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The Tissue Engineering Show
View video highlights from this planetarium show of how regenerative medicine can heal the body.
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Learn about hands-on tissue engineering experiments for middle and high school students.THE LATEST REGENERATIVE MEDICINE NEWS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
PTEI In the News
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative recently taught middle school students about regenerative medicine during National DNA Day program. Read more...
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative recently named a collaborator on Department of Defense science program--Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Read more...
Announcing the selected undergraduate students for the Summer Internship Program (SIP) at PTEI for the Summer of 2008! Announcing the selected undergraduate students for the Combat Casualty Care SIP in San Antonio (ISR) Program for the Summer of 2008! For more information, follow these links: Targeting middle school students, teachers, and the general public, PTEI was awarded 1.25 million NCRR Phase I and Phase II Science Education Partnership Award (Grant #R25RR023286) for the Carnegie Science Center Hands-On Exhibit with ASSET-driven curricula and teacher professional development entitled, "If a Starfish Can Grow a New Arm, Why Can't I?"
UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Summer and Internship Camps 2008
Summer Internship Program in Pittsburgh
Combat Casualty Care Summer Internship Program in San Antonio (ISR)
Extra information for Pennsylvania residentsAlso, the applications for the Middle School Summer Camp are now open!
Early bird registration ends May 15th.
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Joan Schanck on Regenerative Medicine Today
The blog Regenerative Medicine Today chats with Joan Schanck, our Director of Education and Workforce Development about the educational programs offered by PTEI.
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Senator Arlen Specter Supports Regenerative Medicine
PTEI Executive Director, Dr. Alan Russell welcomed U.S. Senator Arlen Specter to PTEI on Tuesday, October 9th. As part of his visit Senator Specter toured the lab of Dr. Stephen Badylak a regenerative medicine scientist working from the McGowan Institute.
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Thirty-seven College Students Participate in Regenerative Medicine Summer Research Program
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Marks 11th Year of Summer Internship Program (SIP)!
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National Center for Research Resources Awards PTEI $1.25 Million to Develop Carnegie Science Center Interactive, Tissue Engineering Exhibit
Middle School Summer Camp 2007
PTEI receives National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Award
In recognition of PTEI’s expertise and success in exposing undergraduate students to the wonders and promise of tissue engineering research, the PTEI has been awarded a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), three-year grant from the NSF for implementation of a new REU site entitled, Multicultural Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Structural Tissue Engineering (#EEC-0648781).
Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions for FY07-08: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
PTEI invites applicants for its innovative, NIH-supported, Post-doctoral Fellowship Program in Tissue Engineering (TE). Successful postdoctoral fellow candidates pursue training in musculoskeletal TE, encompassing seven focus areas: artificial organs, bioimaging, biomaterials, bone and muscle, gene therapy, stem cell biology, and transplantation.
- May 9, 2008
- Refocusing Fat: Cosmetic Surgery’s Regenerative Medicine Approach
RegenerativeMedicine.net
- Refocusing Fat: Cosmetic Surgery’s Regenerative Medicine Approach
- May 8, 2008
- New study shows how genes control blood proteins important to health
EurekAlert! - Adult stem cells safe in gene therapy
United Press International - BIOTECH: Invitrogen signs stem cell patent deal
North County Times
- New study shows how genes control blood proteins important to health
- May 7, 2008
- Engineers 'bone' up on biological materials
PhysOrg.com - Worlds experts set their sights on unique wound-healing product
Mass Media Distribution Newswire - Researchers find neuroblastoma genes
Reuters - Cell Therapy Playing an Increasingly Important Role in The Practice of Medicine
Red Orbit - State stem cell agency awards $271 million in grants
SignOnSanDiego.com
- Engineers 'bone' up on biological materials
- May 6, 2008
- May 5, 2008
- May 4, 2008
- Bone and joint research
The Star
- Bone and joint research
- May 3, 2008
- High-tech vets: Stem cell treatments safer alternative to joint replacement
The Herald (Monterey County)
- High-tech vets: Stem cell treatments safer alternative to joint replacement
- May 1, 2008
- Foreign Clinics Lure Americans With Unproven Treatments
U.S. News & World Report - Stem cell firm to open in NJ after getting $589K in grants
NewsDay.com
- Foreign Clinics Lure Americans With Unproven Treatments
- April 30, 2008
- April 29, 2008
- Synthetic lung could further asthma research
LabTechnologist.com - Genes Linked to Osteoporosis Identified
U.S. News & World Report
- Synthetic lung could further asthma research
- April 28, 2008
- Scottsdale biotech firm helps create spray-on bandage
EV Living - UCSD Enters Stem-Cell Research Partnership
The Guardian (of the University of California, San Diego)
- Scottsdale biotech firm helps create spray-on bandage
- April 25, 2008
- April 24, 2008
- Bioartificial kidney improves survival of patients with acute renal failure
University of Michigan Health System Press Release - Stem Cell Type Supposed To Be Crucial For Angiogenesis And Cancer Growth Does Not Exist?
Science Daily
- Bioartificial kidney improves survival of patients with acute renal failure
- April 23, 2008
- Inflammation triggers cell fusion that may protect neurons
Stanford School of Medicine Medical Center Report
- Inflammation triggers cell fusion that may protect neurons
- April 21, 2008
- Scripps Research Team Reexamines MicroRNA Profile
San Diego Business Journal
- Scripps Research Team Reexamines MicroRNA Profile
- April 17, 2008
- New technique isolates blood-forming stem cells
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter - Lawmakers set up group for stem cell research
Daily Yomiuri Online
- New technique isolates blood-forming stem cells
- April 14, 2008
- New use of stem cells to heal lame horses may lead to human applications
The Canadian Press - Molecule prompts blood stem cells to help repair heart damage in animal model
UT Southwestern Medical Center
- New use of stem cells to heal lame horses may lead to human applications
- April 11, 2008
- German Lawmakers Vote to Widen Access to Stem Cells (Update3)
Bloomberg - Embryonic stem cells could help to overcome immune rejection problems
UK National Stem Cell Network Press Release
- German Lawmakers Vote to Widen Access to Stem Cells (Update3)
- April 10, 2008
- Cardiff stem cell expertise showcases at national conference
Cardiff News Centre
- Cardiff stem cell expertise showcases at national conference
- April 9, 2008
- Selling Stem Cells - BioTime's Michael West wants to standardize and commercialize stem cells for scientists.
