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Stem Cell Sciences inks master service pact with Pfizer
Published November 21, 2008, 10:49 pm, PharmaBiz
Stem Cell Sciences plc, (SCS) a company focused on the commercialisation of stem cells and stem cell technologies, has signed a master service agreement of up to five years with Pfizer Limited, the UK operating unit of the global research-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, SCS will provide research services, cell lines, media and reagents to support ...
Groups turn to young people to boost organ donors
Published November 21, 2008, 6:49 pm, The Globe and Mail
Transplant officials seek to increase pool of younger donors: ‘We should be talking about organ donation early; there shouldn't be a big mystery about it'
Scientists develop unlimited pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells
Published November 21, 2008, 1:33 pm, News-Medical-Net
These pure insulin-producing cells, which according to electron microscopy studies, have the same sub-cellular structures as the insulin-producing cells naturally found in the pancreas, were highly effective in treating diabetes in the mouse model.
Canadian Blood Services Helps Deaf Donors Give Blood
Published November 21, 2008, 7:08 am, Medical News Today
Canadian Blood Services is launching a new initiative that will make it easier for donors who are Deaf, deafened or hard of hearing to give blood. Until now, these potential donors were only able to donate if they could communicate directly with the screening nurse in written English or French.
Toronto leading the way in stem cell research
Published November 21, 2008, 1:38 am, Toronto Star
One year after researchers discovered a major alternative to embryonic stem cells, the remarkable bit of modern-day alchemy is still shaking the scientific world.
S’pore stem cell researchers score breakthrough for diabetes treatment
Published November 20, 2008, 8:42 pm, Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News
SINGAPORE: Pure insulin—producing cells, similar to those found in the human pancreas, have been developed in the lab by a team of Singapore researchers working with mouse embryonic stem cells.
New method allows stem cells to be imaged in heart
Published November 20, 2008, 8:17 pm, Johns Hopkins News-Letter
The promise of stem cell therapies is growing ever closer to becoming realized in the medical setting. In a recent study, a team from the Hopkins School of Medicine used imaging technology to watch adult cardiac stem cells as they colonized the injured heart of a rat.
Pure Insulin-producing Cells Produced In Mice
Published November 20, 2008, 3:28 pm, Science Daily
Researchers have developed an unlimited number of pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells. The cells, which have the same sub-cellular structures as the insulin-producing cells naturally found in the pancreas, were highly effective in treating diabetes in the mouse model.
Researchers identify best time for stem cell collection for Parkinson's therapy
Published November 20, 2008, 3:17 pm, News-Medical-Net
Researchers have identified a stage during dopamine neuron differentiation that may be an ideal time to collect human embryonic stem cells for transplantation to treat Parkinson's disease, according to data presented at Neuroscience 2008, the 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Sweet success for new stem cell ID trick
Published November 20, 2008, 1:02 pm, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomaterial scientists in Manchester believe they have found a new way of isolating the ‘ingredients` needed for potential stem cell treatments for nerve damage and heart disease.
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