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First Clinical Trial Using Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injuries
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 28, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 2845362 The FDA has approved the world's first clinical trial on the use of stem cell therapy for patients with acute spinal cord injury. Geron Corporation will conduct a Phase I multi-center trial designed to establish the safety of GRNOPC1 in ...
Insulin-Producing Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 22, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , 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 insulin-producing cells naturally found in the pancreas, were highly effectiv...
Ethico-Legal Barometer of Conducting Research in Other Countries
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 27, 2007
In a policy paper published in PLoS Medicine , Loane Skene, Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discusses whether it is ethical for scientists to conduct or benefit from research in another country if that research would be unlawful, or not generally accepted, in their o...
President Bush Vetoes Bill H.R. 810, "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005"
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 21, 2006
President Bush exercised 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:
I made it clear to the Congress that I will not allow our nation to cross t...
AnorMed Completes Patient Recruitment To Test MOZOBIL In Stem Cell Transplant For Multiple Myeloma
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 11, 2006
AnorMed has completed enrollment of patients for one of is Phase III clinical trials for with MOZOBIL for stem cell transplant as treatment for Multiple Myeloma , a cancer of the plasma cells. MOZOBIL is a stem cell mobilizer used in stem cell transplants, triggering the movement of stem ce...
South Korea Allocates $846 Million For Biotech R&D
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 1, 2006
After the falsification fiasco with Korean stem-cell and cloning expert, Woo Suk Hwang, will South Korea be able to rebuild its position and reputation as a leader in stem cell research?
The South Korean government is intent on making the country one of the top three leading countries in stem...
PrimeGen Biotech LLC Spins Off PrimeCell(TM) Therapeutics
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 18, 2006
PrimeGen Biotech LLC has created a wholly owned 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 reprogramming, and preparing PrimeCell for therapeutic deve...
France Adjusts Stem Cell Regulations
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 24, 2006
Human 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 Agence de Biomédecine announced recently that new conditions are set, at least for the next fiv...
The Stem Cell Meeting
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 23, 2006
What : The Stem Cell Meeting
When : March 12th-14th, 2006
Where : The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California
This Stem Cell Meeting is the premier international event bringing together world-renowned scientists at the frontier of embryonic and adult stem cell research with decision...
Medical Blogs Grand Rounds
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 10, 2006
The Medical Blogs Grand Rounds is up at the Clinical Cases and Images Blog , compiling links to more than 40 blog entries of medical background.
It is through this blog carnival that I found another take at the two new rotavirus vaccines which also appeared on this weblog previously .
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Krebstherapie: Sauerstoff aktiviert Stammzellen
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on 06.01.06
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Using Stem Cells To Treat Brain Injury in Children on Clinical Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 23, 2005
Using stem cells derived from their bone marrow , children suffering from traumatic brain injury will be treated in a first clinical trial of its kind. The clinical trial is FDA-approved and builds on previous results on in vitro and animal testing showing that bone-marrow derived ste...
Top Bioscience Issues For 2005
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 5, 2005
With 2005 drawing to a close, The Scientist lists the 5 biggest stories in bioscience this year:
1. Korean stem-cell authority, Woo-Suk Hwang, his cloned dog, Snuppy, his research team's derivation of patient-specific embryonic stem cells via somatic cell nuclear transfer, and the...
Korea's Stem Cell Hub Launched
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 21, 2005
Not being saddled with the ethics and regulatory constraints US is confronted, Korea has been taking the lead in stem cell research . Earlier this year, Korean scientists lead by Hwang Woo-suk, created 11 disease-specific embryonic stem cell lines without using fertilized embryos. The s...
Increasing Yield of Cord Blood-Derived Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 19, 2005
In February this year, researchers from the University of Toronto were able to identify "jelly-like connective tissue surrounding the blood vessels of the human umbilical cord, the so-called "Wharton's Jelly" , which is rich in stem cells that may be used to treat leukemia a...
New Stem Cell Extraction Proceedure Avoids Ethical Quagmire
in Philoneist, on October 17, 2005
Medical researchers have released details of a proof-of-principle stem-cell
extraction experiment that averts the ethical controversies styming research in
a promising field. Creating five distinct stem cell lines using
plucked materials from five mouse embryos while they were only at an
eight...
Cord Banks in the US and Singapore Expands Services
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 26, 2005
Possibly the first to reap the profits from stem-cell research are the instittutions offering storage of stem cells.
Cord Blood America is quick to expand its services and has announced yesterday its agreement with Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Inc. and NeoStem, to market storage services f...
Cord Blood Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 22, 2005
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 with limited versatility.
In a recent issue of Cell Proliferation , however, scientists were abl...