Technology Review - Powered by MIT - International Stem Cell Corporation Announces Collaboration with the University of Cambridge to Study Parthenogenetic Stem Cells
Business Wire - Nagasaki University Awarded Clinical Research Grant to Study Cell-Enhanced Reconstruction in HIV Therapy-Induced Facial Atrophy Using Celution® 800 System
Business Wire - Cancer Stem Cells Created in Lab
Health Day - Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Reveals Earliest Step in Human Development
Johns Hopkins Medicine Media Relations and Public Affairs
- Selling Stem Cells - BioTime's Michael West wants to standardize and commercialize stem cells for scientists.
- April 8, 2008
- Gerson Lehrman Group Extends Partnership With BIO to Provide Scientific Expertise for the First Annual BIO National Venture Conference
Earth Times. org - ALSO NOTED: New stem cell research center opens;Clinical trials exclude key demographics; Clinton promises $300M for breast can
Fierce Bio Researcher - Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine: $3.9 Million for Diabetes Research
UPenn
- Gerson Lehrman Group Extends Partnership With BIO to Provide Scientific Expertise for the First Annual BIO National Venture Conference
- April 2, 2008
- Mini Stem-Cell Labs - Researchers have grown stem cells in tiny, protective sacs.
Technology Review - Published by MIT
- Mini Stem-Cell Labs - Researchers have grown stem cells in tiny, protective sacs.
- April 1, 2008
- Embryology research is controversial...
Times Online - Stem cell research centre at Stanley
The Hindu - Uterine Stem Cells Create New Neurons That Can Curb Parkinson's Disease
Science Daily - Grand opening stem cell bank, Cryoviva (Thailand)
PR Minds - Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Chairman, Peter D. Kiernan, to Provide Keynote Address at 2008 World Stem Cell Summit
Business Wire - Challenges and promise of cell-based therapies
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reports 2007 Financial Results and Provides Company Highlights
Powered by Technorati
- Embryology research is controversial...
- March 31, 2008
- Experts in Stem Cell Research Debate
All Media Scotland - Adult stem cell bill advances at the Capitol
9 News.Com - Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Announces Year End 2007 Financial Results
Marketwire.com - Experts in Stem Cell Research Debate
All Media Scotland - Program will focus on stem cell research
Quad-City Times
- Experts in Stem Cell Research Debate
- March 30, 2008
- New online stem cell patent database
News-Medical.net - Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Slow Down Alzheimer's Progression in Mice
The Christian Post
- New online stem cell patent database
- March 29, 2008
- March 27, 2008
- Tech company to be featured on CBS show
Winstom-Salem Journal
- Tech company to be featured on CBS show
- March 25, 2008
- Stem Cell Therapy International Signs Definitive Agreement With Histostem, Ltd. of Korea
PR-USA.Net - Stem cell stalemate: Minnesota authors say U.S. falling behind other nations
MinnPost.com - Identifying the Genes that Put the "Stem" in Cell
Health News Digest - Lawmakers approve restrictions on stem cell research
Beatrice Daily Sun - WaferGen Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement for SmartSlide Micro-Incubation System in United Kingdom and France
PharmaLive
- Stem Cell Therapy International Signs Definitive Agreement With Histostem, Ltd. of Korea
- March 24, 2008
- New DNA kit makes donating stem cells a breeze
CTV.ca - Search For A Kidney Stem Cell
eMaxHealth - International Stem Cell Research & Therapeutics
PR Log - Stem Cells for Parkinson's Disease: Breakthrough or Hype?
Wired Blog - Stem Cell Implant to the Brain Helps Improve Parkinson's Symptoms: Presented at SIR
Doctor's Guide Channels - Are dual cord blood banks the answer to increasing stem cell demand?
News-Medical.Net - Medistem Enters Into Collaborative Agreement With TriCell
Money CNN - Scientists Uncover Protein Involved in Maintaining ES Cell Pluripotency
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
- New DNA kit makes donating stem cells a breeze
- March 23, 2008
- March 21, 2008
- March 20, 2008
- Medical Research Award Goes to Adult Stem Cell Scientists at a Kansas Not-for-Profit Organization
Fox Business - Cross-disciplinary academy founded
The Engineer - Medistem's Endometrial Regenerative Cell Discovery Publication Receives BioMed Central's Article of the Year Award
CNN Money - Scientists urge stem cell reality check
Inside Bay Area
- Medical Research Award Goes to Adult Stem Cell Scientists at a Kansas Not-for-Profit Organization
- March 18, 2008
- R&D costs multiply losses for cell regeneration firm
BusinessWeekly.co.uk - Intercytex Group plc: Positive clinical data continues to be generated across product portfolio
Trading Markets.com
- R&D costs multiply losses for cell regeneration firm
- March 17, 2008
- Organogenesis Names Regenerative Medicine Expert Dr. Damien Bates Vice President, Medical Affairs
The Earth Times - Rendell Administration Announces Health Research Grants From Tobacco Settlement Funds
The Earth Times - Project enables nerve cells on computer chip to heal, regrow damaged nerves
Laboratory Product News
- Organogenesis Names Regenerative Medicine Expert Dr. Damien Bates Vice President, Medical Affairs
- March 15, 2008
- March 13, 2008
- California stem cell agency raises execs' top pay levels 23%
Sacramento Bee - Cal, Stanford team up on stem cell research
San Jose Mercury News - UC Berkeley and Stanford University launch joint stem cell ...
