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Qld opens national stem cell research centre ABC via Yahoo!7 News Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:00 PM PDT Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has opened a new centre for stem cell research in Brisbane. Stem Cell Type Supposed To Be Crucial For Angiogenesis And Cancer Growth Does Not Exist? Science Daily Wed, 23 Apr 2008 7:23 PM PDT It is widely believed that tumor angiogenesis and cancer growth critically depend on circulating endothelial precursor cells, mobilized from the bone marrow. A new study now suggests that a stem cell type supposed to be crucial for blood vessel formation and cancer growth does not actually exist. Stem cell hope for damaged hearts Channel 4 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 9:47 PM PDT Pioneering stem cell treatment could "turn the clock back" for heart attack victims by repairing damaged tissue, a doctor has said. Canadian scientists turn embryonic stem cell into heart cell People's Daily Wed, 23 Apr 2008 5:37 PM PDT Canadian scientists have discovered how to turn an embryonic stem cell into a so-called "master" heart cell that can then turn into an "endless supply" of three different cell types found in a human heart, according to an online edition of ... Stem-cell treatment could reverse multiple sclerosis effects 'within 15 years' Daily Mail Wed, 23 Apr 2008 7:50 AM PDT The effects of multiple sclerosis could be reversed with stem-cell treatment within 15 years, a leading expert on the disease said today. Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, the director of a groundbreaking MS research centre in Edinburgh, said the treatment could be used to help patients suffering from the condition that weakens their body's central nervous system Stem cell cure hope for MS patients ic Lanarkshire Wed, 23 Apr 2008 6:56 AM PDT Campaigners have welcomed a prediction that stem cell treatment could be used to help reverse the effects of multiple sclerosis within 15 years. The treatment could be used to halt the decline of patients suffering from the debilitating nerve condition. VistaGen Collaborates with Canadian, U.S., and British Researchers To Isolate Earliest Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived ... Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:15 AM PDT SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.----Joined by scientists from VistaGen Therapeutics here, a team of leading Canadian, American and British medical researchers have used embryonic stem cells differentiation cultures to successfully identify, grow and study the earliest cell destined to form the human heart. Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Receives "May Proceed" From FDA for Its Phase IIb Clinical Stroke Trial and IND Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 23 Apr 2008 7:00 AM PDT Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed its investigational new drug application to proceed. The IND-opening study is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase IIb clinical trial of its lead program, NTx(TM)-265, for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Stem Cell Therapy International Amends Merger With Histostem Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 23 Apr 2008 6:44 AM PDT Stem Cell Therapy International, Inc. Embryonic stem cells coaxed into key heart cells Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 23 Apr 2008 3:28 PM PDT Scientists say they have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming three of the major cell types in the human heart, and they improved cardiac function when transplanted into mice.

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