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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Bio-Engineers Grow Functional Human Cartilage In Vitro

Biomedical engineers at Columbia Engineering have successfully grown fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem cells derived from adult stem cells in bone marrow tissue.

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Stem Cells from Teeth Can Make Brain-like Cells

... they could one day be used in the brain as a therapy for stroke. In the University's Center for Stem Cell Research, laboratory studies have shown that stem cells from teeth can develop and form complex networks of brain-like cells. Although these ...

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Scientists grow insulin-producing cells using cloning techniques

Sydney, Apr 29 : Scientists have for the first time used cells from a woman with type 1 diabetes to create cloned human embryos from which they extracted embryonic stem cells.

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Insulin-producing cells derived from cloned human embryo

Washington, April 29 : In a pioneering research involving stem cells, researchers in the US have successfully used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Stress May Naturally Make Stem Cells of Mature Cells

Stress or injury may naturally prompt mammals to make "extraordinary" stem cells out of certain "ordinary" mature cells via dedifferentiation.

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CIRM names Randy Mills as new CEO

... , who announced in October he would resign to spend more time with his family in native Australia. The stem cell research funding agency has $3 billion in state funding to spend, but could run out of money by 2017. Mills was selected by the agency's ...

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Patients regrow muscles with pig bladder tissue

For the first time ever, scientists have been able to successfully regenerate damaged leg muscles through a new stem cell technique that uses material from pig bladder tissue.

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Involvement of gene in lentivirus infections of sheep, goats has been established

The mechanism of the action of the small ruminant lentivirus, a type of virus in the same family as HIV and which infects sheep and goat species, has been studied in a new doctoral thesis.

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Engineers grow functional human cartilage in lab

Engineers have successfully grown -- for the first time -- fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem cells derived from bone marrow tissue.

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Columbia Engineers Grow Functional Human Cartilage in Lab

Researchers at Columbia Engineering announced today that they have successfully grown fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem cells derived from fat tissue.

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Stem Cells From Teeth Can Make Brain-Like Cells

... they could one day be used in the brain as a therapy for stroke. In the University's Centre for Stem Cell Research , laboratory studies have shown that stem cells from teeth can develop and form complex networks of brain-like cells. Although these ...

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Damage control: Recovering from radiation and chemotherapy

The continuous, necessary production of blood cells, including these red blood cells captured in a scanning micrograph by Thomas Deerinck, is the responsibility of hematopoietic stem cells found in bone marrow.

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Randy Smith: Helping Hannah

A 16-year-old girl's mind can be fully occupied. With academic classes, playing sports, boys, family and church on her plate, it leaves little if any time for anything else.

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Stem cells from teeth can make brain-like cells

... they could one day be used in the brain as a therapy for stroke. In the University's Centre for Stem Cell Research , laboratory studies have shown that stem cells from teeth can develop and form complex networks of brain-like cells. Although these ...

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Females prefer lovers not fighters, at least in beetles

It's official , females prefer courtship over competitiveness -- and it doesn't matter about the size of your mandibles either.

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Aussie doctor in heart breakthrough

EXCLUSIVE: GPs could be paid more to treat the sickest patients with private health funds allowed to fund GP care in a government overhaul.

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Human embryonic-stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes regenerate non-human primate hearts

Pluripotent stem cells provide a potential solution to current epidemic rates of heart failure by providing human cardiomyocytes to support heart regeneration.

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IntelliCell BioSciences' Stromal Vascular Cell Technology Used For...

The autologous cells were gathered on site with Institutional Review Board approval in accordance with all applicable regulatory requirements.

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Columbia engineers grow functional human cartilage in lab

This is a full section of a tissue construct with cartilage at the top and bone substrate underneath.

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Stem cell therapy regenerates heart muscle damaged from heart attacks in primates

In his lab at the University of Washington, regenerative medicine researcher Dr. Charles Murry displays a tray of cardiac cells transformed from stem cells.

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New treatment regenerates muscle lost in traumatic injury

U.S. doctors said on Wednesday they have succeeded in coaxing the regeneration of muscle tissue lost in people who suffered traumatic injuries, including wartime bomb wounds, with a new type of treatment that uses material from a pig's bladder.

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Engineers grow functional human cartilage in lab

Researchers at Columbia Engineering announced today that they have successfully grown fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem cells derived from fat tissue.

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Columbia Engineers Grow Functional Human Cartilage in Lab

New York, NY-April 30, 2014-Researchers at Columbia Engineering announced today that they have successfully grown fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem cells derived from bone marrow tissue.

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False positives

When it comes to stem-cell therapies, the stakes are high - but not as high as the hopes of people who are severely ill.

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Policy: Regulate embryos made for research

... clone a human baby. This is the position of scientific guidelines issued by the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the US National Academy of Sciences and the 1997 National Bioethics Advisory Commission. Debate is raging, however, over a ...

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Insulin-making cells created by Dolly-cloning method

Finally, stem cell medicine is coming of age but if we run with the Dolly method it will inevitably raise ethical concerns THE dream of generating a bank of stem cells to treat injury and illness is a step closer.

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Blood of world's oldest woman hints at limits of life

DEATH is the one certainty of life, but when will it come knocking? A pioneering analysis of blood from one of the world's oldest and healthiest women suggests it may come down to the vigour of your body's stem cells.

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Columbia engineers grow functional human cartilage in lab

This is a full section of a tissue construct with cartilage at the top and bone substrate underneath.

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Stem cell revival: The 1990s are back

"SINCE what works in sheep is likely to be possible in humans, we are suddenly propelled right past the imagined techniques of Brave New World ."

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Cellular Dynamics launches cell line for brain research

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Seven days: 25 April -1 May 2014

The week in science: FDA proposes regulating e-cigarettes; new UK ice-breaker research ship; and aid agencies warn of famine in South Sudan.

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Stem cell therapy regenerates heart muscle damaged from heart attacks in primates

In his lab at the University of Washington, regenerative medicine researcher Dr. Charles Murry displays a tray of cardiac cells transformed from stem cells.

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9 Science-Backed Secrets for a Longer Life

From the booming anti-aging supplement industry to scientists in the lab , everyone wants to know the secrets of a long and healthy - even Google .

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Mouse Study Points to Potentially Powerful Tool for Treating Damaged Hearts

... Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (grant numbers R01HL111198, R00HL092234 and HL107153); the Maryland Stem Cell Research Foundation; the Lundbeck Foundation; Fondation Leducq; the Muscular Dystrophy Association; and the Max Kade Foundation. Video ...

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CIRM vets candidates to head stem cell agency

A spokesman for CIRM, which is supported by state bonds since California voters in 2004 approved Proposition 71, did not say how many candidates will be interviewed in a closed-door session Wednesday in Burlingame.

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Fluvanna woman promotes awareness of young-onset Parkinson's

... disease, and has formed the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Fox's outspoken views on stem cell research using embryonic tissue created controversy early on; he has since said that he believes other avenues of research hold more ...

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Stem Cells Market Is Growing at a CAGR of 24.2% from 2012 to 2018 by Transparency Market Research

... from government and private organizations is driving the European stem cells market. The key players in stem cell research and technology include Advanced Cell Technology Inc., Stem Cell Technologies Inc., Cellular Engineering Technologies Inc., ...

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Nanog and transcriptional networks in embryonic stem cell pluripotency.

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Bioheart, Inc. Presented Clinical Trial Results at the Age Management Medicine Group Conference

Kristin Comella, Bioheart's Chief Scientific Officer, presented for the first time the Angel 6 month trial data to hundreds of physicians and health care professionals.

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Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Bioheart, Inc. Presented Clinical Trial Results at the Age Management Medicine Group Conference

Bioheart, Inc. , a biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of autologous cell therapies, presented at the 16th Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine Group conference and Scientific Seminar in Orlando, Florida April 24-27.

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Stem cells from teeth can make brain-like cells

... they could one day be used in the brain as a therapy for stroke. In the University's Centre for Stem Cell Research, laboratory studies have shown that stem cells from teeth can develop and form complex networks of brain-like cells. Although these ...

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Cloning used to make stem cells from adults

... studies. "That's why it's so important for medical research." The first developments in the field of stem cell research used leftover embryos created by the union of sperm and egg from in vitro fertilization. But embryonic stem cell research is ...

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Gallus BioPharmaceuticals Utilises ambr15 Micro Bioreactor To Rapidly ...

... bioprocess development and GMP manufacture of biologics and cell therapies, as well as discovery and stem cell research programmes. Founded in 1987, the company has offices in the UK and USA, and an extensive network of distributors in Europe and ...

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Study of stem cell trials links discrepancies in data with reported success of treatment

New research looking at the success of clinical trials of stem cell therapy shows that trials appear to be more successful in studies where there are more discrepancies in the trial data.

