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3 UW spinoffs form major stem cell company

3 UW spinoffs form major stem cell company

By RYAN J. FOLEY | Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. – Three companies founded by star University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell researcher James Thomson are merging into… Read more »

Stem Cells Spawn First Drug-Free Windpipe Transplant

Stem Cells Spawn First Drug-Free Windpipe Transplant

By Michelle Fay Cortez Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Doctors operating on a 30-year-old Colombian woman restored her ability to breathe freely with the world’s first transplanted windpipe… Read more »

Stem cell companies awaiting sea change

Stem cell companies awaiting sea change

By David Morrill Staff writer, Insidebayarea.com A cure for diabetes? New organs? Spinal injury repair? For more than a decade Bay Area scientists and companies have thrown… Read more »