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Human Stem Cell Line Made Containing Sickle Cell Anemia Mutation Science Daily Sat, 31 May 2008 7:13 AM PDT Researchers at Johns Hopkins have established a human cell-based system for studying sickle cell anemia by reprogramming somatic cells to an embryonic stem cell like state. Publishing online on May 29, the team describes a faster and more efficient method of reprogramming cells that might speed the development of stem cell therapies. Local stem cell firm gets fed grant The Capital Times Sat, 31 May 2008 10:28 AM PDT Madison-based stem cell company Stemina Biomarkers Discovery Inc. has learned it will receive a $150,000 Phase I grant from the National Cancer Institute through the federal government's Small Business Innovation Research grant program, the Wisconsin Technology Council said in a news release Friday. Stemina, founded in late 2006 by chief executive officer Beth Donley and UW-Madison stem cell ... Stem cell hope for blind dad The Courier Mail Sat, 31 May 2008 7:00 AM PDT A BRISBANE dad who has optic atrophy has regained his sight after receiving controversial embryonic stem-cell treatment in India. It reversed 15 years of degradation. New stem cell therapy may help repair injured brains New Kerala Sat, 31 May 2008 3:23 AM PDT Washington, May 31: Researchers at the University of the North Carolina School of Medicine have found that hypothermia, a condition in which an organism's temperature drops below that required for normal metabolism and bodily functions, may help in the development of neuronal stem cell-based brain therapies. New Stem Cell Therapy May Aid The Repair Of Damaged Brains Science Daily Sat, 31 May 2008 6:26 AM PDT According to some experts, newly born neuronal stem cells in the adult brain may provide a therapy for brain injury. But if these stem cells are to be utilized in this way, the process by which they are created, neurogenesis, must be regulated. New stem cell therapy may aid the repair of damaged brains New Kerala Sat, 31 May 2008 1:32 AM PDT Washington, May 31 : Just born neuronal stem cells in an adult brain may have the potential to repair injuries that the brain might sustain. ViroPharma completes enrollment in phase 3 study of maribavir PharmaBiz Sat, 31 May 2008 0:42 AM PDT ViroPharma Incorporated has completed enrolment in its pivotal phase II study of maribavir in stem cell transplant patients.

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