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A key role may be played by viral 'parasites' in the maintenance of cell pluripotency

In a study published in Nature Genetics , scientists from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan, in collaboration with the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, the University of Copenhagen and the Joint Genome Institute have discovered that "jumping DNA" known as retrotransposons - viral elements incorporated into the ... (more)

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Stem cell therapy 'could reduce death from heart disease'

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, claiming around 1 million lives every year.

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Texas funds biotechnology center

... at both institutions to position the Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology as a world leader in adult stem cell research, organ transplantation, and personalized medicine." "We are grateful to Governor Rick Perry and the State of Texas for the ...

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Ro Khana, Mike Honda, and Stem Cell Research: Future Meets Past in California's 17th District

... Facebook's CEO Sheryl Sandberg, and Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer. This is not small. Embryonic stem cell research is in the California Constitution, part of Proposition 71, the Stem Cells for Research and Cures Initiative. ...

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Review: Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease

Stem cell therapies work as a complement to standard treatments, potentially cutting the number of deaths after a year, suggests evidence from the latest Cochrane review: Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure .

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Animals spared in new cancer tests on cells

SCOTTISH researchers have developed new cell techniques to replace animal testing in the study of serious conditions including cancer and spinal injuries.

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Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy: A House of Cards About to Fall?

Many of the most promising results in cardiac stem cell therapy are illusory, and the potential benefits of stem cells to treat heart disease are probably far more modest than previously believed, according to a BMJ study.

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Opportunities in Regenerative Medicine

Readers will likely remember the political fights that have happened over the past decade around the use of embryonic stem cells.

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Heart attack survivors who eat lots of fiber live longer

People who survive heart attacks have a greater chance of living longer if they increase their dietary intake of fibre - and eating lots of cereal fibre is especially beneficial, finds research published today in BMJ .

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Only about half of strokes may be attributable to known causative risk factors

A large proportion of strokes may not be attributable to known causative risk factors, according to a study published in this week's PLOS Medicine .

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Is This Stem-Cell Doc A Quack Or A Hero?

Fans of cell therapy company Stamina say the head doctor's radical therapy is saving lives-but Italian prosecutors say the company is preying on the desperate and the terminally ill.

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NAMSR News: Stem Cell Breakthrough // Patient-specific Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes

Apr. 29, 2014 - ARLINGTON, Va. -- A team of scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center, also in New York, claim to have created the first disease-specific embryonic stem cell line with two sets of chromosomes.

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Stem Cell Institute Welcomes Special Guest Speaker Roberta F. Shapiro...

The Stem Cell Institute located in Panama City, Panama, welcomes special guest speaker Roberta F. Shapiro, DO, FAAPM&R to its public seminar on umbilical cord stem cell therapy on Saturday, May 17, 2014 in New York City at the New York Hilton Midtown from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

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Stem Cells Aid Heart Regeneration in Salamanders

Imagine filling a hole in your heart by regrowing the tissue. While that possibility is still being explored in people, it is a reality in salamanders.

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Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

A New Jersey woman has admitted killing her neighbor's small dog by throwing it into traffic during an argument over a parking space.

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Gallus Biopharmaceuticals, LLC Utilises ambr15 Micro Bioreactor

... bioprocess development and GMP manufacture of biologics and cell therapies, as well as discovery and stem cell research programmes. Founded in 1987, the company has offices in the UK and USA, and an extensive network of distributors in Europe and ...

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Tampa mother keep fighting for teenager with rare disease

... is there, sometimes it isn't. She has spoken all over the world to doctors and legislators about stem cell research. The best help she could find was in China. In a battle for her child's life, she isn't afraid to say what is on her mind. "According ...

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StemGenexA Sees MS Patients Benefit from Adult Stem Cell Treatments

As a wife and mother of 2 children, Kristen Marr was absolutely devastated when she was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis in 2007.

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International Stem Cell Corporation Announces Positive Parkinson's Disease Data

International Stem Cell Corporation , a California-based biotechnology company developing novel stem cell-based therapies and biomedical products announced today that some behavioral improvements have been observed after six months in the pre-clinical non-human primate study of Parkinson's disease .

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Cloning technique makes new advance in diabetes treatments

In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Stem Cell Study in ALS Patients Gets FDA Green Light

The FDA has OK'd the start of a phase II clinical trial of NurOwn in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

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Recipe for Poor Wound Healing: Bacterial Infection Plus Stress

The stress hormone epinephrine - the source of the "fight-or-flight" response - also heightens stresses at the cellular level, inhibiting wound healing and promoting a state of chronic inflammation that prohibits the body's stem cells from migrating to a wound to encourage skin regeneration, UC Davis researchers have found.

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Stem Cell Cloning May be Aid Treatment for Diabetes

CBS News / AP - Scientists have moved one step closer to creating and effective diabetes treatment by creating insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Stem cell breakthrough: patient-specific therapies for type 1 diabetes

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Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Releases Annual Industry Report...

Regenerative Medicine Annual Industry Report, an in-depth review of the continued growth and advancements in the regenerative medicine sector during the past year.

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Researchers Discover Effect Of Circulating Cell Types On Cardiovascular Health

Using a bioinformatics approach, Ohio State University researchers found that isolation of the endothelial progenitor cell might not be necessary to understand and possibly improve cardiovascular health.

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Texas Biomed president and CEO Kenneth P. Trevett named health care...

Kenneth P. Trevett, J.D., president and chief executive officer of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, has been designated a 2014 'Health Care Hero' in the philanthropic champion category by the San Antonio Business Journal .

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Human Embryos as a Planted Corn Crop

Remember in the early days of the embryonic stem cell debate being repeatedly assured that "all" the scientists wanted were "leftover embryos due to be destroyed anyway" for use research? It was always baloney.

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Trials More Successful When There Are More Discrepancies In Trial...

New research looking at the success of clinical trials of stem cell therapy shows that trials appear to be more successful in studies where there are more discrepancies in the trial data.

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Fluidigm: Unique Investing Opportunity In Single-Cell Genomics

Until now, the company is almost free from competition because no other company offers products covering the full SCG workflow.

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Failed surgery and a guardian's quest to give her dog a chance at life

Years ago, a special dog named "Shadow" had a freak accident which left one of his legs with a horrible "spiral" break.

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Retinitis Pigmentosa (Retinitis) - Pipeline Review, H1 2014

Reportstack, provider of premium market research reports announces the addition of Retinitis Pigmentosa - Pipeline Review, H1 2014 market report to its offering Retinitis Pigmentosa - Pipeline Review, H1 2014 Summary , Retinitis Pigmentosa - Pipeline Review, H1 2014, provides an overview of the Retinitis Pigmentosa s therapeutic pipeline.

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stem cells

Researchers reported on Monday the creation of the first disease-specific line of embryonic stem cells made with a patient's own DNA, a major breakthrough in the field of regenerative medicine .

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Scientists make insulin-making cells bearing DNA of diabetic woman

In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Stroke risk reduced if brain blood vessel disorder is left alone

Treating patients who suffer from a common condition that affects blood vessels in the brain increases their risk of stroke, a study has found.

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Stem cell therapies look promising for heart disease

Stem cell therapies work as a complement to standard treatments, potentially cutting the number of deaths after a year, suggests evidence from the latest Cochrane review: Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure.

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Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Releases Annual Industry Report...

The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine today announced the release of its 3rd Regenerative Medicine Annual Industry Report, an in-depth review of the continued growth and advancements in the regenerative medicine sector during the past year.

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Breakthrough unravels how macrophages are programmed in tissues

Studies conducted by a team led by Professor Phil Taylor, and published this week in the prestigious journal Science , shed new light on how the cell type known as macrophages are programmed in tissues.

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International Stem Cell Corporation Announces Positive Parkinson's Disease Data

The detailed behavioral data will be presented at the 66th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

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Hamilton Thorne Announces 2013 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results

"We are extremely pleased with our results for the fourth quarter and the year," said David Wolf, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hamilton Thorne Ltd. Sales increased 18% to a record $7.5 million for the year, and fourth quarter sales increased 10% to a record $2.3 million.

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Transdisciplinary Research Team to Launch Science-Driven Effort to...

The world's leading clinical-based researchers in liver biology, regeneration and tissue engineering are gathering for the first-ever Whole Liver Replacement State-of-the-Science Summit in Chicago April 29-30 to share data and identify technical challenges that must be solved to engineer a whole liver for human transplantation.

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Study finds Sirt7 gene plays a central role in energy metabolism

The long-term consumption of too much high-energy and high-fat food leads to overweight.

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Cloning used to make stem cells from adults

... studies. "That's why it's so important for medical research." The first developments in the field of stem cell research used leftover embryos created by the union of sperm and egg from in vitro fertilization. But embryonic stem cell research is ...

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Terri Shieh-Newton Joins Mintz Levin's IP Practice Group in San Francisco

Dr. Terri Shieh-Newton, the former co-chair of the stem cell and regenerative medicine practice at Morrison & Foerster has joined Mintz Levin's Intellectual Property Practice group in San Francisco.

