Stem Cell Roundup: March 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Protein injection holds promise for muscular dystrophy treatment

... Dr. Rudnicki, a senior scientist and director for the Regenerative Medicine Program and Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He is also a Canada Research Chair in Molecular Genetics and professor in the ...

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/01-Apr-2013/protein-injection-holds-promise-for-muscular-dystrophy-treatment?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online%2F24hours-news+%28The+Nation+%3A+Latest+News%29

Topshots from global Photography Prize

Hong Kong photographer Chan Kwok Hung was awarded the top prize in the competition, taking home a $10,000 cheque for his image 'Feed Me First'. Judge Luke Peterson said of the competition: "It was always going to be hard to choose a winner from such diverse subjects ranging from animals, people, landscapes and everything in between.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/dubbos-macquarie-photo-competition-celebrates-primal-forces-of-nature/story-fn7bfu22-1226610192508

Somewhere Over The Brainbow: The Journey To Map the Human Brain

During the State of the Union, President Obama said the nation is about to embark on an ambitious project: to examine the human brain and create a road map to the trillions of connections that make it work.

http://www.wnyc.org/npr_articles/2013/mar/31/somewhere-over-the-brainbow-the-journey-to-map-the-human-brain/

Somewhere Over The Brainbow: The Journey To Map the Human Brain

More than 100 years ago, Golgi staining on nerve cells opened the gates to modern neuroscience.

http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/03/31/somewhere-over-the-brainbow-the-journey-to-map-the-human-brain?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GPBNewsFeed+%28GPB+News%29

Somewhere Over The Brainbow: The Journey To Map the Human Brain

More than 100 years ago, Golgi staining on nerve cells opened the gates to modern neuroscience.

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/31/175858397/somewhere-over-the-brainbow-the-journey-to-map-the-human-brain?ft=1&f=1001

Johnson aims to stay positive, offer support to those also living with sickle cell disease

Denise Johnson doesn't waste her energy getting depressed about the disease she's living with.

http://www.tallahassee.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tallahassee.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013303310003%26nclick_check%3D1

Expanding ice 'may keep Antarctic cool'

Dutch scientists say the expanding ice could have a "feedback" effect that would help the Antarctic stay cool.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/sci-tech/expanding-ice-may-keep-antarctic-cool/story-fn5jhw50-1226610060354?from=public_rss

Martin O'Neill was a winner for Sunderland's charities

BOSS O'Neill may have struggled to make an impact on the pitch, but his charity work off it quickly won him praise on Wearside.

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/martin-o-neill-was-a-winner-for-sunderland-s-charities-1-5540948

The Stem Cell Population of the Human Colon Crypt: Analysis via Methylation Patterns

The analysis of methylation patterns is a promising approach to investigate the genealogy of cell populations in an organism.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/indigestible/article/3081593

Sean Parker

Tech mogul Sean Parker is planning a medieval-themed wedding in California in June, with fiancee Alexandra Lunas.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/facebook-co-founder-sean-parker-to-wed-alexandra-lenas-with-medieval-theme/story-fn7bfu22-1226610037950

Julie Legas and her last hope halfway around the globe

Eighteen months ago, Legas, 43, was healthy and active. She was an honor student studying for a new career in nursing.

http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2013/03/julie_legas_and_her_last_hope.html

Endogenous miRNA Sponge lincRNA-RoR Regulates Oct4, Nanog, and Sox2...

The embryonic stem cell transcriptional and epigenetic networks are controlled by a multilayer regulatory circuitry, including core transcription factors , posttranscriptional modifier microRNAs , and some other regulators.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/luxy99/article/12226743

Liver Failure - Pipeline Review, H1 2013 - New Market Research Report

This report provides information on the therapeutic development for Liver Failure, complete with latest updates, and special features on late-stage and discontinued projects.

http://reports.pr-inside.com/liver-failure-pipeline-review-h-r3626798.htm

T-Cell Leukemia - Pipeline Review, H1 2013 - New Market Research Report

This report provides information on the therapeutic development for T-Cell Leukemia, complete with latest updates, and special features on late-stage and discontinued projects.

http://reports.pr-inside.com/t-cell-leukemia-pipeline-review-h-r3626791.htm

Jose Cirino, Director of Operations for GeneCell International,...

Director of Operations of GeneCell International, Jose Cirino, Stresses the Need for Increase in Marrow Among the Minority Community via the Breakthrough of Future Medicine, Cord Blood Stem Cells Leveraging more than a decade of experience in the biotech industry and a founding member of GeneCell International, Jose Cirino, Director of Operations, ... (more)

http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2013/03/31/jose-cirino-director-of-operations-for-genecell-international-accentuates-the-importance-surrounding-the-minority-community/

Jose Cirino, Director of Operations for GeneCell International,...

Director of Operations of GeneCell International, Jose Cirino, Stresses the Need for Increase in Marrow Among the Minority Community via the Breakthrough of Future Medicine, Cord Blood Stem Cells This shortage, or lack of availability, is mostly affecting patients of African, Asian, Hispanic and Native American Indian descent.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10584834.htm

Living and thriving beyond a grim diagnosis

When Brent Evans was diagnosed with a form of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the first thing his doctor told him was "Don't look this up on the Internet." That was because most sources give victims of the particular type of blood cancer a 7 percent chance of survival, he said.

http://timesleader.com/news/news/396325/Living-and-thriving-beyond-a-grim-diagnosis&source=RSS

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Meteorite 'likely from Mercury'

SCIENTISTS studying a collection of 35 meteorites that landed in Morocco in 2012 say that a strange green rock among the group is likely from Mercury, Space.com reports.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/sci-tech/meteorite-in-morocco-likely-from-mercury/story-fn5jhw50-1226609711328?from=public_rss

New England editorial roundup

... He said his group has branded itself ''pro-science'' and this debate reminds him of the one over stem cell research (which has abated). Stan Sorkin of the CFA said he supports voluntary instead of mandatory labeling - which Whole Foods recently ...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/03/30/new-england-editorial-roundup/356hWhGBtZZYWcOo2ytc9H/story.html

A simple, not-so-painful way ...

The thought of donating stem cells might arise fear in many, conjuring up images of large needles.

http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130326001041

Italian government allows stem cell therapy for terminally-ill patients -scientists object.

The decision of Italy government to permit unproven stem cell therapy for terminally-ill patients has come under the fire of scientists who believe that such therapies are harmful.

http://www.groundreport.com/World/Italian-government-allows-stem-cell-therapy-for-te/2952378

Prestigious Faculty to Lead Lectures and Interactive Panel...

Leader in providing CME-accredited medical conferences, the Age Management Medicine Group releases its presenter lineup for its 14th Clinical Applications in Age Management Medicine conference, held at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida, on May 2-5 Well-credentialed faculty-many with affiliations to prestigious institutions such ... (more)

http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2013/03/30/prestigious-faculty-to-lead-lectures-and-interactive-panel-discussions-at-age-management-medicine-conference/

For Fallone, Supreme Court bid faces long odds

... the 2010 race for governor, Fallone spoke out against Republican Scott Walker's opposition to embryonic stem cell research. Fallone's wife appeared in a television ad in support of Democratic candidate Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Fallone has worked ...

http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/viewart/20130330/MNH0101/303300324

Prestigious Faculty to Lead Lectures and Interactive Panel Discussions...

Leader in providing CME-accredited medical conferences, the Age Management Medicine Group releases its presenter lineup for its 14th Clinical Applications in Age Management Medicine conference, held at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida, on May 2-5 As more traditional physicians embrace age management medicine, our AMMG ... (more)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10582674.htm

Living cells and cell fragments move in response to electric fields, scientists find

Like tiny crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields - but in opposite directions, scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130330/Living-cells-and-cell-fragments-move-in-response-to-electric-fields-scientists-find.aspx

Friday, March 29, 2013

Inferring clonal expansion and cancer stem cell dynamics from DNA...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , Vol.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/indigestible/article/4220122

Judges Side With FDA in Rejecting Stem Cell Device

A federal appeals court has sided with the Food and Drug Administration in a case brought by medical device maker Cytori, ruling that the agency was correct to reject fast-track approval for two company devices used to process adult stem cells.

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=142871

Unfit by any standards, legislators run amok

... a bill instructing the University of Kansas Medical Center to establish a center devoted to advancing stem cell research - or at least the forms of stem cell research deemed acceptable by anti-abortion lawmakers. Normally hospitals start up new ...

