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Stem cell agency hunts for new leader – Capitol Weekly

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2017-07-10 NEWS

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Stem cell agency hunts for new leader
Capitol Weekly
California’s $3 billion stem cell research program is looking for a new president to carry the state agency through what may be the last three years of its life. The search committee of the agency’s 29-member governing board meets July 17 to discuss

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FDA Advisory Board and Novartis to Discuss Leukemia Gene Therapy Wednesday
Rare Disease Report
On Wednesday, the Oncology Drug Advisory Committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review Novartis AG’s experimental gene therapy drug tisagenlecleucel, with a specific focus on the safety of the potential leukemia treatment.
Before Key Meeting, FDA Stresses Risks of Novartis CAR-T Cancer TherapyXconomy
BRIEF-Inficon expects H1 sales of around $182 millionReuters UK

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UW-Madison scientists grow functional artery cells from stem cells
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Jue Zhang, a scientist in James Thomson’s lab at the Morgridge Institute for Research at UW-Madison, carries a stem cell culture tray used in research on growing arteries. Zhang, Thomson and others in the lab have grown artery cells from stem cells
Stem cell advance brings bioengineered arteries closer to realityEurekAlert (press release)

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Stem cell-based therapy for targeting skin-to-brain cancer
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Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have a potential solution for how to kill tumor cells that have metastasized to the brain. The team has developed cancer-killing viruses that can deliver stem

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