News for Researchers
Boston Medical Center Receives Grant to Build Free Lab to Research With Stem Cells (Daily Free Press)
(Boston, MA) A $2.7 million grant given to the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Boston University for a stem cell repository open to researchers across the country for free.
Scientists Receive BBSRC Funding To Study How Neural Stem Cells Differ From Each Other (News Medical)
(Swindon, England) Funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate how neural stem cells differentiate.
Embryonic Stem Cells Restore Vision In Preliminary Human Test (WMRA)
(Los Angeles, CA) A research project using embryonic stem cells to cure blindness.
Study Hints At Stem Cell Cure For Parkinson’s (Yale Daily News)
(New Haven, CT) Adult uterine stem cells to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Marius Wernig Receives New York Stem Cell Foundation’s Robertson Stem Cell Prize (Eureka Alert)
(New York, NY) Marius Werning, PhD is the 2014 recipient of the New York stem cell foundation Robertson stem cell prize for extraordinary achievements in translational research by a young scientists.
Magnetic Nanoparticles Stimulate Stem Cells To Regenerate Better, Denser Bone (Street Insider)
(Stoke-On-Trent, UK) The possibility of a superior way to regrow bone tissue using magnetic nanoparticles coated with targeting proteins.
McGowan Institute Researchers Develop Biodegradable Scaffolding (Companies And Markets)
(Pittsburgh, PA) McGowan Institute researchers develop a biodegradable scaffold made of iron and manganese alloys for tissue reconstruction.
FDA Fast Tracks ALS Stem Cell Therapy (BioNews)
(Washington, DC) The United States food and drug administration FDA has granted fast-track status for a potential stem cell treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS.
One Signal Means Different Things To Stem Cells Versus Their Progeny (Rockefeller)
(New York, NY) How signaling creates differences in stem cell differentiation related to an important group of proteins.