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New method for mass-producing RPE cells paves way to treating age-related blindness

New method for mass-producing RPE cells paves way to treating age-related blindness

Durham, NC – Scientists have developed a new, simpler way to produce human pluripotent stem cells in quantities large enough that they can be used to develop treatments for age-related… Read more »

Parkinson’s Disease Research – Ask the Stem Cell Expert, Dr. Xianmin Zeng

Parkinson’s Disease Research – Ask the Stem Cell Expert, Dr. Xianmin Zeng

Dr. Xianmin Zeng, associate professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging answers your questions about Parkinson’s disease and stem cell research. Zeng has a CIRM… Read more »

Stem Cells Show Promise in Extending Transplanted Kidneys’ Survival Time

Stem Cells Show Promise in Extending Transplanted Kidneys’ Survival Time

Can stem cells provide an answer to the perplexing question of how to ensure long-term survival of transplanted kidneys? The results of a new Phase 1 clinical… Read more »

Living with Multiple Sclerosis, Hoping for a Stem Cell Therapy

Living with Multiple Sclerosis, Hoping for a Stem Cell Therapy

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Scientists Create Stem Cells From Urine

Scientists Create Stem Cells From Urine

Some scientists from China used an unlikely item to make stem cells and it could change the way people think about and treat stem cell research. According… Read more »

BioCision Launches New Program to Support Stem Cell Training and Research

BioCision Launches New Program to Support Stem Cell Training and Research

Program Provides Academic Centers in the U.S. and EU Cutting Edge Cryopreservation Tools LARKSPUR, Calif. – Dec. 10, 2012 – As part of its ongoing effort to… Read more »

Low-cost, widely used diabetes drug could be key to treating deadliest brain cancer

Low-cost, widely used diabetes drug could be key to treating deadliest brain cancer

Durham, NC – Researchers have discovered a protein that stops stem cells from forming the most common and lethal type of brain tumor. At the same time,… Read more »