Archive for the ‘Stem Cell Research’ Category
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Americans for Cures Foundation announces Michael J. Fox as a featured speaker at State of Stem Cell Advocacy 2008, this year's leading conference for grassroots advocates supporting stem cell research. The conference will be held on April 12-13 at UCSF Mission Bay. Americans for Cures Foundation welcomes new ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
PrimeGen Biotech announced that company researchers have successfully used purified proteins and DNAs in non-viral methods to reprogram adult human cells into stem cells.
Participating in this week's Stem Cell Summit in New York, the company reported that this new class of stem cells -- derived from adult human tissues such ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC) reported for the first time a robust and highly efficient process for the generation of high-purity hepatocytes (liver cells). The research, described online (ahead of print) in the journal STEM CELLS, signifies a significant step towards the efficient generation of hepatocytes for use in ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
In a retrospective review of blood disorder patients treated with stem cells from their own cord blood (autologous transplant) or from the cord blood of a sibling (allogeneic-related transplant), the majority of the patients were cured or achieved remission from their disease, according to a report presented today at the ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
The benefits of special grants designed to give talented new researchers a 'leg-up' on the career ladder are bearing fruit.
A recently recruited scientist to The University of Nottingham has won a remarkable £870,000 of funding through two New Investigator Research schemes that help newly employed university researchers set up laboratories ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Stem Cell Innovations (SCLL.OB) (SCI) noted that two recent government panels, one in the US and one in the UK, advocate the use of cell-based assays for toxicity testing. The Company's human liver-based ACTIVTox® and stem cell-based PluriCell™ systems are specifically designed for this purpose.
The National Research Council, part of ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday called on South Korea to halt human embryonic stem cell research and human cloning in light of a recent government announcement allowing scientists to conduct research on creating stem cells by cloning human embryos, the AP/Google.com reports (Winfield, AP/Google.com, 10/11). South Korea banned embryonic stem ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, on Thursday at the Carnegie Institution of Washington said she would rescind President Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research if elected president, the New York Times reports (Healy/Dean, New York Times, 10/5). Clinton ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
The new Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering and Modelling (STEM) will be officially opened at the University of Nottingham on the 21st September, 2007 by Sir Keith O'Nions, Director General Science and Innovation at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
STEM is a new multidisciplinary research centre based ...
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