Stem Cell Research News – Weekly Newsletter for January 24-31, 2011
China 'on verge of stem cell breakthrough'
NEW DELHI - China is on the verge of achieving a breakthrough in stem cell research, says a top scientist in the field.
Zhou Qi, chief scientist with the stem cell research project at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), said Chinese scientists are expecting a major scientific breakthrough to be made within the next decade, .... Source : China ‘on verge of stem cell breakthrough’.
Stem Cell Research News – Weekly Newsletter for January 17-24, 2011
Stem cells from patients could help test cardiac disease treatments
LONDON - Stem cells derived from a patient with an inherited heart disease could help test specific treatments for the disease, known as long QT syndrome, say scientists.
Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology turned the skin cells into a type of all-purpose stem cell called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs.
Prof. Lior Gepstein [..] Read the original article: here.
Stem Cell Research News – Weekly Newsletter for December 20-27, 2010
Male Baldness no more a Problem, Stem Cell has an Answer
NEW YORK (Gaeatimes.com) — Men no more have to suffer from baldness stigma as stem cells has an answer to cure baldness. German scientists claim to have grown the world’s first artificial hair follicles from stem cells.
This could led to a major stem cell breakthrough that could where stem cells can be used to .... Read the original article : Male Baldness no more a Problem, Stem Cell has an Answer.
Stem Cell Research News – Weekly Newsletter for December 13-20, 2010
ReNeuron Raised ??10 million in Stem Cell Therapies
LONDON (GaeaTimes.com) — ReNeuron, the leading stem cell therapies developer has raised 10 million in fresh funding.
The cash will finance the pre-clinical and clinical development costs of the main drug programmes, as well as general running costs, for the next two years. The cash will also be used to complete manufacturing optimisation and scale-up of ... Read more >>.
Stem Cell Research News – Weekly Newsletter for December 6-13, 2010
Stem Cells found Potential in Treating Multiple Sclerosis
KOLKLATA, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)Scientists now have discovered new ways to recruit stem cells to repair damaged nerve cells of patients affected by multiple sclerosis. This new discovery can give some ray of hope to 100,000 Britons suffering from multiple sclerosis which is so far an incurable disease.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is caused by damage to myelin, ... Read more >>.
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