Reproductive Genetics Institute (RGI) is granting Embryome Sciences rights to market human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines. The company is upping its initiatives to grow its hESC portfolio in anticipation of President Obama lifting the strict …
Rep. Kris Steele, at left, Shawnee, and First Lady Kim Henry, center, visit Tallie Anderson at Children’s Hospital Thursday. Tallie is a fourth-grade student at Will Rogers Elementary School and recently underwent a successful stem cell transplant …
Some of Britain’s leading stem-cell research supporters are calling for further tests on human embryos to be speeded up. Leading British doctors and academics will tell an Oxford conference the opportunities created by the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act must be acted upon quickly.
( DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ) Researchers led by Berkeley Lab’s Mark LaBarge and Mina Bissell have shown that the ultimate fate of a stem or progenitor cell in a woman’s breast — whether the cell develops normally or whether it turns cancerous — may depend upon signals from multiple microenvironments. Their results suggest that modulations of microenvironmental signals are a …
The Biotech Mailbag is open for business. Linda K. writes: “I was disappointed that President Obama made no mention of stem cells in his speech Tuesday night. Why hasn’t he lifted the federal stem cell research ban yet? If or when he does, how much …
Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB)(PINK:MBLTY) Australia’s regenerative medicine company today announced that three separate papers disclosing clinical and preclinical trial results were presented this week to orthopaedic specialists attending the 55th annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the Orthopedic Research Society (ORS). The meetings, underway in Las Vegas, attract an estimated 15,000 orthopedic healthcare professionals from around the world.
Star filly Samantha Miss will not race again this year after beginning stem cell treatment on her injured tendon in Sydney. Trainer Kris Lees said on his website today the three-year-old had returned
Supporters of stem-cell research said they had reintroduced a Senate bill that would allow federal financing for human embryonic stem-cell research, in anticipation of President Obama?s support for the work.
Ian Park / Staff Photographer Prof. Grabel testifed before the CT legislature on stem cells recently. Graduate Student Noélle Ammon opens up an incubator and points to the rows of small round containers. “Those are all human stem cells,” she …
Memorial Park, 1100 E. Foothill Blvd., Upland, will be home to the “Kling for a Cure” Leukemia Benefit Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. The fundraiser will help raise funds for Jerrad Klingensmith while he is receiving a lifesaving stem-cell …