Stem cell petition drive in the works
Detroit News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:12 PM PST
The Michigan Board of Canvassers will decide Friday whether to approve proposed ballot language filed this week by a group trying to loosen restrictions on controversial embryonic stem cell research. |
Stem Cell Lines Created From Poor Quality Embryos Discarded From Fertility Clinics
Science Daily Wed, 30 Jan 2008 3:20 PM PST
Human embryos that are discarded every day as medical waste from in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics could be an important source of stem cells for research. Some of the embryos created during IVF are deemed "clinically useless" because of imperfections, but it is possible to derive stem cell lines from these poor-quality embryos. Because poor-quality embryos are discarded everyday in the ... |
UTMB gets grant for stem cell research
Galveston County Daily News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:29 PM PST
GALVESTON — A $500,000 grant from the Cullen Foundation will support neurological stem cell research at the University of Texas Medical Branch by funding the purchase of an advanced microscope and supporting a postdoctoral fellow who assists in the studies to optimize stem cell therapy. |
Stem Cell deal targets treatment for MS
The Herald Wed, 30 Jan 2008 4:13 PM PST
Stem Cell Sciences, the pioneering Edinburgh University spin-out, yesterday said it had signed a deal with US-based Myelin Repair Foundation that will boost efforts to discover new treatments for multiple sclerosis. |
Stem cell research company clones human embryo
News Democrat & Leader Wed, 30 Jan 2008 9:18 AM PST
Stemagen, a privately held embryonic stem cell research company, announced recently it has become the first in the world to create, and meticulously document, a cloned human embryo using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). |
Stem Cell Society Responds to Initiatives in President's Address
Newswise Wed, 30 Jan 2008 6:29 AM PST
In response to the State of the Union Address, the International Society for Stem Cell Research applauds the President's direction to Federal agencies to provide additional funding for induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cells) research, but stresses this action is not sufficient to allow all important stem cell research to be done. |
Preparing For Clinical Trials In Stem Cell Therapy Studies For Stroke, Cerebral Palsy
Medical News Today Wed, 30 Jan 2008 6:15 AM PST
Finding answers about optimal dosage and timing for stem cell therapy in adults with strokes and newborns with ischemic injuries is a goal of two new federally funded studies.The answers are critical before clinical trials can begin, says Dr. Cesario V. Borlongan, neuroscientist at the Medical College of Georgia and Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center. |
First Patients Treated in Cytori's Stem & Regenerative Cell Heart Attack Study
Centre Daily Times Wed, 30 Jan 2008 6:52 AM PST
Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CYTX) enrolled the first two patients in a clinical trial using adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells in the treatment of heart attack. In this trial, patients' cells are made available using Cytori's Celution(TM) System, a real-time cell processing device. One patient has been enrolled in each trial center, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Maranon in Madrid, ... |
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