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Stem cell group issues call for $23M in research grants BizJournals Sun, 07 Oct 2007 9:11 PM PDT The application process for receiving grants from the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund's $23 million allotment for fiscal year 2008 kicked off Oct. 1. UF researchers test stem cell therapy for heart patients News-Medical-Net Sun, 07 Oct 2007 6:28 PM PDT University of Florida doctors on Wednesday (Oct. 3) treated their first patient enrolled in a new study designed to test whether injecting stem cells into the heart helps restore blood flow to the organ by prompting new blood vessels to grow. The first stem cell bank, in Timisoara Nine O'Clock Sun, 07 Oct 2007 3:03 PM PDT The prices for depositing stem cells at the first bank of this kind in Romania, that will be opened in Timisoara, will reach EUR 1070 for a preserving period of ten years and EUR 1400 for 20 years, which is their complete living period. Human embryonic stem cells remain embryonic because of epigenetic factors News-Medical-Net Sun, 07 Oct 2007 6:13 PM PDT A human embryonic stem cell is reined in - prevented from giving up its unique characteristics of self-renewal and pluripotency - by the presence of a protein modification that stifles any genes that would prematurely instruct the cell to develop into heart or other specialized tissue. One last chance to see again Local man trying to raise money for stem cell transplant in China Mooresville/Decatur Times Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:05 AM PDT One night about two years ago, a local 65-year-old man closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. But he was nearly frantic the next morning when he awoke to darkness. Advocates see investment carrying health, fiscal benefits. Bridgewater Courier News Sun, 07 Oct 2007 9:06 PM PDT NEW BRUNSWICK -- The funding for the first state stem-cell research facility is approved, and the first shovel could go into the ground in New Brunswick within the next few months. Miracle baby gives new hope to sick brother icWales Sun, 07 Oct 2007 1:37 AM PDT THIS is the newborn baby set to give the gift of life to his big brother following groundbreaking stem cell surgery on the other side of the world.

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