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  • New Research Demonstrates Safety of Cord-blood-derived Stem Cell Treatments Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:00AMIn a new peer-reviewed article published by the Journal of Translational Medicine, scientists from Beike Biotechnology , China's leading stem cell research and regenerative medicine company, and Medistem, Inc. , reported positive safety data in 114 patients who were treated by doctors at Nanshan Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College in Shenzhen using Beike's proprietary cord blood ...
  • Stem Cell Assurance Secures $1M of Private Funding Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:57AMBOCA RATON, Fla. -- Stem Cell Assurance, Inc. (Pink Sheets:SCLZ), a leader in stem cell collection a...
  • Stem Cell Assurance Secures First Phase of Private Funding Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:44AMBOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stem Cell Assurance, a leader in stem cell collection and storage for personal applications, announced a $1M agreement with a private funding source with negotiations for an additional $1.5M.
  • Stem Cell Assurance Secures First Phase of Private Funding Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:30AMBOCA RATON, Fla.----Stem Cell Assurance, Inc. , a leader in stem cell collection and storage services for personal applications ranging from breast augmentation and facial rejuvenation procedures to Stem Cellutrition™ skincare products, today announced a $1M agreement with a private funding source.
  • Sigma-Aldrich Corporation announces global release of engineered mammalian cell lines Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:12AMSigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and research services business of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, today announced the global release of a pioneering range of engineered mammalian cell lines.
  • Standing tall at the altar Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:27AMHe's confined to a wheelchair with no feeling or movement from the waist down, but Jeremy Howcroft is adamant he'll be married in a standing position.[...]
  • Mandi Schwartz's stem cell transplant delayed after developing lung infection Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:37PMThe father of Saskatchewan-born, Yale University hockey player Mandi Schwartz feels a lot these days like he's watching a back-and-forth game — riding out the highs and lows of his daughter's cancer as she edges closer to the goal of getting a life-saving treatment.
  • Experts warn over ‘stem cell tourism’ dangers Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:52PMThousands of people are putting their health and life savings at risk to travel to private clinics around the world for unproven and potentially dangerous stem cell treatments, British experts said.
  • ThermoGenesis Announces Reverse Stock Split Effective on NASDAQ Capital Market August 27, 2010 Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:30AMThermoGenesis Corp. , a leading supplier of innovative products and services that process and store adult stem cells, said it has filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certification of Incorporation to effect its previously announced one-for-four reverse stock split of its common stock.
  • International Stem Cell Institute Launches Major Adipose Adult Stem Cell Therapy Program—The New Frontier of Medicine ... Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:36AMSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adipose Adult Stem Cell Therapy—The New Frontier of Medicine is Your Fat. “Your Fat Is Your Medicine Cabinet.”
  • International Stem Cell Institute Launches Major Adipose Adult Stem Cell Therapy Program-The New Frontier of Medicine ... Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:30AMSAN DIEGO----International Stem Cell Institute , a worldwide leader in Stem Cell Therapy, today announces the launch of its significant and proprietary Adipose-derived Adult Stem Cell Therapy program, declaring it an extremely effective solution to treat degenerative diseases and conditions.
  • Neuron-damaging mechanism discovered in mouse model of inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 11:10AMNew research uncovers what may be a primary neuron-damaging insult that occurs in an inherited form of a devastating neurodegenerative disorder. The study, published by Cell Press in the August 26th issue of the journal Neuron, describes a critical mechanistic link between a mutant protein and disease pathogenesis in an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
  • News of the day Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:56AMGilead Sciences Announces Notification of ANDA Filing for Hepsera(R) FOSTER CITY, Calif., August 19, 2010 -- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced receipt of a Paragraph IV Certification Notice Letter advising that Sigmapharm Laboratories, LLC submitted an Abbreviated New...
  • Adult stem cell research is far ahead of embryonic Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 8:50AMNEWYORK— A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn’t heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man’s own body.
  • Young ‘Lion King’ Actress Doing Well After Transplant Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 11:07AMThe doctor who treated an 11-year-old girl who played young Nala in "The Lion King'' on Broadway says she's in excellent spirits following a potentially lifesaving procedure.
  • Cryo-Cell Announces Celle(SM) Research and Development Collaboration With Department of Medicine, Monash University Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:00AMOLDSMAR, Fla. -- Cryo-Cell International, Inc. , one of the largest and most established leaders in stem cell innovation, today announced a research and development collaboration agreement with Monash University in Australia.
  • Blood money warning Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 2:25AMThe "blood money" business could be stemmed following a Consumer Council warning yesterday.
