htm

Internet Presence Management Company Image Forward Supports the...

Internet Presence Management Company Image Forward Supports the Annual Gasparilla Distance Classic with Nearly $9,000 Raised for the "Because Of Ezra" Fundraiser.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/Image-Forward/BecauseOfEzra/prweb10484875.htm

Doctors warn public on 'soup No. 7'

In the case of soup number 7, however, if you think it can make you feel and look young, think again.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/02/28/13/doctors-warn-public-soup-no-7

A 500,000 appeal launched for life-saving cancer treatment for Fraja, aged four

THE family of a four-year-old girl with an extremely rare and aggressive childhood cancer face a race against time to raise A 500,000 for life-saving treatment.

http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/10255802.__500_000_appeal_launched_for_life_saving_cancer_treatment_for_Fraja__aged_four/?ref=rss

Okyanos Heart Institute's Chief Medical Officer Speaks at ACC's Scientific Session

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Howard Walpole, Jr. discusses healthcare readmission reduction at the 13th Annual American College of Cardiology's World Conference, March 10.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10455207.htm

"Be the Match" looking for St.Vincent Health Fair...

Indiana Blood Center's Be the Match program is looking for new members to join the national bone marrow registry.

http://currentincarmel.com/be-the-match-looking-for-st-vincent-health-fair-attendees-to-join-the-national-bone-marrow-registry

Cell Imaging competition showcases stunning microscopic images

We report on the latest developments in biological research all the time here at Gizmag, but it's easy to forget just how beautiful biology can appear when observed at the cellular level.

http://www.gizmag.com/cell-imaging-competition-stunning-images/26460/

Former homeopathic remedies find success as dietary supplements

The line, called Dr. Garber's Natural Solutions, was created over a period of years by Dr.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Industry/Former-homeopathic-remedies-find-success-as-dietary-supplements?

Small Companies Are Hubs of Future Profit in Regenerative Medicine: Gil Van Bokkelen

February 28, 2013 Gil Van Bokkelen has been in the stem cell industry for more than a decade.

http://www.investorideas.com/news/2013/biotech/02281.asp

Senate president foresees cures from stem cell center

Senate president Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, helped along a bill to establish an adult stem cell research center at the University of Kansas Medical Center, telling her colleagues Thursday that the project will lead to cures for disease.

http://cjonline.com/news/2013-02-28/senate-president-foresees-cures-stem-cell-center

2012 Stem Cell Standouts And The Outlook For 2013

The year ahead looks to be promising for the emerging stem cell therapy companies.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1234481-2012-stem-cell-standouts-and-the-outlook-for-2013?source=feed

Major Stem Cell Event in San Francisco

... friends and ask them to register online if they want to attend this opportunity to hear about progress in stem cell research. Thursday March 7 a 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm Grand Ballroom Hyatt Regency San Francisco 5 Embarcadero Center San Francisco, ...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/28/1190483/-Major-Stem-Cell-Event-in-San-Francisco

DiscGenics, Inc. Successfully Completes Pilot Efficacy Study of...

This product, known as Injectable Discosphere Cell Therapy , features Discgenics' patented, allogeneic, human disc-derived stem cell technology.

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=289076&full=1

Roche Release: First European Laboratory Obtains Accreditation for...

... leading research institutes in the field of next-generation sequencing and is a pioneer particularly in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. The long reads produced by Roche's GS Junior System make it particularly suitable for targeted ...

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=289067&full=1

Prospective isolation of human embryonic stem cell-derived...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , Vol. 110, No. 9. , pp. 3405-3410, doi:10.1073/pnas.1220832110 A goal of regenerative medicine is to identify cardiovascular progenitors from human ES cells that can functionally integrate into the human heart.

http://www.citeulike.org/group/3378/article/12091021

5-Clone Collagen Antibody-Induced Arthritis kit announced by AMSBIO

AMSBIO has announced a new 5-Clone Collagen Antibody -Induced Arthritis kit for the induction of Collagen-Induced Arthritis in various species.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130228/5-Clone-Collagen-Antibody-Induced-Arthritis-kit-announced-by-AMSBIO.aspx

Discgenics Successfully Completes Pilot Efficacy Study of Injectable Discosphere? Cell Therapy

This product, known as Injectable Discosphere Cell Therapy , features Discgenics' patented, allogeneic, human disc-derived stem cell technology.

http://www.appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/appliedclinicaltrials/Phase+News/Discgenics-Successfully-Completes-Pilot-Efficacy-S/ArticleNewsFeed/Article/detail/806950?ref=25

Is recovery from multiple sclerosis too far off from reality?

Case Western is once agai n in the news regarding Mesenchymal stem-cells and it is looking good for those with multiple sclerosis .

http://www.examiner.com/article/is-recovery-from-multiple-sclerosis-too-far-off-from-reality?cid=rss

PICM-19: Pig Liver Cells Could Power Artificial Liver

Chronic or acute liver failure can be deadly. Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows.

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/picm19_pig_liver_cells_could_power_artificial_liver-104972

Rival protein balance key in preventing cancer

Two proteins that scientists once thought carried out the same functions are actually antagonists of each other, and keeping them in balance is key to preventing diseases such as cancer, according to new findings published in the February 25 issue of Developmental Cell by scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

http://scienceblog.com/60701/rival-protein-balance-key-in-preventing-cancer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Stem cells aboard SpaceX will seed mice back on Earth

Stem cell research is taking off - literally. When the SpaceX Dragon capsule sets off for the International Space Station on 1 March , its cargo will include frozen embryonic stem cells - kick-starting a clever experiment that uses short-lived mice to investigate the human health effects of long-haul space flights.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23220-stem-cells-aboard-spacex-will-seed-mice-back-on-earth.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Chealth

Infusing Large Numbers of Immune Cells as a Therapy

Do you want to live a longer life in good health? Simple practices can make some difference, such as exercise or calorie restriction.

http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2013/02/infusing-large-numbers-of-immune-cells-as-a-therapy.php

First European Laboratory Obtains Accreditation for New Tissue Typing-Method for Stem Cell ...

... leading research institutes in the field of next-generation sequencing and is a pioneer particularly in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. About the GS Junior System The long reads produced by Roche's GS Junior System make it particularly ...

http://www.b3cnewswire.com/20130228849/first-european-laboratory-obtains-accreditation-for-new-tissue-typing-method-for-stem-cell-transplants.html

Swine cells could power artificial liver

Chronic or acute, liver failure can be deadly. Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/swine_cells_power_artificial_liver_210337.html

Stem cells aboard SpaceX will seed mice back on Earth

'Hepatitis C detector' promises hope and nothing more | Sile Lane

Dr Gamal Shiha demonstrates the prototype of a device that he claims can remotely detect the hepatitis C virus.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/feb/28/hepatitis-c-detector-sells-hope

Breast Cancer Stem Cells Express HER2, Even In 'Negative' Tumors, Study Finds

New research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that the protein HER2 plays a role even in breast cancers that would traditionally be categorized as HER2-negative - and that the drug Herceptin , which targets HER2, may have an even greater role for treating breast cancer and preventing its spread.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256927.php

Sugar-Coated Web-Like Scaffold For Stem Cells Offers Hope For New Therapeutics

Scientists have used sugar-coated scaffolding to move a step closer to the routine use of stem cells in the clinic and unlock their huge potential to cure diseases from Alzheimer's to diabetes.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=256941

Sugar-Coated Web-Like Scaffold For Stem Cells Offers Hope For New Therapeutics

Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Alzheimer's / Dementia ; Diabetes Article Date: 28 Feb 2013 - 0:00 PST Scientists have used sugar-coated scaffolding to move a step closer to the routine use of stem cells in the clinic and unlock their huge potential to cure diseases from Alzheimer's to diabetes .

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256941.php

500,000 appeal launched for life-saving cancer treatment for Freja, aged four

THE family of a four-year-old girl with an extremely rare and aggressive childhood cancer face a race against time to raise A 500,000 for life-saving treatment.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10255802.__500_000_appeal_launched_for_life_saving_cancer_treatment_for_Freja__aged_four/

OHSU Doernbecher Scientists First To Grow Liver Stem Cells In...

... Portland, Ore., along with investigators at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, Netherlands, describe a new method through which they were able to infinitely expand liver stem cells from a mouse in a ...

http://www.bioresearchonline.com/doc.mvc/ohsu-liver-stem-cells-culture-transplant-therapeutic-benefit-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a

Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials

After years of resisting all criticisms of its operations, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is finally listening - a little.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/analysis-recent-california-newspaper-editorials/article/feed/2004747?custom_click=rss

The aged niche disrupts muscle stem cell quiescence

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http://www.citeulike.org/user/noznab/article/11340131

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Crowd-sourcing to fund research of rare diseases

A Tel Aviv University researcher has established an apparatus to help Israeli families with rare genetic defects undergo testing and, it is hoped, eventually obtain treatment.

http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=304806&R=R77

Approval for Stem Cell Center

... in Kansas City, Kan. Supporters say the center could make the medical center a regional hub for adult stem cell research, treatment and education. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports if it is eventually approved, the center would be banned from using ...

http://1350kman.com/approval-for-stem-cell-center/

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Awards ViaCyte to...