UC Berkeley - Madison will host World Stem Cell Summit
Business Journal
- California stem cell agency raises execs' top pay levels 23%
- March 12, 2008
- Growing a heart valve
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Berkeley, Stanford to team up on stem cell research
Mercury News - ACT To Begin Stem Cell Trial
Worcester Business Journal - Hyderabad’s liver centre to focus on stem cell research
Tha Indian News - DNA building blocks five billionths of a metre across created
Telegraph - Madison will host World Stem Cell Summit
The Business Journal - UC Berkeley and Stanford University launch joint stem cell research
UC Berkeley News - ThermoGenesis Names Dr. Mahendra Rao to Board of Directors
CNN Money - Cal, Stanford team up on stem cell research
Mercury News - Blood stem cells originate in the placenta
United Press International - Wisconsin to host World Stem Cell Summit
Small Business Times - VistaGen Therapeutics Announces Broad Stem Cell R&D Alliance With Toronto’s University Health Network and The McEwen Centre For Regenerative Medicine
Business Wire - ThermoGenesis Appoints Mahendra Rao To Board
RTT News - Advanced Cell Technology and Catholic Healthcare West Sign Clinical Agreement
Business Wire - Same Process Discovered To Both Form Skeleton And Protect It For Life
Science Daily
- Growing a heart valve
- March 11, 2008
- Post Brain Injury: New Nerve Cells Originate From Neural Stem Cells
Science Daily - Stem Cell Transplant Changes NorCal Boy's Life
NBC 11 - Stem Cell Transplant May Improve Survival Among Elderly with Relapsed Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Cancer Consultants - BioTime Receives Funds From The Life Extension Foundation for Application in Regenerative Medicine and Aging
Earth Times
- Post Brain Injury: New Nerve Cells Originate From Neural Stem Cells
- March 9, 2008
- New Stem Cell Technique Improves Genetic Alteration
Science Daily
- New Stem Cell Technique Improves Genetic Alteration
- March 8, 2008
- The hard cell
Arabian Business
- The hard cell
- March 6, 2008
- Biological Implants Report Analyzes The Market For Biological Implant Procedures
Business Wire - Doctors looks to biologics to repair joints
Reuters - Sea cucumbers to help fix brains
Telegraph.co.uk - Gift launches fund to support stem cell research at University of Michigan
PR-USA.net - Insulin-secreting cells produced by stem cells
Tehran Times - Molecular Alliance That Sustains Embryonic Stem Cell State Identified
Science Daily - $25 Million May Be Given to UC Berkeley for Stem Cell Research
The Daily Californian - Researchers control growth rate of replacement blood vessels, tissues
University of Michigan
- Biological Implants Report Analyzes The Market For Biological Implant Procedures
- March 5, 2008
- Protein In Embryonic Stem Cells Control Malignant Tumor Cells
Science Daily - NeoStem Featured in WCBS-TV Health Watch Segment on Adult Stem Cells
PRNewswire - Brazil Court Puts Off Stem Cell Ruling
Associated Press - German Company Develops Groundbreaking Alternative to Stem Cell Therapy
India PR Wire - World-First Stem Cell Screening Facility To Target Brain Tumours, Australia
Medical News Today - The 21st Century Triple Play
Newswise - PrimeGen Biotech LLC and Unidym, Inc. Form Alliance to Optimize Development of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
The Earth Times - This Report Analyzes the Prevalent Stem Cell Technologies and the Therapeutic Areas in Which Stem Cells Find Applications
Business Wire - NeoStem's Denis Rodgerson, Ph.D. to Lecture on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at University of Nevada Las Vegas Campus
The Earth Times - Study shows blood stem cells originate, are nurtured in the placenta
UCLA - Edwards Lifesciences Announces First Human Implants of Next-Generation Transcatheter Heart Valve
The Earth Times
- Protein In Embryonic Stem Cells Control Malignant Tumor Cells
- March 4, 2008
- March 3, 2008
- New hope for Ajax 'bubble boy'
The Star - CellTraffix Implanted Device Captures Stem Cells From Blood Stream in Live Rats
Market Wire - International Stem Cell Corporation's Human Parthenogenetic Stem Cells To Be Used In Germany In The Development Of Treatments For Neural Disease
Medical News Today - Raven biotechnologies Announces Cancer Stem Cell Collaboration With Emory University Medical School
The Earth Times - Saving cord blood
NJ.com - California Governor Schwarzenegger Applauds $750 Million Investment in Stem Cell Infrastructure
All American Patriots - In Election Year, Stem Cell Question Grows Still Gnarlier
Discover Magazine - Embryonic Stem Cell Protein Inhibits Melanoma
U.S. News & World Report - Osteotech to Present at the Canaccord Adams' Small-Cap Orthopedics Conference in San Francisco
EarthTimes.Org
- New hope for Ajax 'bubble boy'
- March 2, 2008
- March 1, 2008
- Senate slashes stem-cell funds
Baltimore Sun - Government set to launch stem cell project at 4 institutions
Daily Yomiuri Online
- Senate slashes stem-cell funds
- February 29, 2008
- February 28, 2008
- February 27, 2008
- Market Report -- In Play (KOOL)
MSN Money
- Market Report -- In Play (KOOL)
- February 26, 2008
- Organogenesis Announces Acquisition of NanoMatrix
Nanotechnology.net - Stem cell forum attracts international field, shows state’s influence
Examiner.Com - Registration Opens For the Understanding Aging Conference
The Methusalah Foundation - Stem Cell Researcher Accepts Position At Institutes For Discovery
Channel 3
- Organogenesis Announces Acquisition of NanoMatrix
- February 25, 2008
- Stem cell pioneer James Thomson to steer regenerative medicine at MIR
University of Wiscounsin-Madison - Hadassah breaks chain of BRCA mutation
The Jerusalem Post - Human Embryonic Stem Cells Generate Insulin Producing Cells in Mice
About.com: Diabetes Blog - FSU College of Medicine researcher seeks to uncover new cancer therapies
