The mother of a Wisconsin boy who received a stem cell transplant here in Minnesota will share their story Thursday at the State Capitol. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has been following Charlie Knuth’s progress since December when he received the transplant at …
CHICAGO (Reuters) – When scientists announced 5 years ago they could reprogram ordinary skin cells into behaving like embryonic stem cells, religious conservatives and others who opposed the use of stem cells cheered the advance.
Lawmakers at the state capitol Thursday are debating a bill over stem cell research. As lawmakers consider the bill, some Minnesota families are discussing the importance of this type of medical research and worry over it going away. Trisha Knuth, the …
There is no cure for the group of hereditary muscle-wasting diseases known as muscular dystrophy. That is particularly alarming because one of its commonest forms — type 1 myotonic dystrophy — becomes more serious as it passes down the generations …
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common inherited muscular dystrophy in adults. New research published by Cell Press online on March 31st in the journal Cell Stem Cell, uses human embryonic stem cells to make a clinically-important contribution to the understanding of this disease, and highlights the incredible potential that embryonic stem cells hold for unraveling the complex molecular mechanisms involved in a variety of human conditions.
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – March 31, 2011) – Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SSS) (”SCT” or “Stem Cell Therapeutics”) announces that it has completed its previously announced offering of Units. An aggregate of 18,181,819 Units were issued at …
(RTTNews) – Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. (SSS.V: News ) Thursday said it completed its previously announced offering of Units. An aggregate of 18.18 million units were issued at a price of $0.11 per unit, representing gross proceeds of $2 million. Each …
The Minnesota Senate passed a bill Tuesday afternoon that includes a ban on state or federal funds being used for certain types of stem cell research. Hours later, the state House of Representatives passed Sandwiched in the Senate’s omnibus appropriations …
The Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) and Future Medicine have announced that its 2011/12 World Stem Cell Report will be published as a special supplement to the award- winning, peer-reviewed journal Regenerative Medicine…
Speaking at the UK National Stem Cell Network annual science meeting in York, Professor Martin Birchall will announce that the first clinical trials for stem cell voice transplants will begin in 2013, thanks to a million pounds provided by the Medical …