... of CIRM. CIRM was established in November 2004 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act. The ballot measure provided $3 billion in funding for stem cell research at California universities and research ...

http://www.pmpnews.com/news/california-institute-regenerative-medicine-awards-viacyte-continue-development-diabetes-therapy

Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials

After years of resisting all criticisms of its operations, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is finally listening - a little.

http://www.krmg.com/ap/ap/crime/analysis-recent-california-newspaper-editorials/nWb82/

Marrow donation drive today for Kentucky girl with leukemia

"I made her a promise that I would not quit trying to help her find a match and I can't break that promise no matter what," Ferrell said.

http://wvgazette.com/News/201302270169

Protein Balance Key in Preventing Cancer

Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials

After years of resisting all criticisms of its operations, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is finally listening - a little.

http://www.wdbo.com/ap/ap/crime/analysis-recent-california-newspaper-editorials/nWb82/

Protein balance key in preventing cancer

The results suggest that new compounds could fight cancer by targeting the pathways responsible for maintaining the proper balance between the proteins.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227162020.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Infusion of stem cells and specially generated T-cells from same donor improves leukemia survival

Both the stem cells for transplant and the T-cells came from the same matched donors.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227151248.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News%29

Twice Given, Twice Used: Infusion of Stem Cells and Specially...

In a significant advance for harnessing the immune system to treat leukemias, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for the first time have successfully infused large numbers of donor T-cells specific for a key anti-leukemic antigen to prolong survival in high-risk and relapsed leukemia patients after stem cell transplantation.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/599485/?sc=rsmn&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewswiseMednews+%28Newswise%3A+MedNews%29

Protein balance key in preventing cancer

Two proteins that scientists once thought carried out the same functions are actually antagonists of each other, and keeping them in balance is key to preventing diseases such as cancer, according to new findings published in the February 25 issue of Developmental Cell by scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/fccc-pbk022713.php

Prometheus BioScience Inc. Opens the French Part of Its Clinical Trial in Cell Therapy

Promethera Biosciences, a Belgian biotechnology company developing Promethera HepaStem, a cell-based therapy for the treatment of liver-based metabolic diseases including Crigler-Najjar Syndrome and Urea Cycle Disorders, announces today that it has successfully treated a patient with liver progenitor cells enrolled in its Phase I/II trial.

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=288906&full=1

Pope Benedict XVI: Thanks For Supporting Science

... on stem cells but doesn't include the controversial and, to-date, wildly overhyped human embryonic stem cell research among its discussions of adult and induced pluripotent stem cell breakthroughs, it's all yelling about Galileo and bans and general ...

http://www.science20.com/science_20/pope_benedict_xvi_thanks_supporting_science-104994

Leukemia Patients Get Treatment Boost From Donors' Immune Cells

Researchers say they've found a way to tweak and strengthen immune cells to maximize their leukemia-fighting capability while minimizing their toxic effects on the patient.

http://news.health.com/2013/02/27/leukemia-patients-get-treatment-boost-from-donors-immune-cells/

IVF sperm do better in a diamond dish

COULD IVF success rates be improved simply by changing the materials used to make Petri dishes? It seems that standard polystyrene dishes may undermine the viability of sperm.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729064.900-ivf-sperm-do-better-in-a-diamond-dish.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cmagcontents

Swine Cells Could Power Artificial Liver

Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows. "There is no effective therapy at the moment to deal with the toxins that build up in your body," said Neil Talbot, a Research Animal Scientist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227134433.htm

Infusion of stem cells and specially generated T-cells from same donor improves leukemia survival

In a significant advance for harnessing the immune system to treat leukemias, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for the first time have successfully infused large numbers of donor T-cells specific for a key anti-leukemic antigen to prolong survival in high-risk and relapsed leukemia patients after stem cell transplantation.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-infusion-stem-cells-specially-t-cells.html

IVF sperm do better in a diamond dish

Read the award winners' research

Cell Press celebrates the achievements of the 2013 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences .

http://www.cell.com/breakthroughprize2013

WFB Today

... and theology. In its inaugural report, the Council examines the last decade's contentious debates over stem cell research - exposing the major lies and distortions, clarifying the scientific promise and ethical stakes of the research, and drawing ...

http://www.eppc.org/publications/pubid.4969/pub_detail.asp

An NRO Symposium

The Evangelical Reform of the Church

... e, and theology. In its inaugural report, the Council examines the last decade's contentious debates over stem cell research -

http://eppc.org/publications/pubID.4968/pub_detail.asp

Swine cells could power artificial liver

Chronic or acute, liver failure can be deadly. Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/asoa-scc022713.php

Crowd-sourced funding provides missing help for rare genetic diseases

For the estimated 250 million people worldwide who suffer from rare diseases, there is little hope for diagnosis or treatment.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/afot-cfp022713.php

Senate committee approves adult stem cell center

... in Kansas City, Kan. Supporters say the center could make the medical center a regional hub for adult stem cell research, treatment and education. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/WqUUc2 ) if it is eventually approved, the center ...

http://washingtonexaminer.com/senate-committee-approves-adult-stem-cell-center/article/feed/2075349?custom_click=rss

OvaScience Presents Potential New Approach to Addressing Infertility...

OvaScienceSM , , a life sciences company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of new treatments for infertility, today announced that Co-Founder Jonathan L. Tilly, Ph.D., and Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Michelle Dipp, M.D., Ph.D., will be featured speakers at the New York Society of Reproductive Medicine 2013 First ... (more)

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130227005341&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

Senate Committee Approves Adult Stem Cell Center

Rasheda Ali on National and Local News: BrainStorm's ALS Clinical...

Rasheda Ali, a member of BrainStorm's advisory board and revered author and daughter of renowned boxer Muhammad Ali, discussed BrainStorm's promising ALS clinical trials last week on NBC NY and Current TV's Viewpoint.

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130227005898/en/Rasheda-Ali-National-Local-News-BrainStorm%E2%80%99s-ALS

Research and Markets: Acquired Orphan Blood Diseases Therapeutics...

Research and Markets: Acquired Orphan Blood Diseases Therapeutics Market to 2019 - Search for Disease Modifying Drugs Central to Unlocking Premium Pricing Potential Physicians treating rare blood disorders are gaining more drug treatments to choose from, which allow patients to avoid demanding surgeries and chemotherapy, and fill the pockets of ... (more)

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130227005846/en

Senate committee approves adult stem cell center

... in Kansas City, Kan. Supporters say the center could make the medical center a regional hub for adult stem cell research, treatment and education. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports ( http://bit.ly/WqUUc2 ) if it is eventually approved, the center ...

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Senate-committee-approves-adult-stem-cell-center-4312536.php

OvaScience Presents Potential New Approach to Addressing Infertility...

Are Exosomes the Key to Stopping the Spread of Cancer?

In the biotechnology space, there is an acceleration of companies, both large and small, that are teetering on the brink of smashing down barriers in life-threatening diseases and shepherding in the next generation of therapeutic technologies.

http://www.accesswire.com/viewarticle.aspx?id=401830

Scaffold coated with long-sugar molecules enhances stem-cell cultures

Stem cells have the unique ability to turn into any type of human cell, opening up all sorts of therapeutic possibilities for some of the world's incurable diseases and conditions.

http://floridabiotechnews.com/biotech/scaffold-coated-with-long-sugar-molecules-enhances-stem-cell-cultures/12041/?#038;#038;

Senate committee approves adult stem cell center

... in Kansas City, Kan. Supporters say the center could make the medical center a regional hub for adult stem cell research, treatment and education. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports ( http://bit.ly/WqUUc2 ) if it is eventually approved, the center ...

http://www.nebraska.tv/story/21412205/senate-committee-approves-adult-stem-cell-center

Drugs Market for Acquired Orphan Blood Diseases is Pharma...

Drugs Market for Acquired Orphan Blood Diseases is Pharma Companies' Next Target says a New Research Report at ReportsnReports.com "Acquired Orphan Blood Diseases Therapeutics Market to 2019 - Search for Disease Modifying Drugs Central to Unlocking Premium Pricing Potential" is the new market research reports added to ReportsnReports.com store.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/pressrelease/national-press-releases/drugs-market-for-acquired-orphan-blood-diseases-is-pharma-companies-next-target-says-a-new-research-report-at-reportsnreportscom-193535951.html

Drugs Market for Acquired Orphan Blood Diseases is Pharma Companies'...

Drugs Market for Acquired Orphan Blood Diseases is Pharma Companies' Next Target says a New Research Report at ReportsnReports.com "Acquired Orphan Blood Diseases Therapeutics Market to 2019 - Search for Disease Modifying Drugs Central to Unlocking Premium Pricing Potential" is the new market research reports added to ReportsnReports.com store.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/drugs-market-for-acquired/orphan-blood-diseases/prweb10476225.htm

Verastem Cofounders to Present at MIT Technology Breakfast on...

