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ALS research suggests stem cells be ‘aged’ to speed progress toward finding treatments – Science Daily

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2016-07-22 NEWS

ALS research suggests stem cells be ‘aged’ to speed progress toward finding treatments
Science Daily
Cedars-Sinai scientists are seeking to build an improved stemcell model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to accelerate progress toward a cure for the devastating neurological disorder. Their findings demonstrate that current models can be

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Stem Cell Therapies Still Facing Commercial Challenges
Pharmaceutical Executive (press release) (registration) (blog)
A report from GBI Research states while the stem cell therapy pipeline is relatively large, with 330 products in active development across all stages, a number of obstacles remain before they become widely commercially viable. The company’s survey of
Despite 330 products in pipeline, stem cell therapies still face commercial challengesETHealthWorld.com

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Choroid plexus signals in the brain control stem cell behavior
News-Medical.net
Prof. Fiona Doetsch’s research team at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has discovered that the choroid plexus, a largely ignored structure in the brain that produces the cerebrospinal fluid, is an important regulator of adult neural stem cells
Gene controls regeneration of injured muscle by adult stem cellsEurekAlert (press release)

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Gov’t tightens regulations on embryonic stem cell registration
The Korea Herald
Laws governing stem cell research have been murky, with no set rules on how the donors should be treated and protected. There have been reports of people selling their eggs secretly to labs, raising questions about the validity of study results as well

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