Nobel laureate says stem cell research is leading to breakthrough treatmentsSouth China Morning PostThe article was based on an interview with developmental biologist and Nobel laureate Professor John Gurdon, who says stem cell replacement therapy for the dry form of macular degeneration has been shown to “work quite well” in animals and is now being … Continue reading
Blogger covers evolving study of stem cellsNews & ObserverDr. Jalees Rehman’s work taps into the never-ending human quest for immortality. As an associate professor of medicine and pharmacology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Rehman studies how stem cells repair and regenerate …Bangalore tops in stem cell banking awarenessDeccan ChronicleAdult stem … Continue reading
Adult Stem Cells Suppress Cancer While DormantBioscience TechnologyMesenchymal stem cell displaying typical ultrastructural characteristics. (Source: Robert M. Hunt / Researchers at UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have discovered a mechanism by which certain adult … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Disease-specific human embryonic stem cell lines from King’s College London …YottaFireScientists from King’s College London have announced that 16 human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines have been approved by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and placed on their Stem Cell Registry, making them freely available for federally … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem cell co Kadimastem to receive NIS 8.5m Chief Scientist grantGlobesKadimastem (TASE: KDST), which develops living tissue based on stem cells for drug research and possible future use in transplants, will receive an NIS 8.5 million research budget from the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Economy for … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Blogger covers evolving study of stem cellsCharlotte ObserverAs an associate professor of medicine and pharmacology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Rehman studies how stem cells repair and regenerate tissues and organs. And while he says the groundbreaking discoveries in stem cell … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Bangalore tops in stem cell banking awarenessDeccan ChronicleBangalore: Software professional Kiran Reddy (29) did not want his newborn to go through what his senior colleague’s four-year-old, deaf son was enduring. “If only my boss had gone for stem–cell banking, he could have had treated his son for hearing … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
A dog’s life: Pet owners turn to stem cells to alleviate painRockford Register StarMediVet America, a Kentucky firm that markets the “world’s first affordable in-house stem cell procedure kit” to veterinarians, said stem cells regenerate cartilage in joints but can be used to treat tendon and ligament damage and fractures. For … …read more &nbs… Continue reading