Verastem, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat cancer by the targeted killing of cancer stem cells, announced that Robert Weinberg, Ph.D., Verastem scientific cofounder and chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, and Christoph Westphal, M.D., Ph.D., Verastem cofounder, Chairman and ... (more)

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130227005480/en

Jordan's Polar Plunge Team: Malia's Manatees

By Seth Short This will be my fifth year plunging. Our team started out as team "Pleasant Winter" as a way for my good friend Jeff Boswell to honor his father, Dr James Boswell , who passed away from cancer, and for me to honor my mother, Moneen Short, who was an elementary school guidance counselor in Plymouth and passed away from cancer.

http://plymouth.patch.com/articles/jordan-s-polar-plunge-malia-s-manatees

Extra time for young cancer sufferer

Rose-Leigh Usher, the Durban girl whose family and friends have been frantically trying to raise money for her to have a life-saving bone marrow stem cell transplant, has been given an extra week to find the funds.

http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/extra-time-for-young-cancer-sufferer-1.1477874

Timothy syndrome is associated with activity-dependent dendritic...

Stem cells cruise to clinic

In the seven years since their discovery, induced pluripotent stem cells have transformed basic research and won a Nobel prize.

http://www.nature.com/news/stem-cells-cruise-to-clinic-1.12511

Cancer sufferer in race for her life

A Wentworth girl has until Thursday for her family to raise R500 000 for a life-saving bone marrow stem cell transplant.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/cancer-sufferer-in-race-for-her-life-1.1477230

New Mouse Research May Lead To Liver Stem Cell Therapy For Chronic Liver Disease In Humans

Researchers Identify Forerunners Of Inner-Ear Cells That Enable Hearing

Main Category: Hearing / Deafness Also Included In: Ear, Nose and Throat ; Stem Cell Research Article Date: 27 Feb 2013 - 1:00 PST Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a group of progenitor cells in the inner ear that can become the sensory hair cells and adjacent supporting cells that enable hearing.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256926.php

Stem Cells Identified In A Human Parasite

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Stem Cell Research Article Date: 27 Feb 2013 - 0:00 PST From the point of view of its ultimate host, the parasitic flatworm Schistosoma mansoni has a gruesome way of life.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256884.php

Bone-Marrow Environment Identified That Helps Fight Infection

Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Blood / Hematology ; Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 27 Feb 2013 - 0:00 PST The Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern has deepened the understanding of the environment within bone marrow that nurtures stem cells , this time identifying the biological setting for ... (more)

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256869.php

'Holy Grail' of stem cell research discovered - Indiatalkies.com

Washington, Feb uary 27: Scientists have developed sugar-coated scaffolding to improve stem cell technology to cure some of the world's incurable diseases and conditions.

http://www.indiatalkies.com/2013/02/holy-grail-stem-cell-research-discovered.html

Neurons can be reprogrammed long after they've matured, study finds

These drawings by Santiago RamA3n y Cajal show the cellular structure of three different areas of the human cerebral cortex.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/26/neurons-can-be-reprogrammed-long-after-theyve-matured-study-finds/

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Marrow drive planned for leukemia patient Sunday

The former Carmel resident is the daughter of Sal and Barbara Cordovano, the former owners of the Balsamo-Cordovano Funeral Home on Church Street.

http://www.lohud.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lohud.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013302260107%26nclick_check%3D1

Al Gore: Human Biotech is a 'Driver of Global Change'

... genetic modification, gene patenting, epigenetics, synthetic biology, bioweapons, human cloning, stem cell research, eugenics past and present, the Singularity, human enhancement, athletic gene doping, fetal gene tests, and genetic discrimination . ...

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/genetic-crossroads/201302/al-gore-human-biotech-is-driver-global-change

Brain Day Christchurch 2013 - speaker line-up announced

... and Director of the NeuroDiscovery Facility at the Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland. Stem cell research is an exciting field that holds great promise for the future treatment of many diseases and injuries, including those of the ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1302/S00061/brain-day-christchurch-2013-speaker-line-up-announced.htm

Notion of using herceptin only for HER2-positive breast cancer challenged

About 20 percent of women with breast cancer have tumors labeled HER2-positive. And since the drug Herceptin has come on the scene, it has had a tremendous impact on survival for these women, particularly when it is given in the adjuvant setting, after surgery to remove the primary cancer.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226135109.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Sweet news for stem cell's 'Holy Grail'

Stem cells have the unique ability to turn into any type of human cell, opening up all sorts of therapeutic possibilities for some of the world's incurable diseases and conditions.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226081014.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fstem_cells+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Stem+Cells%29

Senate panel passes stem cell legislation

A Senate committee endorsed legislation Tuesday creating at The University of Kansas Medical Center what advocates believe could be a regional hub for advancement of adult stem cell research, treatment and education.

http://cjonline.com/news/2013-02-26/senate-panel-passes-stem-cell-legislation

Neurons in the brain switch identity and re-route fibres

"Like the entomologist in search of colourful butterflies, my attention was drawn to the gardens of the grey matter, which contained cells with delicate and elegant forms, the mysterious butterflies of the soul, whose beating of wings may one day reveal to us the secrets of the mind" - Santiago RamA3n y Cajal.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/neurophilosophy/2013/feb/26/neurons-in-the-brain-switch-identity

Acute myeloid leukaemia in adults

The outlook for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia has improved in the past 30 years.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/peterpath/article/12079661

Xist RNA Is a Potent Suppressor of Hematologic Cancer in Mice

X chromosome aneuploidies have long been associated with human cancers, but causality has not been established.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/rdillon/article/12079687

Multiple myeloma: 2013 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management

Disease overview Multiple myeloma accounts for approximately 10% of hematologic malignancies.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/peterpath/article/12079720

'Scleroderma? Yes, I know a little about it.'

Unlike most of us, I know more about scleroderma than I ever desired or imagined.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/my-portland/2013/02/scleroderma_yes_i_know_a_littl.html

Terry O'Neill: This Season's Paul Ryan? Eric Cantor Takes On VAWA

... and block efforts to address workplace discrimination. He's opposed to affirmative action, embryonic stem cell research and expanding hate crimes law to cover sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and disability. He even voted against the ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-oneill/this-seasons-paul-ryan-er_b_2766801.html

Congressman Henry Waxman Meets on Cure for HIV

In attendance were Dr. Ronald Mitsuyasu, UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education ; Dr.

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130226006788/en/Congressman-Henry-Waxman-Meets-Cure-HIV

Kiadis Pharma Receives Regulatory Approval From Health Canada for a...

Kiadis Pharma B.V., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for blood cancers, announced today it has received the No Objection Letter from Health Canada for its new clinical study with ATIRa .

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=288726&full=1

U-M study challenges notion of using Herceptin only for HER2-positive breast cancer

New research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that the protein HER2 plays a role even in breast cancers that would traditionally be categorized as HER2-negative - and that the drug Herceptin, which targets HER2, may have an even greater role for treating breast cancer and preventing its spread.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/uomh-usc022113.php

YaFarm Technologies Announces ISCI Clinical Study

YaFarm Technologies, Inc. announced today that the Integrative Stem Cell Institute , a premier provider of point-of-care, stem cell-based therapies, has initiated its first clinical study in Degenerative Neuromuscular Diseases .

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=288670&full=1

Synageva BioPharmaa to Present at the Cowen and Company 33rd Annual Health Care Conference

Synageva BioPharma Corp. , a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic products for rare disorders, today announced its presentation at the upcoming Cowen and Company 33rd Annual Health Care Conference.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130226006404/en

Georgia House to debate another Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos bill

... embryos as having the legal right to life and legal protection. The bill was viewed as anti-embryonic stem cell research and ran into quite a few problems with reproductive rights groups. S.B. 169 was shut down in Georgia House. This time around, ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/georgia-house-to-debate-another-ethical-treatment-of-human-embryos-bill?cid=rss

Sweet news for stem cell's 'Holy Grail'

Investigator

Our mission at the Allen Institute for Brain Science is to accelerate the understanding of how the human brain works in health and disease.

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/306203-Investigator

University Postdocs Demand Health Care Rights

... cutting-edge research - think breakthrough cancer therapies, new models for the origin of the universe, stem cell research and more. Imagine their surprise when after arriving at UC, they are told that although the contract the union negotiated ...

http://fryingpannews.org/2013/02/26/university-postdocs-demand-health-care-rights/?#038;#038;

Dominique Richard: Will Mankind Reap What He and PSC Distribution Are Sowing?

... stem cells in terms of their application to human diseases and medicines. Dominique Richard and Plant Stem Cell Research According to an old adage, we reap what we sow. Of course the origin of the adage is farming, where it is quite literally the ...

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=170709

'Seamless garment' theory has been abused to...

ROME, February 25, 2013, "Intellectually dishonest" theologians and politicians have abused Cardinal Bernardin's famous "seamless garment" image of Catholic moral teaching to "justify turning a blind eye" to injustices such as abortion, contraception and public funding for embryonic stem cell research, according to the head of the Vatican's number ... (more)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2991335/posts

Voriconazole therapeutic drug monitoring: retrospective cohort study...

Voriconazole is approved for treatment of invasive aspergillosis and other invasive fungal infections, but the role for therapeutic drug monitoring is not clear.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/13/105/abstract

Emerging Pharmaceutical Technologies - Stem Cells to Play a...

