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Stem Cell Advocates and Critics Push Back on FDA Guidelines
Scientific American
“It is possible that after these public meetings the FDA may step up its activities on clinics to a more proportionate level and send a signal that it is indeed going to rein in the dangerous stem cell clinic industry for real,” says Paul Knoepfler, a …
Divisions run deep over how to regulate stem cell clinicsCNN
Stem cell research could lead to treatment breakthroughsPhys.Org
Local Stem Cell Program to Launch Groundbreaking Clinical Trial on Parkinson’s PatientsNBC 7 San Diego
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Protein production in differentiating stem cells is more complex than previously thought
Phys.Org
By comparing the rate at which mRNA splice variants were translated into proteins in ESCs and neural precursor cells (NPCs), a cell type into which ESCs can differentiate, Vardy’s team found that small changes in the mRNA sequence generated during …

Lund University stem cell researcher awarded Fernström prize for study on repairing damaged brain
News-Medical.net
Is it possible to convert a patient’s own skin cells into functioning nerve cells? Or insert healthy genes to reprogram the cells of a damaged brain? Stem cell researcher Malin Parmar at Lund University in Sweden is studying these types of issues, in …

Stem cell therapy for pets in pain
NWCN.com
Beau had his first stem cell procedure. “There’s a possibility that this might be enough to make him feel better for the rest of his life,” said Dr. Rosie Gilbert, who owns Viking Veterinary Care. Treatments can last up to about two-and-a-half years …

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Stem cell therapy helping pets in pain
kgw.com
PORTLAND, Ore. — “I knew this guy was going to steal my heart,” said Paul Luntsford as he looked at a picture on his cellphone. The picture captured the special moment when Beau, an abandoned Great Dane puppy, went home with his best friend.

Local Stem Cell Program to Launch Groundbreaking Clinical Trial on Parkinson’s Patients
NBC 7 San Diego
With a new $2.3 million grant, a stem cell program to aid Parkinson’s disease patients that’s being researched at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla is one step closer to FDA approval. The program, called Summit Stem Cell, launched three years ago.
Removing cellular bookmarks smooths the path to stem cellsPhys.Org
Divisions run deep over how to regulate stem cell clinicsCNN
HealthWatch: Stem Cells Replace Bone Marrow TransplantsWeAreGreenBay.com
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How does a heart defect start? Stanford scientists use stem cells to find out
Scope (blog)
So Wu’s team used innovative stem cell techniques instead. They took skin and blood cells donated by four members of a family affected by LVNC and converted them into induced pluripotent stem cells, which are stem cells made in a lab from adult cells.

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