Stem Cell Roundup: January 2015

Saturday, January 31, 2015

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In 2013, both the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force began recommending a yearly computed tomography scan for heavy smokers and former smokers who are otherwise in good health. CT scans can find early lung cancers in people between 55 and 79 years of age.

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BOXSCORE: Capitals-Canadiens

The Toronto Maple Leafs carry an eight-game losing streak into Philadelphia while Montreal seeks a fifth straight win, Winnipeg looks to get back on track and Edmonton and Calgary add another chapter to the Battle of Alberta. more Canadian experts in stem cell research are warning that hockey legend Gordie Howe's heralded recovery from multiple strokes after an experimental stem cell treatment is a rarity and that there is the possibility of complications from the treatment.

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Master Switch Found to Stop Tumor Cell Growth by Inducing Dormancy

Two existing cancer drugs turn on a gene that tells tumor cells to remain inactive, according to a study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published today in Nature Communications . Researchers discovered that the gene NR2F1, when switched on, programs tumor cells to stay dormant.

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Expert concerned over Gordie Howe's stem cell 'miracle'

Canadian experts in stem cell research are warning that Gordie Howe's heralded recovery from multiple strokes after an experimental stem cell treatment is a rarity and that there is the possibility of complications from the treatment. The son of Canadian hockey legend Gordie Howe called his father's recent recovery, "nothing short of a miracle" at an event in Calgary this week.

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TSRI researchers awarded grant to develop novel method for detecting DNA damage in stem cells

A team at The Scripps Research Institute has won a $1,784,000 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine . The funding will support the development of a new method for detecting DNA damage in stem cells to ensure that only the highest quality cells are used in transplantation or therapy.

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Two researchers receive Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research

Researchers Irving L. Weissman and Joan Massague have won this year's Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research: Weissman, from Stanford University, for his work on healthy and sick stem cells; Massague, from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, for his research on metastatic spread. The award, which carries CHF 100,000 each in prize money, is to be presented on January 29 during the international symposium on "Breakthroughs in Cancer Research and Therapy" in Zurich.

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Using stem cell therapy to treat damaged hearts

A Spanish hospital has successfully used stem cells culled from healthy donors to treat seven heart attack victims, in what officials said was a world first. Madrid's Gregorio Maranon hospital plans to treat 55 patients in all with the technique in a clinical trial, the regional Madrid government which runs the hospital said in a statement.

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Friday, January 30, 2015

More diversity needed for stem cell registry, MD says

When a child is fatally ill with leukemia, a stem cell match can mean restored health and a chance to live. If the child is Caucasian, there is a reasonable chance a stem cell donor will be found.

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Regenestem Network and Gilberto Hernandez Falcon, M.D. Open Stem Cell Clinic in Yucatan

... Cells Group, Inc. is the parent company of six wholly owned operating companies dedicated entirely to stem cell research, training, products, and solutions. Founded in 2012, the company combines dedicated researchers, physician and patient ...

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Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Dynamic Changes in lncRNA Expression during Reprogramming

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Researchers test whether stem cell can alleviate MS symptoms

Two Canadian research centres are gearing up for a clinical trial to determine if a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the Ottawa Hospital and Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre will each recruit 20 MS patients for the trial that will test whether mesenchymal stem cells can reduce inflammation and even help repair damage already caused by the disease.

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Science behind treating patients with corneal blindness advanced

A novel way to generate transplantable corneal stem cells has been developed, and may eventually benefit patients suffering from life-altering forms of blindness. The research marks an important first step toward creating a bank of corneal stem cells that may potentially benefit patients who suffer from many forms of corneal blindness.

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Stem cell target of MS trial

Two Canadian research centres are gearing up for a clinical trial to determine if a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the Ottawa Hospital and Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre each will recruit 20 MS patients for the trial that will test whether mesenchymal stem cells can reduce inflammation and even help repair damage already caused by the disease.

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Molina is AHS Teen of the Week

Best Advice: "Find a job you love to do and you won't ever work a day of your life." - My Father.

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Ethnic Skin Treatments for Acne and Scarring

Los Angeles - January 30, 2015 - Adults and children with darker skin and hard to treat acne can find preventive and treatment care with one of the top ethnic skin specialists in the country, Dr. A. David Rahimi . With more than 16 years of conducting and perfecting his treatments in such ethnically diverse cities as Washington D.C., New York and Los Angeles, Dr. Rahimi is an expert in treating dark and olive-skin complexions which tend toward acne, discoloration and severe scarring.

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Racquetball court dedicated to athlete who 'has beaten all the odds'

A racquetball court at Central Penn Health & Fitness in Susquehanna Township was dedicated to racquetball player and instructor Grant Morrill, left, 77 of Hershey. Morrill also is 'Spoony' the clown with the Zembo Shrine Clown Unit.

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Still and daughter write book for kids fighting cancer

Devon Still walks off the field after a game with "Leah Strong" written on his face. Leah Still attending a game.

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For Medical Issues, Some Seek Advice From Clairvoyants

On August 6, 2003, I had a medical intuitive reading that blew me away. Ever since I wrote a Huffington Post piece on that amazing reading, I have received numerous requests from readers asking for the name and contact information for Karin Newhouse, the medical intuitive who did the reading.

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Devon Still -- Crucial Day For Leah ... Starts New Treatment This A.M.

Big day for Leah Still -- because her father told us the 4-year-old starts a new round of chemotherapy this morning that will hopefully crush her disease so badly, she can finally begin stem cell therapy. Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still is out in AZ -- and told us that while the cancer is still in Leah's body, she's fighting like hell to beat it.

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Trial to test stem cells in MS patients

Devon and Leah Still releasing book for kids fighting cancer

Leah Still is still fighting cancer and will start a new round of chemotherapy on Friday, but that's not stopping her from finding a way to offer some help to other kids in the same position. Bengals defensive tackle and Leah's father Devon Still got a lot of questions from other parents with kids fighting cancer about how their family has approached Leah's treatment and he asked his daughter for her thoughts.

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San Diego Team Wins $1.7 Million Grant from Stem Cell Agency to Develop Quality Control Methods

January 29, 2015 - A team at The Scripps Research Institute has won a $1,784,000 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine . The funding will support the development of a new method for detecting DNA damage in stem cells to ensure that only the highest quality cells are used in transplantation or therapy.

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Bengals' Devon Still and Leah write book about kids battling cancer

As Devon and Leah Still continue their battle against pediatric cancer, the two are releasing a new book about kids who have to fight the dreaded disease. In an animated book titled I Am Leah Strong, the Stills wrote the book to not only show the battles they go through, but to help other kids and their families who are fighting pediatric cancer to help them overcome it.

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Genuine MS clinical trial approved for Manitobans

Dr. Mark Freedman of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Two Canadian research centres are gearing up for a clinical trial to determine whether a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

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J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO, Human Longevity, Inc....

It is gratifying to see that the Obama Administration realizes the great power and potential for genomic science as a means to better understand human biology, and to aid in disease prevention and treatment. I was honored to participate in today's White House event outlining a potential new, government-funded precision medicine program.

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Genuine MS clinical trial approved for Manitobans

In the aftermath of controversy over a costly overseas stem-cell treatment touted by a Winnipeg businessman, 20 Manitobans with multiple sclerosis can now take part in a genuine clinical trial, launched Thursday. The $4.2-million study, the first of its kind in Canada, is being funded by the MS Society at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre.

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Good news boost for Rikki Organ

Though Rikki Organ remains in hospital after his second stem cell transplant, he has been buoyed by news that his son has secured a gig as the support act for an international artist. The Organ family, from left, Jane, Rikki, Doreen, Tyne-James, Taylour'e Louise and Joan Stewart out in force at a recent fund-raiser in Wollongong organised by Scott Radburn to help Rikki in his continuing battle with cancer.

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Preston woman with Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome overwhelmed with response

Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. A woman with a rare condition who desperately needs help for life-saving treatment said she has been 'overwhelming' with the response to her plight.

