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Going From One Cell Type to Another Without Using Stem Cells Wired News Wed, 27 Aug 2008 5:08 PM PDT Traditionally, cell transformation has been achieved by generating stem cells. Now, scientists have caused one type of cell to become another, with no intermediate stem cell step. Pathway is promising target for stem-cell therapies, anticancer strategies UB Reporter Wed, 27 Aug 2008 5:37 PM PDT BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A novel gene signaling mechanism that controls whether a stem cell develops into its destined tissue or fails to differentiate and becomes cancer has been identified by researchers in the multi-laboratory Molecular and Structural Neurobiology and Gene Therapy Program based at the University at Buffalo. Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 27 Aug 2008 3:17 PM PDT Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. today announced its financial results for the period ended June 30, 2008. AggreWell™400 For Standardized Embryonic Stem Cell And Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Research Medical News Today Wed, 27 Aug 2008 4:16 AM PDT STEMCELL Technologies, a leader in specialty cell culture media, cell separation products and ancillary reagents for stem cell research, announced the release of the AggreWell™400 plates, a revolutionary tool for researchers using embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (ESC and iPSC). Repair Stem Cell Institute Says Stanford University's Stem Cell Study Confirms the Futility of Embryonics in Human ... PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 27 Aug 2008 9:11 AM PDT The Repair Stem Cell Institute LLC reported today that Stanford University School of Medicine's recent discovery there may be limitations to the effectiveness of human therapies derived from embryonic stem cells because the cells injected in mice stimulated the kind of immune rejection seen with transplanted organs clearly delivers a blow to proponents of embryonic stem cell research who ... Scientists hail major breakthrough in cell research Detroit News Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a plethora of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical quagmires that have plagued embryonic stem cell research. Cell advance offers medical benefits Financial Times Wed, 27 Aug 2008 9:57 PM PDT Biologists have for the first time transformed one type of adult cell directly into another, without using stem cells en route. This latest tour de force in the fastest-moving field of biology – reprogramming of living cells – was carried out by Douglas Melton and Joe Zhou of Harvard University. Cell transformation called a 'spectacular first' Winston-Salem Journal Wed, 27 Aug 2008 9:16 PM PDT Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a plethora of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical problems that have plagued embryonic stem-cell research. Researchers turn one form of adult mouse cell directly into another PhysOrg Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:52 AM PDT (PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of biological prestidigitation likely to turn the field of regenerative medicine on its head, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) co-director Doug Melton and post doctoral fellow Qiao "Joe" Zhou report having achieved what has long been a dream and ultimate goal of developmental biologists - directly turning one type of fully formed adult cell into another type of adult ... Rector sacked in Austrian stem-cell scandal Nature Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:02 AM PDT A fierce academic dispute in Austria reached fresh heights on 21 August when the Medical University of Innsbruck's council dismissed the rector, German immunologist Clemens Sorg, without notice.

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