  • Scientists successfully use human induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's in rodents Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 1:25PMResearchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research have successfully used human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to treat rodents afflicted with Parkinson's Disease (PD). The research, which validates a scalable protocol that the same group had previously developed, can be used to manufacture the type of neurons needed to treat the disease and paves the way for the use of iPSC's in various ...
  • People who cannot escape a system are likely to defend the status quo Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 1:25PMThe freedom of emigration at will is internationally recognized as a human right. But, in practice, emigration is often restricted, whether by policy or by poverty. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that people who are told that their right to emigrate will be restricted have what could be considered a strange reaction ...
  • One in Five American Families Is Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 1:10PMTwenty-one percent of American households with children are `food insecure` - a situation that adversely affects children most - causing poor cognitive development, socio-emotional and health outcomes - according to a new report by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), a think tank at Columbia University`s Mailman School of Public Health.
  • Interleukin Genetics, University of Michigan to conduct landmark clinical study on periodontal disease Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 7:35AMInterleukin Genetics, Inc. announced today that the Company has signed an agreement with the University of Michigan to conduct a landmark clinical study on risk factors predictive of periodontal disease progression to tooth loss using a new version of Interleukin Genetics' PST genetic test.
  • Scientists find therapeutic potential of stem cells for acute lung injury Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 12:34AMResearchers are reporting this week new study results they say provide further evidence of the therapeutic potential of stem cells derived from bone marrow for patients suffering from acute lung injury, one of the most common causes of respiratory failure in intensive care units.
  • Treatment found for severe skin disease Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 9:11PMResearchers believe they have found a treatment that will ease the suffering of children afflicted with epidermolysis bullosa, or EB.
  • Stem cells offer hope for lethal skin disease Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 5:58PMTORONTO - As children's diseases go, it is surely one of the most cruel. Skin that blisters and turns into gaping sores with the merest bump or pressure. Open wounds in the mouth and digestive tract that make eating painful or even impossible. And in the most severe cases, certain death from cancer.
  • Voros: Drugmakers losing sleep over Geron's stem-cell test Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 2:25PMYou've seen those TV commercials where someone lying awake in bed stares wide-eyed at the ceiling as if sleep will never come. Then, a patient spouse rises and pushes a pill from the gods of slumber. The blurb ends with a deep-sleeping signoff.
  • Adult stem cell studies far ahead of embryonic research Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 10:28AMAdult stem cells, typically taken from bone marrow and blood, are used far more in research on humans today than stem cells taken from embryos, a new review has found.
  • ThermoGenesis Announces Completion of Second Source Manufacturing for AXP® Bag Sets Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 9:16AMRANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL), a leading supplier of products and services that process and store adult stem cells, said today it has completed the scale up of manufacturing for AXP AutoXpress(TM) (AXP) disposable bag sets at its second source supplier, ATEK Medical. The AXP is a proprietary system used for the processing of stem ...
  • Innovative Therapies Doctors are Studying Using "Adult" Stem Cells Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:26PMNEW YORK (AP) - A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn't heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man's own body. Einhorn drew bone marrow from the man's pelvic bone with a needle, condensed it to about four teaspoons of rich red liquid, and injected that into his ankle. Four months later the ankle was healed. Einhorn ...
  • FDA allows Geron's planned Phase I clinical trial of GRNOPC1 in spinal cord injury to proceed Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 7:38AMGeron Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified the company that the clinical hold placed on Geron's Investigational New Drug (IND) application has been lifted and the company's Phase I clinical trial of GRNOPC1 in patients with acute spinal cord injury may proceed.
  • MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon, 7/30 Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:01AMLOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - July 30, 2010) - Melanoma detection, Comic Con party, silver sales up, stem cells, tax increases; this week on MoneyTV, hosted by Donald Baillargeon. MoneyTV is the internationally syndicated television program all about money and what makes it happen, ( http://www.moneytv.net ), featuring informative interviews with company CEOs ...
  • MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon, 7/30 Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:00AMLOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 07/30/10) - Melanoma detection, Comic Con party, silver sales up, stem cells, tax increases; this week on MoneyTV, hosted by Donald Baillargeon. MoneyTV is the internationally syndicated television program all about money and what makes it happen, ( http://www.moneytv.net ), featuring informative interviews with company CEOs, providing ...
  • Adult Stem Cell Research Far Ahead Of Embryonic Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:30PMA few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn't heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man's own body. Einhorn drew bone marrow from the man's pelvic bone with a needle, condensed it to about four teaspoons of rich red liquid, and injected that into his ankle. Four months later the ankle was healed.
  • Cord Life India to launch cord blood banking services in Mumbai soon Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:42PMWith a view to expand their operations further in India, Kolkata based Cord Life India, one of the most experienced network of stem cell banks in Asia Pacific, is all set to open its services in Mumbai soon.
  • Merck signs non-exclusive license agreement with LabCorp for commercialization of genetic test Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:20AMMerck today announced a non-exclusive license agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings for the commercialization of a genetic test that may help predict the response of patients with Hepatitis C virus infection to peginterferon alpha-based therapy.
  • Antigenics announces positive result for AG-707 to treat genital herpes Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 12:20AMAntigenics announced positive results with AG-707, an investigational therapeutic vaccine being developed to treat herpes simplex virus-2,the virus that causes genital herpes, in infected patients. Developed by Antigenics, the vaccine triggers a cellular immune response, stimulating both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells.
  • Oman: Stem cell bank 'to open soon' Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:58AM26 July 2010 MUSCAT: Stem cell therapy has the potential to radically change the treatment of human disease. Stem cells are the natural repair kit of the human body.
  • Abortion foes lend support to Cahill Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:06PMIndependent candidate for governor Timothy P. Cahill last week picked up the endorsement of a key Massachusetts antiabortion group despite his support for abortion rights, which he promoted on his campaign website just two months ago as one of his “core values.’’ Massachusetts - Tim Cahill - Independent - Pro-choice - Politics
  • NASA Spaceline Current Awareness October 23, 2009 Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:25AMNASA Spaceline Current Awareness October 23, 2009
  • Regrowing body parts closer to reality Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:01PMScientists in Toronto are trying to crack the secrets of regeneration to trigger the human body to grow tissues and organs damaged by disease.
  • Acorda Therapeutics awarded $1M C-TRIP grant to support research on GGF2 Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 7:37AMAcorda Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has awarded a $1 million Cardiac Translational Research Implementation Program grant to support research on Glial Growth Factor 2, a novel investigational agent for the treatment of patients with heart failure under development at Acorda.
  • Thermogenesis cut work force by 10 percent Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:36PMRancho Cordova medical tech firm ThermoGenesis Corp. has cut 10 percent of its work force as it tries to streamline operations and cut costs.
  • Perfect siblings to save dying children Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:00AMSOUTH Australian couples are travelling to Sydney for a controversial procedure to save their children's lives.
  • Arsenic nanoparticle to combat aggressive type of breast cancer prevalent in young women Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 12:53AMYou can teach an old drug new chemotherapy tricks. Northwestern University researchers took a drug therapy proven for blood cancers but ineffective against solid tumors, packaged it with nanotechnology and got it to combat an aggressive type of breast cancer prevalent in young women, particularly young African-American women.
  • Stanford scientists develop new way to grow adult stem cells in culture Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:16PM( Stanford University Medical Center ) Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a technique they believe will help scientists overcome a major hurdle to the use of adult stem cells for treating muscular dystrophy and other muscle-wasting disorders that accompany aging or disease: They've found that growing muscle stem cells on a specially developed synthetic ...
  • Scientists develop new way to grow adult stem cells in culture Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:01PMResearchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a technique they believe will help scientists overcome a major hurdle to the use of adult stem cells for treating muscular dystrophy and other muscle-wasting disorders that accompany aging or disease: They've found that growing muscle stem cells on a specially developed synthetic matrix that mimics the elasticity of real ...
  • Cryo-Cell International, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 7:00AMOLDSMAR, Fla. -- Cryo-Cell International, Inc. , one of the world's largest and most established family cord blood banks, today announced results for the second quarter ended May 31, 2010.
  • International Stem Cell Institute Launches Customized Stem Cell Therapy Treatments For Cerebral Palsy Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 6:13AMInternational Stem Cell Institute announced the launch of highly effective Stem Cell Therapy treatments aimed at providing a better quality of life for those suffering with Cerebral Palsy (CP). ISCI Executive Director Rita Alexander maintains, "Every parent wants their child to live a happy, healthy life as a baby, as a toddler, as a first grader. CP is a tremendously overwhelming condition ...
  • Tips for first-time moms to enjoy feeding moments with their baby Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 5:24AMFor a majority of first-time moms feeding their baby can be an emotional and stressful experience. New moms encountering these common, yet unexpected feeding challenges are not alone. A recent national survey, commissioned by Playtex®, revealed that 85 percent of first-time moms have experienced at least one feeding-related problem when caring for their new baby.
  • Biologists lower tumor risk in stem cell therapies Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 6:17PMOne of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells is their ability to form unusual tumors called teratomas. These tumors, which contain a mixture of cells from a variety of tissues and organs of the body, are typically benign.
  • Society urges integrated efforts on care of multiple sclerosis sufferers Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 6:05PMThe Multiple Sclerosis Society of Qatar (MSSQ) has called for an integrated approach towards the care of those suffering from the nerve problems.