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Stem Cells Generated

Two reports published in April 2014 showed for the first time how stem cells could be generated from embryos that were produced using adult skin cells. Shown here is a colony of an embryonic stem line derived from a patient with Type 1 diabetes. (Bjarki Johannesson/NY Stem Cell Foundation)

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New Report Available: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (CYTX) -...

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. is a US-based pharmaceutical company. It undertakes the development of cell therapies based on autologous adipose-derived regenerative cells for the treatment of cardiovascular disease as well as for the repair soft tissue defects.

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Animals could be replaced in drug and cosmetics testing by skin layer grown from human stem cells

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Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Crispr Therapeutics Secures $25 Million in Series A Financing

The funding and the team's collective expertise will allow CRISPR Therapeutics to translate its technology into important new gene medicines that have the potential to cure serious genetic diseases at the molecular level.

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Stemedica Elects President of South Korean Biopharmaceutical Company...

Dr. Rhee's addition to Stemedica's board supports both companies' shared vision of moving stem-cell technologies from clinical trials into worldwide medical practice.

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Japan's Latest Stem Cell Apology

Nobel Prize winner Shinya Yamanaka today joined a growing crowd of Japanese stem cell scientists who have held press conferences in recent weeks to apologize for mistakes in published papers.

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Insulin-producing cells derived from cloned human embryo

Washington, April 29 : In a pioneering research involving stem cells, researchers in the US have successfully used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Insulin-producing cells derived from cloned human embryo

In a pioneering research involving stem cells, researchers in the US have successfully used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

Crews were searching the northern part of San Francisco Bay for a pilot after two small planes collided while heading home from a show, sending one aircraft crashing into the water while the other one safely... A federal transportation safety official has arrived to investigate a collision between two small planes that sent one crashing into San ... (more)

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Viral 'parasites' may play a key role in the maintenance of cell pluripotency

In a study published in Nature Genetics, scientists from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan, in collaboration with the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, the University of Copenhagen and the Joint Genome Institute have discovered that "jumping DNA" known as retrotransposons-viral elements incorporated into the human ... (more)

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Insulin-making cells created by Dolly-cloning method

The dream of generating a bank of stem cells to treat injury and illness is a step closer.

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Scientists report another embryonic cloning success

Scientists have taken skin cells from a woman suffering from type 1 diabetes, reprogrammed them into embryonic stem cells, and then converted those cells into insulin-producing cells in mice, according to a new study.

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New sensor molecules have potential for early cancer detection

A new water-soluble fluorescent detection system that is extremely sensitive to pyrophosphate has been discovered by researchers.

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Cloning used to make stem cells from adults

... studies. "That's why it's so important for medical research." The first developments in the field of stem cell research used leftover embryos created by the union of sperm and egg from in vitro fertilization. But embryonic stem cell research is ...

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Senators Support Regenerative Medicine Promotion Act of 2014

... funding for the advancement of projects. CRM was established in 2010 to create a central hub for NIH stem cell research and allocated a budget of $52 million over seven years to develop therapies using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), adult ...

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Unlocking The Secrets Of Death In A Long-Lived...

They say that only two things in life are certain: death and taxes. For the former, a new study of the blood of one of the world's oldest women has offered clues to not only why death occurs, but may also unlock some of the secrets of longevity.

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Athersys Inc. stem cell therapy for bowel disease fails to show 'meaningful benefit' in study

Athersys Inc. of Cleveland said its MultiStem cell therapy for treating patients with a form of inflammatory bowel disease "failed to show meaningful benefit" in interim results from a Phase 2 clinical trial.

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With cloning technique, scientists create insulin-making cells bearing DNA of diabetic woman

In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Cellceutix Corp. Reports Favorable Results on Trial of New Antibiotic

The solid showing comes less than two weeks after the Beverly, Mass.-based pharmaceutical company reported favorable results in a recently completed preclinical study evaluating its new antibiotic compounds against specific strains of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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FDA approves US phase-II clinical trials on for ALS treatment initiated at Jerusalem's Hadassah

The use of adult stem cells for the progressive, fatal disorder was first introduced by Prof.

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Cloning: Scientists make insulin-producing cells

Scientists said on Monday they had used cloning technology to make embryonic stem cells that carry a diabetic woman's genes, and turned them into insulin-producing beta cells that may one day cure her disease.

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Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

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Cloning insulin-producing cells

... gave rise to human embryonic stem cells. The researchers published their findings in the journal Nature . Stem cell research has received a lot of attention lately. Earlier this month Korean and American researchers announced they were the first to ...

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The International Society for Stem Cell Research 12th Annual Meeting, June 18-21, 2014

The International Society for Stem Cell Research 12th Annual Meeting, the largest international interdisciplinary forum dedicated to stem cell science, is accepting media registration in advance of the multi-day event.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka denies image manipulation in 2000 paper

Kyoto University Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, the creator of induced pluripotent stem cells and a 2012 Nobel laureate, on Monday denied allegations that he manipulated images in a research paper he published in a European journal in 2000.

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Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

The approach could someday aid treatment of the Type 1 form of the illness, which is usually diagnosed in childhood and accounts for about 5 percent of diabetes cases in the U.S. The disease kills insulin-making cells in the pancreas.

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Milton Keynes woman will take to the podium during inaugural Women's Tour

Milton Keynes resident Sally Waller has been selected to play a starring role when the elite Friends Life Women's Tour cycle race comes to town next week.

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Imaging gives clearer picture of cancer drugs' chances of success

Drug resistant ovarian cancer cells derived from samples from human patients. The cells were treated with a candidate drug that stops cell growth.

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Overlooked cells hold keys to brain organization and disease

Scientists studying brain diseases may need to look beyond nerve cells and start paying attention to the star-shaped cells known as "astrocytes," because they play specialized roles in the development and maintenance of nerve circuits and may contribute to a wide range of disorders, according to a new study by UC San Francisco researchers.

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Viral 'parasites' may play a key role in the maintenance of cell pluripotency

In a study published in Nature Genetics , scientists from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan, in collaboration with the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, the University of Copenhagen and the Joint Genome Institute have discovered that "jumping DNA" known as retrotransposons-viral elements incorporated into the ... (more)

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Scientists Create Personalized Stem Cells, Raising Hopes for Diabetes Cure

Regenerative medicine took a step forward on Monday with the announcement of the creation of the first disease-specific line of embryonic stem cells made with a patient's own DNA.

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First disease-specific human embryonic stem cell line by nuclear transfer

... disease. The NYSCF laboratory is one of the few places in the world that pursues all types of stem cell research. Even though many people questioned the necessity of continuing our SCNT work, we felt it was critical to advance all types of stem-cell ...

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Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

The approach could someday aid treatment of the Type 1 form of the illness, which is usually diagnosed in childhood and accounts for about 5 percent of diabetes cases in the U.S. The disease kills insulin-making cells in the pancreas.

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First Stem Cells Cloned From Diabetes Patient, Thanks to Egg Donors

The feat could lead to new cell-based treatments for the disease, but it relies on the willingness of women to donate their eggs Is donating eggs to scientists for a research study any different from donating eggs to a couple hoping to have a baby using in vitro fertilization ? That's a question that stem cell researchers - and policy makers - have ... (more)

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Blackburn boy saved by marrow transplant after illness left him fighting for his life

A BLACKBURN business boss whose six-year-old has a rare genetic disease is urging people to sign up to a stem cell register after a donor saved his son's life.

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Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

The approach could someday aid treatment of the Type 1 form of the illness, which is usually diagnosed in childhood and accounts for about 5 percent of diabetes cases in the U.S. The disease kills insulin-making cells in the pancreas.

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Stem Cells Yield Lab-Grown Skin, Researchers Say

Skin that was created from stem cells and grown in a lab could be used instead of animals to test drugs and cosmetics, and to develop new treatments for skin disorders, scientists report.

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Secrets in 115-yr-old's blood

Scientists have long searched for the secrets to longevity - and now, clues to this medical "holy grail" may be revealed in the blood of one of the world's oldest and healthiest women.

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A donation from deep within

The blond, curly haired toddler capturing the attention of others in the room is the reason for their gift of life.

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April News and Product Briefs

Definiens signed an agreement with INSERM Transfert to sponsor the worldwide consortium for the validation of the Immunoscore, a new approach to cancer therapy.

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UPDATE 1-Athersys stem-cell therapy for bowel disease fails in trial

Athersys Inc said its experimental stem-cell therapy for treating an inflammatory bowel disease failed to show any meaningful benefit in early results from a trial, sending its shares plunging 57 percent before the bell.

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Progenitor and Stem Cell Technologies and Therapies

Progenitor and stem cells have the ability to renew themselves and change into a variety of specialised types, making them ideal materials for therapy and regenerative medicine.

