A tale of two stem cell research papersBoston GlobeThis is a tale of two stem cell research papers. One took the scientific world aback when it appeared in late January: a report by a team of Boston and Japanese researchers that stem cells could be created simply by dipping mature cells in an acid bath. … Continue reading
BioTime to Present at GTC Stem Cell Summit 2014FierceBiotechRegenerative medicine refers to therapies based on stem cell technology that are designed to rebuild cell and tissue function lost due to degenerative disease or injury. BioTime’s focus is on pluripotent stem cell technology based on human embryonic … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium to focus on bloodUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonCoordinated by the nonprofit BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and the UW-Madison Blood Research Program, this year’s symposium is focused on how the …Vietnam performs 100 stem cell transplantsSGGP all 2 news articles …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Genetic Engineering NewsA team of scientists based in Korea and Canada who transplanted human neural stem cells (hNSCs) into the brains of nonhuman primates (NHPs) report that the hNSCs had differentiated into neurons at 24 months and did not cause tumors. The study is … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Longer Looks: Terri Schiavo Case; Stem Cell Tourism In China; Fall Protection …Kaiser Health NewsIncreasingly, Big Pharma is betting on new blockbuster cancer drugs that cost billions to develop and can be sold for thousands of dollars a dose. In 2010, each of the top 10 cancer drugs topped more than $1 billion in sales, … Continue reading
Stem–cell therapy ‘adversely effected’ 20-25% of patientsGazzetta del Sud englishTurin, April 24 – Between 20% and 25% of Italian patients treated with a recently discredited stem–cell therapy called Stamina experienced “adverse effects”, medical consultants said in a report submitted to prosecutors in Turin on Thursday. Such … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
New ScientistWhat they found suggests, as we could perhaps expect, that our lifespan might ultimately be limited by the capacity for stem cells to keep replenishing tissues day in day out. Once the stem cells reach a state of exhaustion that imposes a limit on …Healthy blood cells of 115-year-old woman show hundreds of mutationsMedical … Continue reading
Nursing Times“Because these blood cells had extremely short telomeres, we speculate that most haematopoietic stem cells may have died from ‘stem cell exhaustion’, reaching the upper limit of stem cell divisions,” said lead scientist Dr Henne Hostege, from Cold …Blood of world’s oldest woman hints at limits of lifeNew ScientistScientists find clues about human ageing … Continue reading