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Stem Cell Research Informed Consent: What To Know – Science 2.0

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2015-08-28 NEWS

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Stem Cell Research Informed Consent: What To Know
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Adult stem cells. Typically these are found in the person’s skin or grown from a sample of skin cultured in a laboratory from a skin biopsy and can then be used for treatment, such as burns. Until now, most stem cell research has involved obtaining
PGI hosts conference on stem cell researchTimes of India
Stem Cell Treatments Help Rats Live Longer, Healthier LivesPharmiWeb.com (press release)
Bioheart to Change Name to US Stem Cell, Inc.; SEC Approval for Reverse Stock Stockhouse

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2015-08-27 NEWS

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A stem cell “kill switch” may make therapies safer, say Stanford researchers
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3225255407_596aa5bdff_z Stem cell biologist Hiromitsu Nakauchi, MD, PhD, and his colleagues published an interesting article today about how to use stem cell technology to boost our body’s own immune cells to fight cancer or chronic viral infections
Minerva Biotechnologies Licenses Sendai Virus Technology for Stem Cell GenerationBusiness Wire (press release)

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2015-08-27 NEWS

China’s New Stem Cell Rules
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China has announced new rules governing the use of stem cell treatments that it says will curb unproven treatments yet enable research, Nature News reports. China Daily adds that the regulations from the National Health and Family Planning Commission …

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2015-08-27 NEWS

TiGenix Achieves First Ever Success In Allogeneic Stem Cell Phase 3 Trial
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Not only does Cx601 become the first ever recorded successful allogeneic “off-the-shelf” stem cell therapy to go through a large, randomized controlled trial, but also it is first and foremost a solid product which answers an unmet therapeutic need in

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2015-08-27 NEWS

Minerva Biotechnologies Licenses Sendai Virus Technology for Stem Cell Generation
Business Wire (press release)
Scientists believe that because these earlier, naïve stem cells have a clean slate, they are more easily directed to develop into functional mature cells, which could be used for transplant. Naïve stem cells have several advantages over currently

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