Boston GlobeA prestigious Japanese research institution is investigating scientific papers that last month reported the controversial discovery that stem cells could be created simply by bathing mature cells in a weak acid. Dr. Charles Vacanti, a Brigham and Women … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Working at the laboratoryNew Zealand HeraldA Japanese research institute says it is probing its own study that promised a “game changer” way to create stem cells, a feat hailed as revolutionary for the fast-developing field. The findings, published by Japanese researcher Haruko Obokata and … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Doubts mount on STAP stem cellsU-T San Diego(This story is an update of my earlier blog post on the controversy over whether the stress-created STAP cells actually exist). A stunning stem cell breakthrough announced last month is being examined for errors by the institute where the study’s lead … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
OC stem–cell firm cleared for ovarian cancer trialOCRegister (subscription)An Irvine stem–cell company has received rapid approval to test a new treatment for ovarian cancer on patients, the third clinical trial the company will undertake using a method that teaches a patient’s immune system to recognize and attack the seeds …Intl. Stem Cell readies for Parkinson’s … Continue reading
Stem cell banking from teeth gains acceptanceTimes of IndiaLUDHIANA: People with poor health history or those suffering from genetic diseases are going to the dentists in greater numbers for stem cell banking from teeth. The major reason to adopt stem cell banking from teeth is that people feel it less painful … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Intl. Stem Cell readies for Parkinson’s studyU-T San DiegoA proposed Parkinson’s disease treatment from stem cells is on track for an application to be filed with federal regulators around the start of 2015, International Stem Cell Corp. said Tuesday. The Carlsbad-based company said the U.S. Food and Drug …Stemedica Issued U.S. Patent Method For Identifying … Continue reading
Controversial stem cell study being investigated, scrutinizedBoston.com (blog)The two studies published in Nature in late January have been subject to unusually intense and public scrutiny because of the novelty of the potentially ground-breaking claims they make about how to create stem cells, which they called STAP cells. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Acid-bath stem cell results called into questionNew ScientistAt the end of last month, Obokata and her colleagues published two papers in the journal Nature showing that an acidic environment turned adult mouse cells into “totipotent” stem cells Movie Camera . These can become any cell in the body or placenta. …read more &nbs… Continue reading