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‘Major step forward’ as EMA recommends first stem cell therapy – PMLiVE

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2014-12-23 NEWS

‘Major step forward’ as EMA recommends first stem cell therapy
PMLiVE
The European Medicines Agency has backed the continent’s first ever stem cell-derived therapy for patients with damaged eyes for approval – although its recommendation is conditional. Chiesi’s Holoclar (an ex-vivo expanded autologous human corneal …
EMA recommends approval of first advanced therapy medicinal product pharmabiz.com

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2014-12-23 NEWS

‘Major step forward’ as EMA recommends first stem cell therapy
PMLiVE
The European Medicines Agency has backed the continent’s first ever stem cell-derived therapy for patients with damaged eyes for approval – although its recommendation is conditional. Chiesi’s Holoclar (an ex-vivo expanded autologous human corneal …
EMA recommends approval of first advanced therapy medicinal product pharmabiz.com

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2014-12-22 NEWS

Hockey Legend Gordie Howe Undergoes Stem Cell Treatment
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According to the family’s statement, Howe was treated by doctors with Stemedica Cell Technologies, a biotechnology company that manufactures adult stem cells in U.S. government-licensed facility in San Diego. The doctors helped get Howe into a stem
Howe’s family reports rapid improvementThe Denver Post
Howe settles once and for all who is the greatestSaskatoon StarPhoenix

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2014-12-22 NEWS

Scientific American

Scientist Resigns as StemCell Creation Method Is Discredited
Scientific American
Such cells are scientifically valuable because they can develop into most other cells types, from brain to muscle. But they are difficult to make. Obokata’s method—known as stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency, or STAP—was published in
Japan researcher fails to replicate stem cell resultsMENAFN.COM

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2014-12-22 NEWS

MedPage Today

Morning Break: Whistle-Blowing at Military Hospitals, Hockey And Stem Cells
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Hockey legend Gordie Howe underwent stem cell treatment in Mexico after suffering a series of strokes earlier this year, according to his family. Biocryst’s intravenous flu drug peramivir has been approved by the FDA, the company said. The drug, a …

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2014-12-22 NEWS

Independent Online

EU court opens door to stemcell patents
Independent Online
Brussels – Europe’s top court has opened the door to certain stemcell patents in the European Union by ruling that an organism incapable of developing into a human being is not a human embryo and may be patented. The judgment by the European Court of …
Top European Court Changes Ruling On Stem Cells; Declares Them Now Diabetes Insider

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