New means of growing intestinal stem cellsScience Daily (press release)Dec. 2, 2013 — Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have shown that they can grow unlimited quantities of intestinal stem cells, then stimulate them to develop into nearly pure populations of different types of mature intestinal cells. and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Mary Ann Liebert to receive award for stem cell education at World Stem Cell …EurekAlert (press release)New Rochelle, NY, December 2, 2013–The Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) will bestow its 2013 Education Award on Mary Ann Liebert, President and CEO of the company that bears her name, citing her work in educating patients, researchers, and the … Continue reading
Tulare County Superior Court judge needs stem cell matchVisalia Times-Delta… was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a deadly type of cancer. Latronico is working to get people in Tulare, Kings and Fresno counties to register as potential stem donors to help his wife and others who need stem cell and bone marrow transplants. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Medical News TodayPrincipal investigator John Dick, a senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, pioneered the study of cancer stem cells by identifying leukemia stem cells in 1994. He is also a Professor in the …New stem cell breakthrough brings prostate cancer cure closer to realityZee NewsColon cancer researchers target … Continue reading
Stem cell scientist warns on profitsFinancial Times… peripheral vision intact. Dr Takahashi, who works at the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology in Kobe, plans to transform those cells into retinal tissue using an experimental stem–cell technique, then implant them into one of the patient’s … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Colon Cancer Researchers Target Stem Cells, Discover Viable New Therapeutic …RedOrbitScientists and surgeons at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered a promising new approach to treating colorectal cancer by disarming the gene that drives self-renewal in stem cells that are the root cause of disease, resistance to treatment … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Ottawa CitizenTORONTO – Canadian scientists believe they have found the “Achilles heel” of colon cancer stem cells, which appear to be responsible for the recurrence of the disease in many patients who have gone into remission after treatment. Researchers at Toronto … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Science Daily (press release)Dec. 1, 2013 — For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance, reported by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, has significant potential for modeling …Human stem cells converted to functional lung cells say scientistsEconomic Times all 21 news articles … Continue reading