Archive for October, 2009
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Trophoblast stem cells, found in the layer of peripheral embryonic stem cells from which the placenta is formed, are thought to exhibit "immune privilege" that aids cell survivability and is potentially beneficial for cell and gene therapies. Survivability of TSCs has been thought to require the presence of ovarian hormones. ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Human embryonic stem cells derived from excess IVF embryos may help scientists unlock the mysteries of infertility for other couples struggling to conceive, according to new research. Researchers at the school have devised a way to efficiently coax the cells to become human germ cells -- the precursors of egg ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Researchers have shown that adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease.
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Stem cell research holds great promise for the treatment of millions of Americans with debilitating and possibly fatal diseases. Current legislation and guidelines, however, continue to limit researchers' endeavors in unlocking the potential breakthroughs that stem cell research can provide. To address this concern, today The Endocrine Society issued a ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) will receive $10 million over the next 6 years to find the genetic causes of congenital heart disease. Congenital heart disease affects 1 percent of all children and often leads to death or long-term illness. The team of investigators, led by ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Researchers funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have discovered how to transform human embryonic stem cells into germ cells, the embryonic cells that ultimately give rise to sperm and eggs. The advance will allow researchers to observe human germ cells - previously inaccessible - in laboratory dishes. ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease. Their results are reported online in the October issue of the journal Stem Cells. ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Some CIRM directors seem to be concerned about the overall size of the disease team package and the original budget of $210 million. There may well be an effort to trim the overall size, which would mean that some grants in tier one are removed. Normally all grants in tier ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
The California stem cell agency today formally awarded $230 million to 14 teams of scientists in the largest and most ambitious round of research grants in CIRM history.Already the world's largest source of funding for human embryonic stem cell research, the $3 billion agency said the grants and loans would ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Here is a link to the live news conference on CIRM's $230 million disease team program.
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
The California stem cell agency has posted its press release on the largest research round in its history.The release notes that, with funding from international partners, the total comes to more than $250 million. The release also contains the identities of all the winning researchers and their institutions.
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
California's stem cell research effort today climbed over the $1 billion mark with its whopping disease team round. The awards began generating news coverage internationally this afternoon, and more stories will surface later today and tomorrow.Erika Check Hayden filed a report on Nature magazine's breaking news blog. She said CIRM ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
PR practitioners for California stem cell researchers moved quickly today to tout the disease team awards to their institutions and businesses. Here is an initial list of links to the various news releases we have seen, along with institutions yet to be heard from.Novocell, $20 million shared with UCSFSalk Institute. ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
The New York Times today reported that the California stem cell agency has made a “tacit acknowledgment that the promise of human embryonic stem cells is still far in the future.”Reporter Andrew Pollack wrote that only 4 of the 14 disease team projects approved by CIRM today involve embryonic stem ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
The California stem cell agency's $230 million disease team research effort, which boosted CIRM's spending beyond $1 billion, attracted moderate news coverage this morning and late yesterday.Some publications, however, appeared to ignore the story entirely, including the Los Angeles Times and The Sacramento Bee, based on our Internet searches. The ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Little information was dispensed yesterday by the California stem cell agency about the first step in what is proposed to be a $500 million loan program for the biotech industry.But a biopharmaceutical industry blogger provided some information about the $20 million loan to Novocell, Inc., a San Diego stem cell ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Stories are told from time to time and then retold and retold about whales attacking sailboats. Some of them sound fanciful and are third and fourth hand.Here is a current account of what appears to be a genuine attack by whales or whales on a sailboat yesterday off the Baja ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
How will stem cells change the way we think about treating diseases? Here is the 5 year forward look at the world of Stem Cells, from some of the greatest experts in the field.
What are the diseases we’ll be treating, and the tools we’ll be using ...
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Plastic Surgery 2009 keeping you up-to-date on embargoed studies and other news presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) held October 23-27 in Seattle.
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Scientists report having used a commercially available drug to successfully "rescue" animal brain cells that they had intentionally damaged by manipulating a newly discovered gene that links susceptibility genes for schizophrenia and autism.
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