Now available on Research and Markets: This report analyses the future role stem cells will play in the pharmaceutical industry.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10470634.htm

Special RNAs guide epigenetic factors to activate genes

... id. The research was funded by a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award and a grant from Connecticut Stem Cell Research Fund

http://www.kurzweilai.net/special-rnas-guide-epigenetic-factors-to-activate-genes

New York Summit Hones in on Green Ingredients and Consumer Behavior

How can the environmental impact of cosmetic & personal care products be reduced by using green ingredients and changing consumer behaviour? This is the main premise of the North American edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit , taking place in New York City on 16-18th May 2013.

http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/35261-New-York-Summit-Hones-in-on-Green-Ingredients-and-Consumer-Behavior-

Kiadis Pharma Receives Regulatory Approval from Health Canada for a Phase II Clinical Study ...

Kiadis Pharma B.V. , a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for blood cancers, announced today it has received the No Objection Letter from Health Canada for its new clinical study with ATIR .

http://www.b3cnewswire.com/20130226845/kiadis-pharma-receives-regulatory-approval-from-health-canada-for-a-phase-ii-clinical-study-with-its-blood-cancer-treatment-atir-tm.html

Wnt-induced Lgr5 expression marks stem cell production in the liver

... Portland, Ore., along with investigators at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, Netherlands, describe a new method through which they were able to infinitely expand liver stem cells from a mouse in a ...

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130226/Wnt-induced-Lgr5-expression-marks-stem-cell-production-in-the-liver.aspx

Cancer sufferer, 9, in race for her life

Anticipating Federal Cuts, Schools Streamline, Diversify Sponsored Funding

Part II of a two-part series examining how the looming cuts in federal funding could impact research at Harvard.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/2/26/university-tackles-funding-cuts/

Stem Cell Transplants, Chemotherapy Likely To Improve Following...

Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Transplants / Organ Donations ; Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 26 Feb 2013 - 1:00 PST In research that could one day improve the success of stem cell transplants and chemotherapy , scientists have found that distinct niches exist in bone marrow to nurture different types of blood stem cells.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256826.php

Virus shows promise as prostate cancer treatment

A recombinant Newcastle disease virus kills all kinds of prostate cancer cells, including hormone resistant cells, but leaves normal cells unscathed, according to a paper published online ahead of print in the Journal of Virology.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/virus_shows_promise_prostate_cancer_treatment_210149.html

Stem Cell Transplants, Chemotherapy Likely To Improve Following...

In research that could one day improve the success of stem cell transplants and chemotherapy, scientists have found that distinct niches exist in bone marrow to nurture different types of blood stem cells.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=256826

OHSU scientists first to grow liver stem cells in culture, demonstrate therapeutic benefit

... Portland, Ore., along with investigators at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, Netherlands, describe a new method through which they were able to infinitely expand liver stem cells from a mouse in a ...

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/ohsu_scientists_grow_liver_stem_cells_culture_210155.html

New Stem Cell Activating Anti-aging Serums Offer Hope for Damaged Skin

Damaged and aging skin can now be repaired and rejuvenated due to new advances in stem cell and telomerase technology.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/rejuvenated/skin/prweb10459956.htm

New hope for Asian stem cell match

Scientists in the UK are working on a ground-breaking new program to help find suitable stem cell matches for British Asians.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21574338#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bob Mandelkern Passes Away at 87

... Disease Association and participated in the successful effort to secure the passage of the bill funding stem cell research in Connecticut. From 2006 to 2011, he served as a member of the CT Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee. He was also the ...

http://www.diamonds.net/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleTitle=Bob+Mandelkern+Passes+Away+at+87&ArticleID=42418

Weather extremes provoked by trapping of giant waves in the atmosphere

The world has suffered from severe regional weather extremes in recent years, such as the heat wave in the United States in 2011 or the one in Russia 2010 coinciding with the unprecedented Pakistan flood.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/weather_extremes_provoked_trapping_giant_waves_210123.html

The Veterinary Bioscience Institute Announces a Mouse Surgery Webinar...

The Veterinary Bioscience Institute announces the availability of a 2 part webinar series on Surgical Techniques in Mice.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10459330.htm

Ageless Derma Introduces CoEnzyme-Q10 to Its Latest Skin Cream to...

Ageless Derma's Stem Cell and Peptide Anti Wrinkle Cream is also packaged in an airless jar to keep contaminants out and freshness in.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/2/prweb10439442.htm

SOX2 Co-Occupies Distal Enhancer Elements with Distinct POU Factors...

SOX2 is a master regulator of both pluripotent embryonic stem cells and multipotent neural progenitor cells ; however, we currently lack a detailed understanding of how SOX2 controls these distinct stem cell populations.

http://www.citeulike.org/group/16008/article/12074862

Distinct bone marrow niches can nurture different types of blood stem cells

In research that could one day improve the success of stem cell transplants and chemotherapy , scientists have found that distinct niches exist in bone marrow to nurture different types of blood stem cells .

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130225/Distinct-bone-marrow-niches-can-nurture-different-types-of-blood-stem-cells.aspx

Monday, February 25, 2013

Penn Vet study uncovers bone-building ability of protein

Researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine made a new discovery about a protein that can be used to help your bones heal faster.

http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/02/penn-vet-study-uncovers-bone-building-protein

Bone Marrow Niches Nurture Blood Stem Cells

UCLA seeking angina patients for stem cell research to restore blood flow

On February 25, UCLA researchers announced that they were seeking patients with coronary artery disease to test a therapy that uses their own stem cells to restore blood flow to the heart.

http://www.examiner.com/article/ucla-seeking-angina-patients-for-stem-cell-research-to-restore-blood-flow?cid=rss

Stem Cell Aging is Most Likely Very Complicated

... in rejuvenation biotechnology . It is a hard problem. In fact it will only arrive at all because the stem cell research community is very large, well-funded, and energetic, and because those researchers have to solve the problem of diminished stem ...

http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2013/02/stem-cell-aging-is-most-likely-very-complicated.php

OHSU scientists first to grow liver stem cells in culture, demonstrate therapeutic benefit

... Portland, Ore., along with investigators at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, Netherlands, describe a new method through which they were able to infinitely expand liver stem cells from a mouse in a ...

http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2013/02/25/ohsu_scientists_first_to_grow_liver_stem_cells_in_culture_demonstrate_therapeutic_benefit.html

Doctors using umbilical cords to save lives, but mothers don't know to donate

... to the Be the Match Registry it is used strictly for saving lives," said Natalie Rowe, noting that no stem cell research is conducted with the donations. Rowe confirmed donations are very rare saying part of the problem is that people are not ...

http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Doctors-using-umbilical-cords-to-save-lives-but-mothers-dont-know-to-donate-193133121.html

Team first to grow liver stem cells in culture, demonstrate therapeutic benefit

... Portland, Ore., along with investigators at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, Netherlands, describe a new method through which they were able to infinitely expand liver stem cells from a mouse in a ...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-team-liver-stem-cells-culture.html

Athersys to Host Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2012 Financial Results Call

Cleveland, OHIO, February 25, 2013 -Athersys, Inc. today announced it will release its fourth quarter and year-end 2012 financial results at approximately 4:00 PM on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, and host a conference call shortly thereafter at 4:30 PM to review the results.

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/athersys-host-fourth-quarter-and-year-end-2012-financial-results-call

Bone Marrow Drive this Sunday

The Knights of Columbus is hosting an Emergency Bone Marrow Drive this weekend for Denise Cordovano-Kula, 38, a former Carmel resident.

http://www.lohud.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lohud.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013302250042%26nclick_check%3D1

Cytori's EU Approval For Intravase - Intentionally Downplayed?

Over the last few years, Cytori Therapeutics has had a very poor record of delivering on its own words, specifically as they relate to the timing of partnerships, the need for additional capital and an expected EU approval for the treatment of No Option CMI patients.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1221811-cytori-s-eu-approval-for-intravase-intentionally-downplayed?source=feed

Liver Stem Cells Grown in Culture

Liver stem cells grown in culture: Therapeutic benefit demonstrated

... Portland, Ore., along with investigators at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, Netherlands, describe a new method through which they were able to infinitely expand liver stem cells from a mouse in a ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225153130.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Guest Column: Dissension, unrest understood by Benedict

Without a doubt, the main objective of Benedict XVI's pontificate was regaining unity in a Catholic Church deeply divided by differences of opinion with respect to several fundamental tenets.

http://www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=470714

Bio Matrix Scientific Group Inc (PINK:BMSN): A Hot Stock in Review

Bio Matrix Scientific Group Inc has plunged almost 1 percent today to $0.0099. The traded volume also stays modestly lower at 34.67 million shares as compared to its average volume of 122.85 million shares per day.

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/bio-matrix-scientific-group-inc-pinkbmsn-a-hot-stock-in-review-212792.htm

Data Demonstrating the Safety and Efficacy of Chimerix's Antiviral...

Subjects on CMX001 had stable to improved renal function while declining renal function was observed in the placebo cohort.

http://www.drugs.com/clinical_trials/data-demonstrating-safety-efficacy-chimerix-s-antiviral-cmx001-presented-bmt-tandem-meetings-15184.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Drugscom-ClinicalTrials+%28Drugs.com+-+Clinical+Trials%29

Seahorse Bioscience XF Technology Yields Insights on Leukemia Stem...

