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Former CIRM Presidents Joins StemCells Inc.’s Board (SF Gate)
(Newark, NJ) StemCells Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Alan Trounson who is the former president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
Pevonia Launches New Stem Cell Skincare Line (Digital Journal)
(Daytona Beach, FL) A new skincare products using stem cells from two plant sources.
Pluripotent Stem Cells From Somatic Genetic Material Called Superior (RDMag)
(La Jolla, CA) Pluripotent stem cells created by injecting genetic material from a skin cell into an empty egg cell.
Scientists Withdraw Report on STAP Method of Simple iPSCs (AP)
(New York, NY) Scientists in the United States and Japan withdrawal report on the STAP method of inducing pluripotent stem cells (IPS).
BioRestorative Therapies Appoints Joseph B. Swiader (WSJ)
(Jupiter, FL) BioRestorative Therapeutics Inc. announced the appointment of Joseph B Swiader to its Board of Directors.
Cell Cycle Called Critical in Stem Cell Differentiation (PNAS)
(Boston, MA) Harvard Medical School researchers demonstrate that manipulating the cell cycle in early embryonic stem cell development affects differentiation of the cells.
New Method for Producing Pure Organ Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells (Cell)
(Singapore) A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore has developed a new method for directing the development of embryonic stem cells into very pure populations of liver cells or pancreas cells.
Biologists Create New Model For How Stem Cells Specialize (SciGuru)
(Houston, TX) Rice University scientist develop a new theory to show how DNA in pluripotent stem cells is pushed into a particular direction by proteins the cells are exposed to as they begin to specialize.
Federal Court Dismisses Stem Cell Patent Challenge (Science Mag)
(Santa Monica, CA) US Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit brought against an 8-year-old patent creating human embryonic stem cells in vitro.