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/03/29/4151354/unfit-by-any-standards-legislators.html

Multiple Myeloma

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology , Vol. 1, No. 6. , pp. 1322-1330, doi:10.2215/cjn.03060906 Multiple myeloma is a malignant disease characterized by plasmacytosis, paraprotein production, bone lesions, hypercalcemia, susceptibility to infections, and renal impairment.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/jxz318/article/12225220

Scientists generate pluripotent stem cells from horses

Andras Nagy at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital and Dr.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110228090232.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fcloning+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+Cloning%29

Facebook to hold Android event

Next Thursday's event will be held at the company's Menlo Park, California, headquarters.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/facebook-to-hold-android-event/story-fn7bfu22-1226609312188

Health Beat: Mending mouths: Rebuilding jawbones with stem cells

Whether it's destroyed by a bullet, disease, or a bad infection, doctors now have a new way to rebuild bone in the face.

http://www.wfmz.com/lifestyle/Health-Beat/Health-Beat-Mending-mouths-Rebuilding-jawbones-with-stem-cells/-/19138750/19474796/-/ospt19z/-/index.html

Cells, Cell Fragments Move in Opposite Directions

Like tiny, crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields- but in opposite directions, scientists at the University of California, Davis , have found.

http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/03/cells-cell-fragments-move-opposite-directions

Italy pushes on with controversial stem cell therapy

Italian health officials are allowing a handful of patients to continue with a controversial stem cell therapy amid protests from scientists that the treatments are unproven and unsafe.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23333-italy-pushes-on-with-controversial-stem-cell-therapy.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news

China orders tighter scrutiny on Apple

Chinese workers walk past an Apple store on the busy Wangfujing shopping street in Beijing on March 29, 2013.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/china-orders-stepped-up-scrutiny-on-apple/story-fn7bfu22-1226609230504

Scientists criticize Italy for allowing unproven stem cell therapy

Scientists have criticized an Italian government decree allowing a group of terminally-ill patients to continue using an unproven stem cell treatment, saying such therapies may cause harm and risk exploiting desperate people.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/29/scientists-criticize-italy-for-allowing-unproven-stem-cell-therapy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fhealth+%28Internal+-+Health+-+Text%29

Keep your laws off my body

Let's say you have a incurable illness, and someone has developed a controversial stem-cell treatment that has led to a cure in about 80 patients.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/keep-your-laws-off-my-body

New market study, "Diabetic Retinopathy - Pipeline Review, H1 2013", has been published

This report provides information on the therapeutic development for Diabetic Retinopathy, complete with latest updates, and special features on late-stage and discontinued projects.

http://reports.pr-inside.com/new-market-study-diabetic-retinopathy-r3626342.htm

Bone Marrow Transplant Treatment Risky But Effective For Multiple Sclerosis

A new study by Multiple Sclerosis researchers at three leading Canadian centres addresses why bone marrow transplantation has positive results in patients with particularly aggressive forms of MS.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258279

For Fallone, Supreme Court bid faces long odds

... the 2010 race for governor, Fallone spoke out against Republican Scott Walker's opposition to embryonic stem cell research. Fallone's wife appeared in a television ad in support of Democratic candidate Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Fallone has worked ...

http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/viewart/20130329/SPJ01/303290271

How to be an investigative science journalist

... can play a role in rooting out scientific fraud, such as when Nature questioned the validity of stem cell research in South Korea. [1] But for most journalists, reporting on scientific fraud is more about looking into other people's accusations. [2] ...

http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/science-journalism/practical-guides/how-to-be-an-investigative-science-journalist-1.html?

Scientists criticise Italy for allowing unproven stem cell therapy

Scientists have criticised an Italian government decree allowing a group of terminally-ill patients to continue using an unproven stem cell treatment, saying such therapies may cause harm and risk exploiting desperate people.

http://www.financialmirror.com/news-details.php?nid=29314

Bone Marrow Transplant Treatment Risky But Effective For Multiple Sclerosis

Main Category: Multiple Sclerosis Also Included In: Stem Cell Research ; Transplants / Organ Donations Article Date: 29 Mar 2013 - 0:00 PDT A new study by Multiple Sclerosis researchers at three leading Canadian centres addresses why bone marrow transplantation has positive results in patients with particularly aggressive forms of MS.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/258279.php

A Homegrown Smile? Atlanta Dentist Examines New Research on the Biological Teeth Replacement

... another possibility for replacing missing dentition: bioengineered teeth. Drawing inspiration from both stem cell research and craniofacial development, scientists successfully demonstrated that placing cells from the teeth primordia (embryonic or ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/3/prweb10580707.htm

Telomere Length Genetic Variants Influence Disease Risk

An international team of scientists including researchers from Imperial College London has found new evidence that links ageing of DNA molecules to the risk of developing several age-related diseases - including heart disease, multiple sclerosis and various cancers.

http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/008984.html

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Business news in brief: Blackadders| Ness Soap| Frontier IP| ReNeuron| John Lewis

Meiklejohn, who has been a partner at the Dundee-based practice since 1978, replaces Donald Hutcheson, who has retired after 37 years as a partner.

http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/business-news-in-brief-blackadders-ness-soap-frontier-ip-reneuron-john-lewis-1-2864163

Epigenetic Reprogramming in Cancer

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http://www.citeulike.org/user/rdillon/article/12223499

Treatment of follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: the old and the new.

p53 Regulates Cell Cycle and MicroRNAs to Promote Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Multiple studies show that tumor suppressor p53 is a barrier to dedifferentiation; whether this is strictly due to repression of proliferation remains a subject of debate.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/valenciabraham/article/10429311

Stem Cell Therapy Market in Asia-Pacific to 2018 Market Research...

... Policies, Strong Pipeline and Increased Licensing Activity. The report provides an in-depth analysis on stem cell research and development in India, China, Japan, South-Korea and Singapore. The report market analysis and forecasts for CABG, LSCT, ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/marketresearchreports/prweb10579979.htm

Opposites attract: How cells and cell fragments move in electric fields

Their results, published April 8 in the journal Current Biology , could ultimately lead to new ways to heal wounds and deliver stem cell therapies.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130328125100.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Scuba divers 'cut internet cables'

THE Egyptian military has arrested three scuba divers accused of cutting an undersea Internet cable off the coast of the northern city of Alexandria, it said on Thursday.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/three-scuba-divers-arrested-in-egypt-for-cutting-undersea-internet-cables/story-fn7bfu22-1226608824583

Smartphone users addicted and loving it

US smartphone owners tend to be connected from the instant they rise until they fall sleep and revel in every minute of it, a Facebook-sponsored study showed.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/smartphone-users-addicted-and-loving-it/story-fn7bfu22-1226608836750

New Way To Mass-Produce Natural Cancer-Killing Cells Offers Hope For Patients

... significantly advancing the clinical utilization of stem cell molecular and cellular biology. By bridging stem cell research and clinical trials, SCTM will help move applications of these critical investigations closer to accepted best practices. ...

http://www.laboratorynetwork.com/Doc/new-way-to-mass-produce-natural-cancer-killing-cells-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a

Scientists criticise Italy for allowing unproven stem cell therapy

ROME: Scientists have criticised an Italian government decree allowing a group of terminally-ill patients to continue using an unproven stem cell treatment, saying such therapies may cause harm and risk exploiting desperate people.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Health/2013/Mar-28/211807-scientists-criticise-italy-for-allowing-unproven-stem-cell-therapy.ashx

Hyundai And Its Dealers Mark 15 Years Of Fighting Childhood Cancer;...

NEW YORK, March 28, 2013 -- Hyundai Motor America and its dealers will announce today the launch of their 15 year in the fight against pediatric cancer through their nonprofit Hyundai Hope On WheelsA .

http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Cancer_Issues_660/Hyundai-And-Its-Dealers-Mark-15-Years-Of-Fighting-Childhood-Cancer-Hyundai-Hope-On-Wheels-Donations-Top-72-Million.shtml

Purple Day at Roosevelt Middle School in Westfield raises awareness...

Dress in "Purple Day" will be held at Westfield's Roosevelt Middle School on Friday, April 12 to raise awareness for COTA in honor of 14-year-old Elle Haley who recently had a Liver Transplant.

http://www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2013/03/purple_day_at_roosevelt_middle.html

Scientists criticize Italy for allowing unproven stem cell therapy

Scientists have criticized an Italian government decree allowing a group of terminally-ill patients to continue using an unproven stem cell treatment, saying such therapies may cause harm and risk exploiting desperate people.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/us-italy-stemcell-idUSBRE92R0UD20130328?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews

NeoStem, Inc. Awarded Second Year of National Institute of Allergy...

NeoStem, Inc. , a leader in the emerging cellular therapy industry, today announced that it has been awarded the second year of a two year grant totaling $595,252 for the "Development of Human, Autologous, Pluripotent Very Small Embryonic Like Stem Cells as a Countermeasure to Radiation Threat", Grant Number 5R43AI098325-02 from the National ... (more)

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=291856&full=1

Scientists slam Italy's untested stem cell therapy

European scientists are criticizing a decision by Italy's government to allow a handful of children to be treated in public hospitals with an experimental stem cell therapy.

http://www.khou.com/news/world/200456331.html

Scientists Discover Driving Force Behind Prostate Cancer

Scientists at the University of York in the U.K. report that they have identified the driving force behind the development of prostate cancer.

http://www.formkit.com/news/DailyDetail.cfm?chosen=67225

Most Explosive Penny Stocks - Bio Matrix Scientific Group Inc,...