The paper, titled BCL-2 Inhibition Targets Oxidative Phosphorylation and Selectively Eradicates Quiescent Human Leukemia Stem Cells, will be published in the "Our work demonstrates that there are fundamental differences between the metabolism of leukemia stem cells compared to the mass of tumor and normal cells.

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=288526&full=1

Cathy Lipford prepares for bone marrow transplant

Cathy Lipford Adams has an 80 percent chance of beating cancer after next week's bone marrow transplant -- and she couldn't be happier.

http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/Community/story/Cathy-Lipford-prepares-for-bone-marrow-transplant-id-010600

Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

... how to conserve biodiversity, how to mitigate climate change, or under what circumstances to permit stem cell research. Scientists now have the opportunity to help elected officials understand these issues. These exciting new advocacy tools allows ...

http://www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports/2013_02_25.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AIBSPublicPolicyReports+%28AIBS+Public+Policy+Reports%29#032944

OHSU scientists first to grow liver stem cells in culture, demonstrate therapeutic benefit

... Portland, Ore., along with investigators at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, Netherlands, describe a new method through which they were able to infinitely expand liver stem cells from a mouse in a ...

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/ohs-osf022513.php

EDAP: The Holy Grail In The Fight Against Prostate Cancer

As noted in the "comments" section of the article, I advised taking some profits when shares had hit the short-term target mentioned in the article.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1221641-edap-the-holy-grail-in-the-fight-against-prostate-cancer?source=feed

Flipping the 'off' switch on cell growth

A protein known for turning on genes to help cells survive low-oxygen conditions also slows down the copying of new DNA strands, thus shutting down the growth of new cells, Johns Hopkins researchers report.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/flipping_039_039_switch_cell_growth_210117.html

Cellectis announces appointment of Pierre Schwich as Group CFO

Cellectis , the global genome engineering specialist, has announced its appointment of Pierre Schwich as Group Chief Financial Officer.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130225006365&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

New Research Report on Cellular Therapy and Cord Blood 2013 Market Report by IndustryMonitor.co

... Extensive Market Analyses Presented in this Report Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Activity in the US Sales of Commercial Products and Services in Stem Cell/Regenerative Medicine Sectors Breakout of Spending by Companies in the Cellular ...

http://www.pr.com/press-release/474670

Cedars-Sinai Invites High School Students to Submit Essays, Attend Stem Cell Program

Three winners of a high school essay contest on stem cells will receive a cash award and the chance to volunteer in a stem cell research laboratory during the summer.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/599580/?sc=rsmn&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewswiseMednews+%28Newswise%3A+MedNews%29

Distinct niches in bone marrow nurture blood stem cells

Distinct niches exist in bone marrow to nurture different types of blood stem cells, new research shows.

http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/25010.aspx

Hot Market Movers - Advanced Cell Technology (OTC:ACTC), VELATEL...

StockRunway.com issues special report on Hot Market Movers - Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/hot-market-movers-advanced-cell-technology-otcactc-velatel-global-paradigm-oil-and-gas-amarantus-biosci-212441.htm

Celebrity Baby Scoop: Dr. Jennifer Arnold: 'We want a happy, healthy child'

"The Little Couple" star Dr. Jennifer Arnold is preparing for parenthood with husband Bill Klein.

http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/25/2690597/celebrity-baby-scoop-dr-jennifer.html

YaFarm Technologies Announces ISCI Clinical Study

The clinical studies will be conducted at the ISCI facility in the Hospital Galenia in Cancun, Mexico and will consist of an integrative approach that will combine autologous, adult progenitor cells with physical therapy, nutrition and other complementary treatments to multiple sclerosis , Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/yafarm-technologies-announces-isci-clinical-study-pinksheets-yfrm-1760623.htm

Local Voices: Hickory Creek Students Support Their Classmate

Students and staff at Hickory Creek Middle School continue to support their friend and classmate, seventh grader Cole Cunningham.

http://frankfort.patch.com/blog_posts/hickory-creek-students-support-their-classmate

Perfect job to endangered species: demise of science journalism

... to interesting and important people about interesting and important ideas. From gene patenting, embryonic stem cell research, polar exploration and climate science to environmental toxins, human evolution, cosmic [] I used to have the perfect job. ...

http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/25/perfect-job-to-endangered-species-demise-of-science-journalism/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrikeyDaily+%28Crikey+Daily%29

Scientists find bone-marrow environment that helps produce infection-fighting T and B cells

The Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern has deepened the understanding of the environment within bone marrow that nurtures stem cells, this time identifying the biological setting for specialized blood-forming cells that produce the infection-fighting white blood cells known as T cells and B cells.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/scientists_find_bone_marrow_environment_helps_210074.html

Distinct niches in bone marrow nurture blood stem cells

'Future of medicine'

Doctor Robert DeBoyer, is providing the treatment where a patient's own stem cells are used to treat disease or injury.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/8349171/Future-of-medicine-comes-to-Nelson

Advances In IPSC Technology Lead To Improved Modeling Of Alzheimer's Disease

Working with a group from Nagasaki University, a research group at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Japan's Kyoto University has announced in the online publication of Cell Stem Cell that it has successfully modeled Alzheimer's disease using both familial and sporadic patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells , and revealed ... (more)

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=256760

Mouse Model Developed To Aid In Stem Cell Research

Cell therapy is a promising alternative to tissue and organ transplantation for diseases that are caused by death or poor functioning of cells.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=256758

Study Of Life's Tiniest Architects Could Lead To New Opportunity To Treat Cancers

If a genome is the blueprint for life, then the chief architects are tiny slices of genetic material that orchestrate how we are assembled and function, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the journal Developmental Cell.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=256745

Study Of Life's Tiniest Architects Could Lead To New Opportunity To Treat Cancers

... ch was funded by a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award to Haifan Lin and a grant from Connecticut Stem Cell Research Fund to Lin and former Yale professor and co-author Michael Snyder, now of Stanford University. Yale University

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256745.php

Gene Therapy Has The Potential To Help People Heal Their Own Hearts

In the first human study of its kind, researchers activated heart failure patients' stem cells with gene therapy to improve their symptoms, heart function and quality of life, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation Research.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256746.php

Drogueria Americana, a Honduran Affiliate of GeneCell International,...

... re-implanted. In the future, medical researchers anticipate being able to use technologies derived from stem cell research to treat a wider variety of diseases including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, spinal cord injuries, diabetes, heart diseases, liver ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/2/prweb10457829.htm

Parents hail son's cancer 'miracle'

Mike, 44, and Aster Mullins, 41, have hailed their three-and-a-half-year -old son Andrew's recovery as "a miracle" after an 18-month battle with the rare and aggressive high-risk neuroblastoma.

http://news.eircom.net/national/21016883/

Sunday, February 24, 2013

iCub robot with simplified artificial brain learns languages

Two researchers in France, affiliated with Inserm U846 Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute and UniversitA Claude Bernard Lyon I, used iCub humanoid robot as a platform to develop a simplified artificial brain system which enables the robot to learn and understand sentences containing a new grammatical structure, as well as to predict the ... (more)

http://www.robaid.com/robotics/icub-robot-with-simplified-artificial-brain-learns-languages.htm

Inside Track: Biomedical executive Doug Kohrs is staying in Minnesota

RedEye On Demand and Stratasys have been selected by Winnipeg-based KOR EcoLogic to build the first 3D-printed, production-ready car called URBEE 2 Doug Kohrs, a biomedical engineer who arrived in Minnesota from Texas 22 years ago, is calling it a career in active management.

http://www.startribune.com/business/192587561.html

Distinct niches in bone marrow nurture blood stem cells

Stem cells in the blood are the precursors to infection-fighting white blood cells and oxygen-carrying red blood cells.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130224142656.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fpharmacology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Pharmacology%29

Distinct Niches in Bone Marrow Nurture Blood Stem Cells

Distinct niches in bone marrow nurture blood stem cells

Distinct niches exist in bone marrow to nurture different types of blood stem cells, new research shows.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-distinct-niches-bone-marrow-nurture.html

Newsletter, February 25th 2013

A child's struggle inspires drive for cure

Rafi Kopelan is a typical 5-year-old. She's mastered Candyland. She's learning to read.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/21314020/a-child39s-struggle-inspires-drive-for-cure

QR184 .I444 2012 - Immunogenetics : methods and applications in...

