The Japan TimesA team of scientists led by a 30-year-old Japanese woman has discovered a simple method to produce stem cells — immature cells that can develop into all types of tissues in the body. The team headed by Dr. Haruko Obokata has found that body cells …Ignorance led to invention of stem cell techniqueBoston … Continue reading
BrainStorm Receives US Notice of Allowance for its Key Stem Cell Technology …PharmiWeb.com (press release)BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTC.QB: BCLI) a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies for neurodegenerative diseases today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent Office for its “Mesenchymal Stem Cells for … and more …read … Continue reading
BrainStorm Receives US Notice of Allowance for its Key Stem Cell Technology …PharmiWeb.com (press release)BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTC.QB: BCLI) a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies for neurodegenerative diseases today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent Office for its “Mesenchymal Stem Cells for … and more …read … Continue reading
ScotsmanProfessor Clare Blackburn, from the university’s MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, said: “This exciting new project will test whether we can grow thymus stem cells in the lab and use these to make a fully functional organ for transplantation. “We …Woman’s embryos destroyed in mistake at clinicYorkshire Post all 32 news articles …read more &nbs… Continue reading
ScotsmanProfessor Clare Blackburn, from the university’s MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, said: “This exciting new project will test whether we can grow thymus stem cells in the lab and use these to make a fully functional organ for transplantation. “We …Stem cell study may boost immunityThe Galloway GazetteWoman’s embryos destroyed in mistake at clinicYorkshire Post … Continue reading
Guardian Liberty VoiceNew research from the University of California’s San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has identified a protein that is named, Lis1 that is needed for hematopoietic stem cell formation as well as leukemia cells. The discovery has the potential of being a …Split decision: Stem cell signal linked with cancer growthEurekAlert (press release)Protein … Continue reading
New Stem Cell Technique May Aid Medical TreatmentsEDGEOnTheNetA simple lab treatment can turn ordinary cells from mice into stem cells, according to a surprising study that hints at a possible new way to grow tissue for treating illnesses like diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers in Boston and Japan … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Keeping Stem Cells PluripotentScience 2.0While the ability of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) to become any type of mature cell, from neuron to heart to skin and bone, is indisputably crucial to human development, no less important is the mechanism needed to maintain hESCs in their … …read more &nbs… Continue reading