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(Boston)-In the October 14th edition of Science Signaling researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine have shown that the development of ep...Heart derived stem cells develop into heart muscle
Dutch researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht and the Hubrecht Institute have succeeded in growing large numbers of stem cells from adult human hearts into new heart muscle cells. A breakthrough in stem cell research. Until now, it was necessary to use embryonic stem cells to make this ha...A functional immune system can be derived from embryonic stem cells, preliminary study finds
(WASHINGTON, February 12, 2008) A new study demonstrates for the first time that embryonic stem cells can be used to create functional immune system blood cells, a finding which is an important step in the utilization of embryonic stem cells as an alternative source of cells for bone marrow trans...Stem cells derived from adult testes produce wide range of tissue types
After a decade of research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have succeeded in reprogramming adult stem cells from the testes of male mice into functional blood vessels and contractile cardiac tissue. The research offers a promising new source of stem cells for use in organ regeneration ...Sedatives Derived From Chemicals Can Make Elderly Nervous
Chemical-based sedatives, which are used for calming the nervous, can act otherwise leading to nervousness among children and older people. // Substances like diphenhydramine, which can be purchased without a prescription, often create this paradox, says Ursula Sellerberg, spokeswoman for the...Muscle Derived Stem Cell Can Repair Damaged Cartilage
Researchers have now unraveled the potential of stem cells in the repair and treatment of damaged cartilage. It is now possible to harvest stem cells from muscle tissue // of injured rats and genetically engineer the same to induce expression of a therapeutic protein (bone morphogenetic protein 4, ...Tepha Announces First Human Usage of Medical Devices Derived from New Class of Resorbable Polymers
Tepha Corporate Partners, Aesculap and Tornier, Conduct Clinical Evaluations of TephaFLEX(R) Suture Products LEXINGTON, Mass., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Tepha, Inc., a developer of medical devices derived from a new class of polymers, announced today that two of its corporate p...A Functional Immune System Can Be Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells, Preliminary Study Finds
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study demonstrates for the first time that embryonic stem cells can be used to create functional immune system blood cells, a finding which is an important step in the utilization of embryonic stem cells as an alternative source of cells for...Opexa Advances Monocyte Derived Islet Technology to Proof of Principle in stz-induced NOD/SCID Mice
THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXA), a company involved in the development and commercialization of cell therapies, presented poster presentations at the 5th International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting (ISSCR) in Cairns, Queen...NewCardio Announces Master Services Agreement With Dedicated Phase I
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This release is available in French . Montreal, 13 June 2008 Researchers at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), McGill University and the University of British Columbia (UBC) determined that medical use of cannabinoids do not cause an increase in serious adverse events, but are ass...Human embryonic stem cell -- derived bone tissue closes massive skull injury
There are mice in Baltimore whose skulls were made whole again by bone tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Healing critical-size defects (defects that would not otherwise heal on their own) in intramembraneous bone, the flat bone type that forms the skull, is a vivid demonstr...Human derived stem cells can repair rat hearts damaged by heart attack
When human heart muscle cells derived from embryonic stem cells are implanted into a rat after a heart attack, they can help rebuild the animal's heart muscle and improve function of the organ, scientists report in the September issue of Nature Biotechnology. The researchers also developed a new p...New research demonstrates bone-marrow derived stem cells can reverse genetic kidney disease
The discovery that bone-marrow derived stem cells can regenerate damaged renal cells in an animal model of Alport syndrome provides a potential new strategy for managing this inherited kidney disease and offers the first example of how stem cells may be useful in repairing basement membrane matrix ...SuperLigands - a database of ligand structures derived from the Protein Data Bank
Scientists have isolated the first human embryonic stem cell lines specifically tailored to match the nuclear DNA of patients, both males and females of various ages, suffering from disease or spinal cord injury. The research is being released by the journal Science, which is published by AAAS, ...DuPont's first biologically derived polymer receives global recognition
DuPont's newest polymer innovation, the first DuPont polymer derived from a biological source, has been recognized by the China State Intellectual Property Office and China Central Television (CCTV) as "Most Visionary Innovation" at a recent award ceremony. Also, on Feb. 25, DuPontTM Sorona® w...ArunA Biomedical Announces Commercial Release of its Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Neural Cells
ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- ArunA Biomedical, Inc., announced today that it will make its hN2(TM) cells commercially available to the research community in early 2009. The cells, derived from NIH registered human embryonic cell lines, are offered as a normal, consistent population of neu...WiCell, California firm agree to distribute stem cell lines derived with new technique
Madison, Wis. - Maybe there is something to this new technique of deriving stem cells without destroying embryos after all. The Madison-based WiCell Research Institute , which houses the nation's only stem cell bank, has announced an agreement in principle with Advanced Cell Technology to j...Rabbit Anti-ATF4, phospho (Ser245) Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Abcam
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