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Devon Still and his daughter Leah wrote a book for kids fighting cancer

Four-year-old Leah Still has been an inspiration to millions since she was diagnosed with a Stage 4 pediatric cancer called neuroblastoma in June. Next month, the daughter of Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still will continue to exhibit her superhuman strength in an animated book titled I Am Leah Strong, which will be released at the end of February on a website of the same name .

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Baldness could soon be treated using stem cells, scientists hope

Note: We do not store your email address but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies Baldness may soon be a thing of the past, as scientists believe stem cells could hail a new future in the way the condition is treated.

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Fight cancer by fasting

With cancer poised to become the number one killer in North America and traditional therapies not cutting the mustard for long-term success, it may be time to rethink the war on cancer. We have been focused on killing it conventionally at all costs, even when the collateral damage is significant and often accelerates the demise of a weakened immune system.

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Stem cell research may hold the cure for baldness

A team of scientists from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in California have developed a method of converting human stem cells into cells that are capable of initiating hair growth. The cells were transplanted into mice and they successfully grew human hair.

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Gordie Howe's stem cell therapy raises concerns among regenerative medicine experts

Gordie Howe's son says the hockey legend is doing much better after receiving stem cell treatment following a pair of strokes last year. Marty Howe hopes his father is able to make public appearances soon.

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20 Manitobans may be eligible for MS Society's clinical trials for stem cell treatment

In the wake of controversy over a costly overseas stem cell treatment touted by a Winnipeg businessman, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is launching a genuine clinical trial open to MS patients in Winnipeg and Ottawa. The MS Society has earmarked $4.2 million for the two-year study.

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$250,000 Johns Hopkins President's Frontier Award Goes to Sharon Gerecht

... "This award reflects our commitment to her work and the advances she is poised to make in the field of stem cell research." Since joining the faculty of the university's Whiting School of Engineering in 2007, Gerecht has made enormous strides in her ...

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Obama Administration Tries to Coopt Pope for Climate Change Platform

... abortion, and opposed bills prohibiting the public funding of abortions. He sought to expand embryonic stem cell research. He opposed the "Born Alive Infants Protection Act" on the Senate floor and was responsible for killing the bill in committee. ...

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Stem Cell Agency Board Approves Almost $30 Million to Overcome Research Barriers

It's an old maxim that to get a job done right you need the right tools, that's why CIRM, California's stem cell agency, today approved $29.75 million in funding for new approaches to overcome obstacles and advance stem cell research. The Tools and Technologies Awards are intended to create and test novel tools and technologies, to improve existing ones, and to help resolve problems that are holding back the field.

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Researchers to test MS patients with type of stem cell known to cut inflammation

Extended Telomeres Slow Cell Aging

Will extending telomeres lead to longer, healthier lives? Researchers have taken a step toward answering this question by developing a new treatment used in the laboratory that extends telomeres. One of the key aspects of aging is the shortening of telomeres over time.

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Researchers to test whether a type of stem cell can help MS patients

Dr. Mark Freedman of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is leading research to determine if a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Dr. Mark Freedman of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is leading research to determine if a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

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Cellular Origin and Developmental Program of Coronary Angiogenesis [Reviews]

From the Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences and CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science , Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA ; and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA . ; or Bin Zhou, MD, PhD, Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.

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Researchers to test MS patients with type of stem cell known to cut inflammation

Dr. Mark Freedman of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is shown in a handout photo. Two Canadian research centres are gearing up for a clinical trial to determine if a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

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Louisville-based foundation leading effort to fund stem-cell research

The Louisville-based National Stem Cell Foundation is partnering with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to fund research projects in California and Maryland. The Louisville-based National Stem Cell Foundation , a nonprofit foundation that supports adult stem-cell research and clinical trials, has partnered with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to fund two research projects that explore the repair and regeneration of myelin.

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International Stem Cell Corporation To Conduct Parkinson's Disease Clinical Study In Australia

January 29, 2015 - International Stem Cell Corporation , a California-based biotechnology company developing novel stem cell based therapies and biomedical products, today announced that the company has completed the required preclinical studies and plans to begin the phase 1/2a clinical study of the company's cell therapy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in Australia within the next few months. ISCO has formed an Australian subsidiary, Cyto Therapeutics Pty Ltd, to manage the regulatory submission to the Australian Therapeutics Goods Administration and the up-and-coming clinical study.

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Dissecting neural differentiation regulatory networks through epigenetic footprinting

To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Models derived from human pluripotent stem cells that accurately recapitulate neural development in vitro and allow for the generation of specific neuronal subtypes are of major interest to the stem cell and biomedical community.

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Trial to test stem cells in MS patients

Two Canadian research centres are gearing up for a clinical trial to determine if a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the Ottawa Hospital and Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre will each recruit 20 MS patients for the trial that will test whether mesenchymal stem cells can help repair damage caused by the disease.

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Researchers to test MS patients with type of stem cell known to cut inflammation

Two Canadian research centres are gearing up for a clinical trial to determine if a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the Ottawa Hospital and Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre will each recruit 20 MS patients for the trial that will test whether mesenchymal stem cells can help repair damage caused by the disease.

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Ottawa MS patients sought for test of promising new stem-cell therapy

... hose in Europe. The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation has said it would like to see the approvals process for stem cell research streamlined.

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Ottawa MS patients sought for test of promising new stem-cell therapy

... hose in Europe. The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation has said it would like to see the approvals process for stem cell research streamlined.

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Hopkins awards $250K to biomedical engineer for stem cell research

For the second time this week, Johns Hopkins University put its money where its mouth is regarding what many higher education officials say is an urgent need to increase funding for medical research.

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Researchers to test MS patients with type of stem cell known to cut inflammation

Two Canadian research centres are gearing up for a clinical trial to determine if a type of stem cell can help alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the Ottawa Hospital and Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre will each recruit 20 MS patients for the trial that will test whether mesenchymal stem cells can help repair damage caused by the disease.

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Functioning brain tissue grown in 3-D structure

Researchers have induced human embryonic stem cells to self-organize into a three-dimensional structure similar to the cerebellum, providing tantalizing clues in the quest to recreate neural structures in the laboratory. One of the primary goals of stem-cell research is to be able to replace damaged body parts with tissues grown from undifferentiated stem cells.

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Ottawa patients sought for testing of stem cell therapy that offers hope for MS

... hose in Europe. The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation has said it would like to see the approvals process for stem cell research streamlined.

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Caution raised over Gordie Howe's Mexican stem cell treatment

Gordie Howe's son says the hockey legend's stroke symptoms have improved since his treatment with stem cells at a Mexican clinic in early December and he wants him to repeat the procedure. But Mick Bhatia, director of McMaster University's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute warns there's no scientific evidence that such therapies work, and in some cases they can be seriously harmful or even deadly.

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Nowak named executive director of CBLS

Norma Jean Nowak, a renowned research scientist, educator, collaborator and entrepreneur, has been named executive director of UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences . "Dr. Nowak's appointment allows UB's Center of Excellence to continue fulfilling its dual mission of improving health care while driving economic development," says Matthew Watson, director of the New York State Division of Science, Technology and Innovation .

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MS Society to announce clinical trials for stem cell treatment

In the wake of controversy over a costly overseas stem cell treatment touted by a Winnipeg businessman, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada will today announce a genuine clinical trial open to MS patients in Winnipeg and Ottawa. The MS Society will make the announcement at noon at Health Sciences Centre.

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Esperite Invests In Multimillion Largest Clinical Genetic Center...

ESPERITE , the European leader since 2000 in the stem cells life science business, is launching unique new-generation genetic tests. Risk-free, convenient, affordable and accurate tests with results available in a few days.

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Goodbye Baldness; Stem Cells To Grow New Hair- An Eye-opener For Cell-based Therapy In Hair Loss

A new era has dawned in cell-based therapy for people with pattern baldness and hair loss problems with Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute generating new hair growth with the help of human pluripotent stem cells. Until recently, the main treatment for hair loss was transplantation of available hair follicles from one part of the scalp to another.

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Norma Nowak named executive director of UB's New York State...

Norma Nowak has been named executive director of UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. Credit: Douglas Levere "Dr. Nowak is well poised to assume the center's executive leadership reins.

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Ground breaking move by specialist tooth stem cell bank BioEden...

