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Nanotubes with Stem Cells Accelerate Bone Growth
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 31, 2009
...ntiation, into osteoblasts or bone building cells. Mesenchymal stem cells, which are different from embryonic stem cells, can be extracted and directly supplied from a patient's own bone marrow.
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Insulin-Producing Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 22, 2008
...photo , Gary Caviness Singapore researchers have developed pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) . The resulting cells have the same sub-cellular structures as the insul...
Embryonic-Like Stem Cells From Human Testes?
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 9, 2008
...9;s one finding that could sidestep the political and ethical obstacles associated with the use of embryonic stem cells : European researchers were able to figure out how to make sperm-producing ...
Cardiosphere-Derived Stem Cells for Treatment of Heart Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 30, 2008
...t themselves, readily grown in large numbers, and have proven themselves extremely safe . Unlike embryonic stem cells, there are no ethical or moral quandaries . And unlike other adult stem cells,...
Banking Your Baby's Umbilical Cord Blood
in Next Nine Months, on September 24, 2008
...consider is the value of cord blood, given that scientists are also now using stem cells from non-embryonic organs, such as the bone marrow .
How about you? Have you decided to save your baby's ...
Multipotential Stem Cells from Menstrual Blood
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 25, 2008
... rapidly and maintained greater than 50 percent of their telomerase activity when compared to human embryonic stem cells and better than bone marrow-derived stem cells . "Studies have demo...
Novocell's Human Stem Cells, Treat Diabetes in Mice
in Daily Diabetic, on April 9, 2008
...Based in San Diego, California (USA), Novocell Inc. has found a potential in their human embryonic stem cells for diabetes cure .
As reported by Novocell's team of researchers in t...
Stem Cells Making Headlines in China
in China Venture News, on March 19, 2008
I heard a story on NPR this morning that was fascinating before the money angle ever got mentioned. Seems a company in China called Beike Biotechnology is treating optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) among other things with stem cells and having some success. And according to the NPR story, they&#...
Stem Cell Therapy Against Diabetes: A Breakthrough!
in Daily Diabetic, on February 21, 2008
...n mice that kept kept blood sugar at bay.
"For those who say there is not much evidence that embryonic stem cells can cure diabetes, there you go," said Dr. Camillo Ricordi, director of th...
Lost Dopamine Cells Replacement: Promising Therapeutic Strategy for Parkinson's
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 5, 2007
...y, the mice did not develop tumors, a potential risk that has precluded the clinical development of embryonic stem cells as a source of DA cells. These data led the authors to suggest that Wnt5a-treat...
JY-1 Gene in Cows May Be Linked to Fertility
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 30, 2007
...Scientists have identified a new egg-specific gene in cows called JY-1 which is necessary for embryonic development. Aside from the potential in solving infertility problems in cows, it is also specul...
GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Roche Form Stem Cell Consortium
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 3, 2007
...tnership.
SC4SM is the international industry's first public-private partnership on human embryonic stem cells, following a recommendation by Sir John Pattison's 2005 report on the futur...
Cardiac Muscles Derived from Embryonic Stem Cells May Treat Heart Attack Damages
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 26, 2007
...issue of Nature Biotechnology , scientists have successfully created human heart muscle cells from embryonic stem cells which have been successfully implanted into an animal model of heart attack . ...
Engineered Adult Stem Cells from Umbilical Cords Can Produce Insulin
in Daily Diabetic, on May 28, 2007
...ing on stem cells from umbilical cords evades the moral and legal issues associated with working on embryonic stem cells.
Find more details from the full report .
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Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 Passes House
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 14, 2007
...eek, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 , which would loosen the restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research in the US, passed in the US Senate .
Under the existing polic...
Gene Mutation Causing Infertility in Male Mice
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 12, 2007
...n. These sex cells contain only one set of chromosomes that combine during conception and create an embryonic cell with two chromosome sets, one from each parent.
The Dmc1 mutation causes a change in...
Stemagen Acquires Patent Rights to Novel technique of Producing Uniparental Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 8, 2007
... Uniparental embryonic stem cells -extraordinary stem cells created without fertilization - could represent an acceptable alternative for those who oppose the traditional method that requires the ...
