The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state agency providing money for stem-cell research, said Oct. 28 that it awarded $230 million in grants and loans. At the same time, agencies in Canada and Great Britain made $43 million in …
It may not surprise parents that the head-banging, string-shredding world of heavy metal can seriously damage your health. But now Tony Iommi, the British guitarist who helped to invent the genre, has revealed that he is undergoing stem-cell treatment to save the hand that inspired a generation.
Among the grants are two to UCSF, $20 million for research into stem cell “missiles” that attack brain tumors, and $19 million to scientists studying implantable sacs of stem cells that make insulin. Stanford University is receiving $52 million in …
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – Oct. 29, 2009) – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SSS) (”SCT”) is pleased to announce that it has closed the previously announced financing with J.F. Mackie & Company Ltd. (”J.F. Mackie”). Gross proceeds of $1,138,741 were raised, which includes the partial exercise of an …
The work did not create sperm or eggs, but the advance will allow researchers to observe human germ cells in laboratory dishes, something they otherwise haven’t been able to do. “Ten to 15 percent of couples are infertile,” said senior author Renee …
LANSING – A package of bill imposing a variety of additional requirements on embryonic stem cell research in the state would violate the spirit of the constitutional amendment allowing such efforts and hurt those now underway in Michigan, the Senate Health Policy Committee was told by opponents on Wednesday.
University of Illinois researchers say they have shown adult stem cells taken from bone marrow can resolve acute lung injury occurring in a mouse model. Researchers at the university’s College of Medicine said acute lung injury, for which there is no …
Two teams of UCSF scientists have received grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to advance their stem cell based strategies for treating diabetes and brain tumors.
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A team of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute stem cell researchers led by Eduardo Marb-n, M.D., Ph.D. has been awarded a four-year, $5.5 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to fund research leading to clinical trials of new treatments for heart attack patients.