The HLA molecules are important regulators of the immune response through mediating antigen presentation and interaction between key immune mediating cells.

http://catalog.ust.hk/catalog/archives/915614

QP479 .R48 2012 - Retinal development : methods and protocols / edited by Shu-Zhen Wang

In recent years, there have been major advances in the concepts and methodologies used in the study of retinal development at both cellular and molecular levels.

http://catalog.ust.hk/catalog/archives/915115

QH440.5 .H86 2012 - Human embryonic stem cells handbook / edited by Kursad Turksen

Considerable advances have taken place since the initial isolation and characterization of human embryonic stem cells; however, significant challenges remain before their potential for restoration and regeneration processes in patients can be realized.

http://catalog.ust.hk/catalog/archives/915023

The 2013 CeMM PhD Program

CeMM is an international and interdisciplinary research Center in Molecular Medicine installed by the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/306995-The-2013-CeMM-PhD-Program

U.S. cuts could lead to 'brain drain' in medicine

Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-md-research-funding-20130221,0,547240.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+baltimoresun%2Fbusiness%2Fcareers%2Frss2+%28Careers%29

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Armed with new cash, Ontario Cancer Institute to poach top researchers

With millions coming from fundraising campaign, Toronto's Ontario Cancer Institute making bid to become best in world by hiring top international researchers.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/02/23/armed_with_new_cash_ontario_cancer_institute_to_poach_top_researchers.html

A child's struggle inspires drive for cure

Rafi braves the cold to watch the runners cross the finish line at the first Rafi's Run in March 2012.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/23/health/rafis-run/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_mostpopular+%28RSS%3A+Most+Popular%29

Child's struggle inspires race for cure

Rafi braves the cold to watch the runners cross the finish line at the first Rafi's Run in March 2012.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/23/health/rafis-run/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_health+%28RSS%3A+Health%29

Stem cell biotech Osiris Therapeutics wins overseas

The Columbia biotech, which develops stem cell treatments for a variety of conditions, won a challenge to its Australian patent.

http://www.gazette.net/article/20130222/NEWS/130229439/-1/stem-cell-biotech-osiris-therapeutics-wins-overseas&template=gazette

Kid's struggle inspires drive for cure

Tributes paid to dedicated dad who battled illness

Journal readers raised thousands of pounds to help Scott Nugent undergo pioneering treatment for his degenerative brain disease in 2007.

http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2013/02/23/tributes-paid-to-dedicated-dad-who-battled-illness-61634-32864174/

Riccardo Perfetti to Speak at Diabetes Summit 2013

... through our Summit Pass: 1) 6th Diabetes Drug Discovery 2) 3rd Diabetes Partnering and Deal-making 3) Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine 4) Stem Cell Commercialization and Partnering Contact Information: GTCbio Eileen Zhao 626-256-6405 ...

http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2013/02/23/riccardo-perfetti-to-speak-at-diabetes-summit-2013-april-29-30-in-boston-ma/

New Efficient Reagent for Stem Cell Transfection

OZ Biosciences SAS, specialized in the development of innovative transfection technologies is delighted to announce the launching of this new product DreamFect Stem.

http://www.pr.com/press-release/474293

Riccardo Perfetti to Speak at Diabetes Summit 2013

... ded through our Summit Pass: 1) 6th Diabetes Drug Discovery 2) 3rd Diabetes Partnering and Deal-making 3) Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine 4) Stem Cell Commercialization and Partnering For more information, please visit www.gtcbio.com

http://www.pr.com/press-release/474461

More pet owners choose advanced medical treatments to save animals

"He had a crushed skull there was actual tire marks on his body," said Jen Curti, the dog's owner.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/More-pet-owners-chose-advanced-medical-treatments-to-save-animals-192625981.html

Cancer Stem Cells: Current Status and Evolving Complexities

Friday, February 22, 2013

Stem cell heart repairs: 21st century medicine in action

... blood and body fat." But it fails to mention that in spite of billions of tax dollars wasted on fetal stem cell research, it has accomplished nothing - except to make the abortionists feel good. I met an engineer a decade ago that was working on a ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2990357/posts

Placenta blood shows promise in stem-cell cancer treatment

One person in the U.S. is diagnosed with blood cancer every four minutes. Chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant help fight off the disease, but thousands more diagnosed each year cannot find a matching donor.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/health/your_health&id=9003357&rss=rss-kabc-article-9003357

Osiris Therapeutics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results Conference Call

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012, on Wednesday, March 6, 2013.

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/02/22/6943103.htm

An HIV vaccine is closer

Researchers are actually working hard right now to come up with a vaccine against HIV.

http://www.abc12.com/story/21311287/an-hiv-vaccine-is-closer

Osiris Therapeutics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results Conference Call

Gene therapy may activate stem cells in heart failure patients

Delivery of an SDF-1 encoding plasmid acts a homing signal for stem cells and improves clinical status in patients with symptomatic heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy , according to a study published online Feb.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-gene-therapy-stem-cells-heart.html

Stocks Recap: Gentium S.p.A, Kimber Resources, Elephant Talk Communications Corp, FreeSeas Inc

Bestdamnpennystocks, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:- Gentium S.p.A. plunged 20.62% and closed $9.47. The Company had presented an oral explanation at the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human ... (more)

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/stocks-recap-gentium-spa-kimber-resources-elephant-talk-communications-corp-freeseas-inc-211539.htm

Stem Cells For Leukemia: New Hope From Newborns

BACKGROUND: In 2012, there were 23,540 deaths from leukemia and 47,150 new cases in the United States.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/health-med-fit-science/stem-cells-leukemia-new-hope-newborns/nWXLM/

Seahorse Bioscience XF Technology Yields Insights on Leukemia Stem...

Seahorse Bioscience, the leader in instruments and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism, announced a new milestone: the 500th journal reference including XF assay data.

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/02/22/6942619.htm

Don't Higgs Boson me about it.

... or Kim Kardashian - they make me nauseous. I never understood why that group of people up in arms against stem cell research didn't go after the Large Hadron Collider, the largest particle accelerator in the world, if for no other reason than the ...

http://amarillo.com/blog-post/mollie-bryant/2013-02-22/dont-higgs-boson-me-about-it

Lonza Awarded Contract to Generate Research Grade iPSCs by the...

... of stem cell-based technologies, and to develop widely available resources to be used as standards in stem cell research. For a variety of patient populations, the Center facilitates generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), as well as ...

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=170528

African-Asian cancer meet calls for more research in India

An African-Asian conference on transitional research in oncology Friday called for collaborative cancer treatment with personalised care and a repository of cancer-based research in India.

http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/212757523/scat/701ee96610c884a6

Moral Presuppositions and Politics

... e, and theology. In its inaugural report, the Council examines the last decade's contentious debates over stem cell research - exposing the major lies and distortions, clarifying the scientific promise and ethical stakes of the research, and drawing

http://eppc.org/publications/pubID.4966/pub_detail.asp

African-Asian cancer meet calls for more research in India

Bangalore, Feb 22 : An African-Asian conference on transitional research in oncology Friday called for collaborative cancer treatment with personalised care and a repository of cancer-based research in India.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/newsplus/worldnews-139254.html

Tiny DNA Architects Pinpointed in Genome

... ch was funded by a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award to Haifan Lin and a grant from Connecticut Stem Cell Research Fund to Lin and former Yale professor and co-author Michael Snyder, now of Stanford University.

http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/02/tiny-dna-architects-pinpointed-genome

Cellular Biomedicine Group President Presents Keynote Address at New York Stem Cell Summit

Dr Wei William Cao, PhD, BM, President of Cellular Biomedicine Group presented a keynote address at the 8 annual New York Stem Cell Summit on February 19, 2013.

http://www.freshnews.com/news/764005/cellular-biomedicine-group-president-presents-keynote-address-new-york-stem-cell-summit

Piling on Pope Benedict

As soon as Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, you knew that everyone and his brother would be saying something about it, and that some of them would take the chance to make whatever anti-Catholic points they could.

http://www.pittsburghcatholic.org/newsarticles_more.phtml?id=3565

Ion Semiconductor Sequencing Data Presentations at AGBT Demonstrate...

Ion Semiconductor Sequencing Data Presentations at AGBT Demonstrate More than >1,000-fold Throughput Scaling in First Two Years on the Market , Feb.

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-products/electronic-product-releases/advanced-technology/4407520/Ion-Semiconductor-Sequencing-Data-Presentations-at-AGBT-Demonstrate-More-than-1-000-fold-Throughput-Scaling-in-First-Two-Years-on-the-Market

Ion Semiconductor Sequencing Data Presentations at AGBT Demonstrate...

22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation announced today that three scientists are presenting data at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology conference showing the Ion PI chip is on the same rapid performance trajectory demonstrated by the first three Ion PGM chips.

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2550569

Cellular Biomedicine Group President Presents Keynote Address at New York Stem Cell Summit

The presentations and networking provided insight into investment opportunities in the stem cell marketplace, groundbreaking stem cell products that physicians use today, and the growing market potential.

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2550552

Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute, USF partner for novel gene therapy trial

... than simply administering stem cells directly." The Pepin Heart Institute has a history of cardiovascular stem cell research as part of the NIH sponsored Cardiac Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) as well as other active cell therapy trials. ...

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130222/Florida-Hospital-Pepin-Heart-Institute-USF-partner-for-novel-gene-therapy-trial.aspx

Daily Five: Wrapping Up 'Oscar Madness' in Groton

22. The National Weather Service predicts increasing clouds and a high temperature of 38 degrees.

http://groton.patch.com/articles/daily-five-wrapping-up-oscar-madness-in-groton

A proteomics and transcriptomics approach to identify leukemic stem cell markers.

Weekend Purim Carnival in Mahwah

The Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom is asking locals to help celebrate Purim , happening Saturday night and Sunday, by giving back to the community.

http://mahwah.patch.com/articles/weekend-purim-carnival-in-mahwah

Sequential combination of azacitidine and lenalidomide in del(5q)...