Value Penny Stocks issues special report on the Most Explosive Penny Stocks - Bio Matrix Scientific Group Inc , Medical Marijuana Inc , KMA Global Solutions International, Inc , Compass Biotechnologies, Inc Bio Matrix Scientific Group Inc moved -4.00 percent lower at $0.0048.So far, around 22.40 million shares has changed hands in this session.

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/most-explosive-penny-stocks-bio-matrix-scientific-group-inc-medical-marijuana-inc-kma-global-solutions-international-inc-compass-biotechnologies-inc-230119.htm

NeoStem Awarded Second Year of NIAID Research Grant for the...

Fallone's bid for seat on state high court facing long odds

Scientists slam Italy's untested stem cell therapy

Italian scientists are criticizing a decision by Italy's government to allow a handful of children to be treated in public hospitals with an experimental stem cell therapy.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-scientists-slam-italy-untested-stem.html

Opposites attract: How cells and cell fragments move in electric fields

These fish cells crawl towards the negative electrode, or cathode, and change direction when the electric field is reversed.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoc--oah032513.php

Chimerix, Inc.'s Antiviral CMX001 Abstract Selected for an Oral...

Chimerix, Inc. 's Antiviral CMX001 Abstract Selected for an Oral Presentation at the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 's Annual Meeting /PRNewswire/ -- Chimerix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced presentations related to the use of its broad ... (more)

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=291815&full=1

Mechanobiology could explain mystery of relapses in cancer patients

... of using a soft substrate to keep them in their dedifferentiated state is a major step forward for stem cell research. "What kind of impact is our research going to have on the rest of the nation or the world?" Wang said. "Can we make a big impact? ...

http://engineeringatil.scienceblog.com/2013/03/27/mechanobiology-could-explain-mystery-of-relapses-in-cancer-patients/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

UK May Be Close To Approving Nuclear Transfer Technique for IVF

Last week the the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in the United Kingdom recommended that the British government legalize nuclear transfer techniques for parents to conceive children by in-vitro fertilization using donor eggs in order to avoid passing on the mother's own mitochondrial DNA.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2013/03/28/uk-may-be-close-to-approving-nuclear-transfer-technique-for-ivf/

UCLA and Cal Tech researchers report new melanoma treatment

... of Technology scientists from the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research (Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC)) and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) were led by James Heath, PhD. Dr. Heath ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/ucla-and-cal-tech-researchers-report-new-melanoma-treatment

Brainstorm's Breakthrough ALS Clinical Data Shows The Promise In Stem Cell Therapy

... strong presence of stem cells research in Israeli academic institutes, support from the government for stem cell research and lack of ethical barriers for the use of embryonic stem cells, as experienced by U.S. researchers during the Bush ...

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1306501-brainstorm-s-breakthrough-als-clinical-data-shows-the-promise-in-stem-cell-therapy?source=feed

Glenforest wunderkind wins youth science competition with cancer research

While most 15-year-olds are loitering at the mall or texting with their friends, Netra Unni has been occupying her time with the study of cancer research.

http://www.mississauga.com/community/community/article/1598041

Letter: Fallone 'serious' about restoring respect to court

... in 1992 with his family and lives in Whitefish Bay. He and his wife are active in causes supporting stem cell research and finding a cure for diseases from juvenile diabetes to Alzheimer's disease. The main thing I admire about him is his passion ...

http://www.wisinfo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013303280114

NeoStem Awarded Second Year of NIAID Research Grant for the...

NEW YORK, March 28, Mar 28, 2013 -- NeoStem, Inc. , a leader in the emerging cellular therapy industry, today announced that it has been awarded the second year of a two year grant totaling $595,252 for the "Development of Human, Autologous, Pluripotent Very Small Embryonic Like Stem Cells as a Countermeasure to Radiation Threat", Grant Number ... (more)

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/03/28/7023448.htm

New Method Developed To Expand Blood Stem Cells For Bone Marrow Transplant

Research Shows Fewer Donor Cells May Be Needed for Transplantation and Bone Marrow Banking May Be Possible More than 50,000 stem cell transplants are performed each year worldwide.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258298

New Nerve Cells Formed Directly In The Brain

The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258261

Prognostic significance of magnetic resonance imaging of bone marrow...

Magnetic resonance imaging has been a useful technique for the assessment of patients with multiple myeloma .

http://www.citeulike.org/user/Katieleonard/article/364089

Qatar Science Leadership Program to host information session for 2013 enrolment enquiries

... have enrolled and are pursuing careers in a variety of highly specialised scientific fields including stem cell research, biomedicine, environmental sustainability and biostatistics. "QSLP is proving to be valuable to the research enterprise in ...

http://www.ameinfo.com/qatar-science-leadership-program-host-information-335309

New Nerve Cells Formed Directly In The Brain

Short Guide To 3D Cell Culture

A new informative booklet entitled 'Short Guide to 3D Cell Culture' has been produced by AMSBIO.

http://www.laboratorynetwork.com/doc.mvc/short-guide-to-d-cell-culture-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a

New Method Developed To Expand Blood Stem Cells For Bone Marrow Transplant

Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Blood / Hematology ; Transplants / Organ Donations ; Bones / Orthopedics Article Date: 28 Mar 2013 - 1:00 PDT Research Shows Fewer Donor Cells May Be Needed for Transplantation and Bone Marrow Banking May Be Possible More than 50,000 stem cell transplants are performed each year worldwide.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/258298.php

Potential Therapeutic Treatment For Restoring Heart Function Following Heart Attack

In an animal study, researchers at the University of Washington show that it was possible to use gene therapy to boost heart muscle function.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258245

Biologists Pinpoint The Origin Of Olfactory Nerve Cells

Yi Zhang of Harvard is Keynote at Epigenetics Conference - May 8-10, Boston, MA

MONROVIA, CA, March 28, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Yi Zhang, HHMI Investigator and Senior Investigator of the Program of Cellular & Molecular Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and a Professor of Genetics and of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School will speak on the "Mechanism and Function of Tet-mediated 5mC Oxidation" at the 3rd Epigenetics ... (more)

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/yi-zhang-of-harvard-is-keynote-at-epigenetics-conference-may-810-boston-ma-337007.php

Stem Cell Center

The Kansas House has approved a bill that would require the University of Kansas Medical Center to start a center to promote research and use of adult stem cells, cord blood and related stem cell therapies.

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

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Rock Chalk Stem Cell Biotech Coming Soon

KCUR reports on more Kansas bio-tech: "The Kansas House has passed a bill requiring the University of Kansas Medical Center to establish a stem cell research center .

http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2013/03/rock-chalk-stem-cell-biotech-coming-soon.html

Umbilical cord blood stem cells: clinical trials in non-hematological disorders.

... blood (UCB) has become the second most common source of stem cells for cell therapy. The recent boom in stem cell research and public fascination with promises of stem cell-based therapies, fueled by the media, have led researchers to explore the ...

http://www.citeulike.org/user/ajaymalik/article/12217017

Stem cell transplantation in inherited metabolic disorders.

Hematology / the Education Program of the American Society of Hematology. American Society of Hematology.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/ajaymalik/article/12217021

Embryo Ethics - The Moral Logic of Stem-Cell Research

Emory offers public blood cord banking

Patients who deliver their babies at Emory University Hospital Midtown can publically bank their umbilical cord blood, at no cost, to help others who are sick.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/a-healthy-conversation/2013/03/emory-offers-public-blood-cord-banking.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vertical_32+%28Biotechnology+Industry+News%29

Gina Lollobrigida selling her jewelry to fund stem cell research

Gina Lollobrigida , iconic sexy Italian actress of the 1950s and 1960s and still beautiful today at 85, says she "wants to give back," and will be selling off some of her Bulgari diamond jewelry and donating the proceeds to fund stem cell research , MSN reported yesterday.

http://www.examiner.com/list/gina-lollobrigida-selling-her-jewelry-to-fund-stem-cell-research?cid=rss

Athersys, Inc. Has Blockbuster Potential

Athersys, Inc. is a small cap biotech stock that appears to have significant potential.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1305311-athersys-inc-has-blockbuster-potential?source=feed

Scientists discover driving force behind prostate cancer

Their research, published in Nature Communications today and funded by the charity Yorkshire Cancer Research, reveals the existence of a cancer inducing DNA re-alignment in stem cells taken from human prostate cancers.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130327132441.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News+--+Top+Science%29

Support cells found in human brain make mice smarter

Scientists reached this conclusion after demonstrating that when transplanted into mice, these human cells could influence communication within the brain, allowing the animals to learn more rapidly.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130307145305.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fintelligence+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News+--+Intelligence%29

Using human brain cells to make mice smarter

The findings indicate that these supportive cells, called glia, play an important role in human cognition.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130307123947.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fintelligence+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News+--+Intelligence%29

Mount Sinai Leads Global Program Using Stem Cells, Collaborates with...