Stem cell treatments may hold the promise to fight disease previously thought untreatable. As a result the need to have one's own cells preserved and safe is becoming the highest of priorities.

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MS Society to announce clinical trials for stem cell treatment

In the wake of controversy over a costly oversees stem cell treatment touted by a Winnipeg businessman, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada will today announce a genuine clinical trial open to MS patients in Winnipeg and Ottawa. The MS Society will make the announcement at noon at Health Sciences Centre.

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Business Secretary Vince Cable announces 40 million for UK synthetic biology

British ingenuity is using synthetic biology to investigate bacteria in place of fossil fuels as a source of the chemicals we need to make everyday essentials like nappies and credit cards Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced 40M investment in UK synthetic biology at the Manchester Institute for Biotechnology, where researchers are using the technology to investigate how to use bacteria in place of fossil fuels to produce the chemicals we need to manufacture a wide variety of everyday products from credit cards, to nappies, to Tupperware tubs. Dr Cable announced 32M to establish three new Synthetic Biology Research Centres at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Manchester and the University of Warwick.

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A bald-less world: Have scientists discovered a cure for baldness?

Those feeling self-conscious about their receding hairline will delight in the news that scientists believe they have found a permanent cure for baldness. Researchers from Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute in California succeeded in growing hair for the first time using human stem cells.

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Gordie Howe's stem cell therapy raises concerns among regenerative medicine experts

A fiery truck crash shut down a section of Highway 99 in Delta between the Massey Tunnel and Highway 17. The crash occurred shortly before 9 a.m. and caused major traffic probelms. Brian Jackson, General Manager for Planning and Development for the City of Vancouver discusses the plan of a 26-storey Waterfront Tower proposal east of Waterfront Station.

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Howe's stem cell treatment raises concerns

Gordie Howe's son says the hockey legend's stroke symptoms have improved since his treatment with stem cells at a Mexican clinic in early December and he wants him to repeat the procedure. But regenerative medicine experts say there's no scientific evidence such therapies work, and in some cases they can be seriously harmful or even deadly.

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Scientists may just have found a cure for baldness

Bald bonces could be a thing of the past if scientists at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in California are to be believed. Past studies relied on the availability of existing healthy dermal papilla cells - the cells vital to follicle growth - which could be grown in a culture.

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Using Stem Cells to Grow New Hair

In a new study from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute , researchers have used human pluripotent stem cells to generate new hair. The study represents the first step toward the development of a cell-based treatment for people with hair loss.

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Marie Csete appointed president and chief scientist of HMRI

Huntington Medical Research Institutes, a leading biomedical research organization, has announced the appointment of Marie Csete, MD, PhD, its chief scientific officer, to her new role as president and chief scientist of HMRI. Dr. Csete joined HMRI in January 2014 as chief scientific officer after an extensive nationwide search, and has advanced HMRI's collaborative relationships with other prestigious scientific communities and an efficient restructuring of management.

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3 scientists win Japan Prize in river engineering, gene therapy

Three scientists have been selected as winners of the Japan Prize in the fields of river engineering and gene therapy, the Japan Prize Foundation said on Thursday. Yutaka Takahasi of Japan won the Japan Prize in the field of " Resources, Energy and Social Infrastructure" for his contribution to "development of innovative concept on river basin management and reduction of water-related disasters," the prize citation said.

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EphA2 promotes infiltrative invasion of glioma stem cells in vivo...

R421, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. E-mail: bxw14@case.edu Diffuse infiltrative invasion is a major cause for the dismal prognosis of glioblastoma multiforme , but the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood.

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Gordie Howe's 'miracle' in Mexico stirs experts' doubts about stem-cell therapy

Hockey legend Gordie Howe's stroke symptoms have improved since his treatment with stem cells at a Mexican clinic in early December, his son says. Hockey legend Gordie Howe's stroke symptoms have improved since his treatment with stem cells at a Mexican clinic in early December, his son says.

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China optimistic about more marrow donors

There are two million potential donors registered with the China Marrow Donor Program , making China fourth in potential donors after the United States, Germany and Brazil, according to CMDP vice director Gao Dongying. "The current two million is remarkable, and the number will continue to rise," said Chen Hu, a leading doctor in the field of bone marrow transplants with more than 30 years of experience.

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Esperite (ESP) invests in multimillion largest clinical Genetic...

High-tech Genetic Diagnostic with Ion Torrent Now for Everyone Geneva, Switzerland - 29 January 2015 ESPERITE, the European leader since 2000 in the stem cells life science business, is launching unique new-generation genetic tests. Risk-free, convenient, affordable and accurate tests with results available in a few days.

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Scientists use stem cells to grow new hair

Stem cells are tipped to be the future for many different scientific studies and it seems that this could include hair loss after scientists used human pluripotent stem cells to generate new hair. According to the team, from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, this discovery is the first step towards the development of a cell-based treatment for people who suffer with hair loss.

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Gordie Howe's stem cell therapy raises concerns among experts

Gordie Howe's son says the hockey legend's stroke symptoms have improved since his treatment with stem cells at a Mexican clinic in early December and he wants him to repeat the procedure. But regenerative medicine experts say there's no scientific evidence such therapies work, and in some cases they can be seriously harmful or even deadly.

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Schweich joins GOP primary for governor

... more than $500,000 since 2009 from Sam Fox, a St. Louis businessman who also gave to groups supporting stem cell research. Schweich on Wednesday proposed new campaign finance laws that would limit candidates to receiving no more than 25 percent of ...

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Gordie Howe's stem cell therapy raises concerns among regenerative medicine experts

Gordie Howe's son says the hockey legend's stroke symptoms have improved since his treatment with stem cells at a Mexican clinic in early December and he wants him to repeat the procedure. But regenerative medicine experts say there's no scientific evidence such therapies work, and in some cases they can be seriously harmful or even deadly.

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Keeping the Kraken asleep - inhibiting CDK6 prevents leukemic relapse

CDK6 is needed for leukemic stem cell activation . When CDK6 is absent, the LSC remains in a quiescent state and leukemia formation is prohibited .

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Asymmetrex Scheduled to Present Unique Perspectives in Stem Cell...

Already in 2015, the adult stem cell technology company Asymmetrex is scheduled to present at both industry and academic conferences in the U.S. and the U.K. The company will share its unique perspectives in stem cell biology and stem cell medicine that have recently yielded two major advances in biotechnology for better utilization of adult stem cells for drug development and regenerative medicine. ...it is not surprising that Asymmetrex's technologies impact so many different facets of stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, and drug development.

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Esperite (ESP) invests in multimillion largest clinical Genetic...

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Dr. Theodore Friedmann is a longtime faculty member at UC San Diego and a pioneer in gene therapy. / photo by Nelvin C. Cepeda * U-T San Diego Dr. Theodore Friedmann is a longtime faculty member at UC San Diego and a pioneer in gene therapy.

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Blind Could Benefit From Corneal Stem Cells, Researchers Say

"Our research shows that cells derived from corneal stem cells are attractive candidates for generating corneal cells in the laboratory," said Alexander Ljubimov, director of the eye program at Cedars' Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute. Scientists used human corneal cells to generate pluripotent stem cells, which are capable of differentiating into various cell types, then put the new cells on natural "scaffolds" and helped create corneal cells.

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Science vs. religion? There's actually more of a three-way split - Religion News Service

... they side with the religious perspective. For example, Moderns are the most supportive of embryonic stem cell research and abortion rights for women, but Post-Seculars, who are nonetheless largely positive about science and society, are more ...

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Federal Funding Initiative Could Bolster University's Genomics Research

Harvard genomics researchers could see increased funding for their work should Congress approve a White House proposal to allocate millions more dollars to the research of medical treatments personalized to a patient's genetic information. Funding for the research would come from the National Institutes of Health, the University's largest federal sponsor for research, which accounts for about half of Harvard's federal sponsorship.

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$250,000 Johns Hopkins President's Frontier Award Goes to Sharon Gerecht

Inhibiting CDK6 Prevents Leukemia Relapse

Despite enormous progress in cancer therapy, many patients still relapse because their treatment addresses the symptoms of the disease rather than the cause, the so-called stem cells. Work in the group of Veronika Sexl at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna has given a tantalizing clue to a solution.