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Osiris Therapeutics Announces First Quarter 2014 Financial Results Conference Call

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Comprehensive map of human B cell development created

A new method for mapping cellular development at the single cell level has been described by researchers.

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Osiris Therapeutics Announces First Quarter 2014 Financial Results Conference Call

Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, and Philip R. Jacoby, Jr., Chief Financial Officer, will provide a company update and discuss results via a webcast and conference call on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. ET.

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Athersys stem-cell therapy for bowel disease fails in study

Athersys Inc said its experimental stem-cell therapy for treating an inflammatory bowel disease failed to show any benefit in patients in a mid-stage trial.

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Novel mechanism for neurological disorder unraveled by international team

A novel gene associated with a neurological disorder affecting both the peripheral and central nervous systems has been discovered by an international team of researchers.

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FDA okays start of BrainStorm stem cell trial in ALS patients

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the start of a mid-stage clinical trial of its adult stem cell treatment for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .

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Researchers create artificial skin using stem cells

An international team of researchers developed skin grown from human stem cells that may eliminate using animals for drug and cosmetics testing and help develop news therapies for skin disorders.

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Phase I Clinical Study of Neumedicines' Interleukin-12 as a Treatment ...

Neumedicines' proposal, 'Recombinant Interleukin-12, a Broad-Spectrum Biologic for the Treatment of Battle and Traumatic Wound Infections,' was submitted in response to the Fiscal Year 2014 and Development Program Military Infectious Diseases Clinical Trial Award , which is solicited for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, ... (more)

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New study helps to explain why breast cancer often spreads to the lung

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Phase I Clinical Study of Neumedicines' Interleukin-12 as a Treatment ...

Neumedicines Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, announced today that their proposal to conduct a phase I clinical study of recombinant human interleukin-12 for the treatment of traumatic wounds has been recommended for funding subject to negotiations by the Department of Defense office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research ... (more)

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Optical Control of Muscle Function by Transplantation of Stem Cell-Derived Motor Neurons in Mice

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115-year-old woman's blood unlocks secret to longer life

London: Do you know that our body does have an expiry date set by our cells ability to decide? A blood analysis of the world's oldest woman may have revealed this secret.

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Center for Joint Regeneration in Phoenix Now Offering Stem Cell...

Center for Joint Regeneration is now offering stem cell procedures for nonoperative rotator cuff repair with Board Certified orthopedic doctors.

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115-year-old woman's blood unlocks life's secret

London, April 28 : Do you know that our body does have an expiry date set by our cells ability to decide? A blood analysis of the world's oldest woman may have revealed this secret.

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115-year-old woman's blood unlocks life's secret

Do you know that our body does have an expiry date set by our cells ability to decide? A blood analysis of the world's oldest woman may have revealed this secret.

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Chipping Sodbury woman treks the Sahara for charity

A CHIPPING Sodbury woman has headed off to the Sahara to raise money and awareness for the charity RP Fighting Blindness , which supports sufferers of Retinitis Pigmentosa.

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Vet-Stem, Inc. Licenses Its New Patent to Human Stem Cell Company

Vet-Stem, Inc., announced that a non-exclusive European license agreement has been signed with a global human stem cell company.

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Leaders: Animal experiments | Putin's necessities

... carried out as humanely as possible the arguments for outweigh those against. But the move to increase stem cell research should be supported SOME two months after Russian forces entered Ukraine, president Vladimir Putin appears to remain ...

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FDA okays start of BrainStorm stem cell trial in ALS patients

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the start of a mid-stage clinical trial of its adult stem cell treatment for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .

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Animals spared in new cancer tests on cells

SCOTTISH researchers have developed new cell techniques to replace animal testing in the study of serious conditions including cancer and spinal injuries.

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Orthobiologics Market Growth Will Reach USD 5,519.9 Million in 2019: Transparency Market Research

Transparency Market Research Report Added "Orthobiologics Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019" to its database.

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State stem cell agency's at a crossroads

... out in 2017. To help build support and attract cash, CIRM has begun an aggressive push to commercialize stem cell research. The hope is to fulfill the promises of cures that were made during the ballot initiative campaign that created the program in ...

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Italian Prosecutor: Stem Cell Group Is a "Criminal Organization"

After a four-year investigation, a public prosecutor in Turin has delivered a withering indictment about a controversial stem cell therapy provided by the Stamina Foundation in Italy.

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From near death to a new life

As newly married Michael Faust and Jackie Antico strode off an old loading deck at the Jones Bay Wharf at Pyrmont late on Thursday, family members gathered around the just vacated four-poster chuppah, the canopy under which a couple stand during a Jewish wedding ceremony.

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Somatic mutations found in the healthy blood compartment of a...

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Stem cell production becomes much easier with polymer-based 3D culture system

Mass producing human pluripotent stem cells , including embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, for regenerative medicine and drug discovery may have gotten much easier, thanks to a polymer-based 3D culture system developed by Japanese researchers.

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Stress Could Activate 'Crosstalking' Cell Signals That Turn...

... 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. ...

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Letter: Davenport is pro-life Republican

... funding of Planned Parenthood, supports Personhood for the Unborn, opposes taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research and supports a ban on human cloning. Caleb's fundamental beliefs include upholding and defending the Constitution of the ...

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Cancer specific cell for potential treatment of gastric cancer identified

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Onward Christian soldier: a premier's faith

... in the Parliament,'' Mr Baird said. Mr Baird is on the record as opposing same sex marriage, embryonic stem cell research and same sex adoption. However, he committed to allowing Liberal MPs a free vote on such matters, as did Mr O'Farrell. Asked if ...

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Adult Stem Cells and the Diseases of Aging

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

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Walls around tumours - why plants do not develop cancer.

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Football fire tragedy medic honoured

... was director until retiring in December last year. The centre does not treat burn victims but carries out stem cell research to try to find new ways to treat the injuries and speed up the healing process. At the beginning it was also assisted by the ...

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Volleyball training camp begins May 1: Sports Roundup

Registration is under way for the 2014 Volleyball Institute of America Spring Training Camp, for ages 3-8 and 9-14, at Northlake Christian School in Covington.

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Skin Layer Grown From Human Stem Cells Could...

An international team led by King's College London and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center has developed the first lab-grown epidermis - the outermost skin layer - with a functional permeability barrier akin to real skin.

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Investigator of controversial stem-cell study resigns

The head of a Japanese committee investigating claims that stem cells could be made using mechanical stress or acid resigned from the committee today over anonymous allegations that at least one of his own papers contained problematic data.

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Solitary situation for boy in unique cancer treatment

At precisely the time 6-year-old Sammy most needed his parents, they were forced to keep their distance because his unique cancer treatment made him radioactive.

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Orthobiologics Market Will Reach USD 5.5 Billion in 2019 : Transparency Market Resear

Orthobiologics Market was valued at USD 3,754.6 million in 2012 and is estimated to reach a market worth USD 5,519.9million in 2019at a CAGR of 5.9% from 2013 to 2019.

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Osiris Therapeutics Announces Dwayne Montgomery as General Manager of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. , the leading stem cell company focused on developing and marketing products to treat conditions in wound care, orthopedic and sports medicine markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dwayne Montgomery to General Manager, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, reporting to Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D., President and Chief ... (more)

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Stem Cells Yield Lab-Grown Skin, Researchers Say

Skin that was created from stem cells and grown in a lab could be used instead of animals to test drugs and cosmetics, and to develop new treatments for skin disorders, scientists report.

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Osiris Therapeutics Announces Dwayne Montgomery as General Manager of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

"Osiris continues its transformation from being primarily R&D oriented to one also capable of commercializing and supporting newly launched products in our targeted therapeutic areas - wound care, orthopedics and sports medicine,' said , Ph.D., President and CEO.

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Orthobiologics Market is Expected to Reach USD 5,519.9 Million Globally in 2019

Apr. 25, 2014 - ALBANY, N.Y. -- Orthobiologics Market was valued at USD 3,754.6 million in 2012 and is estimated to reach a market worth USD 5,519.9million in 2019at a CAGR of 5.9% from 2013 to 2019.

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Longer looks: Terri Schiavo case; stem cell tourism in China; fall protection for the elderly

ProPublica : MIA In The War On Cancer : Where Are The Low-Cost Treatments? Increasingly, Big Pharma is betting on new blockbuster cancer drugs that cost billions to develop and can be sold for thousands of dollars a dose.

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Mice Model Market Worth $1,819.9 Million by 2018

This report studies "Mice Model Market - By Type [Inbred, Knockout, Conditioned], Technology [Microinjection, Embryonic Stem Cell], Disease [Oncology, Immunology, CNS], Service [Breeding, Cryopreservation, Quarantine] & Care Products [Cages, Bedding, Feed] - Forecasts to 2018", The market is estimated at $1,115.2 million in 2013 and is expected to ... (more)

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Osiris Therapeutics Announces Dwayne Montgomery as General Manager of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. , the leading stem cell company focused on developing and marketing products to treat conditions in wound care, orthopedic and sports medicine markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dwayne Montgomery to General Manager, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, reporting to Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D., President and Chief ... (more)

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Blood Cells Reprogrammed into Blood Stem Cells

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

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'Unproven treatment of spinal injuries can cause paralysis'

New Delhi, April 24 : The rampant unauthorised and unproven stem cell transplant for spinal cord injury can leave a person paralysed below the level of injury, health experts said Thursday.

