(San Diego, CA) Cytori therapeutics halted trials of stem cell therapy for heart failure after 3 patients developed blood flow problems....
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Cytori Halts Stem Cell Study Due to Adverse Events (Business Week)
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Japanese Stem-Cell Scientist Yoshiki Sasai Commits Suicide (WSJ)
(Tokyo, Japan) Japanese stem cell scientist commits suicide after presenting a flawed stem cell study resulting in retraction of his publications....
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International Stem Cell Corp Launches Stroke Program With Tulane (CNN)
(Carlsbad, CA) International Stem Cell Corporation launched a new stroke program in collaboration with Tulane University to examine neural stem cell transplantation in a preclinical rodent model....
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Implanted Induced Neuron Stem Cells (iNSC) Become Part of the Brain (WWWEN)
(Luxemberg City, Luxemberg) Scientists have grafted neurons reprogrammed from skin cells into the brains of mice and have demonstrated long-term stability....
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Quiescent HSCs Shown to Accumulate DNA Damage
(Boston, Mass.) – Researchers led by Isabel Beerman of the Departmentof Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard have demonstrated that quiescent hematopoietic stem cells accumulate DNA damage over time....
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Chinese Scientists Test MSCs for Neural Inflammatory Modulation
(Guangzhou, China) – Scientists at the Neurosurgery Institute of the Southern Medical University have demonstrated that mesenchymal stem cells can modulate the inflammatory and immunes responses of neural tissue. Microglia...
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Pigs’ Bladder Helps Patients’ Stem Cells Grow Missing Muscles (Voa News)
(Pittsburgh, PA) Porcine bladder tissue used to help a human patient regrow muscle that he lost following an injury....
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Unexpected Stem Cell Factories Found Inside Teeth (Science Magazine)
(Stockholm, Sweden) Teeth contain stem cells that stimulate the production of neurons and glia which are part of the nervous system. ...
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Cynata Therapeutics Inks Contract for Stem Cell Studies with WuXi AppTec (Proactive Investors)
(St. Paul, MN) Australia-based Cynata Therapeutics signed an agreement with Wuxi AppTech to conduct pre-clinical safety studies with a new stem cell technology....
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Duke University Announces $40 Grant to Test Stem Cells for Autism
(Durham, NC) — A team at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, is set to launch a $40 million clinical trial to explore stem cells from umbilical cord blood as...
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