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Defying Western Science, Chinese Biotech Pursues Untested Stem Cell Therapy TechWeb via Yahoo! News Mon, 04 Aug 2008 2:20 PM PDT InformationWeek - Although Beike Biotechnology's promising iPS stem cell treatment is unproven, hundreds of patients are paying to receive the treatment in China, which lacks rigorous government oversight of testing and clinical trials. Cytori selling stem-cell system in Singapore AP via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:56 AM PDT Cytori Therapeutics Inc., which develops technology to preserve and develop stem cells, said Monday it will sell one of its stem-cell systems to Astrea International for an undisclosed amount. UW-Madison granted nearly $9 million for stem cell research The Capital Times Mon, 04 Aug 2008 3:01 PM PDT The University of Wisconsin has been awarded a prestigious $8.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to continue its pioneering work with human embryonic stem cell research. An interdisciplinary team of researchers will use the grant to fund several projects aimed at exploring the unique ability of stem cells to transform themselves into all of the ... Mich. Board Sets Hearing To Decide If Measure Loosening Stem Cell Research Restrictions Will Be On Ballot Medical News Today Mon, 04 Aug 2008 9:02 AM PDT The Michigan Board of State Canvassers on Wednesday scheduled an Aug. 21 meeting to review signatures submitted for state ballot initiatives, including a proposal to loosen state restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research, the AP/Lansing State Journal reports. The board also set an Aug. 13 deadline for opponents to challenge sample signatures. Scientists Reach Stem Cell Milestone Time.com via Yahoo! News Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:15 AM PDT Researchers create the first nerve cells out of reprogrammed stem cells, using a technique that bypasses the destruction of embryos New $8.9 million project aims to unlock stem cell secrets University of Wisconsin - Madison Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:19 PM PDT Although scientists have had access to human embryonic stem cells for a decade, precisely how the all-purpose cell gives rise to all other cells in the body and why others do not remains a fundamental mystery of biology. Pet stem-cell therapy comes to Montrose Montrose Daily Press Mon, 04 Aug 2008 3:29 AM PDT MONTROSE — Local pet owners now have the option of stem-cell technology to help heal their soft-tissue injured and arthritic animals. UW-Madison stem-cell researchers land $8.9 million federal grant Wisconsin State Journal Mon, 04 Aug 2008 4:44 PM PDT UW-Madison researchers will try to better understand how human embryonic stem cells perform their scientific magic through an $8.9 million federal grant announced Monday. The five-year grant, one of three awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, will let campus researchers further their studies of how stem cells self-renew and morph into the 220 types of cells in body. The ... Buck Institute stem-cell lab up and running North Bay Business Journal Mon, 04 Aug 2008 7:09 AM PDT NOVATO – Post-doctorate fellows and graduate students converge today at the Buck Institute's newest lab to begin learning how to culture embryonic stem cells. Nigeria: Sickle Cell Can Be Cured Permanently With Bone Marrow Transplantation - NABDA Boss AllAfrica.com Mon, 04 Aug 2008 7:37 AM PDT The Director-General of National Agency for Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Mr. Solomon Bamidele, Thursday, disagreed with the belief that Sickle Cell has no cure, saying that with the transplantation of Bone Marrow through stem cell, the disease can be cured permanently.

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