The Heart’s Own Stem Cells Play Their Part in RegenerationScience Daily (press release)Nov. 28, 2013 — Up until a few years ago, the common school of thought held that the mammalian heart had very little regenerative capacity. However, scientists now know that heart muscle cells constantly regenerate, albeit at a very low rate … …read … Continue reading
Human Embryos With Genetic Diseases Destroyed for Stem Cells for NIH RegistryLifeNews.comKing’s College in London is proud that they have provided 16 new embryonic stem cell lines to the United States’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) registry of stem cell lines eligible for federal funding. On the King’s College website they explain … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
European Science Foundation Calls for Destroying Embryos in Embryonic Stem …LifeNews.comA recent report from the European Science Foundation (ESF) calling for sustained funding for human stem cell research attempts to conflate “human stem cell research” and “human embryonic stem cell research.” By doing so, they reveal themselves to be … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Startup to Strengthen Synthetic Biology and Regenerative Medicine Industries …PR Web (press release)RoosterBio was founded to address this problem for cell and tissue engineers, saving them time and money, and accelerating their path to the clinic,” says Dr. Rowley. RoosterBio will supply cells, starting with adult human bone marrow-derived stem … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Danksagung: Family giving thanks to German stem cell donorBrazosport Facts (subscription)Larry Wilson, left, and John Beissel laugh as they watch a video of John riding a horse Wednesday while at the Wilson family home in Lake Jackson. Beissel is a resident of Germany who donated his stem cells more than two years ago to Wilson … Continue reading
Cedars-Sinai researchers design new procedure to treat stem cell-related …News-Medical.netResearchers in the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute have designed and tested a novel, minute-long procedure to prepare human amniotic membrane for use as a scaffold for specialized stem cells that may be used to treat some corneal diseases …Scientists Design and Test New Approach for Corneal … Continue reading
Proactive Investors AustraliaCynata Therapeutics (ASX:CYP) formerly known as EcoQuest (ASX:ECQ) has taken the leap into stem cells as a result of an acquisition of Cynata Inc which is developing a stem cell therapeutic technology. Cynata has focused its attention on the Cymerus … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Salt Lake TribuneDoctors at the University of Utah treated actor and celebrity dad Ernie Lively’s failing heart this month with stem–cell therapy as part of a clinical trial testing a new, minimally invasive procedure and drug. Lively moved to Heber City to ski after …Blake Lively’s dad makes medical history with stem cell surgeryExpress.co.ukFather of … Continue reading