... and Director of the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF)'s laboratory in Manhattan. Dr. Gandy heads the Stem Cell Research Consortium funded by the Cure Alzheimer's Fund (CAF). The Consortium consists of six institutions that plan to directly ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10577525.htm

Mount Sinai leads global program using stem cells to accelerate cures for Alzheimer's disease

Pet Owners Go To Extremes To Save "Fido"

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://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/03/27/pet-owners-go-to-extremes-to-save-fido/

OTC Movers to Watch - Cord Blood America Inc (OTC:CBAI), Goff Corp,...

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http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/otc-movers-to-watch-cord-blood-america-inc-otccbai-goff-corp-amarantus-biosci-inc-freddie-mac-pfd-z-229622.htm

CellHealth Institute Launches with Support from Influential Investors

... adult stem cell services, and has its own cell technology IP portfolio. "The development of adult stem cell research and technology and the exciting progress in the world of cell health and regenerative medicine are the things that motivated me to ...

http://www.freshnews.com/news/778027/cellhealth-institute-launches-support-influential-investors

Seven days: 22-28 March 2013

The week in science: US science agencies get funding boost; UK edges towards approving IVF techniques to avoid some genetic diseases; and Australia gets fourth science minister in less than 16 months.

http://www.nature.com/news/seven-days-22-28-march-2013-1.12670

Wednesday Wants Surf Gear Blog 3-27

GH Surfboards 5'10" Retro Fish Quad I wasn't a retro fish guy until I stole my wife's board and took it for a spin out at my local spot.

http://surf.transworld.net/1000158855/photos/wednesday-wants-surf-gear-blog-3-27/

York cancer experts make big breakthrough

... "Every test costs thousands of pounds but it's money well spent. Professor Maitland likened his stem cell research to a game of Where's Wally? and dealing with it has been his top priority." Professor Maitland and his team in the University's ...

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10317103.York_cancer_experts_make_big_breakthrough/?ref=rss

Gina Lollobrigida Jewels Worth $3.8M To Be Auctioned by Sotheby's

... beautiful woman in the world" after the title of one of her movies, said some of the proceeds will go to stem cell research. "I began collecting jewels from Bulgari in the 1950s and 1960s, drawn by the wonderful craftsmanship and distinctive style ...

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/gina-lollobrigida-jewels-auctioned-sotheby-s/2013/03/27/id/496565

York scientists discover driving force behind prostate cancer

Bioheart, Inc. Release: to Present 25 Years of Experience With Stem...

Bioheart, Inc. Release: Howard Leonhardt to Present 25 Years of Experience With Stem Cell Transplantation at 28th Annual Interventional Cardiology Conference in Snowmass, Colo., on March 28 of Bioheart, Inc., and Leonhardt Ventures will be presenting his team's experience with stem cell transplantation at the 28th Annual International Symposium of ... (more)

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=291703&full=1

International Stem Cell Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2012...

International Stem Cell Corporation , a California-based biotechnology company focused on therapeutic and biomedical products, today announced financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2012.

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=291721&full=1

House approves bill to require stem cell research

House approves adult stem cell bill

Environmental enrichment important factor impacting cell transplantation and brain repair

A team of Korean researchers investigated whether "environmental enrichment" can improve the neurobehavioral function of six week-old mice after transplantation of adipose-derived stem cells to treat hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, and found that brain repair was aided in some animals through exercise-induced fibroblast growth factor 2 , a strong ... (more)

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ctco-eei032713.php

House approves bill to require stem cell research

'A sculptor has little need for jewels' - Legendary actress ...

... have decided the time is right to share them with other collectors." Proceeds will be donated to benefit stem cell research "treatment, which I believe should be freely available to every child," Miss Lollobrigida said, continuing: "It is my wish ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/a-sculptor-has-little-need-for-jewels--legendary-actress-turned-artist-gina-lollobrigida-auctions-jewellery-8551090.html

Rejuvenating blood by reprogramming stem cells

Lund University researchers have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or reprogramming, the stem cells that produce blood.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/rejuvenating-blood-by-reprogramming-stem-cells

Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Spur Repair of Gut Damage

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/2013/03/amniotic-fluid-stem-cells-spur-repair-of-gut-damage.php

Gene therapy may help restore heart function after attack

Washington, Mar. 27 : Researchers have shown that it is possible to use gene therapy to treat patients whose hearts have been weakened by cardiac arrests and other heart conditions.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/2564/gene-therapy-may-help-restore-heart-function-after-attack.html

Rejuvenating Blood

The blood of young and old people differs. In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood , a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or re-programming, the stem cells that produce blood.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258201

Verastem Reports Year-End 2012 Financial Results

"Verastem achieved important milestones in our mission to bring new therapies targeting cancer stem cells to patients during 2012," said Christoph Westphal, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Verastem.

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130327005349/en/Verastem-Reports-Year-End-2012-Financial-Results

Judges Side With FDA in Rejecting Stem Cell Device

DoH to crack down on unaccredited stem cell establishments

... National Transplant Ethics Committee and the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA), among others. Stem cell research may have been touted as a wonder treatment for various diseases but Ona warned that there are also negative side effects ...

http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=5280&sid=1&subid=2

Yi Zhang of Harvard is Keynote at Epigenetics Conference - May 8-10, Boston, MA

Yi Zhang, Investigator, HHMI and Senior Investigator, PCMM at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor, Department of Genetics & Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, to Speak on "Mechanism and Function of Tet-mediated 5mC Oxidation" at the 3rd Epigenetics in Drug Discovery Conference Boston, MA, China., March 27, 2013 - - Yi Zhang, ... (more)

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/yi-zhang-harvard-keynote-epigenetics-conference-may-8-10-boston-ma

Rejuvenating Blood

Main Category: Blood / Hematology Also Included In: Seniors / Aging ; Stem Cell Research Article Date: 27 Mar 2013 - 0:00 PDT The blood of young and old people differs.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/258201.php

North Dakota introduces toughest US...

... would grant full legal protection to embryos and fetuses and could outlaw some forms of birth control, stem cell research and possibly in vitro fertilization. The laws will undoubtedly prompt legal challenges -- but their supporters welcome any ...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/342592/north-dakota-introduces-toughest-us-abortion-laws

Yi Zhang of Harvard is Keynote at Epigenetics Conference - May 8-10, Boston, MA

Epigenetic modifications play important roles in diverse biological processes that range from regulation of gene expression, embryonic development, stem cell reprogramming, and human diseases.

http://www.pr-inside.com/yi-zhang-of-harvard-is-keynote-r3623680.htm

Hopes abortion will be seen for what it really is

... Over time, these (induced pluripotent stem) cells will be used in more and more labs. And human embryo stem cell research will be abandoned by more and more labs." (Boston Globe) I could not agree more and hopefully the argument that abortion is of ...

http://lewistownsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/539392/Hopes-abortion-will-be-seen-for-what-it-really-is.html?nav=5059

Gene therapy may help restore heart function after attack - Indiatalkies.com

Washington, Mar 27: Researchers have shown that it is possible to use gene therapy to treat patients whose hearts have been weakened by cardiac arrests and other heart conditions.

http://www.indiatalkies.com/2013/03/gene-therapy-restore-heart-function-attack.html

Howard Leonhardt to Present 25 Years of Experience With Stem Cell...

Howard Leonhardt, founder of Bioheart, Inc. and Leonhardt Ventures will be presenting his team's experience with stem cell transplantation for heart failure treatment at the 28 Annual International Symposium of Interventional Cardiology .

http://www.freshnews.com/news/777558/howard-leonhardt-present-25-years-experience-with-stem-cell-transplantation-28th-annual

Scientists re-program cells as nerve cells

Swedish scientists working in the field of cell therapy say they've found it's possible to re-program other cells to become nerve cells, directly in the brain.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/03/26/Scientists-re-program-cells-as-nerve-cells/UPI-56011364345527/

WA Unis rally behind cancer mum

WEST Australia's universities are rallying behind a Perth mum to help her find a life-saving stem cell donor.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/wa-unis-help-cancer-mum-emily-sun-who-needs-bone-marrow-donor/story-fnhocxo3-1226607629090?from=public_rss

Sente expands newly launched cosmeceutical line in the US

... Michael Kahn and his team of scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at the University of Southern California suggested that using a cream with Asymmtate may reverse gene expression changes ...

http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Business-Financial/Sente-expands-newly-launched-cosmeceutical-line-in-the-US?

