Thursday, July 25, 2013

New Stem Cell Gene Therapy Gives Hope to Prevent Inherited Neurological Disease

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Source: University of Manchester Date: 25 July 2013 Summary: Scientists from The University of Manchester have used stem cell gene th...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

A New Weapon Against Stroke: Stem Cell Study Uncovers the Brain-protective Powers of Astrocytes

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Source: University of California - Davis Date: July 23, 2013 Summary: (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — One of regenerative medicine’s greatest...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Scientists Successfully Generate 'Artificial Bones' from Umbilical Cord Stem Cells

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Source: University of Granada Date: 18 July 2013 Summary:  Granada-based researchers patent a new biomaterial based on an activated ...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

HIV Positive Men Show No Signs of HIV after Bone Marrow Transplant and Discontinuation of Anti-Retroviral Therapy

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Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital Date: July 3, 2013 Summary: Boston, MA - Two Brigham and Women's Hospital patients w...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

DeGette And Dent Introduce Bipartisan Stem Cell Legislation

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Source: Office of Diana DeGette Date: June 19, 2013 Summary: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Charlie Dent (R-PA) ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries in Rats

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Source: University of California - San Diego Date: May 28, 2013 Summary: An international team led by researchers at the University of Calif...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Human Skin Cells Converted Into Embryonic Stem Cells: First Time Human Stem Cells Have Been Produced Via Nuclear Transfer

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Source:  Oregon Health & Science University Date: May 15, 2013 Summary: Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Sweet News for Stem Cell's 'Holy Grail'

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Source: University of Manchester Date: 26 February 2013 Summary: Scientists have used sugar-coated scaffolding to move a step closer to the ...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Liver Stem Cells Grown in Culture, Transplanted With Demonstrated Therapeutic Benefit

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Source: Oregon Health & Science University Date: February 25, 2013 Summary: For decades scientists around the world have attempted to r...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Ben's Stem Cell News Name and Address Change: Stem Cell Sentinel

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Ben's Stem Cell News will soon be changing its name to the Stem Cell Sentinel and will be able to be accessed at the website address be...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

StemCells, Inc. Announces First Patient Cohort Completes Spinal Cord Injury Trial - Gains in Sensory Function Persist 12 Months After Stem Cell Transplant

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Source: StemCells, Inc. Date: February 12, 2013 Summary: NEWARK, Calif. -- StemCells, Inc. today announced that the twelve-month data ...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Neuralstem Receives FDA Approval To Commence Spinal Cord Injury Trial

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Source: Neuralstem, Inc. Date: January 14, 2013 Summary: ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Neuralstem, Inc. announced that it received approval from the...
Monday, January 07, 2013

BioTime Signs Definitive Agreement With Geron Regarding Stem Cell Assets

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Source: BioTime Inc. Date: January 7, 2013 Summary: ALAMEDA, Calif.-- BioTime, Inc.  and its recently formed subsidiary BioTime Acquisi...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Ordinary Heart Cells Become 'Biological Pacemakers' With Injection of Single Gene

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Source:  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Date: December 16, 2012 Summary: LOS ANGELES – Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have rep...
Monday, December 03, 2012

Salk Scientists Develop Faster, Safer Method for Producing Stem Cells

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Source: Salk Institute for Biological Studies Date: December 3, 2012 Summary: LA JOLLA, CA—A new method for generating stem cells from mat...

Stem Cell-Derived Dopaminergic Neurons Rescue Motor Defects in Parkinsonian Monkeys

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Source:  Journal of Clinical Investigation Date December 3, 2012  Researchers have derived dopaminergic neurons from bone marrow stem c...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Neurons Made from Stem Cells Drive Brain Activity After Transplantation in Laboratory Model

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Source: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Date: November 15, 2012 Summary: Researchers and patients look forward to the day...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Researchers Develop Efficient, Protein-based Method For Creating iPS Cells

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Source:  Stanford University School of Medicine Date: October 25, 2012 Summary: Coaxing a humble skin cell to become a jack-of-all-trades ...

Researchers at the Doorstep of Stem Cell Therapies for MS, Other Myelin Disorders

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Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Date: October 25, 2012 Summary: When the era of regenerative medicine dawned more than three...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Scientists Pinpoint Key Player in Parkinson's disease neuron loss Stem cell study may help to unravel how a genetic mutation leads to Parkinson's Symptoms

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Source: Salk Institute for Biological Studies Date: October 19, 2012 LA JOLLA, CA—By reprogramming skin cells from Parkinson's disease ...
Thursday, October 04, 2012

StemCells, Inc. Announces First Transplant of Neural Stem Cells Into Patient in Clinical Trial for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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Source: StemCells, Inc. Date: October 4, 2012  Summary:  NEWARK, Calif. -- StemCells, Inc. today announced that the first patient in i...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Neuralstem Cells Induce Significant Functional Improvement In Permanent Rat Spinal Cord Injury, Cell Study Reports

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Source: Neuralstem, Inc. Date: September 13, 2012 Summary; ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Neuralstem, Inc. announced that its neural stem cells were par...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Human embryonic stem cells could help to treat deafness

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Source: University of Sheffield Date: 12 September 2012 Summary: In research funded by the Medical Research Council and leading UK research...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Stem Cell Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Restore Immune Systems in 'Bubble Boy' Disease

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Source: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences Date: September 11, 2012 Summary: UCLA stem cell researchers have fou...
Monday, September 10, 2012

New Genetic Mechanism for Controlling Blood Cell Development and Blood Vessel Integrity Found

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Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Date: September 10, 2012 Summary: The protein GATA2 is known as a "master regulator" of bl...
Monday, September 03, 2012

StemCells, Inc. Reports Positive Interim Data From Spinal Cord Injury Trial Cells and Procedure Well Tolerated; Gains in Sensory Function Confirmed

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Source: StemCells, Inc. Date: September 3, 2012 Summary: NEWARK, Calif. -- StemCells, Inc. today announced that interim six-month data fro...
Sunday, September 02, 2012

Scientists Discover 'Missing Link' Between Stem Cells and the Immune System

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Source: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences Date: September 2, 2012 Summary: UCLA researchers have discovered a t...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

New Hope For Spinal Cord Injury Patients

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Source: Monash University Date: 29 August 2012 Summary: A new antibody could reverse the damage caused by trauma to the central nervous syst...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

First Lung Cells Grown Using Stem Cell Technology

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Source: The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Date: August 26, 2012 Summary: New stem cell research paves the way towards individualized...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Astrocytes Control the Generation of New Neurons from Neural Stem Cells

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Source: University of Gothenburg Date: 22 August 2012 Summary: Researchers from the Laboratory of astrocyte biology and CNS regeneration hea...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Researchers Return Blood Cells to Stem Cell State

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Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Date: August 21, 2012 Summary: Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock b...

Stem Cells Can Become Anything, but Not Without This Protein

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Source: University of Michigan Health System Date: August 21, 2012 Summary: How do stem cells preserve their ability to become any type of ...
Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Neuroscientists Find Brain Stem Cells that May Be Responsible for Higher Functions, Bigger Brains

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Source: The Scripps Research Institute Date: August 7, 2012 Summary: Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have identified a new s...