StemCell Medicine

Foundation Medicine: Personalizing Cancer Drugs

It's personal now: Alexis Borisy (left) and Michael Pellini lead an effort to make DNA data available to help cancer patients. Credit: Christopher Harting Michael Pellini fires up his computer and opens a report on a patient with a tumor of the salivary gland. The patient had surgery, but the cancer recurred. Continue reading →

Posted in Genetic medicine | Tagged analysis, biology, business, cambridge, companies-, computer, dna, genetics, google, medical, spring, time | Comments Off

State bill looks to add labels to 'genetically engineered' food

Connecticut lawmakers will be looking at legislation requiring genetically engineered foods to be clearly labeled as such. The Environment Committee will review the bill during a public hearing this morning. Continue reading →

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Tagged federal, genetically-engineered, labeled-as-such, morning, other-states, produced-with, sold-without, with-genetic | Comments Off

Can consuming caffeine while breastfeeding harm your baby?

Public release date: 21-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Cathia Falvey cfalvey@liebertpub.com 914-740-2100 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, February 21, 2012?Babies are not able to metabolize or excrete caffeine very well, so a breastfeeding mother's consumption of caffeine may lead to caffeine accumulation and symptoms such as wakefulness and irritability, according to an interview with expert Ruth Lawrence, MD, published in Journal of Caffeine Research, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Continue reading →

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Tagged a-safe-level, biochemistry, caffeine, dentistry, huguenot-street, human, journal, liebert, medicine, medicine-after, phone, university, website-at-www | Comments Off

Cellerant Therapeutics Appoints Lowell E. Sears to Board of Directors

SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Cellerant Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel hematopoietic stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapies for blood disorders and cancer, announced that Lowell E. Sears joined its Board of Directors effective today. Mr. Continue reading →

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged biotechnology, career-at-amgen, chief-financial, directors, pacific-region-, president, san, sears-capital | Comments Off

New project could herald cheaper and more efficient biotechnology

Public release date: 21-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Tracey Jewitt press.office@bbsrc.ac.uk Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council A team of chemists from the Universities of Southampton and Oxford have been awarded over ?4 million to develop a new technique for 'clicking' DNA and RNA segments together. Continue reading →

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged biotechnology, country--, disease, government, institute, optoelectronics, professor, research-, science-, scientists, social, social-sciences, universities, work | Comments Off

BIO Applauds Strengthening of the USDA BioPreferred Program

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today applauded President Obama’s directive to expand and strengthen the USDA BioPreferred program. BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood said, “The USDA’s BioPreferred program provides important federal leadership that can expand consumer demand for renewable products made from biomass, such as agricultural residues and energy crops. Biobased products meet consumer demand for items that are affordable and healthier for the environment Continue reading →

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged biopreferred, bioprocessing, biotechnology, consumer-demand, environmental, industrial, industry, president, research-, united, united-states | Comments Off

BIO Plenary Speakers for the 2012 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

February 21, 2012 – BIO's 9th annual World Congress on Biotechnology and Bioprocessing will feature plenary program with 6 panel sessions. Continue reading →

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged agriculture, biotechnology, customer, development, innovation, manager, office, online, platforms, president, research-, space, united-states, world | Comments Off

Intnl. Biotechnology – Change to Chairmanship

INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST plc (“the Company”) Change of Chairman In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11R (3) &mp; (4) the Board of International Biotechnology Trust plc hereby announces that Mr Andrew Barker will be retiring as the Chairman of the Board and as a director of the Company on Friday, 13 April 2012. It further advises that Mr Alan Clifton, a director of the Company, will succeed him as Chairman of the Board immediately following Mr Barker's retirement Continue reading →

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged accordance-with, andrew-barker, chairman, change, clifton, february, further-advises, international, listing, paribas, rhona-gregg, services, trust, will-succeed | Comments Off

China medicdal tourism– Cirrhosis–Stem cells therapy 2.mp4 – Video

19-02-2012 22:06 Many of our patients travel to Guangzhou from all over the world for medical treatment and tourism. China medical tourism can help with becoming a patient, travel arrangements and language assistance. If you want to know more about our services, please browse the web:htttp://www.medicaltourism.hk/ or mail to us: giels-x@medicaltourism.hk firstcare-china@hotmail.com Adult stem cells provide real improvement for cirrhosis patients Breakthrough adult stem cell research has shown that stem cells are able to regenerate and repair damaged or destroyed liver cells. Continue reading →