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The Slow and Ineffectual Path to Aging Interventions for Humans

... and definitely can't achieve indefinite prevention of disease or extension of healthy life. Outside the stem cell research community there is far more ongoing work on the second type of treatment at this time. This might make little sense to an ...

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Stem cell-grown hair could help those with hair loss

For the first time, researchers have been able to use pluripotent stem cells to generate cells that can grow new hair. It's been theorised for years, but now human stem cells have resulted in hair growth for the very first time.

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SPOTLIGHT: Port Coquitlam walks for Alzheimer Society

The annual Walk for Memories in support of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. was held Sunday in Port Coquitlam. Among the local participants was Bruce Moore , father of Mayor Greg Moore and a retired teacher from Terry Fox secondary, and his wife.

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Scientists use stem cells to grow new human hair in the lab

Their idea is to coax human pluripotent stem cells to become dermal papilla cells - a unique population of cells that regulate hair-follicle formation and growth cycle. "The method is a marked improvement over current methods that rely on transplanting existing hair follicles from one part of the head to another," said Alexey Terskikh, Ph.D. , associate professor in the Development, Aging, and Regeneration Program at Sanford-Burnham.

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Missouri Auditor Schweich joins GOP primary for governor

... more than $500,000 since 2009 from Sam Fox , a St. Louis businessman who also gave to groups supporting stem cell research. Schweich on Wednesday proposed new campaign finance laws that would limit candidates to receiving no more than 25 percent of ...

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Promising results for stem cell therapy in MS

Preliminary findings suggest that nonmyeloablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation may arrest, or even reverse, the progress of disease among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis . The study, which appears in JAMA , involved 145 patients, but had no control group, and outcomes were rated by clinicians who were aware that the patients had received stem cell therapy.

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Okayama University Research: Cell Injections Get To The Heart Of Congenital Defects

Otago announces professorial promotions

Announcing the promotions, University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne warmly congratulated the new professors on their well-earned promotions which take effect from 1 February. "The success of these candidates is a reflection of their proven records of excellence not just in terms of their fields of research but also as leaders in teaching and service to the University and community."

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Why More Lawmakers May Start 'Evolving' To Support Abortion Rights

... during his time in Congress - including restrictions on minors seeking abortions, a ban on embryonic stem cell research, and a ban on so-called " partial birth " abortions. But, according to his new op-ed , Ryan has since "come to believe that we ...

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Epigenetic drug boosts chemotherapy's efficacy in some lung cancers

... resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors," says Christine Fillmore, PhD, of Boston Children's Hospital's Stem Cell Research Program, the study's first author. EZH2 has been strongly linked with cancer progression and is part of a complex of molecules ...

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Can hair-growing stem cells cure baldness?

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Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd. Granted EU Orphan Drug Designation For Lead ...

January 26, 2015 - Enlivex Therapeutics , a Hadasit Bio-Holdings portfolio company, today announced that the European Medicines Agency has granted orphan drug status to the Company's lead product candidate, ApoCell, for the prevention of Graft-versus-host Disease . Previously, ApoCell received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration .

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Cedars-Sinai Researchers Advance The Science Behind Treating Patients With Corneal Blindness

Researchers in the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute have devised a novel way to generate transplantable corneal stem cells that may eventually benefit patients suffering from life-altering forms of blindness. Scientists used human corneal cells to generate pluripotent stem cells that have a capacity to become virtually any body cell.

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FASEB Science Research Conference: The Biology and Chemistry of Vision

The FASEB Science Research Conference on Biology and Chemistry of Vision provides in-depth analysis and discussion of all aspects of rod and cone photoreceptor biology and pathology, including the functional relationships between photoreceptors and other cell types in the posterior eye. The 2015 Conference will have two keynote speakers, nine platform and two poster sessions covering the broad fields of photoreceptor chemistry, cell biology, neuroscience, and retinal disease mechanisms.

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A Role for Noncoding Variation in Schizophrenia

Cell Reports , Vol. 9, No. 4. , pp. 1417-1429, doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2014.10.015 A large portion of common variant loci associated with genetic risk for schizophrenia reside within noncoding sequence of unknown function.

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Can hair-growing stem cells cure baldness?

A new technique for growing human hair in a petri dish may hold promise for balding men and women all over the world. Scientists have managed to grow new hair from human pluripotent stem cells -- cells capable of morphing into all sorts of different cells.

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Cord Blood Registry And China Cord Blood Corporation Enter Into Strategic Collaboration

... a significant step toward raising global awareness of the importance of newborn cord blood hematopoietic stem cell research." Cord Blood RegistryA (CBRA ) is the world's largest newborn stem cell company. Founded in 1992, CBR is entrusted by parents ...

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Researchers generate new hair growth using human pluripotent stem cells

Though common, hair loss is a distressing disorder. It can dent a person's confidence and provoke feelings of depression.

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Experimental stem cell treatment key in Gordie Howe's dramatic improvement

... and have not been approved by government regulators in Canada or the U.S. The International Society for Stem Cell Research, a leading professional group, has issued a guide for patients and their families advising them to approach stem-cell therapy ...

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Huntington Medical Research Institutes Names New President and Chief...

"I'm greatly honored to have been appointed president of an organization that has such a storied past and such a brilliant future," said Dr. Marie Csete, President and Chief Scientist of HMRI. Huntington Medical Research Institutes, a leading biomedical research organization, has announced the appointment of Marie Csete, MD, PhD, its chief scientific officer, to her new role as president and chief scientist of HMRI.

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SCCA's Fred Hutch Bone Marrow Transplant Program achieves higher survival rates

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance was recently recognized for outperforming its anticipated one-year survival rate for allogeneic transplant patients. The new performance results were calculated by the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and published in the 2014 Transplant Center-Specific Survival Report.

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Actinium to Participate in the Canaccord Genuity Rare Disease and...

Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative targeted payload immunotherapeutics for the treatment of advanced cancers, today announced that Mr. Sandesh Seth, Executive Chairman of Actinium, and other members of the management team will be attending the Canaccord Genuity Rare Disease and Biopharma One-on-One Day on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Members of the investment community who are interested in meeting with management should contact Evan Smith, CFA of Actinium Pharmaceuticals at 840-5442 or esmith@actiniumpharma.com .

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Measles Is Spreading, And Kids Might Die. Sue Parents Who Didn't Vaccinate? Absolutely.

I'm the executive editor of the Advisory Board's Daily Briefing, a popular health care newsletter that goes out to more than 150,000 subscribers. I'm also a blogger for ESPN's TrueHoop Network, a columnist at California Healthline, and a social media junkie.

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Hair loss cure one step closer as stem cell breakthrough grows new follicles in mice

Stem cell researchers have managed to grow new human hair in mice in research that could pave the way to a cure for baldness. The new technique , developed at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in California, saw human stem cells being developed into the cells responsible for growing flowing locks.

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One in a million chance: MP's lifesaving stem cell donation

The patient, who cannot be named, would certainly have died without Mr Glen's help, but now has a fighting chance at survival. Last year he discovered that against the odds he had been matched with a patient who desperately needed his help to survive.

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Salisbury MP John Glen is set to save a blood cancer patient's life by donating stem cells today.

Stem cell breakthrough may lead to baldness cure

WASHINGTON: Scientists have successfully used human stem cells to generate new hair, paving the way for a potential new cure for baldness. The study from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in US represents the first step towards the development of a cell-based treatment for people with hair loss, researchers said.

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Human stem cells generate new hair in lab

Dr. Raj at Beverly Hills Orthopedic Institute Now Offering Stem Cell...

The top orthopedic doctor in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, Dr. Raj is now offering stem cell procedures for over twenty painful conditions, with new ones including spinal arthritis and degenerative disc disease. The procedures are performed at Beverly Hills Orthopedic Institute and are excellent for offering pain relief and helping patients avoid potentially risky surgery.

