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Stem cell starters in Connecticut BizJournals Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:06 PM PST University of Connecticut scientist David Rowe heads one of the largest research teams funded by the state's new stem cell research grants that began last year. Rowe manages a $35 million, nine-project, multiyear grant to tackle understanding of some of the most basic aspects of stem cells. UTMB gets grant for stem cell research Galveston County Daily News Sun, 03 Feb 2008 8:12 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. New stem cell bank to open in April BizJournals Sun, 03 Feb 2008 9:30 PM PST An effort by the University of Massachusetts to establish a leading repository of human embryonic stem cells is slated to be completed by April, UMass President Jack Wilson says. Finnish Patient Gets New Jaw from His Own Stem Cells Slashdot Sun, 03 Feb 2008 6:40 AM PST An anonymous reader writes with news out of Finland, where a patient's upper jaw was replaced with bone cultivated from stem cells and grown inside the patient himself. We discussed other advances in stem cell research a few months ago. Quoting: "In this case they identified and pulled out cells called mesenchymal stem cells -- immature cells than can give rise to bone, muscle or blood vessels. ... Small Talk: Stem cell firm set for heart-to-heart talks Independent Sun, 03 Feb 2008 6:09 PM PST ReNeuron Group executives will be hoping that love is in the air when they sit down for talks with US regulators on St Valentine's Day. Medtronic sells Magellan to expand device's use, market BizJournals Sun, 03 Feb 2008 9:29 PM PST Medtronic Inc. has partnered with a Cleveland biotech startup that's developing stem cell therapies used to treat diseases linked to poor blood flow. Victorian doctor in spinal injury breakthrough Tenterfield Star Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:29 PM PST A TRARALGON orthopaedic surgeon has succeeded in the fight for Australia's and possibly the world's first adult stem cell treatment trial on humans. The surgeon, Dr George Owen, is also the executive director of spinal injury research group `Step Ahead Australia'. Rants and Raves The Observer Sun, 03 Feb 2008 3:02 PM PST JOIN THE CONVERSATION! WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Write or send us an e-mail at news@rrobserver.com , or call us at 343-2175. "The last time I checked, there are at least two types of stem cell research: adult and embryonic. 'Cures Without Cloning' Lake petition drive planned Lake Sun Leader Sun, 03 Feb 2008 9:23 AM PST CAMDENTON - A campaign petition is gaining steam in the lake area to put the issue of stem cell research back into the hands of voters.

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