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After Creatimng A Beating Animal Heart In A Laboratory, U Of Minnesota Finalizes License Agreement To Form Start-Up Company Based On Taylor's Research
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchA major step in commercializing the groundbreaking research of Dr. Doris Taylor was achieved recently when the University of Minnesota signed an exclusive, global license agreement with Miromatrix Medical Inc. Dr. Taylor's research garnered worldwide attention in 2008 when her team announced that i ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Using A Molecular Toolkit To Transform Skin Cells Into Stem Cells
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchIn an effort to sidestep the ethical dilemma involved in using human embryonic stem cells to treat diseases, scientists are developing non-controversial alternatives: In particular, they are looking for drug-like chemical compounds that can transform adult skin cells into the stem cells now obtained ...
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11.5 Million Dollars NIH Center Grant Funds Novel Cancer Stem Cell Research At The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchThe Methodist Hospital Research Institute was awarded an $11.5 million Center Grant by the National Institutes for Health (NIH) to study the best way to attack deadly cancer stem cells to enhance treatments for breast cancer. Other members of the team include Baylor College of Medicine and the Unive ...
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The Challenges And Opportunities Facing Stem Cell Scientists
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchThe United States government's decision last year to lift restrictions on federally-funded stem cell research has helped the nation's stem-cell researchers concentrate on science, but limitations remain - even under the new policy, according to George Daley, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investi ...
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Unpacking Condensins' Function In Embryonic Stem Cells
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchRegulatory proteins common to all eukaryotic cells can have additional, unique functions in embryonic stem (ES) cells, according to a study in the February 22 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology... ...
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Modified Adult Stem Cells May Be Helpful In Spinal Cord Injury
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchResearchers at UTHealth have demonstrated in rats that transplanting genetically modified adult stem cells into an injured spinal cord can help restore the electrical pathways associated with movement. The results are published in the Feb. 24 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. In spinal cord inju ...
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Notch-Blocking Drugs Kill Brain Cancer Stem Cells, Yet Multiple Therapies May Be Needed
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchWorking with mice, Johns Hopkins scientists who tested drugs intended to halt growth of brain cancer stem cells - a small population of cells within tumors that perpetuate cancer growth - conclude that blocking these cells may be somewhat effective, but more than one targeted drug attack may be need ...
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Emerging Science, Tech Advances Highlight New NIH Common Fund Programs
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchPrograms to create a new center for the study of stem cells and to increase capacity to deal with global health issues were among seven scientific initiatives announced by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D... ...
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Researchers Develop Tool To Measure Severity Of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Symptoms
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchResearchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new assessment tool to measure the severity of symptoms that can complicate stem cell transplantation. The tool assesses symptoms resulting from chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), and was presented with su ...
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Stanford Scientists First To Identify Wide Variety Of Genetic Splicing In Embryonic Stem Cells
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchLike homing in to an elusive radio frequency in a busy city, human embryonic stem cells must sort through a seemingly endless number of options to settle on the specific genetic message, or station, that instructs them to become more-specialized cells in the body (Easy Listening, maybe, for skin cel ...
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New Method Decodes Cell Movements, Accurately Predicts How Cells Will Divide
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchResearchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new method for predicting - with up to 99 percent accuracy - the fate of stem cells... ...
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M. D. Anderson Develops Tool To Measure Severity Of Chronic Graft-Vs.-Host Disease Symptoms
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchResearchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new assessment tool to measure the severity of symptoms that can complicate stem cell transplantation. The tool assesses symptoms resulting from chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), and was presented with su ...
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Novel Theory For Mammalian Stem Cell Regulation Proposed By Linheng Li
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchLinheng Li, Ph.D., Investigator, together with Hans Clevers, M.D., Ph.D... ...
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New Form Of Stem Cell Communication Rescues Diseased Neurons
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchInvestigators at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham, formerly Burnham Institute for Medical Research), the Karolinska Institutet, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School and Université Libre de Bruxelles have demonstrated in mouse models that ...
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Geisinger Medical Center Becomes Region's Only Bone Marrow Collection Site
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchGeisinger Medical Center (GMC) was recently designated a National Marrow Donation Program (NMDP) collection site, becoming the only site in the region to collect bone marrow or blood stem cells from willing donors. "It is very exciting and a major achievement to be designated a National Marrow Dona ...
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National Institutes Of Health Approves Wisconsin H1 Stem-Cell Line For Continued Use In Federally Funded Research
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchThe WiCell Research Institute, a private nonprofit that has advanced stem cell science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served researchers around the world since 1999, can continue to provide stem cell scientists one of the earliest and most popular human embryonic stem cel ...
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Stem Cells Rescue Nerve Cells By Direct Contact
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchScientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown how transplanted stem cells can connect with and rescue threatened neurons and brain tissue. The results point the way to new possible treatments for brain damage and neurodegenerative diseases... ...
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3-D Scaffold Provides Clean, Biodegradable Structure For Stem Cell Growth
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchMedical researchers were shocked to discover that virtually all human embryonic stem cell lines being used in 2005 were contaminated. Animal byproducts used to line Petri dishes had left traces on the human cells. If those cells had been implanted in a human body they likely would have been rejected ...
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New State-Of-The-Art Technology To Accelerate Stem Cell Research At UC Riverside
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchStem cell research at the University of California, Riverside is about to gather speed thanks to the establishment of a new Stem Cell Core Facility (SCCF) - a shared facility providing infrastructure, equipment, and trained personnel for doing stem cell research that ordinarily would not be availabl ...
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Bio-Matrix Scientific Group's Majority Owned Subsidiary Entest BioMedical Initiates Studies To Support Stem Cell / Laser Regenerative Therapy For COPD
Categorie : Stem Cell ResearchBio-Matrix Scientific Group Inc. (OTCBB: BMSN) announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Entest BioMedical Inc. (OTCBB: ENTB) has initiated studies to support the Company's stem cell / laser regenerative therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)... ...
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