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Cambridge Professor Wins Franklin Prize for Stem Cell Research
(Cambridge, UK) — Professor Ben Simons, College Supervisor in Physics at St. John’s College at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded the Franklin Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics. Professor Simons has used insights from statistical mechanics to describe the fate of stem cells during their self-renewal process. His studies showed various strategies of stem cell self-renewal that allow the stem cell to divide with precisely one half of their ‘offspring’ remaining in the stem cell compartment while the other half differentiates into a new cell type.
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).
Stem Cells Build Functioning Cornea (BBC)
(Boston, MA) Regenerative stem cells in human corneas capable of regenerating fully functional corneas.
Stem Cell Transplants Reported to Cure Sickle Cell Disease (NewsMax)
(Bethesda, MD) Stem cells administered to 30 patients with sickle cell disease.
Harvard Researchers Find Way to Improve Stem Cell Transplants (Harvard News)
(Boston, MA) Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation with blood vessel forming cells improves results.
Columbia University Grows Human Cartilage From Stem Cells (Wall Street Daily)
(New York, NY) Bone marrow stem cells bio-engineered to form cartilage.
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.
Stanford Researchers Generate Patient-Specific Heart Cells (Scope Blog)
(Stanford, CA) A new technique to generate patient specific heart muscle cells called cardio myocytes from stem cells.
Researchers Show Efficacy of Stem Cells for Brain Injuries (News Medical)
(Gainesville, FL) Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) topically transplanted on the brain migrate to the site of traumatic brain injury.