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Human stem cells generate new hair in lab

In the first step toward the development of a cell-based treatment for people with hair loss, US scientists have used human stem cells to generate new hair in the lab. We have developed a method using human pluripotent stem cells to create new cells capable of initiating human hair growth.

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Son says Gordie Howe's improvement dramatic after stem cell treatment

Glomerular diseases associated with cancer, chemotherapy, and...

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Sanford-Burnham researchers use human pluripotent stem cells to grow new hair

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Gordie Howe's health improved dramatically after stem cell treatment

They call it the miracle of stem cells and it was nothing less than a miracle says Marty Howe about his dad Gordie's recovery. At a press conference Tuesday in Calgary for the Gordie Howe C.A.R.E.S annual hockey Pro-AM , Marty Howe talked about how the stem cell treatment saved Gordie Howe's life after suffering two strokes.

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Mr. Hockey bounces back

NHL alumni Lanny McDonald, Marty McSorley, Darryl Sittler and Perry Berezan join Gordie Howe's son, Marty Howe, at the Saddledome in Calgary on Tuesday to announce the 2015 Gordie Howe C.A.R.E.S. Hockey Pro-Am tournament benefactor. Proceeds from this year's event will go to the Gordie Howe C.A.R.E.S. through the Flames Foundation for Life.

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Son says Gordie Howe's improvement dramatic after stem cell treatment

Yet Another Application of Stem Cell Based Regenerative Medicine to Hair Restoration

Do you want to live a longer life in good health? Simple practices can make some difference, such as exercise or calorie restriction. But over the long haul all that really matters is medical biotechnology: progress towards repair and reversal of the known root causes of aging.

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Son: Howe's recovery "unbelievable"

Hockey legend Gordie Howe rapidly improving following stroke

Researchers advance the science behind treating patients with corneal blindness

Adult Stem Cells Used To Grow New Hair

Researchers have used human induced pluripotent stem cells to generate new hair, the first step toward the development of a cell-based treatment for people with hair loss. In the United States alone, more than 40 million men and 21 million women are affected by hair loss.

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Keeping the kraken asleep: Insight into the role of stem cells in leukemia

Despite enormous progress in cancer therapy, many patients still relapse because their treatment addresses the symptoms of the disease rather than the cause, the so-called stem cells. New work has given a tantalizing clue to a solution.

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Not only are people looking to add value to their home, but they are seeking ways to improve accessibilit... )--TechNavio has announced the publication of a new market research report on the Global Cookies Market, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.21 percent from 2014-2019.

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Esi Bio ??? a Division Of BioTime Announces New Uk Distribution Agreement With 2BScientific

ESI BIO, the stem cell products division of BioTime, Inc., announces that its cGMP and research grade stem cell lines, reagents and cell matrix products are now available in the UK and Ireland through 2BScientific Ltd. "We are pleased to hear that 2BScientific would like to be our distributor in the UK market and we expect that we can build a strong partnership in the future." ESI BIO's research products are used by stem cell researchers around the world and include clinical and research grade human embryonic stem cells from ES Cell International and HyStemA hyaluronan-based hydrogel extracellular matrices.

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$61K raised for Saskatchewan man's Malaysian stem cell treatment

In North Battleford , friends and relatives have come to the overwhelming aid of Kyle Allan, who needs stem cell therapy . A 28-year-old North Battleford man plans to head to Malaysia next month for a stem cell treatment he hopes will cure his debilitating liver disease.

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Safety and Cost Concerns Cloud Early Promise of New Cancer Drugs

A new wave of experimental cancer drugs that directly recruit the immune system's powerful T cells are proving to be highly effective weapons against tumors, but top oncology researchers are concerned about the two emerging technologies, citing dangers seen repeatedly in clinical trials, including the potentially fatal buildup of toxic debris from killed tumor cells and damage to healthy tissues, according to a new report from Reuters. Such adverse effects could block regulatory approval if they aren't controlled, researchers and drug company executives told Reuters reporters.

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Imaging of Transparent Live Fish Reveals Secrets of Stem Cells

Using stem cells in medicine can feel like miracle work since the process by which the cells travel, settle down, take their final form, and begin participating as a part of a larger system is still very much a mystery. Scientists working at Boston Children's Hospital's Stem Cell Research Program wanted to see what stem cells actually do during their lifetime so they developed a technique to actually see the cells working inside the body.

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Using stem cells to grow new hair

Researchers have used human pluripotent stem cells to generate new hair. The study represents the first step toward the development of a cell-based treatment for people with hair loss.

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Phenotypic and functional analyses show stem cell-derived...

Hepatocyte-like cells , differentiated from pluripotent stem cells by the use of soluble factors, can model human liver function and toxicity. However, at present HLC maturity and whether any deficit represents a true fetal state or aberrant differentiation is unclear and compounded by comparison to potentially deteriorated adult hepatocytes.

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Opportunities in Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) Products - Trends and Forecasts to 2017

... Termed "research supply companies" or "research product vendors," large companies selling human embryonic stem cell research products include Life Technologies, BD Biosciences, Thermo Fisher Scientific, EMD Millipore, Sigma Aldrich, Lonza, R&D ...

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Esi Bio a " a Division of BioTime, Inc. Announces New Uk Distribution Agreement with 2BScientific

ESI BIO also provides unique PureStemA Embryonic Progenitors, antibodies and small molecules for stem cell differentiation and reprogramming. Jeffrey Janus, CEO at ESI BIO commented, "We are pleased to hear that 2BScientific would like to be our distributor in the UK market and we expect that we can build a strong partnership in the future."

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Using stem cells to grow new hair

Cells take sole responsibility for merkel cell maintenance

A population of "progenitor" cells in the skin that are solely responsible for the generation and maintenance of touch-sensing Merkel cells have been identified by scientists. Merkel cells are unique cells located in the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin.

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Cells Take Sole Responsibility for Merkel Cell Maintenance

Researchers have identified a population of "progenitor" cells in the skin that are solely responsible for the generation and maintenance of touch-sensing Merkel cells. The study appears in The Journal of Cell Biology.

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Using Stem Cells to Grow New Hair

La Jolla, Calif., January 27, 2015 - In a new study from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute , researchers have used human pluripotent stem cells to generate new hair. The study represents the first step toward the development of a cell-based treatment for people with hair loss.

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Okayama University research: Cell injections get to the heart of congenital defects

Researchers at Okayama University and Okayama University Hospital show that children suffering from a condition known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome experienced some improvement in cardiac function in the months following injection of CDCs. Okayama researchers highlight that cardiac progenitor cells in children are "more abundant, self-renewing, and multipotent than those found in adults," Researchers at Okayama University and Okayama University Hospital show that children suffering from a condition known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome experienced some improvement in cardiac function in the months following injection of CDCs.

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Using stem cells to grow new hair

Keeping the Kraken asleep

IMAGE: CDK6 is needed for leukemic stem cell activation . When CDK6 is absent, the LSC remains in a quiescent state and leukemia formation is prohibited .

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A novel view of the adult bone marrow stem cell hierarchy and stem cell trafficking

E-mail: mzrata01@louisville.edu Received 4 November 2014; Revised 21 November 2014; Accepted 1 December 2014 Accepted article preview online 9 December 2014; Advance online publication 27 January 2015 The Karl Landsteiner distinguished lecture presented during life achievement award ceremony from the German Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematotherapy, 47th Annual Meeting of the Society, Dresden, Germany on 9 September 2014.

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Inhibiting CDK6 prevents leukemic relapse

... c ... Led by Dr. Hanna Mikkola, a member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, UCLA scientists have discovered a protein that is integral to the self-replication of hematopoietic stem ... The Institute ...

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Obokata may face criminal charges as former colleague alleges she stole stem cells

A criminal investigation now seems likely in the STAP stem-cell research debacle after a former Riken researcher filed a criminal complaint against disgraced scientist Haruko Obokata, alleging she stole samples of embryonic stem cells before reporting that she had created her version of stem cells with a novel technique. Toshihisa Ishikawa, a former senior researcher at the government-affiliated scientific research organization, submitted the complaint to police in Hyogo Prefecture, where Obokata as a Riken researcher conducted her stem-cell research.