Ethico-Legal Barometer of Conducting Research in Other Countries
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 27, 2007
...an enact extraterritorial laws to prevent them doing so.
The paper focuses particularly on human embryonic stem cell research and the full text of the paper is available here ....
Heart Muscle With Built-In Blood Supply from Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 1, 2007
...ee-dimensional human cardiac tissue complete with blood vessels have been constructed using human embryonic stem cells . This offers potentials for use in studies of cardiac development, functio...
Stem Cells Derived from the Amniotic Fluid
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 8, 2007
...y have named amniotic fluid-derived stem (AFS) cells , may represent an intermediate stage between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. They have markers consistent with both cell types.
The c...
Stem Cells from Adult Hair Follicles as Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 17, 2006
... stem cells (also called epidermal neural CREST stem cells) may be used as an alternative to embryonic stem cells (ESC).
Similar to embryonic stem cells, they have a high degree of plasticit...
Photoreceptor-Precursor Cell Transplant Can Restore Vision
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 9, 2006
...e sourced from fetuses. However, the authors suggest that such cells may be derived from adult of embryonic stem cells . This provides potentials in reversing blindness such as those resulting f...
2nd Annual Stem Cell Summit
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 8, 2006
...as well as Physicians and investors who will speak and present on the latest developments in embryonic and adult stem cells. In addition, the conference will host the first live stem cell surg...
Scientists Identify Skin Stem Cell Regulator
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 9, 2006
...f3 repressed or induced, we found that it was very similar to the genes expressed when the skin is embryonic," said Nguyen. "So, by turning on Tcf3, we were essentially reverting the postna...
Stem Cells Treat Macular Degeneration in Rats
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 23, 2006
...dvance Cell Technology , the biotech firm who has recently announced having successfully generated embryonic stem cell lines without destroying the embryos , now says it has used human embryonic ste...
Transplant Cured Type 2 Diabetes in Rats, Not Needing Immune Suppression Drugs
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 19, 2006
...apidly increasing."
The treatment approach is transplanting precursors of the pancreas from embryonic pigs which in a previous study, Hammerman and co-developer Sharon A. Rogers showed that c...
Transplant Cures Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes In Rats
in Daily Diabetic, on August 30, 2006
...ce is rapidly increasing."
The treatment approach transplants precursors of the pancreas from embryonic pigs. In a previous study, Hammerman and co-developer Sharon A. Rogers, research instructo...
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived Without Destroying Embryos
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 24, 2006
...age embryos. The new method, described in a paper published in this weeek's Nature , generates embryonic stem cell lines without interfering with the embryo's developmental potential, ...
Singapore Biotech Firm Produces Clinical-Grade Stem Cells For Human Use
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 29, 2006
...any , ES Cell International Pte Limited (ESI) , has produced four new clinically-compliant human embryonic stem cell (hESC), with another four lines in the pipeline. Previously existing embryo...
President Bush Vetoes Bill H.R. 810, "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005"
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 21, 2006
...sed his first veto overriding Congress's Bill HR810 to loosen funding restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research. An excerpt from his message delivered during a White House ceremony:
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Stem Cell Research Could Lead To Diabetes Cure
in Daily Diabetic, on June 30, 2006
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Embryonic stem cell research has been the center of scientific controversy for years, and the Bush administration has placed strict limits on the innovative research.
However, many believe that...
Nature Special Issue: 25 years of Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 28, 2006
...ion of ES cell research. Access the FREE content online through the
special Web Focus: 25 years of Embryonic Stem Cells .
Or if you don't have time just now, download the Nature Podcast Special...
South Korea Allocates $846 Million For Biotech R&D
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 1, 2006
...o-suk's use of human egg cells.
Seoul, however, plans to put on hold further R&D work in embryonic stem cell research using human ova for the time being until legal and ethical guideli...
PrimeGen Biotech LLC Spins Off PrimeCell(TM) Therapeutics
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 18, 2006
...d subsidiary, PrimeCell Therapeutics LLC, to focus on the development of PrimeCell(TM) adult, non-embryonic stem cell.
