New technique could revolutionize stem-cell transplants
Montreal researchers are taking part in what could become a breakthrough in stem cell transplants, by leading the first transplant of a mismatched donor.
Archive for November, 2009
StemCyte Licenses Promising IP for Stem Cell Therapy to Treat Stroke
StemCyte, Inc. concluded an exclusive license and commercialization agreement with Academia Sinica, the National Laboratory of Taiwan, for certain proprietary methods and Intellectual Property related to the treatment of Chronic Stroke with stem cells.
Stemline Therapeutics Expands Clinical Oncology Program Directed at Cancer Stem Cells With Addition of M.D. Anderson …
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., a private clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and leading developer of oncology compounds directed to cancer stem cells, today announced that The University of Texas M.D.
Stem cell technology for rapid healing of complicated bone fractures
A novel technology involving use of stem cells, developed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, has been applied to provide better and rapid healing for patients suffering from complicated bone fractures.
Stem Cells Show Promise in Healing Lungs of Newborn Rats
Stem cells have been found to protect and repair the lungs of newborn rats, according to a study led by University of Alberta researchers. The research team hopes that the new findings might have significant implications for premature babies with …
Stem Cells’ Next Use: Fighting Extinction
Conservationists work constantly through habitat protection and other means to save these and other endangered species. And now they are adding a new technology to their list of possible solutions to extinction — stem cells. Scientists at the San …
Stem cell banks low on ethnic contributions
Health officials say that Canada’s stem cell and bone marrow banks need more donors from the country’s ethnic communities.
Israeli stem cell co BiogenCell raises $1m
The firm was founded a year ago and seeks to treat blood flow issues.
Stem cell boob jobs now available in UK
A procedure that uses a person’s own stem cells to carry out a breast augmentation is now available in the UK. Lucy Mead, a 23-year-old sales adviser from Middlesex, told the Daily Mail that she had the procedure to boost her breasts from their …
‘Glow-in-the-dark’ red blood cells made from human stem cells
Stem cell scientists have modified a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line to glow red when the stem cells become red blood cells. The modified hESC line, ErythRED, represents a major step forward to the eventual aim of generating mature, fully functional red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells.