MS sufferer walks after stem cell treatment - 12.14.09
- An Australian man who was confined to a wheelchair by multiple sclerosis has made a remarkable recovery after receiving a groundbreaking stem cell treatment.
NIH approves 27 more stem cell lines - 12.14.09
- National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins approved another 27 human embryonic stem cell lines for federal research funding Monday, but limited support to diabetes-related pancreatic cell experiments.
State Stem Cell Funding Possibly In Jeopardy - 12.14.09
- State money has helped Connecticut carve a niche in stem cell research, luring top scientists to the state and funding more than 200 researchers at the University of Connecticut, Yale and Wesleyan as they pursue treatments for cancer, Parkinson's and other diseases using promising new methods. But with a looming budget deficit, state stem cell funding could be in jeopardy, at least temporarily.
BrainStorm Announces Date for Webcast Audio Conference - 12.14.09
- BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies and therapeutics, is pleased to announce that it has scheduled its pre-recorded webcast audio conference for Monday, December 21, 2009. The pre-recorded webcast audio conference will be available on Monday, December 21, 2009 after 9 a.m. EST and can be listened to on the company’s website at www.brainstorm-cell.com
'Smart' gel could help coax stem cells to develop into heart cells - 12.14.09
- A new gel may give physical cues that coax stem cells to develop correctly and repair tissue damaged by heart attacks.
HMC signs pact with cord blood bank - 12.14.09
- Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), which hosts as much as 90% of childbirths in Qatar, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Health Bank QSTP (VHB) for private cord blood stem cell banking from the end of January.
Scientists ID stem cell control mechanism - 12.14.09
- U.S. scientists say they've found the mechanism used by neural stem cells to continue growing and multiplying without changing their stem cell state.
Scientists make stem-cell induction simpler - 12.14.09
- London: Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and Harvard University have come up with a novel way to make stem-cell induction simpler.
Epistem Wins UK Trade & Investment Award For Expansion Success - 12.14.09
- Epistem Holdings PLC (AIM: EHP), a UK biotechnology company with adult epithelial stem cell expertise in oncology, gastrointestinal and dermatological diseases, has won a national award for its overseas success, The Manchester Evening News reported on its website.
- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, has granted Geron’s request to declare an interference between a patent application owned by Geron and U.S. Patent No. 7,510,876 (the ‘876 patent) owned by Novocell, Inc. The patent filings cover technology for the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into the precursors of numerous endoderm cell types, including pancreatic islet cells.
Stem Cell Therapeutics gets US patent for use of prolactin in combo with other biological agents - 12.14.09
- Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. announced that it has been granted US Patent No. 7,604,993 entitled "Combined Regulation of Neural Cell Production". The claims cover the use of prolactin in combination with a variety of other biological agents for producing neuronal or glial precursor cells in vivo or in vitro.
Kornberg Completes Construction of University of California's Stem Cell Core Facility - 12.14.09
- Architects have converted part of an existing building (Keen Hall), including a previously unused covered open area, into an innovative stem cell core facility for the University of California, Riverside. Ken Kornberg, president and founder, made the announcement.
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