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Significant 'other' in NSW cabinet

... in the Parliament,'' Mr Baird said. Mr Baird is on the record as opposing same sex marriage, embryonic stem cell research and same sex adoption. However, he committed to allowing Liberal MPs a free vote on such matters, as did Mr O'Farrell. Asked if ...

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Artificial skin layer grown in lab

London, April 25 : In a major breakthrough, scientists have been successful in developing the first lab-grown epidermis - the outermost skin layer - which could replace animals in drug and cosmetics testing.

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Researchers find hundreds of genetic mutations in healthy blood of a supercentenarian

Genetic mutations are commonly studied because of links to diseases such as cancer; however, little is known about mutations occurring in healthy individuals.

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Cardiovascular health affected by stem cells in circulating blood

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AMSBIO Expands US Operations

AMSBIO has announced the opening of a new North American headquarters with executive management facilities in Cambridge, MA** for its US subsidiary - AMSBIO LLC. Commenting on this strategic move, Alex Sim said "The US is the single largest market for our stem cell and regenerative medicine, glycobiology enzymes / substrates and tissue derived ... (more)

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Plant and animal stem cells: similar yet different

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Michelle Obama Bows Out of Topeka Graduation Speech

It wasn't personal, they say - the students just didn't want to share their big day with the First Lady and deal with the security headaches that hosting a big name speaker would entail.

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Now Available: Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACTC) - Medical...

The company participates in the development of cellular therapies for the treatment of diseases.

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Stemedica Appoints President of South Korean Biopharmaceutical...

Dr. Rhee's addition to Stemedica's board supports both companies' shared vision of moving stem-cell technologies from clinical trials into worldwide medical practice.

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Stemedica Adds Byung-Geon 'BG' Rhee, Ph.D to Board of Directors

Dr. Rhee's addition to Stemedica's board supports both companies' shared vision of moving stem-cell technologies from clinical trials into worldwide medical practice.

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Lions coming together with pride to support Va. Beach VisionWalk

... included in The Virginian-Pilot every Sunday and Thursday in Virginia Beach. Future clinical trials and stem cell research on retinal degenerative diseases are planned, and it's news like this that Debra Laughlin has dedicated her life's work to ...

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Charity fund-raiser today at Lu-Lu's Solitary Consignment shop

Every year on the anniversary of the opening of Lu-Lu's Solitary Consignment shop in North Fort Myers, Lu Ann Vasilou holds a charity fund-raiser, and this time she's going to hold one for a customer and friend whose grandson is fighting cancer.

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Seahawks' Sherman on TIME's Most Influential list

TIME Magazine named outspoken Seattle Seahawks Richard Sherman one of its 100 Most Influential People, applauding his willingness to speak his mind in an era of microphone dodging in professional sports.

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Okla. House passes abortion clinic standards bill

... has already passed the Senate. House members voted 75-15 for it after amending the bill to also ban stem cell research in the state, similar to "personhood" legislation that House leaders refused to hear two years ago. One of two physicians who ...

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'CB Cares' Supports COTA Children's Organ Transplant Association In Honor Of Elle Haley

Dress in " Purple Day " will be held at Westfield High School on Friday, April 25 and is the first in a series of 4 events to raise awareness for COTA in honor of 15 yr.

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Low-dose natural antimicrobial exacerbates chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis

Respiratory failure caused by chronic lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria is a common cause of death in patients with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that is common in individuals of European descent.

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Scientists seek clues to longevity from 115-year-old

Research of a 115-year-old woman's body shows genetic mutations linked to diseases like cancer may be harmless in white blood cells over a lifetime.

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Postdoctoral fellow

Dresden within the Helmholtz Association in the "Molecular Mechanisms of Induced Plasticity of the Vertebrate Brain" group headed by Helmholtz Young Investigator group leader Dr. Caghan Kizil .

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Michelle Obama Bows Out of Topeka Graduation Speech

It wasn't personal, they say - the students just didn't want to share their big day with the First Lady and deal with the security headaches that hosting a big name speaker would entail.

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Okla. House passes abortion clinic standards bill

... has already passed the Senate. House members voted 75-15 for it after amending the bill to also ban stem cell research in the state. The bill now returns to the Senate for consideration of the amendment. One of two physicians who serve in the ...

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Optic Nerve Regenerates Following Stem Cell Treatment

Apr. 24, 2014 - RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- The Stem Cell Ophthalmology Treatment Study or SCOTS uses adult stem cells for the treatment of optic nerve and retinal disease.

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Low testosterone in womb may impact your health

Summary Men's susceptibility to serious health conditions may be influenced by low exposure to testosterone in the womb, a new research suggests.

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UC San Diego Autism Research Described as "Game Changer"

UC San Diego scientists say they've made a breakthrough in autism research. Researchers found using stem cells can help them find the right drug to treat the disorder.

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Stem cells in circulating blood affect cardiovascular health

New research suggests that attempts to isolate an elusive adult stem cell from blood to understand and potentially improve cardiovascular health -- a task considered possible but very difficult -- might not be necessary.

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Cancer specific cell identified for potential targeted treatment of gastric cancer

A team of scientists led by a researcher from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore has identified the cancer specific stem cell which causes gastric cancer.

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Stillbirth may be associated with both severely restricted and excessive fetal growth

When several factors are accounted for, stillbirth may be associated with both severely restricted and excessive fetal growth, according to a new study.

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Sutter Neuroscience Institute, a recognized Center of Excellence, and CBR , the world's largest stem cell bank, are launching the first FDA- approved clinical trial to assess the use of a child's own cord blood stem cells to treat select patients with autism.

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Cardiogenic Genes Expressed in Cardiac Fibroblasts Contribute to...

From the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute , Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology , and Monash Biomedical Imaging , Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ; Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis ; and Victor ... (more)

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Steven Houser: The Beat Goes On [New Leaders in Cardiovascular Science]

During 36 years at Temple University in Philadelphia, Steven Houser has been a leader in advancing scientific understanding of heart function.

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LINCing MALAT1 and Angiogenesis [Editorials]

From the Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, Integrated Research and Treatment Center Transplantation , and REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence , Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom .

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115-Year-Old Woman's Blood Reveals Limits on Longevity

Discovering the secret to a long and healthy life has always intrigued humanity - you need look no further than the nearest magazine rack to see that that fascination is today alive and well.

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Why does breast cancer often spread to the lung? Experts explain

New research shows why breast cancer often spreads or metastasizes to the lung. The breast cancer stem cell has been shown to be responsible for metastasis in animal models, particularly to the lung.

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New ultrasound device may add in detecting risk for heart attack, stroke

A new ultrasound device that could help identify arterial plaque that is at high risk of breaking off and causing heart attack or stroke has been developed by researchers.

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Genetics explain why some kids are bigger than others

The influence of genetic factors on differences between children's Body Mass Index increases from 43 percent at age four to 82 percent at age 10, reports a new study.

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Vitamin D supplements have little effect on risk of falls in older people

A new meta-analysis concludes that there is no evidence to suggest that vitamin D supplements prevent falls, and that ongoing trials to test this theory are unlikely to change this result.

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Riverside: UCR Planned Psychiatry Residency Training Program Receives Accreditation

A new residency training program in psychiatry, a partnership between the UCR School of Medicine and the Riverside County Department of Mental Health, has received accreditation and plans to accept its first class of four residents in the four-year training program this July.

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Oakville-based medical hero inducted into The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Laureates are those who have pushed the boundaries of discovery and innovation beyond the realm of possibility to make the world a better place.

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Tips for Managing Spring Allergies and Lung Disease

To the majority of the population, pollen season is just an annual inconvenience that can be pacified by a simple trip to the doctor and a pack of tissues.

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A tale of two stem cell research papers

One took the scientific world aback when it appeared in late January : a report by a team of Boston and Japanese researchers that stem cells could be created simply by dipping mature cells in an acid bath.

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Oxygen diminishes the heart's ability to regenerate, researchers discover

Scientific research at UT Southwestern Medical Center previously discovered that the newborn animal heart can heal itself completely, whereas the adult heart lacks this ability.

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New study helps to explain why breast cancer often spreads to the lung

New research led by Alison Allan, PhD, a scientist at Western University and the Lawson Health Research Institute, shows why breast cancer often spreads or metastasizes to the lung.

