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First stem-cell therapy approved for medical use in Europe – Telegraph.co.uk

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Telegraph.co.uk

First stemcell therapy approved for medical use in Europe
Telegraph.co.uk
“This is exciting both because there are no other treatments for this sort of damage to the eye and because this is the first example in which a ‘medicine’ based on stem cells has been approved for use in humans,” Professor Graham McGeown, Reader in …
Europe boosts stem cell patent rightsU-T San Diego
EU stem cell ruling paves the way to stem cell patentsDeutsche Welle
EU’s top court opens door to some stem cell patentsReuters
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) –Yahoo News
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Lawsuit sheds light on controversial heart stem cell papers
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The lawsuit was filed by cardiac stem cell scientist Piero Anversa of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and Annarosa Leri, a Harvard associate professor in his lab. The pair is suing Harvard and Brigham

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Lawsuit sheds light on controversial heart stem cell papers
Science Now
The lawsuit was filed by cardiac stem cell scientist Piero Anversa of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and Annarosa Leri, a Harvard associate professor in his lab. The pair is suing Harvard and Brigham

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Bioscience Technology

Unable to Prove Claims, “Acid Bath” Stem Cell Researcher Tenders Resignation
Bioscience Technology
Embryo made from stressed stem cells. (Source: RIKEN)A young scientist from Harvard University and the Riken Institute, who claimed to make extraordinary stem cells from ordinary cells with acid, has failed to repeat her work. Other Riken researchers

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Acid bath stemcell scientist can’t reproduce results
New Scientist
The papers claimed that almost any adult cell could be coaxed into becoming a stem cell just by dipping it in a bath of acid for 30 minutes Movie Camera . The method held great promise for regenerative medicine because it would make it possible to

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The Japan Times

Vexed Riken halts Obokata’s bid to prove stem cell discovery
The Japan Times
Riken announced Friday that it will halt any further attempts to replicate the supposedly ground-breaking stem cell production method one of its researchers claimed to have discovered earlier this year. The technique, dubbed stimulus-triggered