Clonal deletion of the chromosome 5 long arm ) has important prognostic implications for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes or acute myeloid leukemia .

http://www.nature.com/leu/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/leu201326a.html

New Therapeutics Developed That Could Accelerate Wound Healing

In "before" and "after" photos from advertisements for wound-healing ointments, bandages and antibiotic creams, we see an injury transformed from an inflamed red gash to smooth and flawless skin.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=256656

Riccardo Perfetti to Give A Keynote Presentation at Diabetes Summit...

... through our Summit Pass: 1) 6th Diabetes Drug Discovery 2) 3rd Diabetes Partnering and Deal-making 3) Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine 4) Stem Cell Commercialization and Partnering For more information, please visit http://www.gtcbio.com ...

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/riccardo-perfetti-to-give-a-keynote-presentation-at-diabetes-summit-2013-organized-by-gtc-company-april-2930-in-boston-ma-331155.php

An Open Label Dose Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety of...

Preclinical studies indicate adult stem cells induce tissue repair by activating endogenous stem cells through the SDF-1:CXCR4 axis.

http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/02/20/CIRCRESAHA.111.300440.short?rss=1

Local doctor involved in a regenerative' medicine

The term "regenerative medicine" was coined in 1992 to describe therapies and treatments to change the course of chronic diseases and regenerate worn-out tissues.

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20130220/NEWS/130229993/0/FRONTPAGE

Epigenetics in cancer

Epigenetic mechanisms are essential for normal development and maintenance of tissue-specific gene expression patterns in mammals.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/eduardoalvarez7/article/5840180

Researchers use familial and sporadic patient-derived iPSCs to model Alzheimer's disease

Working with a group from Nagasaki University, a research group at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Japan's Kyoto University has announced in the Feb.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130221/Researchers-use-familial-and-sporadic-patient-derived-iPSCs-to-model-Alzheimers-disease.aspx

Stem Cells for Leukemia: New Hope From Newborns

Chemo and a bone marrow transplant helps fight off the disease, but thousands of those diagnosed each year cannot find a matching donor and surviving without one is almost impossible, but now a solution may be coming from a surprising place.

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=30812

Doctor has high hopes for new hair-loss treatment

For people experiencing hair loss, there's a new treatment on the market called stem cell therapy.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9001937&rss=rss-ktrk-article-9001937

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Seen At 11: How Much Would You Pay To Save The Life Of Your Pet?

Medical advances and high-tech treatments are making it easier and easier for pet owners to run up big bills on pet health care.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/21/seen-at-11-how-much-would-you-pay-to-save-the-life-of-your-pet/

PiRNAs That Control Where Epigentic Factors Are Placed In Genome Discovered

If a genome is the blueprint for life, then the chief architects are the molecular regulators of epigenetics, say Yale School of Medicine researchers.

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/pirnas_control_where_epigentic_factors_are_placed_genome_discovered-104414

Life's tiniest architects pinpointed: Molecular regulators of epigenetics

... was funded by a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award to Haifan Lin and a grant from Connecticut Stem Cell Research Fund to Lin and former Yale professor and co-author Michael Snyder, now of Stanford University. Xiao A. Huang, Hang Yin, Sarah ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130221141256.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fhuman_biology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Human+Biology%29

Top athlete gets involved in stem cell initiative

Will Njoku, a former NBA draftee and member of the Canada's national men's basketball team, plays with Kynan Jackson, 8, who has sickle cell anemia.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/746690-top-athlete-gets-involved-in-stem-cell-initiative

Modeling Alzheimer's disease using iPSCs

Working with a group from Nagasaki University, a research group at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application has successfully modeled Alzheimer's disease using both familial and sporadic patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells , and revealed stress phenotypes and differential drug responsiveness associated with intracellular amyloid ... (more)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130221141301.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fpharmacology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Pharmacology%29

Life's tiniest architects pinpointed: Molecular regulators of epigenetics

... was funded by a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award to Haifan Lin and a grant from Connecticut Stem Cell Research Fund to Lin and former Yale professor and co-author Michael Snyder, now of Stanford University. Xiao A. Huang, Hang Yin, Sarah ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130221141256.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fcell_biology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+Cell+Biology%29

New lab looks to grow scientific community

Preparing to open Carlsbad's community lab and life science incubator by May this year, the facility's operators and local patrons are recruiting up-and-coming scientists and biotech entrepreneurs to launch the facility's inaugural research projects.

http://thecoastnews.com/2013/02/new-lab-looks-to-grow-scientific-community/

Stem cell 'homing' signal may help treat heart failure patients

In the first human study of its kind, researchers activated heart failure patients' stem cells with gene therapy to improve their symptoms, heart function and quality of life, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation Research .

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/aha-sc021813.php

Disruptive technology summit launched in Cambridge

Global influencers advancing space exploration, counter terrorist activity, man-machine interfaces, healthcare breakthroughs and a host of disruptive technology plays are uniting in Cambridge this summer for a game-changing three-day summit.

http://www.release-news.com/business/disruptive-technology-summit-launched-in-cambridge

New therapy for heart failure may enhance body's stem cell response at cardiovascular injury site

... than simply administering stem cells directly." The Pepin Heart Institute has a history of cardiovascular stem cell research as part of the NIH sponsored Cardiac Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) as well as other active cell therapy trials. ...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-therapy-heart-failure-body-stem.html

AllCells Launches New Bioservices Homepage and Service Pages

... scientific research in the areas of cell biology, oncology, virology, hematology, infectious disease and stem cell research. Unlike cell lines, which are typically mutated, transformed or immortalized, primary cells retain their original phenotypes ...

http://www.free-press-release.com/news-allcells-launches-new-bioservices-homepage-and-service-pages-1361484636.html

MD Stem Cells -- Very Elderly Benefit From Stem Cells for Macular Degeneration

February 21, 2013 -- 92 year old shows rapid vision results with stem cells. Age is not a barrier to visual improvement following stem cell treatment reports MD Stem Cells.

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=288338&full=1

Cancer Stem Cell Product Line Launch

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2013 -- Cancer stem cells are hypothesized to reside within the tumor mass cell milieu, and retain certain characteristics of normal stem cells.

http://www.free-press-release.com/news-cancer-stem-cell-product-line-launch-1361474745.html

New Knock-out Rat, Knock-in Rat, Rat Model Generation Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco , California , United States of America February 21, 2013 -- Rats are prominent experimental animals in various fields of biomedical research including cardiovascular diseases, cancer research, and industrial toxicology and pharmacology studies.

http://www.free-press-release.com/news-new-knock-out-rat-knock-in-rat-rat-model-generation-services-1361475124.html

Zuckerberg, Brin and other valley notables create foundation to reward health research

Launching one of the world's richest science prizes, a foundation created by Silicon Valley tech luminaries on Wednesday awarded $3 million each to 11 health researchers studying stem cells, genetics, cancer and other diseases.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_22632095/zuckerberg-brin-and-other-valley-notables-create-foundation?source=rss_viewed

Penny Stock Movers: Bio Matrix Scientific Group Inc., Labor Smart...

Bestdamnpennystocks, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:- Bio Matrix Scientific Group Inc.

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sbwire-210933.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sbwire+%28SBWire+Latest+Press+Releases%29

New therapy for heart failure may enhance body's stem cell response at cardiovascular injury site

... than simply administering stem cells directly." The Pepin Heart Institute has a history of cardiovascular stem cell research as part of the NIH sponsored Cardiac Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) as well as other active cell therapy trials. ...

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/uosf-ntf022113.php

Life's tiniest architects pinpointed

If a genome is the blueprint for life, then the chief architects are tiny slices of genetic material that orchestrate how we are assembled and function, Yale University School of Medicine researchers report in Developmental Cell .

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/02/lifes-tiniest-architects-pinpointed

Diabetes Going Down for the Count?

... supporting research leading to 1,200 scientific papers on medical discoveries; constructing twelve new stem cell research buildings bringing in an additional $900 million in new money from donors, for these centers of cooperation where scientists ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/diabetes-going-down-count_b_2725868.html

Lonza wins $7m Us Nih stem cell contract

The three-year contract - which is value at around $7m - will see the Swiss life sciences supply the National Institutes of Health Centre for Regenerative Medicine with clinical grade induced pluripotent stem cells made at its facility in Walkersville, Maryland in the US.

http://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Contract-Manufacturing/Lonza-wins-7m-US-NIH-stem-cell-contract?

Life's tiniest architects pinpointed by Yale researchers

... ch was funded by a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award to Haifan Lin and a grant from Connecticut Stem Cell Research Fund to Lin and former Yale professor and co-author Michael Snyder, now of Stanford University.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/yu-lta021913.php

Modeling Alzheimer's disease using iPSCs

This shows amyloid beta oligomers in neurons from a familial AD and from a sporadic AD patient （right）. Kyoto, Japan - Working with a group from Nagasaki University, a research group at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Japan's Kyoto University has announced in the Feb.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/cfic-mad022013.php

OTC Stocks to Watch: Advanced Cell Technology (OTC:ACTC), Green...