Posted in Cell Therapy | Tagged a-medical-tourism, adult, asia-china, condition, following-stem, hospitalization, leading-medical, liver-function, repair-damaged, their-condition | Comments Off

Celling Biosciences Sponsors 7th Annual Stem Cell Summit

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Celling Biosciences announces a sponsorship of the 7th Annual Stem Cell Summit being held on February 21st at Bridgewaters New York in New York City Continue reading →

Posted in Cell Therapy | Tagged a-cell-therapy, biosciences, cell-therapy, celling, celling-biosciences, injury-or-aging, nfl, orthopedic, regenerative, registered, smith-division, tracy-gladden | Comments Off

VistaGen Therapeutics Engages MissionIR as Its Investor Relations Advisor

ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwire -02/21/12)- VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. Continue reading →

Posted in Cell Therapy | Tagged change-the-way, chief-executive, financial, human-clinical, investment, marketing, peripheral, stem-cell, vista | Comments Off

Pathfinder Presents Preliminary Data on New Regenerative Approach to Diabetes Treatment

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pathfinder Cell Therapy, Inc. (“Pathfinder,” or “the Company”) (OTCQB:PFND.PK – News), a biotechnology company focused on the treatment of diabetes and other diseases characterized by organ-specific cell damage, today presented preliminary data highlighting the potential of the Company's unique cell-based therapy for treating diabetes at the 7th Annual New York Stem Cell Summit. Continue reading →

Posted in Cell Therapy | Tagged a-severe-form, cells, effects, failure, mechanism, our-inability, patents, pathfinder, president, press | Comments Off

Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Heart Failure: Eduardo Marban – CIRM Spotlight on Disease – Video

21-12-2011 10:03 CIRM has funded a $5.5 million Disease Team to develop a follow on clinical trial that uses a patient’s own heart stem cells to regenerate scarred tissue damaged by a heart attack. Continue reading →

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Professor Alan Trounson – World focus on stem cell research – Video

19-01-2012 22:48 Professor Trounson’s presentation focuses on how stem cell research has the potential to yield groundbreaking new tools to understand and develop therapies for CP and related brain disorders. He also discusses the challenging nature of the research and its high risk to investigators which in many cases requires novel interdisciplinary collaborations and an increased focus on translations Continue reading →

Posted in Stem Cells | Tagged billion-stem, california, challenging, directed, increased-focus, potential, president, professor, research-, the-challenging | Comments Off

Stem cells – ISWA project – Video

14-02-2012 08:13 STEM CELLS The dance of life Recent developments in regenerative medicine and modern biology are going to have an enormous impact on our lives. Also the way itself we face the problem of sickness, aging and death changes as the hope (or the illusion?) grows that we always can fight and delay them. Continue reading →

Posted in Stem Cells | Tagged a-and-very, a-cornea-and, a-damaged-one, a-new-organ, a-new-tissue, culture, discovery, fundamental, illusion, japanese, opportunity, the-fundamental, university-team | Comments Off

Heart stem cells repair muscle damage – Video

14-02-2012 11:04 CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a new stem cell therapy that might heal damage after a heart attack. Continue reading →

Posted in Stem Cells | Tagged a-heart-attack, a-new-stem, cell-therapy, cnn, gupta, heal-damage, heart-attack, new-stem, sanjay-gupta | Comments Off

Stem cell therapy at VMC – Video

19-12-2011 14:50 Katie Sharify, 23, of Pleasanton, receives stem cells for a spinal cord injury. Continue reading →

Posted in Stem Cell Therapy | Tagged a-spinal-cord, cells-for, katie, katie-sharify, pleasanton, receives-stem, spinal-cord | Comments Off

Stem cell therapy makes dog happy again – Video

15-02-2012 18:52 Jake is one of the first dogs in the area to receive same day stem cell therapy. The new treatment gives animals better treatment in a shorter timeframe. Jake suffers from arthritis and this procedure will help ease the pain. Continue reading →

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Summer School on Regenerative Medicine – Athens, 6-12 Septem – Video

16-11-2011 16:18 Summer School on Regenerative Medicine – Athens, 6-12 September 2010 – created at animoto.com Continue reading →

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Regenerative medicine mujaddidon’s project.wmv – Video

01-01-2012 13:40 Continue reading →

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