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

ReNeuron to pursue stem cell drug trial in Dundee

SCOTLAND'S life sciences sector was given a boost yesterday when Aim-quoted drug developer ReNeuron got the go-ahead to use Dundee's Ninewells hospital for a stem cell trial.

http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/reneuron-to-pursue-stem-cell-drug-trial-in-dundee-1-2858891

Clinical outcomes following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation...

Molecular genetics and metabolism , Vol. 102, No. 2. , pp. 111-115, doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.09.010 Mucopolysaccharidosis VI is one of approximately 50 known lysosomal storage disorders.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/ajaymalik/article/7957678

Gene Therapy May Aid Failing Hearts

In an animal study, researchers at the University of Washington show that it is possible to use gene therapy to boost heart muscle function.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/600903/?sc=rsla&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewswiseLatestNews+%28Newswise%3A+Latest+News%29

North Dakota passes strictest abortion restriction in the country

... every human being at any stage of development must be recognized and protected." This would also impact stem cell research and some forms of birth control. But North Dakota's anti-abortion push is not without opposition, and tough legal battles are ...

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/north_dakota_passes_strictest.html

UCSF study suggests flaw in ER laws

The Saint Francis Memorial Hospital's emergency room entrance, in San Francisco, Ca., on Friday October 14, 2011.

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/UCSF-study-suggests-flaw-in-ER-laws-4386356.php

Ont. egg farmers back egg-based antidepressant

Ontario's egg farmers have pledged $1 million in research and development funding to United Paragon Associates to fund clinical trials of a new antidepressant drug derived from eggs.

http://www.yorktonthisweek.com/article/GB/20130326/AG0302/303269833/-1/yorkton/ont-egg-farmers-back-egg-based-antidepressant

And we have a WINNER! Results of the CIRM elevator pitch contest announced

Hot on the heels of my Friday post about the elevator-pitch throwdown organized by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine comes news that Stanford postdoc and clinical instructor Michael Rothenberg , PhD, was awarded third place in the organization's "non-lead scientist" category.

http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/03/26/and-we-have-a-winner-results-of-the-cirm-elevator-pitch-contest-announced/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+stanford%2Fscope+%28SCOPE%29

Gina Lollobrigida jewels: Actress trades bling for stem cells

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida is selling her jewels to benefit stem cell research.

http://www.examiner.com/article/gina-lollobrigida-jewels-actress-trades-bling-for-stem-cells?cid=rss

Caption Biden the "Catholic"

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is greeted by Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Basilica after his inauguration at the Vatican, in a picture released by Osservatore Romano March 19, 2013.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3001022/posts

Ont. egg farmers back egg-based antidepressant

Ontario's egg farmers have pledged $1 million in research and development funding to United Paragon Associates to fund clinical trials of a new antidepressant drug derived from eggs.

http://www.neepawapress.com/article/20130326/AG0302/303269833/-1/neepawa/ont-egg-farmers-back-egg-based-antidepressant

Howard Leonhardt to Present 25 Years of Experience With Stem Cell...

Howard Leonhardt of Bioheart, Inc., and Leonhardt Ventures will be presenting his team's experience with stem cell transplantation at the 28 Annual International Symposium of Interventional Cardiology .

http://www.freshnews.com/news/777491/howard-leonhardt-present-25-years-experience-with-stem-cell-transplantation-28th-annual

Egg Farmers of Ontario investing $1 million in Canadian research into egg-derived depression solution

"Egg Farmers of Ontario believes there are enormous potential benefits of this research into Rellidepa , an antidepressant drug, for individuals suffering from depression and for society as a whole," said EFO Chair .

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1136325/egg-farmers-of-ontario-investing-1-million-in-canadian-research-into-egg-derived-depression-solution

Scientists Form New Nerve Cells -- Directly in the Brain

Neuralstem Receives $8 Million In Debt Financing from Hercules

Neuralstem , a Rockville, Md., company whose technology is aimed at fostering hte production of human's neural stem cells in commercial quantities, has secured $8 million in debt financing with Hercules Technology Growth Capital to fuel the company's capital budget through late 2014.

http://www.pehub.com/193121/neuralstem-receives-8-million-in-debt-financing-hercules/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pehub%2Fnews%2Fall+%28PEHub+News%29

Making New Teeth From One's Own Gums

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http://www.architectmagazine.com/green-technology/in-pursuit-of-bioteeth.aspx?rssLink=Making+New+Teeth+From+One%27s+Own+Gums

Stem-cell ruling riles researchers

Clinics that offer unproven stem-cell treatments often end up playing cat and mouse with health regulators, no matter which country they operate in.

http://www.nature.com/news/stem-cell-ruling-riles-researchers-1.12678

Wood neurons picture

Across most of our brain, the neurons that we're born with are the ones we have throughout our lives.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/25/making-new-neurons-in-a-living-brain/

Gina Lollobrigida To Sell Her Bulgari Jewels For Charity

... to share them with other collectors. In so doing, I can also help a cause very close to my heart, that of stem cell research - treatment, which I believe should be freely available to every child. It is my wish that part of the proceeds from the ...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2013/03/26/gina-lollobrigida-to-sell-her-bulgari-jewels-for-charity/

Harper Government Announces New Personalized Health Research Projects Across Canada

Canadians with debilitating diseases will soon benefit from new personalized approaches to treatment thanks to researchers across the country and funding from the Harper Government.

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/03/26/7018825.htm

Italian star Gina Lollobrigida auctions...

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida is to sell jewellery worth as much as three million euros with some of the proceeds going to help stem cell research, auction house Sotheby's said Tuesday.

http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/en/beauty-fashion/italian-star-gina-lollobrigida-auctions-jewels

Three Gurus Hold a Major Stake in LIFE

... As potential sale details unfold, Life Technologies continues to make significant advances in stem cell research and molecular diagnostics. Earlier this month, Life Technologies signed a collaborative stem cell products research agreement with ...

http://www.gurufocus.com/news/214246/three-gurus-hold-a-major-stake-in-life

Trending Stocks Under Review - Attitude Drinks Inc, Goff Corp, Cord...

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http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/trending-stocks-under-review-attitude-drinks-inc-goff-corp-cord-blood-america-inc-applied-dna-sciences-228962.htm

Gene therapy may aid failing hearts

The finding suggests that it might be possible to use this approach to treat patients whose hearts have been weakened by heart attacks and other heart conditions.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130326101618.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News%29

Stem cell treatment now available in Davao City

"STEM cell therapy is now in Davao City," announced by Dr. Luz P. Acosta, founding member of the Philippine Society for Stem Cell Medicine.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/business/2013/03/26/stem-cell-treatment-now-available-davao-city-274897

Researchers form new nerve cells - directly in the brain

The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments.

http://scienceblog.com/61805/researchers-form-new-nerve-cells-directly-in-the-brain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Italian star Lollobrigida auctions jewels

ITALIAN actress Gina Lollobrigida is to sell jewellery worth as much as three million euros , with some of the proceeds going to help stem cell research, auction house Sotheby's says.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/italian-star-lollobrigida-auctions-jewels/story-e6frea7u-1226607245321

Major advance in understanding risky but effective Multiple Sclerosis treatment

Scientists form new nerve cells - directly in the brain

A new report from researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that it is possible to re-programme other cells to become nerve cells, directly in the brain.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130326100839.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fpharmacology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Pharmacology%29

Advanced Cell Technology Inc (OTC:ACTC) Preparing for the 17th Annual Hilton Workshop

... acquires and advances patents that are base for company's research and development in embryonic and adult stem cell research. To find out what OTCMAGIC projects for Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. for both short term and long term please click here: ...

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/advanced-cell-technology-inc-otcactc-preparing-for-the-17th-annual-hilton-workshop-228835.htm

Sniffing out the origin of smell neurons

When our noses pick up a scent, whether the aroma of a sweet rose or the sweat of a stranger at the gym, two types of sensory neurons are at work in sensing that odor or pheromone.

http://scienceblog.com/61799/sniffing-out-the-origin-of-smell-neurons/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Potomac Photonics Fabricates Stem Cell Stencil

Microfabricator Potomac Photonics has completed rapid prototyping of precision 3-D printed parts for Boston University to support the school's stem cell research, the company annnounced last week.

http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53399

Opexa: A Significant Growth Opportunity For Short-Term Traders And Long-Term Investors

As regenerative medicine continues to slowly bridge the gap between its future promise and the scientific reality of today, companies in the space are positioning themselves to benefit from the world's technological advances.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1299761-opexa-a-significant-growth-opportunity-for-short-term-traders-and-long-term-investors?source=feed

ViaCord Releases 250th Cord Blood Stem Cell Unit

ViaCord, PerkinElmer 's family cord blood and tissue preservation business, announced today the release of its 250th umbilical cord blood stem cell unit for use in medical treatments and clinical trials.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130326005815&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

Gene therapy may aid failing hearts

In an animal study, researchers at the University of Washington show that it was possible to use gene therapy to boost heart muscle function.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uow--gtm032513.php

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida to...