Value Penny Stocks issues critical analysis report on the Top movers - Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/otc-stocks-to-watch-advanced-cell-technology-otcactc-green-innovations-applied-dna-sciences-federal-national-mortgage-association-210821.htm

Highly purified Chondroitinase ABC for neural regeneration research launched by AMSBIO

AMSBIO, a specialist supplier of high purity reagents for glycobiology and regenerative medicine, has announced the launch of a new, highly purified Chondroitinase ABC.

http://www.news-medical.net/post.aspx?id=11977b16-c607-4ffe-89cf-e97d71a8ad71

One Man's Reluctant Tour For Adult Stem Cells

Michael Phelan is the CEO of SevOne . My Forbes colleague Tomio Geron recently wrote about his fast-growing IT company and Phelan contributed a guest post earlier this year at Eric Savitz's CIO Network.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2013/02/21/one-mans-reluctant-tour-for-adult-stem-cells/

Gentium S.p.a. Negative on Defibrotide, Shares Plunged - 4.37 (36.63%) @ 10:01 Am Et

Gentium S.p.A. announced today that, the Company had presented an oral explanation at the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use as part of its Marketing Authorization Application for Defibrotide to treat and prevent hepatic veno-occlusive disease in adults and children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell ... (more)

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=288255&full=1

New Efficient Reagent For Stem Cell Transfection

OZ Biosciences SAS, specialized in the development of innovative transfection technologies is delighted to announce the launching of his new product DreamFecta Stem.

http://www.i-newswire.com/new-efficient-reagent-for-stem/213917

2013 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) Industry Report - Market Trends, Metrics and Financials

It provides strategic insights that guide the decision-making of companies that develop and manufacture induced pluripotent stem cell research products.

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2549100

UPDATE 2-Italy's Gentium plummets as EU says "no" to key drug

Shares in Italian biotech company Gentium plunged more than 40 percent after it failed to convince European regulators of the benefits of its most advanced drug candidate for a rare liver condition.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/21/gentium-europe-idUSL4N0BL4M020130221?feedType=RSS&feedName=governmentFilingsNews

UPDATE 2-Italy's Gentium plummets as EU says "no" to key drug

New Guidelines on Testing Kids DNA the Cliff s Notes Version

The editors of Scientific American regularly encounter perspectives on science and technology that we believe our readers would find thought-provoking, fascinating, debatable and challenging.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/02/21/new-guidelines-on-testing-kids-dna-the-cliffs-notes-version/

Riccardo Perfetti To Give A Keynote Presentation at Diabetes Summit 2013 Organized by GTC

... through our Summit Pass: 1) 6th Diabetes Drug Discovery 2) 3rd Diabetes Partnering and Deal-making 3) Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine 4) Stem Cell Commercialization and Partnering For more information, please visit www.gtcbio.com ...

http://www.pr-inside.com/riccardo-perfetti-to-give-a-keynote-r3592017.htm

Snakes and tarantulas on a quick a 'drop-in' to Clonmel's Simon community

Simon Community workers Sinead Cronin-Daly and Elaine Tobin, Catherine White along with Cathal Greene check out Chocolate the Red Tailed Boa Constrictor under the watchful eye of Nick Tavoliere of The Reptile Village Conservation Zoo.

http://www.nationalist.ie/news/snakes-and-tarantulas-on-a-quick-drop-in-to-clonmel-s-simon-community-1-4810754

Market Research Report -- Therapeutic Applications of Induced...

... that iPSC products are in high demand within the scientific community. Currently, it is difficult for stem cell research product suppliers, like BD BioSciences, Life Technologies, and others, to know what products iPSC scientists will demand in 2013 ...

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2548204

MD Stem Cells: Very Elderly Benefit from Stem Cells for Macular Degeneration

Everything is extreme these days including the number of people who are in their 90s and enjoying their lives independently.

http://www.pr.com/press-release/474109

Deal Alert: LifeCell Intnl raises Rs.35-Cr from Helion Venture Partners

Stemcell banking firm LifeCell International Pvt Ltd has raised around Rs.35 crore from Helion Venture Partners, diluting a minority stake in the company.

http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5421892&postID=7359408748436733059

Okyanos Heart Institute's Chief Medical Officer To Speak At...

"I am looking forward to being a part of a discussion to help medical professionals run their practices more efficiently and to focus on ways to provide the highest quality for the lowest cost with healthcare reform." Okyanos Heart Institute, which brings a new standard of care and better quality of life to patients with chronic coronary artery ... (more)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/2/prweb10445743.htm

New bio-mimicking therapeutics could help treat skin wounds

Pope must adhere to gospel message

... indissolubility of this sacrament. Now the topics have morphed to abortion, same sex marriage, embryonic stem cell research, artificial birth control and ordination of women, but the arguments for them remain essentially the same: "People who love ...

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/letters/ci_22633880/pope-must-adhere-gospel-message?source=rss

Brave Ryan Edwards improving after treatment

BRAVE Ryan Edwards is continuing to battle during potentially lifesaving pioneering cancer treatment and is now on the slow road to recovery.

http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/Brave-Ryan-Edwards-improving-treatment/story-18201471-detail/story.html

Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute and USF Health Team Up for the ...

... stem cells directly," said Dr. Lambert. The Pepin Heart Institute has a history of cardiovascular stem cell research as part of the NIH sponsored Cardiac Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) as well as other active cell therapy trials. Locally, the ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10451985.htm

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Local doctor involved in 'regenerative' medicine

Rejuvenation Research for February 2013

UCLA researchers developing new therapies that speed up wound healing

Whether it is a small nick or large surgical incision, healing is dependent upon the body's ability to heal itself.

http://www.examiner.com/article/ucla-researchers-developing-new-therapies-that-speed-up-wound-healing?cid=rss

Osiris Therapeutics On The Brink: Products Failing To Deliver

As a pioneer in the regenerative medicine space, Osiris Therapeutics Inc. has struggled to exploit the potential benefits of human stem cell therapies for the past two decades.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1208231-osiris-therapeutics-on-the-brink-products-failing-to-deliver?source=feed

Mayor Menino and Senator Warren Highlight Dangers of NIH Research Funding Cuts

... ndance at Monday's press conference follows: Dr. Leonard Zon, Boston Children's Hospital, Director of the Stem Cell Research Program and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/Default.aspx?id=5995

Mayor Menino and Senator Warren Highlight Dangers of NIH Research Funding Cuts

Armillifer armillatus Pentastomiasis in African Immigrant, Germany

To the Editor: Pentastomiasis is a parasitic zoonotic disease with an incremental number of reported human infections caused by larval stages of pentastomes .

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/3/12-1508_article.htm

New beat to focus on health and science

Reporter and Weekend Edition host Rina Miller has a new beat here at Michigan Radio.

http://www.michiganradio.org/post/new-beat-focus-health-and-science?ft=1&f=167093726,167186878,167436975,167659703,168477776,168895029,169076161,169362300,169542966,170008022,170098142,170162578,170226070,171094853,172514047

Scientists Explore Stem Cells to Treat Diabetic Blindness

Millions of diabetics around the world are threatened with vision loss, a secondary effect of their disease, but researchers are exploring whether stem cells can be used to treat or prevent this diabetic complication.

http://www.voanews.com/content/stem-cells-treatment-diabetic-blindness/1607496.html

Cytomedix to Raise up to $27.5 Million as Part of a Comprehensive 2013 Financing Plan

$7.5 million senior secured term loan facility, a $5 million equity raise, and a $15 million committed equity facility.

http://www.macreportmedia.com/ViewSubmission.aspx?submissionRequest=21246

LifeCell raises Rs 35 crore from Helion Venture Partners

LifeCell International Pvt Ltd on Wednesday said it has secured an investment of Rs 35 crore from India-focused fund Helion Venture Partners to support its plans of increasing market penetration of stem cell banking in the country.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/lifecell-raises-rs-35-crore-from-helion-venture-partners/1077141

MolMed acute leukaemias: Contribution of TK presented at the BMT Tandem Meetings

MolMed S.p.A. announces the results of the contribution given by its investigational cell-based therapy TK to the treatment of haematologic malignancies through bone marrow transplantation from partially matched donors, presented at the Blood & Marrow Transplantation Tandem Meetings, the combined annual meeting of the Center for International Blood ... (more)

http://www.groundreport.com/Health_and_Science/MolMed-acute-leukaemias-Contribution-of-TK-present/2951404

New therapeutics could accelerate wound healing

What we don't appreciate is the vital role that our own natural biomolecules play in the healing process, including their contribution to the growth of new cells and the development of new blood vessels that provide nutrients to those cells.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130220100749.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmatter_energy%2Fbiochemistry+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Matter+%26+Energy+News+--+Biochemistry%29

Animal Cell Therapies, Inc. and University of Florida Receive $330k...

... research and development, innovation and strategic partnerships. At the company's California-based stem cell research and development facility, the team is focused on developing and delivering revolutionary cellular treatment and services to their ...

http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2013/02/20/animal-cell-therapies-inc-and-university-of-florida-receive-330k-grant-from-the-sabes-foundation-for-stem-cell-study/

Translational Research and Neuromuscular Disease

... drug compounds to treat CMT. CMTA STAR has also been coordinating and funding research into adult human stem cell research, and held a conference to coordinate the efforts of basic and clinical researchers into CMT Type 2 research. The CMT recently ...

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art179701.asp

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