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Aastrom Announces Appointments of Dr. Ross Tubo as Chief Scientific Officer and Dr. David Recker as Chief Medical Officer (Aaastrom)

Posted in: News for Industry | April 1, 2014 at 1:18 pm , by stemcellreference

(Ann Arbor, MI) Aastrom BioSciences Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Ross Tubo as chief scientific Ofc. and Dr. David Recker as chief medical officer....

UC Davis Medical Center Produce Bladder Stem Cells

Posted in: News for Researchers | March 29, 2014 at 2:25 pm , by stemcellreference

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(Sacramento, CA)—For the first time, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) have been transformed into specialized bladder cells. A research team at the UC Davis Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative...

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Differentiate and Survive in Rhesus Brains

Posted in: News for Researchers | March 28, 2014 at 1:01 am , by stemcellreference

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(Madison, WI)—University of Wisconsin researchers report the differentiation of transplanted autologous iPSC-derived neural progenitor cells in rhesus monkeys. The induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) survived for six months after differentiating...

Sutures With Stems Cells Improve Tendon Healing (Sage Pub)

Posted in: News for Doctors | March 18, 2014 at 1:30 am , by stemcellreference

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(Baltimore, MD) In a rat model, stem cells significantly improve healing after tendon repair ...

Riken admits to bad handling of data in STAP research

Posted in: News for Researchers | March 14, 2014 at 9:57 am , by stemcellreference

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(Tokyo, Japan)–The laboratory that reported a breakthrough technique to transform mature cells into stem cells now admits to “inappropriate handling” of the data in the now contested research. The president...

Pulsing Cardiac Muscle Created From iPS Cells

Posted in: News for Researchers | February 4, 2014 at 2:22 pm , by stemcellreference

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(Washington, DC)—Researchers at George Washington University School of Medicine report the use of engineered cardiac tissue to treat Chronic Deep Venous Insufficiency with external pulsing ‘cuffs.’ The heart tissue cuffs,...

Mesoblast Announces Phase 2 Clinical Results For Lower Back Pain (Mesoblast)

Posted in: News for Industry | January 29, 2014 at 2:01 pm , by stemcellreference

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(New York, NY) Mesoblast Ltd announced positive results for their year-long phase 2 clinical trial of mesenchymal precursor cells for the treatment of patients with chronic lower back pain....