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Biostem Technologies Announces 1:400 Reverse Stock Split

"Completing this reverse stock split is an important step in our plan to improve our company's capital structure, increase our per share market price, and improve the company's stock to become more attractive to a broader group of investors and establish Biostem Technologies as a highly-regarded, biotechnology company.

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Stamina doctor Vannoni enters plea bargain

Turin, January 27 - A psychologist who developed the now-banned Stamina stem-cell treatment for terminal nerve disease patients entered a formal request for a plea bargain in a trial against him during a preliminary hearing on Tuesday. Davide Vannoni requested a plea deal of one year and 10 months.

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Genetic manipulation of adult-born hippocampal neurons rescues memory ...

In rodents, increased production of new granule neurons is associated with improved memory capacities, while decreased hippocampal neurogenesis results in impaired memory performance in several memory tasks. In mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, neurogenesis is impaired and the granule neurons that are generated fail to integrate existing networks.

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Transplantation of cerebellar neural stem cells improves motor...

Patients with Machado-Joseph disease exhibit significant motor impairments such as gait ataxia, associated with multiple neuropathological changes including mutant ATXN3 inclusions, marked neuronal loss and atrophy of the cerebellum. Thus, an effective treatment of symptomatic patients with Machado-Joseph disease may require cell replacement, which we investigated in this study.

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Keeping the Kraken asleep: inhibiting CDK6 prevents leukemic relapse

Curcumin eradicates brain protein fragments to fight Alzheimer's disease

A debilitating disease that causes difficulty remembering recent conversations, names or events, Alzheimer's, is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, affecting more than 5 million Americans. Women are particularly at risk for the disease, making up two-thirds of Alzheimer's cases.

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Species Extrapolation of Life-Stage Physiologically-Based...

Species Extrapolation of Life-Stage Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Models to Investigate the Developmental Toxicology of Ethanol Using In vitro to In vivo Methods a 1To whom correspondence should be addressed at Neurotoxicology Branch , Toxicity Assessment Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. E-mail: To provide useful alternatives to in vivo animal studies, in vitro assays for dose-response assessments of xenobiotic chemicals must use concentrations in media and target tissues that are within biologically-plausible limits.

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Carbon Nanotubes Induce Apoptosis Resistance of Human Lung Epithelial ...

... Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, A Siriraj Center of Excellence for Stem Cell Research, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, A Allergy and Clinical Immunology Branch, National ...

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HCM City a magnet for medical tourists

Timely response: The construction of Binh Tan Hospital in 2011 was funded by the HCM City People's Committee to meet demand in Binh Tan as well as neighbouring districts. - VNA/VNS Photo Manh Linh The growing reputation of Vietnamese doctors has led to a boom in foreigners seeking treatment here, and locals who once went abroad are also opting for healthcare at home, Gia Loc reports.

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Clinical Characteristics of Somatic Mutations in Chinese Patients...

From the State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hypertension and Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ; Laboratory of Vascular Biology and Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China ; Shanghai Institute of Hypertension , Shanghai Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism , and Department of Urology, Ruijin Hospital , Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China .

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Monday, January 26, 2015

Abbi's on a Taylor Swift selfie mission

Along with a smile that's guaranteed to melt hearts, Abbi Monaghan's other trademark is her ever-present sunglasses. Not that the little St. Catharines girl's trying to be cool: those shades are a necessity because her eyes are extraordinarily light sensitive.

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Scientists extend telomeres to slow cell aging

A modified RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cell yielded large numbers of cells for study Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a new procedure that uses modified messenger RNA to quickly and efficiently increase the length of human telomeres , the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are associated with aging and disease. Treated cells behave as if they are much younger than untreated cells, multiplying with abandon in the laboratory dish rather than stagnating or dying.

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Bill Monbouquette, former Red Sox hurler, dies at 78

Bill Monbouquette - a Red Sox 20-game winner who threw a no-hitter, was a four-time All-Star and spent more than 50 years in professional baseball - passed away on Sunday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston due to complications from leukemia. The Red Sox Hall of Famer, inducted in 2000, was 78. Monbouquette spent the first eight seasons of his 11-year major league career with Boston from 1958-65.

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Young girl, family seeking to find right stem cell donor

The questions plaguing Brian and Maribel Child every day all revolve around their young daughter Kathryn: Is she getting enough medication? Is she getting enough nutrition? What else can they be doing to help their daughter? Is she going to make it to next month? Fourteen days ago Brian created a gofundme account. In that short amount of time, some 104 people have contributed more than $7,000 - all in the name of helping Kathryn.

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Expanded Tissues Show Confocal Microscopes More Detail

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 26, 2015 - Nobel Prize-winning superresolution microscopy techniques circumvent the diffraction limit of light to image the smallest details of cells. But there is another way.

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Maintenance of self-renewal ability of mouse embryonic stem cells in...

Maintenance of self-renewal ability of mouse embryonic stem cells in the absence of DNA methyltransferases Dnmt1, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b. DNA methyltransferases Dnmt1, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b cooperatively regulate cytosine methylation in CpG dinucleotides in mammalian genomes, providing an epigenetic basis for gene silencing and maintenance of genome integrity.

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Mammalian Heart Regenerative Capacity Depends On Severity Of Injury

A new study by researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has shown that neonatal mouse hearts have varying regenerative capacities depending upon the severity of injury. Using cryoinjury - damaging the heart through exposure to extreme cold in order to mimic cellular injury caused by myocardial infarction - investigators found that neonatal mouse hearts can fully recover normal function following a mild injury, though fail to regenerate after a severe injury.

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Chance Cancer Mutations [Page 3.14]

This new year, researchers concluded that 2/3 of the difference in cancer risk between different parts of the body can be attributed to the number of stem cell divisions those parts undergo. More cell divisions reflect a higher risk as errors that occur naturally during the DNA replication process can contribute to the development of cancer.

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BioTime Announces Issuance Of 14 New Patents In The Fields Of...

BioTime , Inc. announced today the issuance of 14 new patents covering a wide range of the core technologies of BioTime and its subsidiaries Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. , OrthoCyte Corporation, ES Cell International Pte Ltd, OncoCyte Corporation, and ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. The new patents issued over Q3 and Q4 of 2014 add to the BioTime family of companies' patent estate of over 600 patents and patent applications pending worldwide, which is the largest known patent estate in the field of pluripotent stem cell technology for human therapeutic application, an emerging field known as "regenerative medicine."

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How human cells lifespan can be extended revealed

A new study has shed light on telomeres that are essential part of human cells that affect how our cells age, by extending them to slow down the cell aging process. The study allows scientists to increase cell numbers for testing drugs, but may also hold a key to longer and healthier lives.

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Integrins Are Essential in Stem Cell Binding to Defective Cartilage for Joint Regeneration

PRLog - Jan. 26, 2015 - NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The promise for using mesenchymal stem cells to repair cartilage damage caused by osteoarthritis depends on the MSC being able to attach efficiently to the defective cartilage.

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Study validates Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome as a true representation of aging

In a new research study, scientists from Vision Genomics, LLC, Insilico Medicine, Inc., and Howard University showed that Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome is comparable to normal aging with respect to cellular signaling pathways, and that HGPS truly recapitulates the normal aging process. This study was accomplished by the analysis of microarray gene expression datasets of fibroblasts from normal individuals and HGPS patients using a newly-developed pathway analysis and drug discovery tool named 'GeroScopeTM'.

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Integrins are essential in stem cell binding to defective cartilage for joint regeneration

The promise for using mesenchymal stem cells to repair cartilage damage caused by osteoarthritis depends on the MSC being able to attach efficiently to the defective cartilage. A novel laboratory model in which artificially created cartilage lesions and labeled MSC were used to test factors that might improve MSC binding and the effectiveness of future MSC-based therapies is described in BioResearch Open Access , a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers .

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StemCells Posts Letter To Shareholders

StemCells, Inc. , a leading stem cell company developing novel cell-based therapeutics for disorders of the central nervous system, posted today the following Letter to Shareholders from its President and CEO, Martin McGlynn. Over the past year, StemCells, Inc. has made substantial progress.

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Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd. Granted EU Orphan Drug Designation For Lead ...

