International Stem Cell Begins Pre-Clinical Testing of Its Parthenogenetic Stem Cells for Treatment of Retinal Disease
First Company To Grow Human Corneal Tissue From Stem Cells Oceanside, California, January 13, 2009 — International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB: ISCO) has created layered human tissue… Read more »
Cellartis Deposits Cell Lines with U.S. National Stem Cell Bank
All NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry Lines Now on Deposit at NSCB January 12, 2009, Madison, Wis.–The U.S. National Stem Cell Bank (NSCB) has announced that… Read more »
Revolutionary stem cell therapy boosts body’s ability to heal itself
British researchers hope treatment will help repair heart attack damage or broken bones By Ian Sample, science correspondent, guardian.co.uk A groundbreaking medical treatment that could dramatically enhance… Read more »
Research shows cell’s inactive state is critical for effectiveness of cancer treatment
by Esther Napolitano, napolite@mskcc.org Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center A new study sheds light on a little understood biological process called quiescence, which enables blood-forming stem cells to… Read more »
‘Scrawny’ gene keeps stem cells healthy
Stem cells are the body’s primal cells, retaining the youthful ability to develop into more specialized types of cells over many cycles of cell division. How do… Read more »
Composition Of Matter Patent Covering Adipose-Derived Stem And Progenitor Cells Issued
Cytori (NASDAQ: CYTX) announced today that U.S. patent # 7,470,537 (the ‘537 patent) has been issued to the University of California, which covers a population of stem… Read more »
Scientists Create Monkey Stem Cells
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — The successful creation of the first induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell line from adult monkey skin may have important implications for direct reprogramming capabilities… Read more »