EurekAlert! - Stem cell pioneer Thomson to direct regenerative medicine at Morgridge
Wisconsin Technology Network - Stem Cell-based Therapy May Be Able To Treat Muscular Dystrophy
Science Daily - Stem Cell Company t2cure Appoints Dr Rueck Head of Clinical Operations
Fox Business - Cord blood stem cells give life
Checkbiotech - New Method To Create An Artificial Heart May Hold Promise For Transplant Surgery
Science Daily - New Report Describes the Segment of the Cell Therapy Market Aimed Specifically at Cancer Therapy
Business Wire - Fatal brain cancer tamed by gene therapy
New Scientist - LB660 is good compromise on stem cells
McCook Daily Gazette
- Stem cell pioneer James Thomson to steer regenerative medicine at MIR
- February 24, 2008
- 'Fluorescent' cells give early warning for eye disease
The Hindu News - Gene At Intersection Of Stem Cells, Immunity
Science Daily - Scottish scientists in stem cell breakthrough
UK Trade & Investment - Notch Controls Bone Formation And Strength
Science Daily
- 'Fluorescent' cells give early warning for eye disease
- February 23, 2008
- Stem-cell breakthroughs for pets in pain
The Arizona Republic - ThermoGenesis recalling 7,000 Auto-Xpress units used in stem cell work
The Sacramento Bee - Students help solve CDC scenario
Daily American
- Stem-cell breakthroughs for pets in pain
- February 22, 2008
- Bill takes aim at CIRM governance, stem cell research payback
East Bay Business Times - Aastrom Biosciences Intends to Seek Shareholder Approval to Grant Board Authority to Amend Restated Articles of Incorporation
CNN Money - Tumor-killing Virus Selectively Targets Diseased Brain Cells
Science Daily - Stem cell firm receives Korean investment
Examiner.Com - Advanced Cell reports making liver cells from stem cells
East Bay Business Times
- Bill takes aim at CIRM governance, stem cell research payback
- February 21, 2008
- BodyLogicMD Opens Hormone Therapy Office in Indianapolis, IN
PRWeb - Advanced Cell Technology Demonstrates Efficient Generation of Functional Hepatocytes (Liver Cells) From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
The Earth Times - Hopkins Hospital selected to use artificial hearts
The Johns-Hopkins Newsletter - Novel genetic technique 'creates' stem cells
LabTechnologist.com - Genetic Pathway Critical To Disease, Aging Found
Science Daily - Gene therapy could 'train' immune system to destroy brain cancer cells
Cancer Research UK - ASA: Fat Stem Cells Repair Stroke Damage in Rats
MedPage Today
- BodyLogicMD Opens Hormone Therapy Office in Indianapolis, IN
- February 20, 2008
- Cord Blood Stem Cells And Cardiovascular Disease
Medical News Today - Osteotech Reports 2007 Full Year and Fourth Quarter Financial Results; Full Year Revenue of $104.3 Million Exceeds $100 Million Milestone; Diluted Earnings Per Share Was $.15 in 2007
The Earth Times - £1.4m for stem cell research to mend bones
MLW - Northland Foundation’s business loan program benefits two area businesses with financing
Business North - Cell-Enhanced Breast Reconstruction Study Shows Sustained Improvement at 12-Months
Cytori Therapeutics - Phase I and Phase I/II DCVax(R)-Brain Data Continues to Show Significantly Improved Survival Rates for Brain Cancer Patients
Northwest Biotherapeutics - Stem Cell Jabs Reverse Damage After Strokes, Doctors Claim
The Guardian - Novocell Reports Successful Use of Stem Cells to Generate Insulin in Mice
PharmaLive - Stem cell hope for bone fractures
Tehran Times
- Cord Blood Stem Cells And Cardiovascular Disease
- February 19, 2008
- Gene Therapy Trial for Aggressive Brain Cancer
Telegraph - New Bone Created In Minimally Invasive Procedure
Science Daily - Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy; University of California, Irvine Stem Cell Scientist; and California Stem Cell Announce Collaboration for Safety Studies for Stem Cell Therapy in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy News Release
- Gene Therapy Trial for Aggressive Brain Cancer
- February 18, 2008
- Stem Cell Therapy Trials To Mend Shattered Bones Coming Soon
Science Daily - University of Michigan gets stem cell study fund
MLive.com (blog) - High Percentage Of Blood Disorder Patients Were Cured Or Achieved Remission When Treated With Stem Cells From Their Own Cord Blood Or A Sibling's
Medical News Today - Emory Begins Testing New Alzheimer's Disease Vaccine
Emory University Press Release - Stem cell hope for bone fractures
BBC News - Cytori to Raise $12 Million in Deal With Japanese Hospital Supplier
San Diego Business Journal Online - New Acute Lung Injury Study Finds Benefits of Autologous Cell Transplantation Therapy
Newswise - Stem cells safely made into nerve tissues
Korea.Net
- Stem Cell Therapy Trials To Mend Shattered Bones Coming Soon
- February 17, 2008
- Stem-cell storage turns to menstrual source
Chicago Tribune - Stem cells 'speed up body repairs'
The Press Association - Researchers use embryonic stem cells to develop functioning immune system blood cells
News-Medical.Net - From Stem Cells To Organs: The Bioengineering Challenge
Science Daily - A&M-C scientist identifies stem cells splitting
North Texas e-News
- Stem-cell storage turns to menstrual source
- February 16, 2008
- February 15, 2008
- February 14, 2008
- Focus on stem cells
Therapeutics Daily - Mass. bill bolsters life sciences sector
CNN Money - Mitochondrial DNA mutations can cause degenerative heart and muscle disease
PhysOrg - Promising Technologies For Exploring Stem Cells
Business Wire
- Focus on stem cells
- February 13, 2008
- Stem Cells: In search of common ground
Nature - Adult stem cells: Still a sense of wonder
Temple Daily Telegram - Introgen's p53 Immunotherapy INGN 225 Begins Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial in Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer
