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Stem Cell Network Launched Scoop.co.nz Sun, 16 Dec 2007 1:43 PM PST A Stem Cell and Regenerative Technologies (SCaRT) Network has been launched by NZBio, the national biotech industry body. High-dose chemo and stem cell transplant shows little or no survival benefit for breast cancer News-Medical-Net Sun, 16 Dec 2007 4:52 PM PST High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation, the controversial, arduous, yet once-popular combination treatment that fell out of favor as a therapy for breast cancer, has proven not to be beneficial as an adjuvant therapy for women with node-positive disease, according to an expansive analysis conducted by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Stem cell groups share big grant The Reporter Sun, 16 Dec 2007 8:11 AM PST Five Bay Area research institutions will be considered for a share of $262 million in state grants from California's stem cell agency to build and equip new laboratories. The institutions are Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at San Francisco, the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato. Stem cell hope after breast surgery Channel 4 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 6:42 PM PST For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed. Stem Cell Technique Promising For Breast Repair WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul Sun, 16 Dec 2007 9:09 AM PST For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed. The approach is still experimental, but holds promise for millions of women left with cratered areas and breasts that look very different from each other after cancer surgery. It also might be a way to augment healthy breasts without using artificial ... Cell Cure raises $3 million Globes Online Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:47 AM PST The firm will continue its stem cell research, and not be limited to a specific disease. Fate Therapeutics looks for some Massachusetts love BizJournals Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:05 PM PST It looks like Massachusetts will compete with Washington state for bragging rights to house a company focused on new approaches to stem cell therapies. Penn investing $30 million for regenerative medicine BizJournals Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:05 PM PST The University of Pennsylvania is investing $30 million over the next five years to establish the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which sets out to help position the university as a leader in stem cell research and therapies. The work begins NOW! Deccan Herald Sun, 16 Dec 2007 1:23 PM PST The recent breakthrough in stem cell research allows scientists to watch the disease as it develops and potentially design drugs not just to treat it, but to prevent it.

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