Category Archives: Cell Medicine

NY medical schools chart progress with stem cells

Almost halfway through a $600 million state program supporting stem cell research, eight medical schools around New York are reporting progress on projects such as replicating liver cells and eradicating leukemia cells. Continue reading

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Islet Sciences Announces Exclusive License Agreement with Yale University to Commercialize an Early Beta Cell …

NEW YORK, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Islet Sciences, Inc., (ISLT.OB) a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for patients with diabetes, today announced that it has exclusively licensed technology from Yale University. “In the course of research conducted under Yale auspices, Dr. Kevan Herold and his colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine have developed a technology entitled ‘Circulating hypomethylated B cell-derived DNA’ as a biomarker of B cell destruction,” said John Steel, Chairman and CEO of Islet Sciences. Continue reading

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New type of cell with a key role in treatment-resistant asthma

ScienceDaily (May 7, 2012) For most people with asthma, a couple of puffs from an inhaler filled with steroids makes breathing easy. But if their lungs become resistant to the calming effect of that medicine, they live in fear of severe asthma attacks that could send them to the hospital — or worse. Now, new research from the University of Michigan Health System may help explain what’s going on in the lungs of these steroid-resistant individuals. Continue reading

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Advanced Cell Technology to Host Conference Call to Discuss 2012 First Quarter Results and Provide Corporate Update on …

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACT; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it will hold an earnings call on Wednesday, May 9th,at 9 a.m. EDT during which it will discuss 2012 first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2012 and provide a corporate update. Continue reading

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Aged hematopoietic stem cells rejuvenated to be functionally younger

Public release date: 3-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Nick Miller nicholas.miller@cchmc.org 513-803-6035 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center CINCINNATI Researchers have rejuvenated aged hematopoietic stem cells to be functionally younger, offering intriguing clues into how medicine might one day fend off some of the ailments of old age. Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Ulm University Medicine in Germany report their findings online May 3 in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The paper brings new perspective to what has been a life science controversy countering what used to be broad consensus that the aging of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) was locked in by nature and not reversible by therapeutic intervention Continue reading

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ACT Announces Massachusetts Eye and Ear as Additional Site for Clinical Trial for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration …

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACT; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that Massachusetts Eye and Ear (Mass. Eye and Ear) has received institutional review board (IRB) approval to be a site for the companys Phase I/II clinical trial for dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD), using human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells Continue reading

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Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Holds Clinical Outlooks for Regenerative Medicine Meeting in Partnership With …

WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire -05/03/12)- The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the international organization representing the interests of the regenerative medicine community, today announced it will hold a conference titled, Clinical Outlooks for Regenerative Medicine 2012, in partnership with Harvard Stem Cell Institute on June 19, 2012. The meeting, being held at The Starr Center, Schepens Eye Research Institute, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, will assemble a group of ~200 leading regenerative medicine executives, clinicians and investigators from major research establishments and companies to discuss how these technologies are transforming the practice of medicine Continue reading

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Fibrocell Science Technology Leads to Discovery of Two Rare Adult Stem Cell-Like Subpopulations in Human Skin

EXTON, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In collaboration with Fibrocell Science, Inc., (OTCBB:FCSC.OB), researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have identified two rare adult stem cell-like subpopulations in adult human skin, a discovery that may yield further ground-breaking research in the field of personalized medicine for a broad range of diseases. Continue reading

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Genetically Modified T Cell Therapy Shown to be Safe, Lasting in Decade-Long Penn Medicine Study of HIV Patients

PHILADELPHIA HIV patients treated with genetically modified T cells remain healthy up to 11 years after initial therapy, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in the new issue of Science Translational Medicine. Continue reading

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Bio-Matrix Subsidiary "First in Class" Approach to Stem Cell Medicine

SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire -05/03/12)- Regen BioPharma (Regen), Inc. a newly-formed subsidiary of Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. Continue reading

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