Introgen Therapeutics Press Release
- Stem Cells: In search of common ground
- February 12, 2008
- February 11, 2008
- February 9, 2008
- February 8, 2008
- Aastrom Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results
Prime News Wire - Cytori to Raise $12 Million in Strategic Equity Agreement with Green Hospital Supply
Trading Markets.Com - State stem-cell institute's hiring called into question
Silicon Valley - Stem cell therapy unit inaugurated
newindpress.com - California stem cell institute gets 50 applications for cell line funding
San Francisco Business Times
- Aastrom Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results
- February 7, 2008
- Cord Blood Registry Reports a Significant Increase in Number of Children
Business Wire - Doctors Use Pig Organs To Regenerate Tissue
KDKA.com - A "Holy Grail" Of Healing
CBS Evening News
- Cord Blood Registry Reports a Significant Increase in Number of Children
- February 6, 2008
- Stem cells may help trial drugs
The Press Association - PharmaMedDevice Announces 2008 Conference Program
PharmaLive - CBS to air segment on Tengion Neo-Bladder product
Journal Now.com - Grow Your Own Replacement Parts
CBS Evening News - Thermogenesis Announces New Initiative to Address Veterinary Regenerative Medicine
CNN Money
- Stem cells may help trial drugs
- February 5, 2008
- February 4, 2008
- February 1, 2008
- January 30, 2008
- First Patients Treated in Cytori's Stem & Regenerative Cell Heart Attack Study
Trading Markets.com - Seminar: Hormonal Imbalance + Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
Business Wire - First Health Research Roundtable launched In Ireland
Waterford Today
- First Patients Treated in Cytori's Stem & Regenerative Cell Heart Attack Study
- January 28, 2008
- NYU gets $1.5m for stem cell research
Washington Square News - Engineers Use Blood's Hydrodynamics To Manipulate Stem, Cancer Cells
Science Daily
- NYU gets $1.5m for stem cell research
- January 26, 2008
- January 25, 2008
- Turning On Adult Stem Cells May Help Repair Bone
Science Daily - The helmet that could turn back the symptoms of Alzheimer's
The Daily Mail - Study explores autism link to immune system
The Kansas City Star - Imperatives for the Indian pharmaceutical industry in a changing world
Express Pharma - NeoStem Honored as a Leading Biotechnology Company in Southern Nevada at the Henderson Ninth Annual Economic Development Awards
CNN Money - Protein That Controls Hair Growth Also Keeps Stem Cells Slumbering
Science Daily
- Turning On Adult Stem Cells May Help Repair Bone
- January 24, 2008
- Baxter Achieves Record Sales and Earnings for Full-Year 2007
CNN Money - Teen takes on donor's immune system
ABC News - StemCells, Inc. Enters Research Collaboration with Casey Eye Institute
StemCells Press Release - Leukemia-causing Cells Found
Science Daily - Protein that Controls Hair Growth Also Keeps Stem Cells Slumbering
Rockefeller University Newswire - Blood's Hydrodynamics Used To Manipulate Stem, Cancer Cells
Medical News Today - Stem Cells Finally Found in Pancreas
Washington Post - GenVec Announces Manufacturing Agreement for TNFerade(TM)
GenVec Press Release
- Baxter Achieves Record Sales and Earnings for Full-Year 2007
- January 23, 2008
- Cloning's The Key To Stem-Cell Revolution
Courant.com - Surgeons attempt to repair hearts with stem cell injections
The Guardian - 6 New Lupus Genes Found
WebMD - Alnylam Reports Positive Phase II Data for ALN-RSV01, an RNAi Therapeutic for the Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals News & Events - Celprogen Launches Cancer Stem Cells
PharmLive - Dr. Charles A. Sims of California Cryobank's Family Cord Blood Services Named to National Stem Cell Advisory Council
PRNewswire - ImmuneRegen BioSciences Signs Material Transfer Agreement with Celgene Cellular Therapeutics
ImmuneRegen News
- Cloning's The Key To Stem-Cell Revolution
- January 22, 2008
- Now, a living cell printer to create 3-D structures
ThaIndian News - WisBusiness: Thomson says hopes of immediate stem cell therapies unrealistic
WisBusiness.Com - ProtoKinetix' AAGP More Than Doubles Stem Cell Recovery
Pharmalive - Treating Muscular Dystrophy with Stem Cells
Technology Review - Ministers will rethink Bill that could block stem-cell experiments
Times Online - ABMD: Receives FDA HDE Supplement Approval for AbioCor(R) Artificial Heart
Trading Markets - Biovest Secures Worldwide Exclusive License to Late-Stage Technology for Elimination of Transplant Rejection
Yahoo! Finance - MolMed Gets Regulatory Approval to Start a Phase III Trial in Italy of its TK Therapy for High Risk Acute Leukaemia
MolMed Press Release - Apthera Files a Phase III Special Protocol Assessment with FDA for NeuVax(TM) in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients
Apthera Press Release - Northwestern Memorial Transplant Program Initiates New Study: Stem Cells May Gradually Replace Antirejection Drugs For Kidney Transplant Patients
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Media Relations - The Application of Nanotechnology in Stem Cell Research
Nanotechnology Now
- Now, a living cell printer to create 3-D structures
- January 21, 2008
- UCI in Running for Stem-Cell Money
Orange County Business Journal - Key bone building pathway identified in mice
UCSF News Office - Researcher transplants stem cells to try to save patients' legs
EurekAlert! - Adult Stem Cell Application Effective in Treatment of Peripheric Vascular Disease
Basque Research - Gene Therapy's 'Side-Effect Free Pain Relief'
Telegraph
- UCI in Running for Stem-Cell Money
- January 20, 2008
- January 19, 2008
- Top stem cell scientist to do research at Buck Institute
Trading Markets.com
- Top stem cell scientist to do research at Buck Institute
- January 18, 2008
- 3rd-place finish boosts UCI among candidates for grants
Daily Pilot - Hybrid Human-Animal Embryo Research Approved In The UK
