Stemedica Issued U.S. Patent For Ectodermal Stem Cells

Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of adult allogeneic stem cells and stem cell factors announced that the Company has been issued "keystone" Patent No.

http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2013/05/01/stemedica-issued-u-s-patent-for-ectodermal-stem-cells/

New diabetes discovery could change treatment

Could a new discovery eventually become a cure for diabetes? Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have found a new hormone, which makes the insulin-producing cells that are destroyed by the disease.

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/New-diabetes-discovery-could-change-treatment/aI4NTO63ME6nLhTGw6qMMw.cspx?rss=1484

Toddler is youngest to get lab-made windpipe

A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130501/LIFESTYLE03/305010341/-1/rss12

Stephen Hawking visits LA stem cell lab

In this photo provided by Cedars-Sinai, Stephen Hawking gives a talk to workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, April 9, 2013.

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17677461-stephen-hawking-visits-la-stem-cell-lab-where-his-disease-is-studied?lite

Commentary calls for greater transparency in highlighting social value of research

In a commentary published in the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings , UC Davis bioethicist Mark Yarborough proposes that more information about the social value of individual research studies be made available to prospective research participants during the informed consent process so they are more aware of the degree to which a study has the ... (more)

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uoc--ccf042613.php

2-year-old girl gets windpipe made from stem cells

In this July 13, 2012 photo, Hannah Warren, 2, poses with her parents Lee Young-mi and Darryl Warren at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea.

http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/22419587/article-2-year-old-girl-gets-windpipe-made-from-stem-cells?instance=home_news_lead

Researchers look to mathematics, nature, to understand the immune system and its role in cancer

These circular diagrams represent the T cell repertoire of two donors. In the first diagram, only the J segment is displayed, with obvious similarities.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/vcu-rlt043013.php