stem cells

Film Review: Stem Cell Revolutions

Film Review: Stem Cell Revolutions

STEM CELL REVOLUTIONS is a new documentary about the burgeoning field of stem cells. Featuring beautiful hand-drawn animations and interviews with leading stem cell scientists, STEM CELL… Read more »

Alzheimer’s Stem Cell Research: Ask the Expert – Larry Goldstein, UCSD

Alzheimer’s Stem Cell Research: Ask the Expert – Larry Goldstein, UCSD

In this first installment of CIRM TV’s “Ask the Expert” video series, Larry Goldstein of the University of California, San Diego answers questions about finding stem cell… Read more »

Looking Below the Surface: Stem Cell Behavior in Real Time

Looking Below the Surface: Stem Cell Behavior in Real Time

Scientists have for the first time watched and manipulated stem cells as they regenerate tissue in an uninjured mammal, Yale researchers report July 1, 2012, online in… Read more »

Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury

Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury

 Part 1 of a 5-Part Series: Dr. Neil Riordan discusses mesenchymal stem cell sources from umbilical cord Wharton’s jelly, stem cell expansion, therapeutic potential of umbilical… Read more »

Quant Pioneers, Experts and Investors to Discuss Rapid Market Evolution

Quant Pioneers, Experts and Investors to Discuss Rapid Market Evolution

NEW YORK – The stem cell and regenerative medicine industry is facing a serious funding problem. Just as the first therapies are reaching commercialization, biotechs in phase… Read more »

Researchers discover drug that destroys human cancer stem cells

Researchers discover drug that destroys human cancer stem cells

A team of scientists at McMaster University has discovered a drug, thioridazine, successfully kills cancer stem cells in the human while avoiding the toxic side-effects of conventional… Read more »

Stem Cells from Bone Marrow Grows New Bone

Stem Cells from Bone Marrow Grows New Bone

A research team led by UC Davis Health System scientists has developed a novel technique to enhance bone growth by using a molecule which, when injected into… Read more »