Science Daily - Scientists report cloning human embryonic stem cells
Lake Expo - Controlling Cell Behavior with Magnets
Technology Review
- 3rd-place finish boosts UCI among candidates for grants
- January 17, 2008
- California stem cell institute approves more grant money
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - Biotechnology Bus visits McKeesport Area High
McKeesport Daily News - California Scientists Vie for Fancy New Stem Cell Labs
Wired - Stem Cell Agency to Offer $41M in Awards
San Diego Business Journal
- California stem cell institute approves more grant money
- January 16, 2008
- January 15, 2008
- 57 applications for California stem cell institute funds
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
- 57 applications for California stem cell institute funds
- January 14, 2008
- Stem Cells Modified to Home in Where They're Needed
U.S. News & World Report - Blob NewHeart
Slate - Former NIH stem cell chief to run Buck Institute lab
East Bay Business Times - An Entrepreneur Who Believes in State’s Stem Cell Future
NJBiz - International Stem Cell Corporation to Provide Corneal Epithelial Cells Differentiated from Its Parthenogenetic Stem Cells for Use in Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) FDA Clinical Trials
Business Wire - Unclear if New Stem Cells Eligible for Federal Funding
Technology Review - Regenetech Signs cellXpansion(TM) License with Korea Stem Cell Bank
NDTVProfit.com
- Stem Cells Modified to Home in Where They're Needed
- January 13, 2008
- January 12, 2008
- Junk medicine: umbilical stem cells
Times Online
- Junk medicine: umbilical stem cells
- January 10, 2008
- China Parents to Sue Over "Tainted" Umbilical Blood
Yahoo! News - Lonza Offers New Immune Cell Type for Immunology Research
Forbes - Invitrogen Announces Acquisition of CellzDirect
Invitrogen - Protein in Human Hair Shows Promise for Regenerating Nerves
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center - Advanced Cell Technology Announces Creation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Without the Destruction of Embryos
Advanced Cell Technology
- China Parents to Sue Over "Tainted" Umbilical Blood
- January 9, 2008
- Gene Therapy Gets Injured Mice Moving Again
MSNBC - A Dog's Stem Cell Life
ABC News - California co. inks stem cell deal
Business Week - BioTime Licenses Human Embryonic Stem Cell Technology from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Fox Business - IPS cells available to researchers
Daily Yomiuri Online - Japan Researcher Pushing For Stem Cell Bank
DB Techno - NC Biotechnology Center Funds Center of Innovation in Medical Technologies
Carolina Newswire - New project to bridge gaps between sides of knowledge triangle
Cordis - $20 Million to Fund Stanford's Stem Cell Research
Health News Digest - New Insight Into Factors That Drive Muscle-building Stem Cells
Science Daily
- Gene Therapy Gets Injured Mice Moving Again
- January 8, 2008
- MP's 'life-saving' cord blood bid
BBC News - Emergent Health Corp. Begins Trading Under Symbol EMGN
Reuters - Stem Cell Technique Wins U.S. Funding, Fuels Debate (Update2)
Bloomberg - NYU Medical Center Awarded $1 Million Stem Cell Grant from New York State
NYU Medical Center - Advanced Cell Technology Awarded Grant from the NIH
Reuters - Southeast Baptist Joins Network of Hospitals Collecting Umbilical Cord Blood
San Antonio Business Journal - Fluorescent Chinese Pig Passes on Trait to Offspring
AFP - Women Donate Eggs for Cheaper IVF
BBC News - New York Gives $14.5M for Stem Cell Research
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Pluristem Announces Second Clinical Indication Revascularization Effect After PLX-PAD Therapy
Reuters - CryoLife, Trophic Solutions Sign Licensing Deal
Atlanta Business Chronicle
- MP's 'life-saving' cord blood bid
- January 7, 2008
- Researchers Use Magnetism to Target Cells to Animal Arteries
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - BioTime CEO Dr. Michael D. West to Lecture on Regenerative Medicine and Age Related Degenerative Disease
Fox Business - LifeCell Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2007 Revenues and Provides 2008 Financial...
Reuters - Cytori to Present at the Stanford Group Company 13th Annual Healthcare Conference...
Reuters - China's biotech industry: An Asian dragon is growing
EurekAlert! - BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics and Rutgers University Join Forces to Identify a Cure for Spinal Cord Injuries via Stem Cell Research
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics - The University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Carnegie Institution of Washington Grant Key RNAi Rights to Oxford Biomedica
EurekAlert! - Sangamo BioSciences Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ZFP Therapeutic in Stem Cell Mobilization
Sangamo - Osiris Therapeutics Regains Worldwide Rights to Cardiovascular Indications for Prochymal(TM)
Osiris
- Researchers Use Magnetism to Target Cells to Animal Arteries
- January 6, 2008
- Industry and academia team up
Sign On San Diego
- Industry and academia team up
- January 5, 2008
- Science city
GlobeAndMail.com - China Offers Unproven Medical Treatments
Yahoo! News
- Science city
- January 4, 2008
- Tengion to launch neo-bladder trial
The Business Journal - Spinning ideas for to save your back
GlobeAndMail.com
- Tengion to launch neo-bladder trial
- January 3, 2008
- January 2, 2008
- Bishops: Limit stem cell research
Telegram.com - East of England Stem Cell Network created
Processing Talk
- Bishops: Limit stem cell research
- January 1, 2008
- India stem cell treatment a go for locals
Aspen Daily News
- India stem cell treatment a go for locals
- December 31, 2007
- December 30, 2007
- Stem cell transplant on 70-yr old!
Times Of India
- Stem cell transplant on 70-yr old!
