Susan G. Komen for the Cure has hedged its decision to stop providing grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings after that move kicked off a good deal of outrage. But it’s still not clear where the group stands on embryonic stem …
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CALIFORNIA — Doctors at a Southern California clinic have announced that they are “licensed and trained” to perform a stem cell treatment pioneered by a Colorado group that is being sued by the U.S. Justice Department and Food and Drug Administration.
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Using lab-grown human neurons, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an effective assay for detecting botulinum neurotoxin, the agent widely used to cosmetically smooth the wrinkles of age and, increasingly, for an array of …
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New York-based IntelliCell BioSciences has licensed its patent-pending technology for the manufacture of stem cells to RegenaStem Inc., based in Stoney Creek. Under the agreement, the company name, RegenaStem, will be changed to IntelliCell BioSciences of …
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Researchers from California have successfully converted mouse skin cells into cells which develop into the main components of the brain. The experiment, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is notable because it skipped …
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In addition to pulling funds from Planned Parenthood for The Susan G. Komen Foundation also decided to stop funding embryonic stem cell research centers making it fully transparent the organization has evolved from non-political non-profit to a …
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NEW YORK & PETACH TIKVAH, Israel, Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. /quotes/zigman/361719 BCLI 0.00%, a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies and therapeutics, announced today that the prestigious …
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Emerging evidence continues to reveal the critical nature of cancer stem cells (CSCs) as an essential target in the future of oncology drug development. In a recent study directed by Max S. Wicha, M.D., director of the University of Michigan …
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — Stem cell therapy has a nonsignificant effect on improving functional recovery after subacute ischemic stroke, and may have a role in regenerative therapy following stroke, according to two studies presented …
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LOS ANGELES, CA– – PHI Group, Inc. announced today that Humex Medical Group, Inc. has signed an agreement with Tri Phuoc Co., Ltd, a Vietnamese company, to establish a stem cell center in Vietnam.According …
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