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida is to sell some of her jewellery in Geneva in May with part of the proceeds going to help stem cell research, auction house Sotheby's said in a statement Tuesday.

http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/en/beauty-fashion/italian-actress-gina-lollobrigida-to-auction-bulgari-jewels

On Autophagy in Stem Cells

Developing our sense of smell

Researchers re-programme other cells to become nerve cells, directly in the brain

ReNeuron Group to begin stem cell treatment of critical limb ischaemia

ReNeuron Group has received regulatory approval to begin the first phase of a clinical trial in the UK for the company's ReN009 stem cell therapy treatment for critical limb ischaemia.

http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/ReNeuron-Group-to-begin-stem-cell-treatment-o-news20785235.html

Researchers form new nerve cells-directly in the brain

The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nerve-cellsdirectly-brain.html

Visionaries: One Harvard Scientist's Quest To Find A Cure For His Kids

Many scientists believe that human embryonic stem cells - basic cells that can develop into any tissue or organ in the body - hold the key to curing diseases like cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's disease.

http://www.wbur.org/2013/03/26/doug-melton-stem-cells-visionaries?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wbur_news%2Fboston+%28News%3A+Boston%29

Tribute to brave Lydia at Race for Life Cancer Slam

Lydia McConnell with her mother Charis, left, and godmother, Lorna Taylor, in the isolation ward at the Piam Brown unit THE courage of a six-year-old Southampton schoolgirl who is battling a very rare cancer has inspired huge support for Cancer Research UK's Race for Life .

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10313277.Tribute_to_brave_Lydia_at_Race_for_Life_Cancer_Slam/

Infants With Necrotizing Enterocolitis Treated With Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells

Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, in new research published in the journal Gut.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258168

Infants With Necrotizing Enterocolitis Treated With Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells

Main Category: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Stem Cell Research Article Date: 26 Mar 2013 - 1:00 PDT Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, in new research published in the journal Gut.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/258168.php

3D Biomatrix Technology Recognized by NC3Rs 3Rs Prize

... Applications of the plates include cancer research and drug development, toxicology testing, and stem cell research. The esteemed paper, published in the journal Analyst [1] in 2011, describes the Perfecta3D Hanging Drop Plates and their use in ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10551963.htm

More money pours in for Hope for Georgia

A BROMSGROVE pub has raised more than A 600 for the Hope for Georgia campaign, which was set up to help Bromsgrove toddler Georgia Almquest.

http://www.bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/2013/03/26/news-More-money-pours-in-for-Hope-for-Georgia--65860.html

Gina Lollobrigida sells her jewels for charity

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, one of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, is selling some of her diamond jewelry to raise money for stem cell research, saying now is the time to give back for the fortunate life she has had.

http://www.financialmirror.com/news-details.php?nid=29255

Research On Immune-Cell Therapy Could Strengthen Promising Melanoma Treatment

... , was led by James Heath, a member of UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Heath is a professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at UCLA and also ...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/258145.php

Dysfunction, experience at heart of Wisconsin Supreme Court race

... criminal law. He is also of counsel at Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan and co-founded a group that advocates for stem cell research. He received his law degree from Boston University. Roggensack argues judicial experience is essential to serving on the ...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/262413/

Stem Cells Entering Heart Can Be Tracked With Nano-Hitchhikers

The promise of repairing damaged hearts through regenerative medicine -- infusing stem cells into the heart in the hope that these cells will replace worn out or damaged tissue -- has yet to meet with clinical success.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3000789/posts

Ready to unlock stem cell mysteries

Janet Paluh, associate professor of nanobioscience, points to cells on her computer screen in a lab at the College for Nanoscale Science on Thursday Dec.

http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Ready-to-unlock-stem-cell-mysteries-4383257.php

Monday, March 25, 2013

Regenerative Medicine Markets

... Reagents 58 2.3.3.2 In Vitro Test Kits 59 2.3.3.3 Suppliers of Cells and Tissues 59 2.3.3.4 Equipment for Stem Cell Research 60 2.3.3.5 Computer Software for Stem Cell Research 62 2.4 Scaffolding Biomaterials 63 2.5 Growth Factors 64 3. Regenerative ...

http://www.freshnews.com/news/776906/regenerative-medicine-markets

Developing Our Sense of Smell

$6.9 Million Grant for Stanford/Packard Children's Study of Pediatric ...

Prediction and early detection of a high-risk form of childhood cancer are the goals of an ambitious new study led by scientists at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine.

http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2013/03/25/7015734.htm

Cancer patient still counting blessings

Anneke Searcy and Sam Caviglia are planning a fundraiser for April 6 to raise money in support of her father, Edwin who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma.

http://www.peacearchnews.com/community/199943421.html

Cholesterol 'important for development and function of brain'

ISLAMABAD: Two molecules that play an important role in the survival and production of nerve cells in the brain, including nerve cells that produce dopamine, have been identified by scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\03\26\story_26-3-2013_pg11_5

These 4 Biotech Stocks Have Upside, Says Burrill's Senior Analyst

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of catching up with one of the best analysts in the biotechnology industry, Dr.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1299321-these-4-biotech-stocks-have-upside-says-burrill-s-senior-analyst?source=feed

Ruha Benjamin, Ph.D.: Beyond Tokenistic Inclusion: Science, Citizenship, and Changing the Questions

The old photograph struck me immediately. The caption read: "Ella Tyree, 29, inject[ing] atomic materials into animals to determine effects of radiation on humans." The image, published by Ebony magazine, showed Tyree, a black female scientist trained at Spelman College, working in an atomic science laboratory near Chicago circa 1949.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ruha-benjamin-phd/beyond-tokenistic-inclusi_b_2950515.html

Gladstone investigator Shinya Yamanaka to receive 'Commitment to a Cure' award

... with animal cells in 2006 and with human cells in 2007, has since altered the fields of cell biology and stem cell research-opening promising new prospects for drug discovery, personalized medicine and tissue regeneration. "I am pleased that ...

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/gi-gis032513.php

Are Aborted Fetus Cells Helping to Make Your Diet Pepsi Sweeter?

... but you won't find anything on our website about HEK293." I asked Rosenberg if Senomyx had a position on stem cell research. "We've never been asked that," she replied, "We don't have a position on anything. We're dedicated to finding new flavors to ...

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/shortorder/2011/03/are_aborted_fetus_cells_helpin.php

Developing our sense of smell

When our noses pick up a scent, whether the aroma of a sweet rose or the sweat of a stranger at the gym, two types of sensory neurons are at work in sensing that odor or pheromone.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130325160625.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fneuroscience+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News+--+Neuroscience%29

Vail Daily health column: New hope for old joints

... a person's own body - not from human embryos and fetuses. Unfortunately the United States had a ban on stem cell research and, therefore, American medicine was to some extent 10 to 15 years behind its European counterparts. In 2009, however, the ...

http://www.vaildaily.com/ARTICLE/20130325/AE/130329921/-1/RSS

Developing our sense of smell

This is an image of 2.5-um thick optical slice through the nose of a zebrafish embryo in which microvillous cells also are stained with a neuronal marker demonstrating... PASADENA, Calif.-When our noses pick up a scent, whether the aroma of a sweet rose or the sweat of a stranger at the gym, two types of sensory neurons are at work in sensing that ... (more)

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ciot-dos032513.php

Neuralstem obtains debt financing

Neuralstem Inc., of Rockville, which is developing products to treat central nervous system disorders with patented stem cell technology, said it secured $8 million in debt financing with Hercules Technology Growth Capital to fund its capital budget through late 2014.

http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/25/neuralstem-obtains-debt-financing/

LifeMap Sciences, a Subsidiary of BioTime, Announces Release of...

... TM is a key component in LifeMap's integrated database suite, a discovery platform for biomedical and stem cell research, which also includes GeneCards A , the leading human gene database, and MalaCard s, the human disease database. LifeMap ...

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130325006127/en

$6.9 Million Grant for Stanford/Packard Children's Study of...

"With these tests, we might be able to modify the child's immunosuppression or take other preventive or early-treatment measures" The study, funded by a $6.9 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, targets a form of cancer that strikes children who have received solid organ transplants.

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130325006109/en/6.9-Million-Grant-StanfordPackard-Children%E2%80%99s-Study-Pediatric

LifeMap Sciences, a Subsidiary of BioTime, Announces Release of...

Reversing blood and freshening it up

A research group explains how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or re-programming, the stem cells that produce blood.

http://earthsky.org/science-wire/reversing-blood-and-freshening-it-up

Do your part to help organ donation

Right here in Westfield, a group of caring and committed people are working hard to give hope, and possibly make a miracle, for the Haley family.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mycentraljersey.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013303250010%26nclick_check%3D1

NeuralStem Inc. Secures $8 Million in Debt Financing

"This debt financing extends our cash runway well into late 2014 at a critical time in our clinical product development cycle.

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=291421&full=1

Making the blood of old people young again

The blood of young and old people differs. In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood, a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or re-programming, the stem cells that produce blood.

http://scienceblog.com/61755/making-the-blood-of-old-people-young-again/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Old mice, young blood: Rejuvenating blood of mice by reprogramming stem cells that produce blood

In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood , a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or re-programming, the stem cells that produce blood.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130325093659.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbiochemistry+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+Biochemistry+Research%29

Old mice, young blood: Rejuvenating blood of mice by reprogramming stem cells that produce blood

In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood , a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or re-programming, the stem cells that produce blood.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130325093659.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmost_popular+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Most+Popular+News%29

Reversing blood and freshening it up

Complete 2012-13 U.S. Cord Blood Banking Industry Report

There were only 23 active cord blood banks as of 2005, and now there are 485 worldwide.

http://world.einnews.com/pr_news/143131623/complete-2012-13-u-s-cord-blood-banking-industry-report

Reversing blood and freshening it up

Judges side with FDA in rejecting stem cell device

A federal appeals court has sided with the Food and Drug Administration in a case brought by medical device maker Cytori, ruling that the agency was correct to reject fast-track approval for two company devices used to process adult stem cells.

http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/03/judges-side-fda-rejecting-stem-cell-device

Amniotic fluid stem cells repair gut damage

Amniotic fluid stem cells could help repair gut damage in babies

Washington, Mar 25 : Scientists have used stem cells taken from amniotic fluid to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, paving the way for a new form of cell therapy to reverse serious damage from inflammation in the intestines of babies.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/1455/amniotic-fluid-stem-cells-could-help-repair-gut-damage-in-babies.html

Neuralstem Secures $8 Million In Debt Financing From Hercules

Neuralstem, Inc. announced today that it secured $8 million in debt financing with Hercules Technology Growth Capital , to fund the company's capital budget through late 2014.

http://www.freshnews.com/news/776694/neuralstem-secures-8-million-in-debt-financing-from-hercules

Judges Side With FDA in Rejecting Stem Cell Device

A federal appeals court has sided with the Food and Drug Administration in a case brought by medical device maker Cytori, ruling that the agency was correct to reject fast-track approval for two company devices used to process adult stem cells.

http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=142871

Old mice, young blood: Rejuvenating blood of mice by re-programming stem cells that produce blood

In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood , a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or re-programming, the stem cells that produce blood.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130325093659.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fgenes+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Genes%29

Complete 2012-13 U.S. Cord Blood Banking Industry Report

The cord blood banking industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world.

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2591572

Complete 2012-13 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Industry Report

Stem cell research and experimentation has been in process for well over five decades.

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2591573

Local public health response to vaccine-associated measles: case report

The most appropriate public health approach to vaccine-associated measles in immunocompromised patients is unknown, mainly because these cases are rare and transmission of vaccine-associated measles has not been previously documented.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/269/abstract

Japanese scientists create artificial sperms from stem cells

The Japanese have done it again! For the first time in human history,they have successfully utilized sperm cells created with stem-cell techniques to fertilize eggs and produce live, normal offspring.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/japanese-scientists-create-artificial-sperms-from-stem-cells/

Researchers rejuvenate mice's blood by reversing blood-producing stem cells

Fear Not Every Penny Stock

A lot of people, finance professionals/academics and amateurs alike, will tell you that investing in penny stocks is inherently and necessarily risky, primarily by virtue of generally having small market capitalizations and low stock price As I mention in all of my reports and articles on penny stocks, the lower the price, smaller the market cap, ... (more)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanterry/2013/03/25/fear-not-every-penny-stock/

A Breakthrough Cure for Leukemia?

This week a group of scientists from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center published what may be a genuine breakthrough in the search for a cure for cancer.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2013/03/25/a-breakthrough-cure-for-leukemia/

Researchers expand hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow transplantation

More than 50,000 stem cell transplants are performed each year worldwide. A research team led by Weill Cornell Medical College investigators may have solved a major issue of expanding adult hematopoietic stem cells outside the human body for clinical use in bone marrow transplantation -- a critical step towards producing a large supply of blood ... (more)

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130325/Researchers-expand-hematopoietic-stem-cells-for-bone-marrow-transplantation.aspx

Extra chromosome linked to impaired functions

... fire properly," said Huaxi Xu, Ph.D., professor in Sanford-Burnham's Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Centre and senior author of the study. "So, in Down syndrome, we believe lack of SNX27 is at least partly to blame for ...

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/1294/extra-chromosome-linked-to-impaired-functions.html

New Method Developed To Expand Blood Stem Cells For Bone Marrow Transplant

More than 50,000 stem cell transplants are performed each year worldwide. A research team led by Weill Cornell Medical College investigators may have solved a major issue of expanding adult hematopoietic stem cells outside the human body for clinical use in bone marrow transplantation - a critical step towards producing a large supply of blood stem ... (more)

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258112

Research and Markets Announces the Release of Global Biobank...

Research and Markets Announces the Release of Global Biobank Market For Equipment & Media - Trends & Forecast to 2017 Biopreservation is a technique used for the storage of cells and tissues in a hypothermic or chemical environment to preserve biological samples with sustained integrity.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10560727.htm

Researchers Study Use Of Dasatinib For Patients With High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have completed a phase II clinical trial to determine the safety and efficacy of dasatinib for patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes , chronic myelomonocytic leukemia , or acute myeloid leukemia resulting from MDS and have failed treatment with azanucleosides.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/258088.php

Expanding Blood Stem Cells For Bone Marrow Transplant - New Method Developed

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Also Included In: Blood / Hematology ; Stem Cell Research Article Date: 25 Mar 2013 - 0:00 PDT Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College believe they have solved how to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells outside the human body for medical use in bone marrow transplantation - a vital step towards ... (more)

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/258161.php

Expanding Blood Stem Cells For Bone Marrow Transplant - New Method Developed

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College believe they have solved how to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells outside the human body for medical use in bone marrow transplantation - a vital step towards being able to produce enough stem cells required to re-establish a healthy blood system.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258161

Researchers Study Use Of Dasatinib For Patients With High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have completed a phase II clinical trial to determine the safety and efficacy of dasatinib for patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes , chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, or acute myeloid leukemia resulting from MDS and have failed treatment with azanucleosides.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258088

Special Issue Of Translational Research Is Devoted To The Topic Of The Gene Therapy

The April issue of Translational Research examines the progress and outlook of gene therapy research, with a specific focus on the clinical applicability of gene therapy today.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258082

Signal Orientation Used By Stem Cells To Guide Division

Cells in the body need to be acutely aware of their surroundings. A signal from one direction may cause a cell to react in a very different way than if it had come from another direction.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=258068

Athanatos Christian Ministries 2013 Online Apologetics Conference To...

... m at the notion, often held by Christians themselves, that topics such as abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, assisted suicide, human cloning, etc, are 'political' issues where 'religion' has no business involving itself.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/JamesAgresti/OnlineApologetics/prweb10563545.htm

Scientists reprogram body's own cells to kill cancer, HIV

In a pair of papers published in the journal Cell Stem Cell , researchers from two separate Japanese universities have successfully used a new technique to reprogram the body's own immune cells to seek out and destroy cancer cells and HIV.

http://www.naturalnews.com/039624_HIV_immune_system_T_cells.html

DNA Synthesis Is Required for Reprogramming Mediated by Stem Cell Fusion

Embryonic stem cells can instruct the conversion of differentiated cells toward pluripotency following cell-to-cell fusion by a mechanism that is rapid but poorly understood.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/luxy99/article/12135480

Otx2 is an intrinsic determinant of the embryonic stem cell state and ...

Mouse embryonic stem cells represent the naive ground state of the preimplantation epiblast and epiblast stem cells represent the primed state of the postimplantation epiblast.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/luxy99/article/12205514

Activation of PDK-1 maintains mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal in a PKB-dependent manner

The phosphatidylinositol 3a 2 kinase pathway is involved in many cellular processes including cell proliferation, survival and glucose transport, and is implicated in various disease states, such as cancer and diabetes.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/luxy99/article/12205516

The Sox Family of Transcription Factors: Versatile Regulators of Stem and Progenitor Cell Fate

Raising Dopamine In Old Brains Improves Decision Making

A drug widely used to treat Parkinson's Disease can help to reverse age-related impairments in decision making in some older people, a study from researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging has shown.

http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/008980.html

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Future Organ Production A Possibility With 3D Stem Cell Printer

For the first time scientists have printed human embryonic stem cells using a 3D printer. The Heriot-Watt University team's research could eventually lead to human organs being printed on demand and an end to animal drug testing. Jim Drury reports.

http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=276756

Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Repair Gut Damage

The findings pave the way for a new form of cell therapy to reverse serious damage from inflammation in the intestines of babies.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130324202036.htm

Amniotic fluid stem cells repair gut damage

Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, in new research published in the journal Gut .