- December 29, 2007
- December 28, 2007
- Conflict hounds institute
San Francisco Business Times
- Conflict hounds institute
- December 27, 2007
- Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007
Wired - Cardiac stem cell therapy closer to reality
EurekAlert! - The tug of war over stem cell research
Napa Valley Register - Answers from Dr. Stanton Gerson about cancer stem-cell research
Cleveland.com - The Plain Dealer - Stanford provides additional planning funds for stem cell researchers
Media Newswire - Lab-grown organs an unfulfilled dream
Times Leader
- Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007
- December 26, 2007
- Symposium looks to gain ground in iPS research
Daily Yomiuri Online - Artificial blood vessels 'closer'
BBC News
- Symposium looks to gain ground in iPS research
- December 24, 2007
- December 23, 2007
- Diabetics rush for 'cure'
The Sydney Morning Herald - A Genetic Switch Plays Crucial Role In Muscle Stem Cells
eMaxHealth - Research: Boost for stem cell research
nstonline
- Diabetics rush for 'cure'
- December 20, 2007
- New Test for Cancer Cells in Blood
Technology Review - Athersys and Angiotech announce authorization of Phase I intramyocardial stem cell U.S. clinical trial in acute myocardial infarction
GlobeInvestor - Scientists Cure Fragile X in Mice
Technology Review - Vested interests shouldn't decide who gets grants at stem cell institute
Fresno Bee
- New Test for Cancer Cells in Blood
- December 19, 2007
- December 18, 2007
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Biochip Mimics the Body To Reveal Toxicity of Industrial Compounds; Chip could eliminate animal testing in chemicals, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals industries
Calibre - Region’s life sciences sector given help to cash in on $70 billion stem cell industry
Cambridge Network
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Biochip Mimics the Body To Reveal Toxicity of Industrial Compounds; Chip could eliminate animal testing in chemicals, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals industries
- December 17, 2007
- Kyoto Univ. to be base for iPS cell study
Daily Yomiuri Online - Software grant could speed medicinal regeneration technologies
Indiana University - Cell therapy research to receive £10m boost
Medical Laboratory World
- Kyoto Univ. to be base for iPS cell study
- December 16, 2007
- Homo erectus extinctus
Times Online - Stem Cells Show Power To Predict Disease, Drug Toxicity
Science Daily - High-Dose Chemotherapy Is No More Needed – Study
Top News - China Biotech Week in Review: Safety Regulation Improves
Seeking Alpha
- Homo erectus extinctus
- December 15, 2007
- Stem Cells Used to Fix Breast Defects
Associated Press - Adipose-Derived Stem & Regenerative Cells Improve Fat Graft Retention in Preclinical Study
Welt Online - The Long Road to Beta Cells
Science News - $262 million to fund stem-cell studies
Mercury News
- Stem Cells Used to Fix Breast Defects
- December 14, 2007
- BioTime, Inc. Announces the Formation of Embryome Sciences, Inc. for the Development and Commercialization of Stem Cell Technology
Medical News Today - Umbilical Cord Blood Bill Goes to the Governor
The Star-Ledger - Muscular Dystrophy: Reprogrammed Human Adult Stem Cells Rescue Diseased Muscle In Mice
Science Daily
- BioTime, Inc. Announces the Formation of Embryome Sciences, Inc. for the Development and Commercialization of Stem Cell Technology
- December 13, 2007
- Mechanism by which Signaling Pathways Regulate Growth and Differentiation of Adult Muscle Stem Cells Revealed
Genomics Proteomics - Researchers Find Great Granddaddy of All Blood Cells
U.S. News & World Report - Integra LifeSciences Launches Flowable Wound Matrix
CNN Moneu - Scientists Overcome Major Obstacles To Stem Cell Heart Repair
Science Daily - Transplanted Bone Marrow Cells Aid Nerve Regeneration
Forbes - MicroIslet Holds Positive Pre-IND Meeting for US Based Human Clinical Trial With FDA
MicroIslet Inc - Face-Transplant Patient 'Satisfied'
Washington Post - Oxford BioMedica Initiates Phase I/II Trial of ProSavin(R) Gene-Based Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
Oxford Medical - Neurologix Gene Therapy Approach to Parkinson's Disease Granted Fast Track Designation From FDA
Neurologix
- Mechanism by which Signaling Pathways Regulate Growth and Differentiation of Adult Muscle Stem Cells Revealed
- December 12, 2007
- Competition for Stem Cell Research Funding Surges
Baltimore Business Journal - Stanford Scientists Awarded $10.7 Million in Latest State Stem Cell Grants
Business Wire - Ireland Cancer Center Researchers Advance Stem Cell Gene Therapy
University Hospitals - South Korean Officials Visit Cell Bank
Forbes - PET and Bioluminescent Imaging Aid Evaluation of Stem Cells' Potential for New Ways to Treat Disease
Innovation Report - BioTime forms new stem cell unit
East Bay Business Times
- Competition for Stem Cell Research Funding Surges
- December 11, 2007
- December 10, 2007
- AVAX Technologies Announces Successful Completion of Phase I/II Study of MVax(R) in Patients with Stage 3 and 4 Melanoma
Business Wire - Organogenesis to expand into China market
Boston Business Journal - The birth and death of dopamine neurons: A new model for neurodegeneration
EurekAlert! - Osiris Therapeutics Reports Positive Results for Prochymal(TM) as a Rescue Agent in Pediatric Patients with End-Stage Graft vs. Host Disease
Osiris - Umbilical Cord Blood Can Help Metabolic Disorders
Reuters - Stem cell developments may aid local project to repair nerve cells in paralyzed patients
The Plain Dealer - Invitrogen Exclusively Licenses Novel Click Chemistry-Based Cell Proliferation Assays from Harvard University
Invitrogen - Genitope Corporation Presents New Data On Its Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies To Potentially Treat B-Cell Malignancies
Business Wire - Revealing The Mechanism For Regulation Of Growth And Differentiation Of Adult Muscle Stem Cells
Medical News Today
- AVAX Technologies Announces Successful Completion of Phase I/II Study of MVax(R) in Patients with Stage 3 and 4 Melanoma
- December 9, 2007
- December 8, 2007
- December 7, 2007
- Stem cells reverse sickle cell anemia in mice
Los Angeles Times - University launches program for stem cell research
Daily Pennsylvanian - PET And Bioluminescent Imaging Aid Evaluation Of Stem Cells' Potential For New Ways To Treat Disease
Science Daily - Osiris Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Status for Prochymal(TM) as First-Line Treatment for Acute Graft versus Host Disease
Osiris
- Stem cells reverse sickle cell anemia in mice
- December 6, 2007
- December 1, 2007
- Lifeline launches stem cell research unit
Chennai Online
- Lifeline launches stem cell research unit
- November 30, 2007
- Six U.S. institutions cooperate in stem cell research
China View - Stem-cell research pot sweetened
Denver Post - Live & Learn: Rob McEwen
Canadian Business Online - Categories Selected for the 2009 (25th) Japan Prize
Earth Times.Org
- Six U.S. institutions cooperate in stem cell research
- November 29, 2007
- November 28, 2007
- November 27, 2007
- Deer may lend a hand
NZHerald.co.nz - Regeneration in Liver and Pancreas: Time to Cut the Umbilical Cord?