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Skin layer grown from human stem cells could replace animals in drug and cosmetics testing

An international team led by King's College London and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center has developed the first lab-grown epidermis - the outermost skin layer - with a functional permeability barrier akin to real skin.

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Take the Bat, Leave the Candy

"Take me out to the ballgame" doesn't exactly conjure up images of apple slices and kale chips.

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'Unproven treatment of spinal injuries can cause paralysis'

The rampant unauthorised and unproven stem cell transplant for spinal cord injury can leave a person paralysed below the level of injury, health experts said Thursday.

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Richard Sherman on TIME's Most Influential list

NFL player Richard Sherman onstage at Club SI Swimsuit hosted by Sports Illustrated at LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau Miami Beach on February 19, 2014 in Miami Beach, Florida.

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Scientists reprogram blood cells into blood stem cells in mice

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have reprogrammed mature blood cells from mice into blood-forming hematopoietic stem cells , using a cocktail of eight genetic switches called transcription factors.

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International collaboration unravels novel mechanism for neurological disorder

A team of international scientists led by Baylor College of Medicine has discovered a novel gene associated with a neurological disorder affecting both the peripheral and central nervous systems.

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

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

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Marion County suspends waste program after expose claims facility burns fetal tissue

... ir bodies for our own gain, whether that be burning them for electricity or destroying them for embryonic stem cell research?'

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New study helps to explain why breast cancer often spreads to the lung

New research led by Alison Allan, PhD, a scientist at Western University and the Lawson Health Research Institute, shows why breast cancer often spreads or metastasizes to the lung.

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New ultrasound device may add in detecting risk for heart attack, stroke

A new ultrasound device that could help identify arterial plaque that is at high risk of breaking off and causing heart attack or stroke has been developed by researchers.

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Palliation is rarely a topic in studies on advanced cancer

Randomized controlled trials only rarely consider end-of-life aspects and often fail to name superordinate patient-relevant treatment goals.

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Healthy blood cells of 115-year-old woman show hundreds of mutations

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Skin layer grown from human stem cells could replace animals in drug and cosmetics testing

An international team led by King's College London and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center has developed the first lab-grown epidermis - the outermost skin layer - with a functional permeability barrier akin to real skin.

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Researchers create comprehensive map of human B cell development

In individual cells are profiled using mass cytometry, producing a high-dimensional data set in which n properties are measured in each cell.

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New Type Of Protein Action Found To Regulate Development

... (grant number NS40809), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant number DA00266) and the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (grant number MSCRFII-0429). Image caption: Brain cells engineered to produce fluorescent green Botch protein in the ...

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Human skin grown in laboratory

A team led by King's College London has grown a layer of human skin from stem cells - the master cells of the body.

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Blood Of Oldest Woman In The World Reveals Secrets Of Longevity, Suggests We Can Live Longer

A study on the blood of the world's oldest woman has revealed that the secret to longevity is in our white blood cells.

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Startup Nabs $25 Million Series A , Forms A World-Renowned Team Of Academics And Clinicians

CRISPR Therapeutics Raises $25 Million in Series A Financing and Announces Founding Team of World-Renowned Academics and Clinicians BASEL, Switzerland-- --CRISPR Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the breakthrough gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9, has raised $25 million in a series A investment from Versant Ventures.

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Advanced Cell Technology's Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Robert...

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. , a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that the company's Chief Scientific Officer, Robert Lanza, MD, has been selected for the 2014 TIME 100 annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world.

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China Insulin Market 2018 Research and Forecast

Research and Forecast on China Insulin Market, 2014-2018 carries on a thorough analysis of development history, policy environment, import and export, new products and key enterprises of China Insulin Market.

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Study finds long-term survival of human neural stem cells transplanted into primate brain

The study will be published in a future issue of Cell Transplantation but is currently freely available on-line as an unedited early e-pub at:

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BioTime to Present at GTC Stem Cell Summit 2014

... integrated database suite that also includes the LifeMap Discovery A database of embryonic development, stem cell research and regenerative medicine, and MalaCards , the human disease database. a ES Cell International Pte Ltd., a Singapore private ...

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BioTime to Present at GTC Stem Cell Summit 2014

... an integrated database suite that also includes the LifeMap Discovery database of embryonic development, stem cell research and regenerative medicine, and MalaCards , the human disease database. * , a Singapore private limited company, developed ...

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Fibroblasts could offer alternative to heart transplants

Fibroblasts, cells long thought to be boring and irrelevant, could offer an alternative to heart transplants for patients with heart disease.

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Data on the Aging of Stem Cells From Supercentenarian Blood

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

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Blood Of World's Oldest Woman Shows Life Limit

Scientists who examined the body of one of the world's oldest women say dying stem cells may be the "limit" on our lifespans.

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Vet-Stem, Inc. Licenses Its New Patent to Human Stem Cell Company

Vet-Stem, Inc., announced that a non-exclusive European license agreement has been signed with a global human stem cell company.

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Male health linked to testosterone exposure in womb, study finds

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Blood Of World's Oldest Woman Shows Life Limit

Researchers say two-thirds of her blood at the time of death came from just two stem cells - yet humans are born with 20,000.

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100: The People in Health You Need to Know

The 2014 TIME 100 list-the annual determination of people who influenced the world in the past year for better or worse-is here, and we highlight the leaders making a difference in health.

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A protein required for integrity of induced pluripotent stem cells

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Scientists seek genetic clues to longevity from 115-year-old woman

More than 400 mutations were found in the healthy white blood cells of a 115-year-old woman, according to a new study that may advance what is known about limits of the human life span.

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Services Held for 'Superhero' Jacob Kowalik

Superhero Jacob Joseph Kowalik passed away at age 10 after a long illness on April 16. Jacob attended Highland Elementary School in Downers Grove.

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A Ralston senator

... changes at the Beatrice State Developmental Center, developed the state's policies on embryonic stem cell research, helped launch the state's first foray into wind energy and, most recently, took on the challenges of water policy as they relate to ...

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Other Views: Benefits of cloning stem cells

For the last few years, the promising field of stem-cell research has focused on a technique that skirts various ethical concerns about the treatment of human embryos and the potential to clone whole human beings.

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CRISPR Therapeutics Raises $25 Million in Series A Financing and...

CRISPR Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the breakthrough gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9, has raised $25 million in a series A investment from Versant Ventures.

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What mystery genes scientists found in the healthy blood of a super centenarian

The X Prize Foundation, known for its spaceflight competition, is offering a $10-million prize to researchers who decipher the complete DNA code from 100 centenarians to determine why some people live longer.

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House, Senate hash out University of Minnesota funding differences

Aside from the University of Minnesota's multimillion-dollar request for construction and upkeep projects throughout its five-campus system, more state dollars are on the line this session.

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Lactate metabolism target halts growth in lung cancer model

A major goal in the field of cancer metabolism is to find ways to overcome this survival advantage.

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Santiago has been dealing with back issue

Santiago revealed on Wednesday that he began feeling pain in the middle of his back when he took the mound for his last Spring Training start, against the Dodgers on March 27. It continued through his first two outings of the regular season, then he experienced intermittent pain when he pitched against the A's on April 14. "It was bad," Santiago ... (more)

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Stem cell studies spur new ethical debate

For the last few years, the promising field of stem-cell research has focused on a technique that skirts various ethical concerns about the treatment of human embryos and the potential to clone whole human beings.

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'I told them they were helping Makenna and helping change the...

Kirk and Amy Ward of Houlton, sit with their children, Felicity, left, and Blake, on April 18, 2014, in front of the 70 Kenna Cares bags that were packed by students at Houlton Elementary School in memory of their 6-year-old daughter and sibling, Makenna Ward.

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Westfield High Schoolers Honor Classmate with "Purple Day" for Organ Transplant Awareness

This Friday, April 25, Westfield High School will hold "Dress in Purple Day" to raise awareness for the Children's Organ Transplant Association in honor of 15-year-old student Elle Haley, who had a successful liver transplant in August of 2012.

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Stem cells in circulating blood affect cardiovascular health, study finds

New research suggests that attempts to isolate an elusive adult stem cell from blood to understand and potentially improve cardiovascular health - a task considered possible but very difficult - might not be necessary.

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Stem Cells in Circulating Blood Affect Cardiovascular Health

COLUMBUS, Ohio - New research suggests that attempts to isolate an elusive adult stem cell from blood to understand and potentially improve cardiovascular health - a task considered possible but very difficult - might not be necessary.

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Functional Repair of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in Intestinal Stem Cell...

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Correction of a Genetic Disease in Mouse via Use of CRISPR-Cas9

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Autologous stem cell therapy improves motor function in chronic stroke victims

... lled from bone marrow may prove beneficial in stroke recovery, scientists at UC Irvine's Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center have learned. Researchers at UNSW Australia have for the first time used electrical pulses

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Study finds long-term survival of human neural stem cells transplanted into primate brain

... from bone marrow may prove beneficial in stroke recovery, scientists at UC Irvine's Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center have learned. A research team led by Professor Jun Takahashi and Assistant Professor Asuka Morizane at the Center for iPS ...

