FDA bats for guidelines to monitor booming stem cell banking industryMumbai MirrorConcerned about the booming stem cell banking industry, which is completely deregulated, the Food and Drug Administration has asked the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) bring storing of cord blood under its purview. Though unproven, a business … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Life Stem Genetics Inc : Life Stem Genetics Announces James Vanden Bosch as …4-traders (press release)Life Stem Genetics, Inc. (LIFS.OTCBB) (the “Company”) announces that its Regenerative Specialist, James Vanden Bosch,BHA, has been given the title and responsibility of Chief Medical Stem Cell Specialist at Life Stem Genetics. Mr. Vanden Bosch has …Life Stem Genetics Announces … Continue reading
Strategic Development of Neural Stem & Progenitor Cell Market in New …PR Web (press release)Neural stem cells (NSCs) are the self-renewing, multipotent cells that differentiate into the main phenotypes of the nervous system. These cell types include neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes. Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) are the progeny of … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Leicester MercuryA couple have recruited Leicestershire’s schools and universities to their campaign to add thousands of potential life-savers to a national transplant register. Rik and Kas Basra are to stage a series of recruitment events to find stem cell donors. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
National Right to Life NewsWhat was once only a dream has become a reality– the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center will host its inaugural in-depth educational conference about adult stem cell treatments Saturday, Nov. 23 in Kansas City. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Mlive- flintThis microscope image (400x magnification) shows the 5-day-old embryo—also known as a blastocyst—that U-M Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies researchers used to create Michigan’s first human embryonic stem cell line, UM4-6. (Image courtesy of Gary …Stem cell research makes gainsThe Detroit NewsTVHS sophomores learn about stem cell researchTroy RecordFive years after Michigan vote on … Continue reading
Diabetes Breakthrough Found Using Patients’ Stem CellsForbesI’ve written before about the enormous potential of induced pluripotent stem cells to help scientists study rare diseases, and this week researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) and Columbia University Medical Center have provided a …Stem cells from Wolfram syndrome patients used to elucidate beta-cell failure … Continue reading
Stem cell researchThe Detroit NewsLeft over were five embryos with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease that the couple donated to stem cell researchers at the University of Michigan. With those embryos, U-M created its first disease-specific embryonic stem cell line and submitted it to the … …read more &nbs… Continue reading