Science AAAS
- Deer may lend a hand
- November 26, 2007
- MEDIA ADVISORY: First Adult Stem Cell Collection to Mark Medical History in Nevada as NeoStem's Newest Collection Center Member Opens Doors on Wednesday, November 28
CNN Money - Wired Science Issues Stem-Cell Challenge to Fred Thompson
WIRED Science (Blog) - President Bush Takes Credit for Stem Cell Breakthrough
WIRED Science (Blog) - Stem cells grow new immune systems in mice
EarthTimes.org - Cancer Patient in Remission Three Years after Stem Cell Implant of Immune Response
Senior Journal - The Capital Fund Backs Stem Cell Innovators, UK - Plasticell Secures £690,000 Including First Institutional Investment
Medical News Today - Pluristem's Reverse Stock Split Effective Today
Newsticker - MIT: 'Micro' Livers Could Aid Drug Screening
Photonics Online - Bio-advancements Expected to Drive Burn Care Market Growth Up $700 Million
EarthTimes.org
- MEDIA ADVISORY: First Adult Stem Cell Collection to Mark Medical History in Nevada as NeoStem's Newest Collection Center Member Opens Doors on Wednesday, November 28
- November 25, 2007
- November 23, 2007
- November 22, 2007
- State stem cell board member asked to quit over apparent conflict
SFGate.com - Man Who Helped Start Stem Cell War May End It
The New York Times - Exclusive stem cell centre launched
The Hindu
- State stem cell board member asked to quit over apparent conflict
- November 21, 2007
- Stem cell transplant can grow new immune system in certain mice, Stanford researchers find
Stanford School of Medicine - St. Jude Finds Molecule that Could Improve Cancer Vaccines and Therapy for Other Diseases
St. Jude's Children's Hospital
- Stem cell transplant can grow new immune system in certain mice, Stanford researchers find
- November 20, 2007
- Neuralstem Obtains UCSD Stem Cell Delivery System for Use in Spinal Cord Trials
CNN Money - Gene Therapy Treats Parkinson's
BBC News - Drug Firms Cool to Stem Cell Findings
Newsday - Covalon Achieves Important Milestone in Its Cell-Based Gene Therapy for Treating Congestive Heart Failure and Tissue Regeneration
Covalon Technologies Ltd.
- Neuralstem Obtains UCSD Stem Cell Delivery System for Use in Spinal Cord Trials
- November 19, 2007
- 'Fingerprints' help find genes involved in differentiation
Innovations Report - Stem cell therapy shows promise, problems
News Times.Com - STEM CELL SCIENCES APPOINTS ALASTAIR RIDDELL AS CEO
Stem Cell Sciences - Dolly Designer: Cloning for Stem Cells Is so 1997
Wired Science (Blog) - My Top Four Emerging Micro-Cap Biotech Stocks
Seeking Alpha (Blog) - Partnership formed to develop bone marrow stem cell technology
University of Louisville - State stem cell chief's ex-colleague cited in research scandal
SFGate.com - Gene therapy safety trial for childhood blindness under way
University of Florida News - Fighting bone marrow cells that turn on donees
Los Angeles Times
- 'Fingerprints' help find genes involved in differentiation
- November 18, 2007
- 'Micro' Livers Could Aid Screening For New Drugs
Science Daily - Immune system can drive cancers into dormant state
Washington University St. Louis
- 'Micro' Livers Could Aid Screening For New Drugs
- November 17, 2007
- November 16, 2007
- Biobanks 'now feasible' in developing countries
SciDevNet - First Adult Stem Cell Collection to Mark Medical History in Nevada as NeoStem's Newest Collection Center Member Opens Doors on Wednesday, November 28
CNNMoney.com - Johnson & Johnson subsidiary licenses Argos technology
Triangle Business Journal - Menstruation May Yield Adult Stem Cells
CBS News - Stephen Farrell of Organogenesis Addresses Life Sciences Leaders at 5th Annual Commercial Translation for Regenerative Medicine in London
EarthTimes.Org - Cells Discarded From Womb Lining During A Woman's Period Are New Type Of Stem Cell
Science Daily
- Biobanks 'now feasible' in developing countries
- November 15, 2007
- Athersys IND for MultiStem Authorized for Phase I Clinical Trial in Bone Marrow Transplant Support
Athersys Inc. - Medistem Announces Discovery of Novel Stem Cell Population in Menstrual Blood: Endometrial Regenerative Cells (ERC)
CNNMoney.com - Imaging Stem Cell Division Helps Identify Cancer Treatment Targets
DukeHealth.Org - Stem-cell advances may evolve from apes
Chron.Com
- Athersys IND for MultiStem Authorized for Phase I Clinical Trial in Bone Marrow Transplant Support
- November 14, 2007
- OHSU Scientists First To Successfully Create Primate Embryonic Stem Cells
Oregon Health & Science University - N.J. panel delays vote on two stem cell labs
NJ.Com - Cell Transplants May Improve Severe Urinary Incontinence
Science Daily - Creating indestructible insulin-producing cells
Garvan Institute - Scientists produce cancer vaccine from tumour cells
Independent - Regenetech Initiates Preclinical Studies at Johns Hopkins University with Expan
- OHSU Scientists First To Successfully Create Primate Embryonic Stem Cells