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-amniotic-fluid-stem-cells-gut.html

Leaders In Natural Products Industry Recognised

The annual awards, held by Natural Products New Zealand and sponsored by James & Wells Intellectual Property, the Cawthron Institute, and Label & Litho, acknowledge individuals and companies who have made a significant contribution to the industry.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1303/S00877/leaders-in-natural-products-industry-recognised.htm

A World First: Henry Ford Hospital Repairs Ruptured Heart Through Catheter

A team of doctors at Henry Ford Hospital is the first in the world to successfully repair a hole in the heart and open five blocked blood vessels in a complex, two-stage catheterization procedure.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/03/24/a-world-first-henry-ford-hospital-repairs-ruptured-heart-through-catheter/

New Businesses In Focus: Staten Island's Regional Orthopedics

After running a successful orthopedic practice for over a decade, Dr. Gregory Montalbano was tired of sending patients for X-rays, physical therapy and other necessary procedures to off-site medical facilities.

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/new_businesses_in_focus_region.html

Amniotic fluid stem cells repair gut damage

Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, in new research published in the journal Gut .

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/ucl-afs032213.php

Everything goes back to normal in Down's syndrome mice after SNX27 treatment

... roots of Down syndrome ." Dr. Xu is a professor in Sanford-Burnham's Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center and senior author of the study. "So, in Down syndrome, we believe lack of SNX27 is at least partly to blame for ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/everything-goes-back-to-normal-down-s-syndrome-mice-after-snx27-treatment?cid=rss

Future organ production a possibility with 3D stem cell printer

A human embryonic stem cell printed on a home-made 3D printer. Using stem cells as a form of 'ink', the Heriot-Watt University team, led by Dr Will Shu, think they'll soon be able to print human tissue.

http://www.kfoxtv.com/videos/news/national/future-organ-production-a-possibility-with-3d-stem/vt6Sr/

Engineered Immune Cells Lead to Leukemia Remission

Five patients with relapsed B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia quickly achieved complete remission after treatment with autologous engineered T cells, according to research published in the March 20 issue of Science Translational Medicine .

http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news&id=154017&cn=26

Cell-Type-Specific Predictive Network Yields Novel Insights into...

Self-renewal, the ability of a stem cell to divide repeatedly while maintaining an undifferentiated state, is a defining characteristic of all stem cells.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/shandar/article/12205174

Study of genetically modified immune cells could help improve promising treatment for melanoma

St. Luke's qualifies use of stem cell therapies

St. Luke's said it will only endorse and make available established and safe stem cell therapies that have undergone rigorous, long-term clinical research.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/node/285519

Do your part to help organ donation

Letter: Westfield Community Can Save a Life

Dear Editor: Giving Hope ... Making Miracles. The Children's Organ Transplant Association has been doing this since 1986.

http://westfield.patch.com/articles/letter-westfield-community-can-save-a-life

What Conservatives Really Think

... Baker contrasts our opposition to excessive and intrusive environmental controls with our ''bans on stem cell research.'' Again, no connection whatsoever, much less a logical contradiction. And nobody has banned stem cell research. The debate is ...

http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/619670/What-Conservatives-Really-Think.html?nav=5006

"Clinical trial in a dish" may make common medicines safer, say Stanford scientists

This last winter has been a tough one for my small rural community. Every time I turned around, more people were sniffling and sneezing, coughing and feverish.

https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/03/21/clinical-trial-in-a-dish-may-make-common-medicines-safer-say-stanford-scientists/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+stanford%2Fscope+%28SCOPE%29

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Stem cells: FAQs about stem cell research

Stem cells and derived products offer great promise for new medical treatments. Learn about stem cell types, current and possible uses, ethical issues, and the state of research and practice.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stem-cells/CA00081/rss=1

Scottish Scientists Achieve 3D Printed Stem Cells

Much has been reported on the viability of 3D printing covering the range from artistic pieces to working models of guns and now to stem cells.

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2013/03/23/scottish_scientists_achieve_3d_printed_stem_cells

Naples seminar to look at stem cell therapy to aid macular degeneration

... Eye and Ear, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, are in Naples on Sunday to talk about their stem cell research and other developments for treating eye diseases. The Naples seminar will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hilton Naples, 5111 U.S. 41 ...

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/mar/23/seminar-stem-cell-therapy-macular-degeneration-eye/?partner=RSS

Sustainable retinal cells in lab: Stem cell research could expand...

The study of human induced pluripotent stem cells has been pursued vigorously since they were first discovered in 2007 due to their ability to be manipulated into specific cell types.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130319202358.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

Tracking the New Buzz Around the HIV Cure

On March 3, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, described the first documented case of a child being cured of HIV.

http://www.edgesanfrancisco.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=142728

Yogurt organisms and cancer research

But that is the focus of investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, who are examining the effectiveness of probiotics as they relate to the outcomes of bone marrow transplant for patients with blood cancers.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130319144150.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbiotechnology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+Biotechnology%29

Using human brain cells to make mice smarter

The findings indicate that these supportive cells, called glia, play an important role in human cognition.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130307123947.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fchild_development+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News+--+Child+Development%29

New Approach To Autism

The rate of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has reached epidemic proportions, impacting one in 88, up from one in 110 just a short time ago, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.* That figure jumps to one in 54 for boys.

http://lasvegasnewstrip.com/index.php/news/health-news/400-new-approach-to-autism

Eye disease seminar Sunday in Naples

Retina specialists with Schepens Eye Research/Massachusetts Eye and Ear, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, are in Naples on Sunday to talk about their stem cell research and other developments for treating eye diseases.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/mar/22/eye-disease-seminar-sunday-in-naples/?partner=RSS

Australian woman pins hopes for stem cell donor on estranged family in Toronto

Emily Sun, a 36-year-old woman living just outside Perth, Australia, desperately needs to find a matching stem cell donor.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/03/23/australian_woman_pins_hopes_for_stem_cell_donor_on_estranged_family_in_toronto.html

Judges side with FDA in rejecting stem cell device

The ruling was signed by fellow Judges Janice Rogers Brown and David Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1765360&title=Judges

Cambridge professor lectures at Microbiology Dept.

Mysore, Mar. 23- The UGC Innovative-Invited Lecture series on 'Mechanism of Central Nervous System regeneration' was organised by the Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of Mysore recently.

http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=35584

MD Stem Cells - Macular Degeneration Patient Continues to...

Macular Degeneration is a common progressive retinal condition that destroys the central vision for patients - many times as they are just entering retirement and find their visual needs for reading and driving increasing.

http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2013/03/23/md-stem-cells-macular-degeneration-patient-continues-to-improve-following-stem-cell-treatments/

MD Stem Cells - Macular Degeneration Patient Continues to Improve Following Stem Cell Treatments

Macular Degeneration is a common progressive retinal condition that destroys the central vision for patients many times as they are just entering retirement and find their visual needs for reading and driving increasing.

http://www.pr.com/press-release/480713

Richmond dad pounds the road to pay back

For the last four months, however, the busy married father of two has been pounding the road in preparation for his first ever marathon in May.

http://www.richmond-news.com/Richmond+pounds+road+back/8134538/story.html

Med Cell Europe and PlacidWay Join to Promote Stem Cell Technologies

... high-quality specialists to develop procedures, coupled with the latest in state-of-the-art technology in stem cell research. Stem cells, as the building block of life itself, help the body maintain and regenerate new, healthy cells, tissues, and ...

http://www.pr.com/press-release/480554

Friday, March 22, 2013

Judges side with FDA in rejecting stem cell device A federal appeals...

Inc. makes the Celution and StemSource devices which separate adult stem cells from fat tissue using a combination of spinning motions and chemical reactions.

http://www.news.net/article/207340/Health+%26+Science/?

N.D. Lawmakers Define Start of Life, Outlaw Abortion

... It would have also prohibited the intentional destruction of healthy embryos, a move to block embryonic stem cell research. A week ago, lawmakers sent Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican, one bill that outlaws abortion as early as six weeks and ...

http://www.wltx.com/rss/article/228790/142/ND-Lawmakers-Define-Start-of-Life-Outlaw-Abortion-

North Dakota Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte is the primary sponsor of the North Dakota bill

... It would have also prohibited the intentional destruction of healthy embryos, a move to block embryonic stem cell research. A week ago, lawmakers sent Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican, one bill that outlaws abortion as early as six weeks and ...

http://www.wtsp.com/news/national/article/306447/81/ND-lawmakers-define-start-of-life-outlaw-abortion

Cancer patient hopes fourth treatment gives him more time

His e-mail nickname is "glass man" and he spent most of his adult life repairing windshields and windows.

http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=875749

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