Enlivex Therapeutics , a Hadasit Bio-Holdings portfolio company, today announced that the European Medicines Agency has granted orphan drug status to the Company's lead product candidate, ApoCell, for the prevention of Graft-versus-Host Disease . Previously, ApoCell received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration .

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Cells take sole responsibility for Merkel cell maintenance

IMAGE: After six months, whisker follicles in adult mice lacking Atoh1-expressing progenitor skin cells have a deficiency of Merkel cells compared with a control group . view more Researchers have identified a population of "progenitor" cells in the skin that are solely responsible for the generation and maintenance of touch-sensing Merkel cells.

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Enlivex Granted EU Orphan Drug Designation for Lead Product ApoCell for Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Cells Take Sole Responsibility for Merkel Cell Maintenance

Fred Hutch Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Seattle Cancer Care...

BioTime, Inc.: Following The Smart Money

With a diverse platform of therapies and a broad and extensive IP portfolio, BioTime and its affiliates have a high probability of success. Long term, deep pocketed, shareholder support is key for a developmental stage biotech's survival and success.

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Actinium Submits Pre-IND Meeting Request to the U.S. FDA for its Iomab-B Drug Candidate

Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative targeted payload immunotherapeutics for the treatment of advanced cancers, announced today that it has submitted a request for a pre-IND meeting to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's Iomab-B drug candidate currently undergoing final preparations to start the pivotal Phase 3 trial in mid-2015. The goal of the pre-IND meeting is to finalize preparations for the final stages of its Iomab-B drug candidate development.

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DNA-damage response, survival and differentiation in vitro of a human ...

Ataxia-telangiectasia is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by defects in the ATM kinase, a component of the DNA-damage response . Here, we employed an immortalized human neural stem-cell line capable of differentiating in vitro into neurons, oligodendrocytes and astrocytes to assess the ATM-dependent response and outcome of ATM ablation.

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Market Report, "International Stem Cell Corporation (ISCO) -...

The company develops parthenogenesis, a stem cell technology that advances the field of regenerative medicine. It develops therapeutics to treat diseases of the eye, the nervous system and the liver.

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Influential and Inspiring Community Members Berish, Carlin, Lux, and Jeremiah: Courier Communique

In life, many of us look to role models who serve as an inspiration for how we should live our lives. Typically, these can include parents, professors, clergymen, elders, community leaders, and even celebrities.

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Hogan's budget includes some cuts, some status quo for economic development programs

... Convention Center. (Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun) Advocates for programs spending state dollars on stem cell research or investment in technology companies were nervous what Gov. Larry Hogan's budget would hold for them, given warnings of ...

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New market study, "Origio AS - Medical Equipment - Deals and Alliances Profile", has been published

The company offers a broad range of products for ART process, from micropipets to entire laboratories. The company offers its products under five product category brands, namely, ORIGIO MediCult Media, ORIGIO Humagen Pipets, ORIGIO MidAtlantic Diagnostics, ORIGIO ScanLab Equipment and Artworks Solutions.

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Scientists find way to slow cell ageing

In a bid to find a longer, healthier life, scientists have developed a new treatment to extend telomeres -- protective "end caps" for chromosomes that help keep DNA healthy -- to slow the process of cell ageing. With the time, these protective "end caps" become shorter with each DNA replication and eventually are no longer able to protect DNA from sustaining damage and mutations.

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Woman left housebound and suicidal by rare illness that has made her...

A WOMAN whose face and body swell up and balloon because of a rare illness hopes new stem cell treatment available in the US could rid her of the condition. Christie Newport, 33, is virtually housebound after bullies taunted her with the nickname "rubber dingy lips", leaving her contemplating suicide.

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Scientists find way to slow cell ageing

In a bid to find a longer, healthier life, scientists have developed a new treatment to extend telomeres -- protective end caps for chromosomes that help keep DNA healthy -- to slow the process of cell ageing. With the time, these protective end caps become shorter with each DNA replication and eventually are no longer able to protect DNA from sustaining damage and mutations.

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Precise Correction of the Dystrophin Gene in Duchenne Muscular...

Precise Correction of the Dystrophin Gene in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patient Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by TALEN and CRISPR-Cas9. Stem cell reports , Vol.

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Now Available: Proteonomix, Inc. (PROTE) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Proteonomix, Inc. is a biotechnology company. The company develops therapeutics based upon use of human cells and their derivatives for the treatment of diabetes and cardiac diseases.

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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Controversial researcher addresses accusations

After days of silence, the Winnipeg medical researcher who charged multiple sclerosis patients thousands of dollars for overseas stem-cell treatment says he's been "unfairly accused and victimized by inaccurate media reporting" and looks forward to clearing his name. In a statement sent to local media Friday morning, Doug Broeska, owner of Regenetek Research, said media reports he falsified his credentials, overstated the effects of the stem-cell clinical trial, failed to follow up with patients and was recently removed from the study are false.

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Stem cell researcher speaks out, defends against "inaccurate media reporting"

The Winnipeg medical researcher at the centre of controversy involving experimental stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis patients is defending himself and providing what he says is proof of his educational credentials. He's provided an email he says is proof he was a member of a professional organization that told CBC otherwise.

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Researchers develop new treatment that extends telomeres

Will extending telomeres lead to longer, healthier lives? Researchers have taken an important step toward answering this question by developing a new treatment used in the laboratory that extends telomeres. One of the key aspects of aging is the shortening of telomeres over time.

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Broeska said he personally funded some of the study's startup costs.

Creative Bioarray Releases New Stem Cell Products

This weekend Creative Bioarray listed more than a hundred cell products including adipose-derived stem cells, Bone Marrow cells, new types of mouse and rat stem cells on its website. The company now offers over 1,000 stem cell products including adult stem cells, tumor stem cells, embryonic stem cells, iPS cells and other stem cells from both human and animals.

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Even low BPA exposure linked to stem cell changes

... nto one problem-there are secondary impacts, such as fluid retention, which make it difficult to take the stem cell research to the next level and look at correlations in sperm cell counts and measures of reproductive ability.

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Medical Miracle For Howe

If you're a hockey fan, then you know a Gordie Howe "Hat Trick" is a goal, an assist, and a fight. Howe just fought the fight of his life, and with an assist from stem cell treatment, he is back scoring goals against his great grandsons.

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Bright Side - January 23, 2015

Police are investigating after a body was found at a Sylvania apartment complex Friday. Investigators are on the scene at the Contemporary Apartments at 5301 W Alexis.

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Media Advisory - Interview and Photo Opportunity: Leading Canadian...

On Thursday, January 29, 2015, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and the Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation, along with principal investigators Dr. Mark Freedman and Dr. James Marriott, will be announcing a human clinical trial involving a novel stem cell treatment in multiple sclerosis . Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world.

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Telomere Extension Turns Back Aging Clock in Cultured Human Cells

A new procedure can quickly and efficiently increase the length of human telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are linked to aging and disease, according to scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Treated cells behave as if they are much younger than untreated cells, multiplying with abandon in the laboratory dish rather than stagnating or dying.

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Diaper compound may expand power of microscopes

Pour, mix, set, add water and voila: highly detailed images of the inside of cells. A study, partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, showed that a modified form of the superabsorbent chemical used in disposable diapers can expand brain structures to four and a half times their original size.

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No stranger to legal troubles

Before he was a medical researcher charging multiple sclerosis patients thousands for experimental stem-cell treatment, Doug Broeska was a lumber broker as well as the regional organizer of a Playboy event. Court documents show Broeska has been sued multiple times, including by the Business Development Bank of Canada and the Royal Bank.

