Archive for June, 2009

Leukemia patient Sheila Kepic's loved ones celebrate, thank stem cell donor Lisa Guilloty

Lynn Ischay/The Plain DealerStem cell donor Lisa Guilloty, left, of Everett, Wash., gets a hug from Sheila Kepic at a gathering in Sheffield Lake on Sunday. Kepic, of Lorain County, was diagnosed with cancer and needed a bone marrow transplant….

16-year-old El Pasoan off to China for stem-cell procedure

EL PASO — Lawrence E. Brown III, 16, began his journey to China on Saturday for a stem-cell procedure that he hopes will finally give him sight.

Missouri judge OKs summary of stem cell ballot measure

JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri judge has dismissed conspiracy allegations against three state officials and approved the summary and cost estimate for a proposed constitutional amendment banning public money from going to abortion and human cloning …

Editorial: Stem cell chief's exit is long overdue

Palo Alto developer Robert Klein II led the ballot campaign in 2004 to create California’s stem cell research institute. He wrote the initiative, ensuring that only he would chair the institute’s oversight board, which is charged with handling $3 billion in public money.

DataTrends Equity Research Group Releases Investor’s Corporate …

Leesburg, VA, June 20, 2009 –( PR.com )– The DataTrends Equity Research Group, a unit of DataTrends Publications, Inc., publisher of Stem Cell Business News and the Guide to Stem Cell Research Companies, today announced the release of its Investor …

Stempeutics demonstrates capability to produce stem cell based drugs for 10,000+ patients

Stempeutics Research Pvt Ltd, a group company of Manipal Group, has achieved a major breakthrough in stem cell production technology with the manufacture of its Investigational New drug (IND) sourced from Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) derived from bone marrow of healthy donors.

Judge OKs summary for Missouri stem cell ballot measure

Supporters could start gathering signatures to get the petition on the 2010 ballot. The Missouri Roundtable for Life proposed the constitutional amendment earlier this year. The secretary of state’s office drafted a summary and the state auditor …

Americans United for Life: Obama's Disbanding Bioethics Council Raises …

The President’s Council on Bioethics was created in November 2001 by President Bush after his decision to allow human embryonic stem-cell research for the first time while limiting the research to existing cell lines. “Why try to fix something that …

Genes Edited In Human Stem Cells

Researchers have successfully edited the genome of human- induced pluripotent stem cells, making possible the future development of patient-specific stem cell therapies. They altered a gene responsible for causing the rare blood disease paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH, establishing for the first time a useful system to learn more about the disease.

Hysterectomies Could Be Source of Stem Cells

THURSDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Fallopian tubes removed from fertile women of child-bearing age during hysterectomies or other procedures might prove to be a new source of highly sought-after stem cells. “In addition to providing an additional …