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UTMB gets grant for stem cell research Galveston County Daily News Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:09 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. Scientists move towards stem cell therapy trials to mend shattered bones EurekAlert! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 6:39 AM PST The UK Stem Cell Foundation exists to support the advance of pioneering stem cell research into medical practice. As a registered charity established in 2005, it is achieving this by directly funding innovative UK clinical projects with the greatest potential for saving and improving people's lives. Stem cell pioneer consolidates in Cambridge Business Weekly Mon, 18 Feb 2008 5:05 PM PST Cambridge is to benefit from a comprehensive restructuring programme by Stem Cell Sciences (SCS) that will see the company consolidate commercial worldwide operations into expanded facilities at its Babraham headquarters. Scientists move towards stem cell therapy trials to mend shattered bones PhysOrg Mon, 18 Feb 2008 9:59 AM PST The UK Stem Cell Foundation, the Medical Research Council and Scottish Enterprise, in partnership with the Chief Scientist`s Office, are funding a £1.4 million project to further the research at the University of Edinburgh with a view to setting up a clinical trial within two years. Mesoblast Announces Agreement with Abbott for Stem Cell Heart Failure Therapy (MSB.AX, 00813228, 20080219) Huntleys' Stock of the Week via Yahoo!7 Finance Mon, 18 Feb 2008 3:01 PM PST Mesoblast announced that its US-based sister company, Angioblast Systems Inc., has entered into a collaborative agreement with Abbott, a major global broad-based healthcare company, for the development and commercialisation of Angioblast's catheter-based cell therapy product for heart failure. Abbott will provide funding for the collaborative program. From Computer Models Of Stem Cell Growth To Creating Mature Cells Medical News Today Mon, 18 Feb 2008 4:17 AM PST For more than a decade, Peter Zandstra has been working at the University of Toronto to rev up the production of stem cells and their descendants. The raw materials are adult blood stem cells and embryonic stem cells. The end products are blood and heart cells - lots of them. Enough mouse heart cells that they form beating tissue. Agreement with Abbott for Stem Cell Heart Failure Therapy (MSB.AX, 00813228, 20080219) Huntleys' Stock of the Week via Yahoo!7 Finance Mon, 18 Feb 2008 3:01 PM PST mktsens Y npages 2 filelink s=MSB.AX&f=00813228&d=20080219 Shattered bones mended by stem cells in British scientific discovery Daily Mail Mon, 18 Feb 2008 1:07 AM PST A revolutionary stem-cell treatment for repairing previously untreatable broken bones has been developed by British scientists. They have taken patients' stem cells and turned them into bone or cartilage cells before returning them to the body inside a protective 'scaffold' Major milestone in the culturing of human blood stem cells News-Medical-Net Mon, 18 Feb 2008 3:10 AM PST Patients with leukemia, certain autoimmune diseases and genetic defects such as sickle-cell anemia can be treated with blood stem cells either from a donor's bone marrow or from cord blood - but the supply of effective stem cells often runs short. Family Raises Money For Stem Cell Therapy WHNT-TV Huntsville Mon, 18 Feb 2008 6:50 AM PST A Morgan County man keeps the faith after being paralyzed from the neck down.

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