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Scientists Lengthen Human Telomeres to Reverse Aging

Stanford medical researchers have devised a new procedure that can efficiently increase the length of protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are linked to aging and disease. The treated caps - called telomeres - behave as if they are much younger than untreated cells, multiplying with abandon in the laboratory dish rather than stagnating or dying, according to scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Newly spun-out NuVascular to seek approval for two devices this year

A small Ashland company that specializes in medical devices that use a fibrous material that can be infused with stem cells has spun out a separate firm called NuVascular Technologies to commericiaze its first two products. NuVascular, which works out of the same headquarters and has the same four core employees as Biosurfaces, hold the exclusive license to develop and sell a minimally-invasive treatment for heart disease developed by Biosurfaces and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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Diaper compound may expand power of microscopes

VIDEO: Watch MIT scientists tell the story of expansion microscopy: a process that enlarges cell structures, allowing scientists to take nanoscale pictures of healthy and disease tissue throughout the body using... view more Pour, mix, set, add water and voila: highly detailed images of the inside of cells. A study, partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, showed that a modified form of the superabsorbent chemical used in disposable diapers can expand brain structures to four and a half times their original size.

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Market Report, "Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (CYTX) - Medical Equipment...

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. Cytori has three key product lines, namely, the Celution family, which includes the first and only broadly available device that provides clinical grade adipose derived autologous stem and regenerative cells for re-injection into the patient at the point of care; and the StemSource family for use in laboratory research and stem cell banking.

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Cord Blood America, Inc. Announces Preliminary Proxy Filing And...

As we reflect upon the 2014 fiscal year that recently concluded, we take pride in the operational performance we have accomplished through the first nine months as well as the transformation the Company has undergone since May of 2012. During this time period, the Company has: Invested in a multi-functional platform of technology which should provide for a predominately "paperless" operation by mid-year 2015.

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Broeska breaks silence, responds to coverage of MS treatment operation

After days of silence, the Winnipeg medical researcher who charged MS patients thousands for overseas stem cell treatment says he's been "unfairly accused and victimized by inaccurate media reporting" and looks forward to clearing his name. In a statement sent to local media Friday morning, Doug Broeska, owner of Regenetek Research says media reports that he falsified his credentials, overstated the effects of the stem cell clinical trial, failed to follow up with patients and was recently asked to step down as the study's researcher are false.

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A photo of Doug Broeska from the now-disabled Regenetek website.

Massachusetts mom raises funds for potentially life-saving stem cell transplant

Friends and family are rallying around a Massachusetts mother in need of a life-saving stem cell transplant as she battles a rare autoimmune disease. Scleroderma is a chronic connective tissue disease classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases, and it has no known cure.

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Stamina doc offers plea bargain

Turin, January 23 - A psychologist who developed the now-banned Stamina stem-cell treatment for terminal nerve disease patients has tried to plea bargain his way out of trial, sources said Friday. Davide Vannoni and 13 co-defendants are on trial on charges including aggravated criminal association with intent to commit fraud in connection with the therapy, which he used on terminally ill degenerative nerve disease patients.

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Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds

Scientists extend telomeres to slow cell aging

New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that delivering modified mRNA encoding the protein telomerase reverse transcriptase to cells extends their telomeres a finite but significant amount Will extending telomeres lead to longer, healthier lives? Researchers have taken an important step toward answering this question by developing a new treatment used in the laboratory that extends telomeres. One of the key aspects of aging is the shortening of telomeres over time.

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Cleveland Clinic, CWRU researchers honored for work in fields of prostate cancer, stem cells

... Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will be honored in June by the International Society for Stem Cell Research with its 2015 Outstanding Young Investigator Award. The honor, which comes with a $7,500 personal award, recognizes ...

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Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, Stanford study finds

Convert Catalysts Into Profits: Sagient Research's Edward Stopke

The biotech sector is teeming with companies racing to bring the hot new drug or therapy to the marketplace. But realistically assessing the therapeutic potential of pipeline products is the healthy approach for selecting a winner.

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a Ring to rule them all? Insights into the Map3k1 PHD motif provide a ...

Correspondence: E Gallagher, Medicine, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK, Tel: +44 7947 778996; Fax: +44 2075 640814; E-mail: ewen.gallagher@ntlworld.com or t.suddason@imperial.ac.uk Despite the sizable number of components that comprise Mapk cascades, Map3k1 is the only element that contains both a kinase domain and a plant homeodomain motif, allowing Map3k1 to regulate the protein phosphorylation and ubiquitin proteasome systems. As such, Map3k1 has complex roles in the regulation of cell death, survival, migration and differentiation.

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Interplay of H2A deubiquitinase 2A-DUB/Mysm1 and the p19ARF/p53 axis...

Correspondence: M Gatzka, Department of Dermatology and Allergic Diseases, University of Ulm, James-Franck-Ring 11c, N27, Ulm 89081, Germany. Tel: +49 731 500 57531; Fax: +49 731 500 57502; E-mail: martina.gatzka@uni-ulm.de Monoubiquitination of core histone 2A has a critical role in gene regulation in hematopoietic differentiation and other developmental processes.

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CD95 promotes metastatic spread via Sck in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Correspondence: A Martin-Villalba, Molecular Neurobiology, German Cancer Research Center , Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel: +49 6221 423766; Fax: +49 6221 423777; E-mail: a.martin-villalba@dkfz.de Cancer stem cells have been implicated in the initiation and maintenance of tumour growth as well as metastasis.

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A Novel Method of Telomere Extension

New revolutionary culturing technique for liver and pancreas

... effective therapy for pancreatic cancer at the moment. Click 'references' tab above for source. Visit our Stem Cell Research category page for the latest news on this subject. MLA University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC U. "New revolutionary ...

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New bone growth therapy to be tested in space

The University of California, Los Angeles, has received funding to test a new bone growth-accelerating therapy onboard the International Space Station. Grant funding is being provided by the National Institutes of Health and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space - an organization responsible for maximizing use of the International Space Station US National Laboratory for innovative, space-based research.

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Mammalian heart regenerative capacity depends on severity of injury

This is a neonatal mouse heart showing basal level of proliferating cardiomyocytes. A new study by researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has shown that neonatal mouse hearts have varying regenerative capacities depending upon the severity of injury.

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Dr. Hans Clevers receives ISSCR's McEwen Award for Innovation

The International Society for Stem Cell Research has awarded Dr. Hans Clevers, senior author on two important papers published recently in the scientific journal Cell , the society's McEwen Award for Innovation. The papers describe the development of a culturing system for human liver stem cells, as well as stem cells from pancreatic cancer, discoveries with the potential to revolutionize liver transplantation and aid in the fight against pancreatic cancer, respectively.

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The Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center Announces Adult Stem Cell Public Seminars in Naples, Florida

The Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center announces a series of free public seminars on the use of adult stem cells for various degenerative and inflammatory conditions. They will be provided by Dr. Thomas A. Gionis, Surgeon-in-Chief and Dr. Nia Smyrniotis, Medical Director and Surgeon.

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MStem lab studies ALD disorder with gifted embryo

A few years ago, University alum Brooke Kendrick pursued in vitro fertilization to conceive her first child. Now, her excess embryos are helping researchers study the neurological disorder adrenoleukodystrophy.

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Mesenchymal stem cells market growth driven by increased interest in regenerative medicine

Increased investments in MSC research, development of new research tools, and expanding therapeutic solutions represent key market driving forces for growth in the global mesenchymal stem cells market. A rapidly growing area of stem cell research, Mesenchymal Stem Cells are defined as progenitor cells capable of producing multiple types of specialized cells in the body such as, osteoblasts, chondrocytes, adipocytes, myocytes, and neuronal cells.

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Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds

Researchers delivered a modified RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cells. Cell proliferation capacity was dramatically increased, yielding large numbers of cells for study.

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Reduced Levels of Myc Extend Healthy Lifespans in Mice

... as its presence is necessary for a range of fundamental cell processes. Myc is also important in modern stem cell research , as it is one of the factors used in reprogramming somatic cells to become induced pluripotent stem cells , a potentially ...

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The Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center Announces the Opening of a New Office in The Villages

The Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center announces the opening of a new office in The Villages, Florida on January 28, 2015, with Dr. Thomas A. Gionis, Surgeon-in-Chief and Dr. Nia Smyrniotis, Medical Director and Surgeon. Their new office is located at the Villages Endoscopy & Surgical Center, 10900 SE 174th PL.

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Mammalian heart regenerative capacity depends on severity of injury

... picture of the proteins that are linked to cancer, the number of pro ... The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has awarded Dr. Hans Clevers, senior author on two important papers published recently in the scientific journal Cell, ...

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