Stem Cells Implicated in Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy at Stanford

http://seerpress.com/stem-cells-may-be-the-reason-for-dystrophy-in-dms/18022/

Lung implant is a breath of fresh air

http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2010/12/lung_implant_breath_fresh_air.asp

US$330m Stem Cell deal: Mesoblast

http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8178605&rf=true

New tool for TB: stem cells - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences

http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57855/

Future of Medicine: Growing New Organs - Newsweek

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/07/future-of-medicine-growing-new-organs.html

California Stem Cell Inc. Files IND To Commence Phase I Clinical Trial In Spinal Muscular Atrophy

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/210276.php

Myelin Damage Potentially Reversed Using Stem Cells - Hope For Multiple Sclerosis Patients

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/210377.php

Orthopaedic stem cell concentrator | In-depth | The Engineer

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/awards/orthopaedic-stem-cell-concentrator/1006320.article

UCLA scientists discover mechanism that turns healthy cells into prostate cancer cells

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/uoc--usd120110.php

Stem Cell Spray Heals Burns (early research)

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=13424065

Aging Ills Reversed in Mice - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703785704575642964209242180.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fxml%2Frss%2F3_7011+%28WSJ.com%3A+What%27s+News+US%29

Stem cell therapy: A future treatment for lower back pain?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101128194009.htm

Cool science: Helix Therapeutics

http://helixtherapeutics.com/technology_tfo.html

Stem cells from amniotic fluid: Reprogrammed amniotic fluid cells can generate all types of body cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101122093347.htm

HMS Press Release - Rare disease reveals new path for creating stem cells

http://hms.harvard.edu/public/news/2010/112110_olsen_medici/index.html

Stem-cell pioneer says clear law is needed | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/22/2010

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/weekly/20101122_Stem-cell_pioneer_says_clear_law_is_needed.html

Stem cells: Researchers look to FOP, make bone-forming cells - latimes.com

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-fop-stem-cells-20101121,0,1232622.story

Multiplying stem cells

http://thestar.com.my/health/story.asp?file=/2010/11/17/health/7420301&sec=health

Grow your own tissue to mend arthritic knees

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/grow-your-own-tissue-to-mend-arthritic-knees_100460934.html

peHUB: Verastem Secures $16 Million in Series A Financing for Novel Cancer Stem Cell Drugs

http://www.pehub.com/88493/verastem-secures-16-million-in-series-a-financing-for-novel-cancer-stem-cell-drugs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pehub%2Fnews%2Fall+%28PEHub+News%29

BBC News - Stem cells used in stroke trial

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11763681

Stem Cell Patch May Result in Improved Function Following Heart Attack - FiercePharma

http://www.fiercepharma.com/press_releases/stem-cell-patch-may-result-improved-function-following-heart-attack

Liver regeneration!

http://www.hhmi.org/news/rafii20101110.html

Cellular 'alchemy' transforms skin into blood : Nature News

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101107/full/news.2010.588.html

BBC News - Miniature livers 'grown in lab'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11654943

Researchers generate iPSCs to further treatments for lung disease

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-10/bumc-rgi102810.php

Skin Printer - Skin printer might just be the fountain of youth

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/11/skin_printer_might_just_be_the_fountain_of_youth.html

Researchers engineer miniature human livers in the lab

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-10/wfub-rem102710.php

Scope - medical blog - Stanford University School of Medicine

http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/archives/2010/10/largest-stem-cell-research-building.html

Texans for Stem Cell Research

http://www.txstemcell.org/

Regenerative Medicine Advances: Regrowing Fingertips : Healthymagination

http://www.healthymagination.com/blog/regenerative-medicine-advances-regrowing-fingertips/

UTSA, UT Health Science Center host San Antonio Stem Cell Conference

http://www.utsa.edu/today/2010/10/stemcellconf.html

Breakthrough Regenerative Therapy for Newborns with Metabolic Disorders in Qatar

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20101012121153

Firefly stem cells??

http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=0024004107a42ec8a012b4426d5b3007948&subject_id=0024004102975ad83011b2b83251c0a02

So intense... and crazy.

http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/213615180.html

Scope - medical blog - Stanford University School of Medicine

http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/archives/2010/10/happy-stem-cell.html

Sodium Plays Key Role in Tissue Regeneration

http://news.tufts.edu/releases/release.php?id=205

Stem cell breakthrough spurs a new Langer start-up - FierceBiotech Research

http://www.fiercebiotechresearch.com/story/stem-cell-breakthrough-spurs-new-langer-start/2010-10-04?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss

Harvard Method Turns Skin to Stem Cell Alternative With Less Cancer Risk - Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-30/harvard-method-turns-skin-to-stem-cell-alternative-with-less-cancer-risk.html

$500B market size estimate by 2020

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20101005/FREE/101009937#

Actually Using Stem Cells

http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Challenges-of-Actually-Using-Stem-Cell-Therapies-158911.shtml

 

Court Grants Permanent Stay in Stem Cell Challenge Case

http://www.bioworld.com/servlet/com.accumedia.web.Dispatcher?next=bioWorldHeadlines_article&forceid=55937

Stem cells used to reattach teeth with new technique

http://www.physorg.com/news204970534.html

Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle - BusinessWeek

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_40/b4197022579389.htm

Clever: Inhibiting cell signaling pathway may improve bone marrow transplant success rate

http://www.genengnews.com/industry-updates/inhibiting-cell-signaling-pathway-may-improve-bone-marrow-transplant-success-rate/95201432/

Politics and RegenMed

“[Irv Weissman] is working toward breakthroughs on multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, spinal cord injuries, strokes, breast cancer and a host of other diseases, and is worried by the retrogressive attitude about science and medicine among the new crop of Tea Partiers.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/opinion/26dowd.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

"...it's probably not a perfect product space for [pharma]... [RegenMed]... will be a finite revenue stream but it will be a significant benefit for the patient."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/8023566/Britains-stem-cell-pioneers-enter-the-valley-of-death-will-big-pharma-follow.html

England wants to play...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/ferguswalsh/2010/09/stem_cell_research_-_bridging_the_valley_of_death.html

HUGE: New Legislation Introduced to Form First U.S. National Strategy for Regenerative Medicine, With Commendation From the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Legislation-Introduced-Form-First-US-National-Strategy-Regenerative-Medicine-With-1323400.htm

CIRM's $5 billion stem cell question - San Francisco Business Times

http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2010/09/cirm_may_seek_up_to_5_billion_more_for_stem_cells.html

Drs. Robert Lanza and Kwang-Soo Kim Win Prestigious NIH Director's Award

 

 

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Drs. Robert Lanza and Kwang-Soo Kim Win Prestigious NIH Director's Award

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The NIH Award provides McLean Hospital and ACT's joint venture with CHA Biotech, Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine International (SCRMI), $1.9 million to ...
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Singapore's BAC recommends setting up a body to monitor stem cell research

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1082749/1/.html