Medical Australia (ASX: MLA) is introducing a breakthrough regenerative animal stem cell therapy into the UK and Ireland. The company has invested $500,000 to establish a fully functioning clinic in Hampshire, England, where it can cryogenically freeze stem cells for domestic pets, small animals and the equine market. Importantly, the facility is believed to be … Continue reading
One of the most promising current applications of nanotechnology to medicine is the use of nanoparticles to specifically target drug therapy to cancer cells. A variety of different types of nanoparticles using different drug delivery strategies are being investigated, including one type using biopolymers that we described here last week. Another report shows that a … Continue reading
Source: http://researchnews.osu.edu COLUMBUS, Ohio – A national study suggests that a significantly greater number of highly educated women in their late 30s and 40s are deciding to have children – a dramatic turnaround from recent history. Among college-educated women, childlessness peaked in the late 1990s, when about 30 percent had no children, according to the … Continue reading
Researchers at the University of Vermont have discovered two new proteins on red blood cells that confirm the testable existence of two new blood types. It’s an important discovery, one that’ll greatly reduce the risk of incompatible blood transfusions among tens of thousands of people. But what we were more struck by in this press release was … Continue reading
Source: abcnews.com An Oklahoma bill that would ban the sale of food containing aborted human fetuses has some people wondering: What food currently contains aborted human fetuses? The bill, introduced Jan. 18 by State Sen. Ralph Shortey, prohibits the manufacture or sale of “food or any other product intended for human consumption which contains aborted human fetuses in … Continue reading
http://goo.gl/hyxDA Wow, finally you arestarting to catch up. We have been doing this for the last 7 years… Continue reading
source: http://thehill.com An Oklahoma state senator wants to outlaw the use of embryonic stem cells in food research, NPR reports. Most Americans — almost 6 in 10 — believe the Supreme Court justices will rely more on ideology than a legal analysis of the healthcare law’s individual mandate in their ruling, Kaiser Health News reports. Pregnant women who eat a … Continue reading
dailyfinance.com 2010-04-13 For investors on the hunt for groundbreaking technologies, stem cell therapies originally looked promising. But the world has been waiting for a long time for the basic research to transform into viable therapies, and in the meantime, Wall Street has largely lost interest. Now, however, there’s a “disconnect between science and valuation in … Continue reading