PrimeCell Therapeutics will focus solely on adult stem cell reprogrammi...
Primitive Embryonic-like Stem Cell in Adult Tissues, Discovered by Moraga Biotech Corp.
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 22, 2006
...ed the discovery in adult tissues of a very primitive stem cell with properties that are similar to embryonic cells.
The Company's scientists found that these adult stem cells were able to diff...
Use of Liquid Crystals In Controlling Differentiation of Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 10, 2006
...ll phones, monitors and other electronic equipment alone, but also to report the differentiation of embryonic stem cells in real time.
Differentiation is the process by which embryonic stem cells g...
France Adjusts Stem Cell Regulations
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 24, 2006
...an cloning is banned in France. Bioethics laws established in August, 2004 authorized human embryonic stem cell research, but using stem cell lines imported from abroad.
However, the Agenc...
women-made prostate from stem cells, for a closer look at prostate cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 24, 2006
...sts in a giant leap towards fully understanding prostate cancer, have grown a human prostate from embryonic stem cells .
Co-first authors of the study, Monash Institute of Medical Research (MI...
The Stem Cell Meeting
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 23, 2006
...g is the premier international event bringing together world-renowned scientists at the frontier of embryonic and adult stem cell research with decision makers and thought leaders in policy, et...
China: Next Stem Cell Research Hub?
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 31, 2006
... considering that "China's culture has fewer religious or moral objections to the use of embryonic stem cells , and the government has no qualms with funding this research when it is fo...
Gov. Pataki Announces $200M Program To Boost Biotech
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 28, 2006
...s would be matched another $600 million in already-pledged private and federal funding.
Whether embryonic stem cell research will be supported from these funds remain unclear.
Read full rep...
Administration of Stem Cells In Acute Myocardial Infarction Therapy
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 16, 2006
...eruniversity Institute of Biotechnology (pdf file)
Supplemental Reading: A dissertation on "Embryonic stem cells for myocardial infarct repair" is also available for download via Amazon ...
Hwang's human Stem Cells Were All Fakes
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 11, 2006
...ve turned out to be complete and deliberate fakes .
Not only does this make the concept of using embryonic stem cells raise ethical issues, it also seems that the prospect of its use is not as viab...
Stem Cells Cultivated Without Animal Cells For The First Time
in Philoneist, on January 2, 2006
... and culture in serum-free, animal product-free, feeder-independent conditions mean that new human (embryonic stem) cell lines could be qualitatively different from the original lines, and makes curre...
Top Bioscience Issues For 2005
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 5, 2005
...oo-Suk Hwang, his cloned dog, Snuppy, his research team's derivation of patient-specific embryonic stem cells via somatic cell nuclear transfer, and the cretion of the World Stem Cell Hub i...
Korea's Stem Cell Hub Launched
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 21, 2005
...esearch . Earlier this year, Korean scientists lead by Hwang Woo-suk, created 11 disease-specific embryonic stem cell lines without using fertilized embryos. The same group reported having succ...
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Conference
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 7, 2005
...t the following:
The Role of NIH in Realizing the Potential and Meeting the Challenge of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell-Based Therapies and the FDA: Naviga...
Whole Ovary Transplants
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 23, 2005
...ries in sheep, retrieved oocytes from these ovaries and triggered them in the laboratory into early embryonic development.
Lead author Dr Amir Arav, senior scientist at the Institute of animal ...
stimTV in its Embryonic phase
in The Digital TV Weblog, on September 16, 2005
One of the great things about broadband television is that many new things can be tried. I took a look at stimTV after I read that Los Angeles based NPOWR Digital Media brought in a Arnie Semsky, a high-profile figure from the advertising world, to provide consulting services for its broadb...
Cord Blood Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 22, 2005
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The ethical issues surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells could be circumvented, afterall. bone marrow cells have been shown to have the potential to develop into muscle cells, albeit...
TOP 10 Tech Trends
in TJ's Weblog, on November 13, 2004
...d other online content will force traditional media to change
6. California will lead the world in embryonic stem-cell research
7. Text messaging will become more pervasive
8. New consumer t...