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Japan's stem-cell pioneer grapples with pressure of success AFP via Yahoo! News Wed, 10 Sep 2008 9:33 AM PDT Pioneering stem-cell scientist Shinya Yamanaka, whose work could help transform medicine and find cures for a range of debilitating diseases, says he was a pretty awful doctor. Minister to open stem cell centre Channel 4 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 8:21 PM PDT Health secretary Alan Johnson is opening the UK's first combined stem cell research centre and bank. The Anthony Nolan Cell Therapy Centre in Nottingham is being hailed as a lifeline for those suffering blood diseases, such as leukaemia. UK & World News: Minister to open stem cell centre icNewcastle - Sunday Sun Wed, 10 Sep 2008 8:03 PM PDT Health secretary Alan Johnson is opening the UK's first combined stem cell research centre and bank. International Stem Cell signs distribution agreement with Millipore Pharmaceutical Business Review Wed, 10 Sep 2008 5:31 PM PDT International Stem Cell, a stem-cell therapy company, has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Millipore to manufacture living cells and cell culture products to be sold through Millipores distribution network. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Secretions Minimize Tissue Injury After Heart Attack Science Daily Wed, 10 Sep 2008 9:15 AM PDT A novel way to improve survival and recovery rate after a heart attack was reported in the journal Stem Cell Research. This method, developed in laboratory research with pigs, is the first noncell based therapeutic application of human embryonic stem cells. It entails using secretions from stem cells. JOE STEM-CELL SLAP AT SARAH New York Post Wed, 10 Sep 2008 1:02 AM PDT Joe Biden yesterday took a swipe at Sarah Palin - who has a child with Down syndrome - for opposing stem-cell research, an attack that provoked howls of protest from Republicans. "I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in... Medical College lands grant for stem cell research Small Business Times Wed, 10 Sep 2008 9:57 AM PDT The Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa has received a two-year, $416,625 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop stem cell-based therapies to treat portions of the heart that have died from a heart attack. Stem Cell Bank Aims To Save Lives SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Wed, 10 Sep 2008 4:14 AM PDT A ground-breaking UK stem cell bank opens this week aiming to store life-saving cells to match every single person in the country. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Secretions Minimized Tissue Injury After Heart Attack In Lab Studies With Pigs Medical News Today Wed, 10 Sep 2008 6:17 AM PDT A novel way to improve survival and recovery rate after a heart attack was reported in the journal Stem Cell Research by scientists at Singapore's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) and The Netherlands' University Medical Center Utrecht. Visa woes delay stem cell transplant Vancouver Sun Wed, 10 Sep 2008 0:31 AM PDT BURNABY - A Burnaby woman's only hope for a cure of her blood cancer is a stem cell transplant.

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