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Human Neural Stem Cells Transplanted Into Primate Brains Survive Long-Term - And Differentiate

Researchers have transplanted human neural stem cells into the brains of nonhuman primates and assessed cell survival and differentiation.

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Blood of world's oldest woman hints at limits of life

Death is the one certainty in life - a pioneering analysis of blood from one of the world's oldest and healthiest women has given clues to why it happens.

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Prothena's NEOD001 Demonstrates Encouraging Cardiac Biomarker...

NEOD001 appears generally safe, well-tolerated, has acceptable pharmacokinetic properties and no immunogenicity at studied dose levels No dose limiting toxicities have been observed Eight of nine evaluable patients with AL amyloidosis with cardiac involvement either achieved responses or were considered stable Additional Phase 1 data updates of ... (more)

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Hundreds of genetic mutations found in healthy blood of a supercentenarian

April 23, 2014 - Genetic mutations are commonly studied because of links to diseases such as cancer; however, little is known about mutations occurring in healthy individuals.

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Biomarker Market for Diagnostic Applications Is Expected to Reach...

According to a new report titled "Biomarkers Market - Global Industry Analysis, Emerging Technologies, Competitive Intelligence, Growth Trends, Size, Share, Opportunities and Forecast, 2013 - 2020" published by Allied Market Research, the global biomarkers market for diagnostic applications such as risk assessment, molecular diagnostic, disease ... (more)

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Human brain stem cells transplanted into primates survive, differentiate

A team of researchers in Korea who transplanted human neural stem cells into the brains of nonhuman primates and assessed cell survival and differentiation after 22 and 24 months found that the hNSCs had differentiated into neurons at 24 months and did not cause tumors.

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Long-Range Chromatin Contacts in Embryonic Stem Cells Reveal a Role...

Cell Stem Cell , Vol. 13, No. 5. , pp. 602-616, doi:10.1016/j.stem.2013.08.013 The relationship between 3D organization of the genome and gene-regulatory networks is poorly understood.

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International Stem Cell Corporation To Provide An Update On Its...

International Stem Cell Corporation , a California-based biotechnology company developing novel stem cell-based therapies and biomedical products announced today that Dr. Ruslan Semechkin, ISCO's Chief Scientific Officer, will present data from its pre-clinical primate studies of Parkinson's disease at the 66th American Academy of Neurology Annual ... (more)

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Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center Visits the Forum at Deer Creek: Senior Living Center

Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center invited to speak at the Forum at Deer Creek in Deerfield, Florida about the advancement in adipose derived stem cell treatment.

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Stress Could Activate 'Crosstalking' Cell Signals That Turn Body's...

... 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. ...

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Ambit Biosciences Announces Presentations Of Data From Clinical...

"We look forward to further discussing the abstracts once publically released in May." Abstract No.: 7100 Title: Final Results of a Randomized Phase 2 Study Showing the Clinical Benefit of Quizartinib in Patients with FLT3-ITD Positive Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenter: Abstract No.: 7093 Title: The Benefit of Treatment with ... (more)

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VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. Receives Notice Of Allowance For U.S....

... and our world-class differentiation expertise put VistaGen in a unique position to pursue potential stem cell research collaborations related to liver biology and drug metabolism assays, as well as pancreatic beta-islet cells for drug and ...

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Prothena's NEOD001 Demonstrates Encouraging Cardiac Biomarker...

Eight of nine evaluable patients with AL amyloidosis with cardiac involvement either achieved responses or were considered stable DUBLIN, Ireland, April 23, 2014 -- Prothena Corporation plc , a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel antibodies for the potential treatment of diseases ... (more)

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Study finds long-term survival of human neural stem cells transplanted into primate brain

A team of researchers in Korea who transplanted human neural stem cells into the brains of nonhuman primates and assessed cell survival and differentiation after 22 and 24 months found that the hNSCs had differentiated into neurons at 24 months and did not cause tumors.

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Autologous stem cell therapy improves motor function in chronic stroke victims

People who have had a stroke, often suffer motor deficits with little potential to restore neurological function.

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Adult Stem Cell Research Shows Promise

Heba Degheidy, M.D., Ph.D., a post-doctoral research fellow at FDA, stores stem cell samples for analysis in an FDA laboratory on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md.

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Lab Finds "Gamechanger" in Autism: UCSD Researcher

UC San Diego scientists say they've made a breakthrough in autism research. Researchers found using stem cells can help them find the right drug to treat the disorder.

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Men's Health Linked To Testosterone Exposure In Womb, University of Edinburgh Study

Male Health Linked To Testosterone Exposure In Womb, Study Finds Men's susceptibility to serious health conditions may be influenced by low exposure to testosterone in the womb, new research suggests.

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Terra Tech Corp. Releases Revenue Guidance of $7 Million for 2014...

Terra Tech Corp . recently released a corporate update and revenue guidance of $7,000,000 for the full year 2014.

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Scientists identify cancer specific cell for potential targeted treatment of gastric cancer

New research by the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore and National University Hospital Singapore suggests that a variant of a cell surface protein is an ideal target for developing drugs to treat gastric cancer A team of scientists led by a researcher from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore has ... (more)

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Spectrum Pharmaceuticals' Pivotal Trial of...

CE Melphalan is being developed as a novel version of the well-established conditioning treatment in autologous transplant for patients with multiple myeloma.

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Scientists identify cancer specific cell for potential treatment of gastric cancer

New study by the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore and National University Hospital Singapore suggests that a variant of a cell surface protein is an ideal target for developing drugs to treat gastric cancer A team of scientists led by a researcher from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore has ... (more)

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Scientists Identify Cancer Specific Cell for Potential Targeted Treatment of Gastric Cancer

A team of scientists led by a researcher from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore has identified the cancer specific stem cell which causes gastric cancer.

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Fate Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND Amendment for...

SAN DIEGO, April 23, 2014 -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of adult stem cell modulators to treat orphan diseases, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its Investigational New Drug Application amendment to evaluate PROHEMA in pediatric patients ... (more)

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Personal health: Bone-marrow transplants have an image problem

Sandra Haber, a 65-year-old psychologist in Brooklyn, wants everyone to know how easy it is now to donate bone marrow.

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New Patenting Guidelines are Needed for Biotechnology

The court case and rulings garnered discussion in the public about patenting biological materials.

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The legacies of John Paul II and John XXIII

... a John Paul was a tireless crusader against abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment and later, embryonic stem cell research. His papacy mirrored the rise of the modern anti-abortion movement, and his prolonged public struggle with Parkinson's ...

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Link uncovered between Down syndrome and leukemia

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The source identified of most cases of invasive bladder cancer

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Discovery of cancer stem cells linked to drug resistance could impact ...

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Stem cells exhibit unusual absorption property

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A Ralston senator

... changes at the Beatrice State Developmental Center, developed the state's policies on embryonic stem cell research, helped launch the state's first foray into wind energy and, most recently, took on the challenges of water policy as they relate to ...

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Testosterone levels in womb may impact your health

Know that your testosterone levels may be determined even before you are born? Yes.

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Colorado Clinic Now Offering Over 50 Pain Management Treatments with...

Top Northern Colorado pain management centers, Colorado Clinic, are now accepting new patients at three locations including Greeley, Boulder and Loveland.

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First embryonic stem cells cloned from human skin

... whether it would work in adults because cells mutate with age. Now, a team at the Research Institute for Stem Cell Research at CHA Health Systems in Los Angeles and the University of Seoul said they have achieved the same result with two adult ...

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Bone marrow can cure blood disorders

A leading specialty hospital has demonstrated that bone marrow stem cells can cure blood disorders like leukemia, thalassemia and aplastic anemia, a bone marrow failure.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

London doctor to lead university cancer center

A doctor from London has been tapped to serve as the new director for a cancer institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, replacing the center's founder and longtime leader, officials announced Tuesday.

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UCLA stem cell researcher inducted into cancer research academy

Dr. Owen Witte, director of UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research was a 2014 inductee into the American Association for Cancer Research Academy A major research focus at UCLA involves stem cells.

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Antisenescence Effects of Stem Cell Therapies

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

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Hesperia teen seeks marrow donor

What: Register to be a donor through BE THE MATCH Registry When: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday Where: US Bank, 12113 Hesperia Road in Victorville Contact: Joyce Valdez, 626-373-4000 HESPERIA Hesperia resident Noah Gerke, 19, was diagnosed with Leukemia in January and will begin his third round of chemotherapy next week.

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The legacies of John Paul II and John XXIII

... John Paul was a tireless crusader against abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment and later, embryonic stem cell research. His papacy mirrored the rise of the modern anti-abortion movement, and his prolonged public struggle with Parkinson's disease ...

