Archive for March, 2008

31st Mar 2008

Uterine Stem Cells Create New Neurons That Can Curb Parkinson’s Disease (Science Daily)

The injection of uterine stem cells trigger growth of new brain cells in mice with Parkinson’s disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report.

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31st Mar 2008

International Stem Cell Corporation Announces Manufacturing and Supply Agreement With ATCC (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—-International Stem Cell Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement with ATCC to manufacture living primary cells and cell culture products for worldwide distribution by ATCC into the biological research market.

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31st Mar 2008

Uterine stem cells create new neurons that can curb Parkinson’s disease (EurekAlert!)

The injection of uterine stem cells trigger growth of new brain cells in mice with Parkinson’s disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in an abstract presented at the 2008 Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) Annual Scientific Meeting held March 26-29 in San Diego, California.

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31st Mar 2008

Stem Cells From Hair Follicles May Help ‘Grow’ New Blood Vessels (Medical News Today)

For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients’ heads, according to new research published earlier this month by University at Buffalo engineers.

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31st Mar 2008

Support for: EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is one of many medical groups that believe the use of human embryonic stem cells in biomedical research may have enormous potential to benefit people.

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31st Mar 2008

New online stem cell patent database (News-Medical-Net)

StemCellPatents.com, an organization dedicated to the advancement of stem cell commercialization, has announced the launch of its newly re-designed free database covering US issued patents dealing with stem cells.

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31st Mar 2008

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Slow Down Alzheimer’s Progression in Mice (The Christian Post)

Scientists have found that targeted immune suppression using stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood may reduce the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in the March issue of Stem Cells and …

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31st Mar 2008

Stem Cells From Hair Follicles May Help ‘Grow’ New Blood Vessels (Science Daily)

For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients’ heads, according to new research. Researchers have shown that stem cells from human hair follicles differentiate into contractile smooth muscle cells.

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30th Mar 2008

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Slow Down Alzheimer’s Progression in Mice (The Christian Post)

Scientists have found that targeted immune suppression using stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood may reduce the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in the March issue of Stem Cells and …

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30th Mar 2008

Stem Cells From Hair Follicles May Help ‘Grow’ New Blood Vessels (Science Daily)

For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients’ heads, according to new research. Researchers have shown that stem cells from human hair follicles differentiate into contractile smooth muscle cells.

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