STEM CELL scientists from Monash University have modified a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line to glow red when the stem cells become red blood cells.
24/08/2009
StemCells has received approval by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the first 13 human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines for use in NIH-funded research under the NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research adopted in July 2009.
07/12/2009
The Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC) will be training young researchers for the first time in the techniques of growing and using human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in research.
05/05/2010
FLUIDIGM has announced it will provide a status update on its ground-breaking Stem Cell Chip at the World Stem Cell Summit in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, due to take place 21 to 23 September 2009.
28/08/2009
US researchers have devised a process to reprogramme mature cells into a stem-cell-like state that can be accelerated.
09/11/2009
US researchers have been able to turn human embryonic stem cells into the types of cells that make eggs and sperm. Published in Nature*, the article claimed that this finding in early human development may lead to new understanding of inherited diseases and transform treatments for infertility.
30/10/2009
The United Kingdom (UK) Intellectual Property Office has granted StemCells patent number GB2451523 with broad claims covering true (germline competent) rat stem cells and genetically engineered rats derived from these cells.
24/03/2010
The Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC) in Melbourne, has announced funding for six projects ranging from Alzheimer’s to stem cell manufacturing and bioinformatics under its Strategic Development Fund.
13/11/2009
Melbourne researchers have received AUD$1.5 million to investigate whether breast stem cells or their descendents are directly linked to breast cancer, in the hope of leading to new treatments for the disease.
07/12/2009
RESEARCHERS at the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Tongji University have gained new insight into how adult cells can be induced to act like embryonic stem cells (ESC) with the ability to form any type of tissue known as "pluripotency."
11/03/2009
SCIENTISTS working in the United States and Brazil have released new research data announcing a breakthrough in the treatment of type one diabetes.
15/04/2009
THE SCLERODERMA Foundation says scleroderma is an autoimmune disease which leads to thickening and severe scarring of skin as well as thickening and failure of internal organs affecting approximately 300,000 Americans.
13/03/2009
THE NATIONAL Cancer Institute in America has reported a new drug combination tested in mice which may target the cells responsible for driving some pancreatic tumours.
29/04/2009
Purified human neural stem cells (HuCNS-SC) are being trialled to see if they can help treat neurodegenerative disorders that primarily afflict children.
24/11/2009
ARUNA Biomedical has announced it will make its cell-EZ brand hMC human mesenchymal progenitor cells commercially available to the research community in mid 2009.
31/03/2009
RESEARCHERS at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have identified a protocol to rapidly differentiate human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from neutral progenitor cells, ideal for transplant.
15/04/2009
SIGMA-Aldrich has announced an agreement with Glycosan BioSystems for the sale of HyStem a fully customizable synthetic extracellular matrix (ECM) for stem cell research.
18/08/2009
RESEARCHERS from DaVinci Biosciences, in collaboration with Hospital Luis Vernaza in Ecuador, have determined that injecting a patient's own bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMCs) directly into the spinal column using multiple routes can be an effective treatment for spinal cord injury, returning some quality of life for patients without serious adverse events.
17/03/2009
THE LIFE Technologies Foundation, a non-profit arm of Life Technologies has awarded approximately $1.7 million in new grants which include the creation of an online biology textbook, and building a museum exhibit about the human cell.
02/10/2009
RESEARCHERS using the Applied Biosystem developed SOLiD System have identified comprehensive profiles of gene activity from single cells, representing the first use of any next-generation genomic analysis platform for a hypothesis-neutral, genome-wide survey of expressed genes in individual cells.
14/04/2009