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Ambit Biosciences Announces Presentations of Data from Clinical...

Ambit Biosciences Announces Presentations of Data from Clinical Investigations of Quizartinib at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology /PRNewswire/ -- Ambit Biosciences , a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovery and development of drugs targeting unmet needs in oncology, autoimmune and inflammatory disease, today ... (more)

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Hamilton Thorne Releases New Image Analysis Software for Fertility,...

... productivity, improve results and enable research breakthroughs in fertility, regenerative medicine, and stem cell research markets. Hamilton Thorne's laser products attach to standard inverted microscopes and operate as robotic micro-surgeons, ...

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Ambit Biosciences Announces Presentations of Data from Clinical...

Ambit Biosciences , a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovery and development of drugs targeting unmet needs in oncology, autoimmune and inflammatory disease, today announced two abstracts to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held May 30 through June 3, 2014, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

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Innovative Blue Horizon Stem Cell Therapies benefit NYC-based Real Estate Investor

... the future of medicine," stated Dr. Mehling. "It is important that people learn about the possibilities stem cell research offers and how to receive this beneficial treatment on charity basis, through our Blue Horizon Charitable Foundation." BHCF is ...

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Santa Barbara VisionWalk on Saturday Aims to Take Steps Toward a Cure

... being conducted at the lab of UCSB biochemist Dr. Dennis Clegg. Dr. Clegg's current emphasis is in stem cell research, with a focus on developing therapies for ocular disease. Clegg and his team are in the process of developing a two-layered patch ...

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President of Leading South Korean Biopharmaceutical Company Green...

Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc., a leading manufacturer of adult, allogeneic stem cells and stem cell factors, welcomes Byung-Geon "BG" Rhee, Ph.D., President of Green Cross Holdings, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, to its board of directors.

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Silly Putty Ingredient Spurs Stem Cell Growth

A study by the University of Michigan shows that the sponginess of the environment where human embryonic stem cells grow affects the type of specialized cells they eventually become.

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The April 2014 issue of BioTechniques is now available as an open access journal featuring the following topics: Keywords: CRISP/Cas, selectable markers, digital PCR, genomic DNA, copy number analysis, recombinant proteins, cell-free protein synthesis, proteomics, Western blots, DNA nanostructures, computational biology, DNA self assembly, cell ... (more)

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

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

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Lab Turns Skin Cells into Human Airway Tissue

By coaxing stem cells derived from a patient's own skin cells to develop into airway tissue, scientists can study the molecular basis of asthma, emphysema and other lung diseases.

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Flow Cytometry Market Will Reach $6.5 Billion Globally by 2020 with...

Allied Market Research today published a new market research report titled "Flow Cytometry Market - Current Trends, Opportunities, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Global Forecast, 2012-2020".

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Beaumont awarded grants to study sports-related injury treatment, improve recovery

Two orthopedic organizations have presented Beaumont Health System with prestigious, competitive research grants that could improve patients' recovery from both athletic and non-athletic injuries Two orthopedic organizations have presented Beaumont Health System with prestigious, competitive research grants that could improve patients' recovery ... (more)

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Male health linked to testosterone exposure in womb, study finds

Ball-and-stick model of the testosterone molecule, C19H28O2, as found in the crystal structure of testosterone monohydrate.

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Internationally Known Multiple Myeloma Expert Dr. Gareth Morgan...

World-renowned multiple myeloma researcher and clinician Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., today was named director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy .

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BioTechniques: The International Journal of Life Science Methods...

BioTechniques: The International Journal of Life Science Methods Announces the Publication of the April 2014 Issue-Available in Print and Online as an Open Access Journal BioTechniques offers free subscriptions to qualified subscribers in print, digital web, and mobile app formats for Apple and Android phones and tablets by visiting ... (more)

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Source Of Most Cases Of Invasive Bladder Cancer Identified, Stanford...

Scientists Identify Source Of Most Cases Of Invasive Bladder Cancer A single type of cell in the lining of the bladder is responsible for most cases of invasive bladder cancer, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Neuralstem's Cell Therapy Is Working, And This Is Just The Beginning

Recently published data on NSI-566 from a Phase 1 study demonstrates clear signs of efficacy in a select patient population.

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Ambit Biosciences To Announce First Quarter 2014 Financial Results

Please specify to the operator that you would like to join the "Ambit First Quarter 2014 Earnings Conference Call," referencing conference ID number 37065467.

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Male health linked to testosterone exposure in womb, study finds

Men's susceptibility to serious health conditions may be influenced by low exposure to testosterone in the womb, new research suggests.

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International Stem Cell Corporation to Provide an Update on Its...

Date and time: Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 1:00 p.m. ET Topic: Movement Disorders Session title: Parkinson's Disease: Preclinical and Clinical Therapeutics The American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting is the world's largest gathering of neurologists.

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Stranger's Bone Marrow Donation Helps Save Grandfather's Life

When Ron Oppedisano received his cancer diagnosis in the winter of 2010, it was shattering.

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Missouri Lawmakers Under Fire for Lobbyist-Funded Travel

Industry and special interest groups spent more than $200,000 in the last three years on trips for Missouri lawmakers.

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Strangera s Bone Marrow Donation Helps Save Grandfathera s Life

"Your life stops, literally comes to a standstill," Oppedisano, then the mayor of Norridge, Ill., said, of the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia.

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Bioheart, Inc. to Present Clinical Trial Results at the Age Management Medicine Group Conference

It is the goal of the Age Management Medicine Group to provide education and information on the specialty of Age Management Medicine to physicians and healthcare professionals through evidence-based continuing medical education conferences, workshops, seminars, publications and web media.

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Caribbean International Holdings Making Brain Injuries a High Priority

Caribbean International Holdings through its subsidiary, Regenerative BioScience, will add brain injuries including Chronic traumatic encephalopathy as an additional area of focus to see how stem cells may help to improve the lives of those dealing with these difficult injuries.

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Stem cells show bizarre absorption property 'not seen before in cells'

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Non-stem cells may naturally replace lost stem cells; findings have...

... using the fruit fly as a model living system in which to study stem cells in their natural state. Most stem cell research is done on cells grown in the laboratory, but in real life, stem cells reside in tissues, where they are sequestered in tiny ...

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Chipping Sodbury woman treks the Sahara for charity

A CHIPPING Sodbury woman has headed off to the Sahara to raise money and awareness for the charity RP Fighting Blindness , which supports sufferers of Retinitis Pigmentosa.

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Stem cells: Good or evil?

For the last few years, the promising field of stem-cell research has focused on a technique that skirts various ethical concerns about the treatment of human embryos and the potential to clone whole human beings.

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Stem cell progress too useful to restrict

For the last few years, the promising field of stem cell research has focused on a technique that skirts various ethical concerns about the treatment of human embryos and the potential to clone whole human beings.

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Decreased Level of Cord Blood Circulating Endothelial Colony-Forming...

From the CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Unidad ClA nico-Experimental de Riesgo Vascular and Unidad de AsesorA a EstadA stica, MetodologA a y EvaluaciA3n de InvestigaciA3n, FundaciA3n PAoblica Andaluza para la GestiA3n de la InvestigaciA3n en Salud de Sevilla , Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla and Hospital Universitario Virgen del RocA o, ... (more)

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Stem-cell research shows promise in restoring sight

Stem-cell research has always been looked at as either a path towards human cloning or a way to potentially re-create human tissue and now it appears the latter is finally starting to see some progress.

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Cured

Are pharmaceuticals hiding the truth of the two "Berlin Patients" to capitalise on 35 million people living with HIV/AIDS? When HIV/AIDS first came to public attention in the 1980s, several thousand people were diagnosed as infected with this "cancer".

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Cellular culprit identified for invasive bladder cancer, according to Stanford study

Invasive bladder cancer is a grim disease that is expensive to treat and requires ongoing monitoring due to its high probability of recurrence.

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Scientists ID Source of Most Bladder Cancer Cases

A single type of cell in the lining of the bladder is responsible for most cases of invasive bladder cancer, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Cancer Stem Cells Linked to Drug Resistance

Most drugs used to treat lung, breast and pancreatic cancers also promote drug-resistance and ultimately spur tumor growth.

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Blue Horizon Stem Cells Receive Wright State University IRB Approval for Retrospective Chart Review

Boonshoft School of Medicine , recently received Institutional Review Board approval for a retrospective study entitled Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Therapy.

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Cloners Eggs-periment with Disaster

... been treating actual patients for years. The consensus became even more obvious when money for embryonic stem cell research started quietly shifting to the ethical and effective alternative of ASCs. With adult stem cells successfully treating more ...

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Cloning advance means human tissues could be regrown, even in old age

... unclear whether it would work in adults. However, a team of scientists from the Research Institute for Stem Cell Research at CHA Health Systems in Los Angeles and the University of Seoul said they had achieved the same result with two men, one aged ...

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