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Stem Cell Research

23 hours ago ago from PharmacyEscrow.com Official Blog

$230 Million in Grants Awarded to Stem Cell Research Besides being controversial I’ll admit, I don’t know a lot about stem cell research. So when I heard that $230 million worth of grants to further this type of research were recently awarded, I decided it was time to learn more about stem cells and the controversy surrounding them. After only a little bit of digging, I had a pretty clear understanding of both sides of the issue. Stem ...

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Stem Cells for Heart Attack Survivors

4 hours ago ago from Natural Standard Blog

New evidence suggests that adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue that has been damaged by a heart attack. In the phase I study, researchers collected adult mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow of healthy donors. Then the drug manufacturer Osiris Therapeutics purified the stem cells into a formula (Prochymal™) that could be injected into patients. Unlike many other biological therapies, the donor mesenchymal stem cells do ...

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Infusion of bone marrow cells may reduce second heart attack risk | The Info Sage News Updates

19 hours ago ago from Latest India, Asia, World News, Breaking, Sports, Lifestyles, Science & Tech, Health, Entertainment and Business News

Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): In a new study, researchers found that cells from heart attack survivors' own bone marrow reduced the risk of death or another heart attack when infused into the affected artery after successful stent placement. Benefits found early in the trial could last for at least two years, researchers said. More research is needed, but this gives us a hint of what might be possible with this new treatment prevention ...

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Gene Therapy And Stem Cells Save Limb

16 hours ago ago from Health Care Tips Health Skin Care Facts Health Fitness Tips

Blood vessel blockage, a common condition in old age or diabetes, leads to low blood flow and results in low oxygen, which can kill cells and tissues. Such blockages can require amputation resulting in loss of limbs. Now, using mice as their model, researchers at Johns Hopkins have developed therapies that increase blood flow, improve [...] Related posts: Controversial Cancer Stem Cells Offer New Direction For Treatment In a review in ...

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Regenerative Therapies For Heart Tissue Being Developed

2 hours ago ago from Technology & Electronics News, Gadgets, Computers, Cell Phones, Hardware, Internet, Science

New regenerative therapies are currently being developed by the bioengineers at the University of California in San Diego. This can greatly influence “the way in which regenerative therapies for cardiovascular and other diseases are treated in the future.” At the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), new research was presented regarding the use of adult stem cells to regenerate heart tissue in environments that ...

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Embryos power U-M stem cell research | detnews.com | The Detroit News

23 hours ago ago from Detroit News

Archive: Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Today Last Updated: December 09. 2009 11:02AM Embryos power U-M stem cell research University begins accepting donations, gets FDA OK for first Lou Gehrig's disease study Kim Kozlowski / The Detroit ...

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Stem cell researchers watching legislative moves

15 hours ago ago from Good News Now

DETROIT -A leading University of Michigan researcher said Tuesday the school now can accept private donations of unused human embryos for creating new stem cell lines. On Wednesday, Dr. Eva Feldman and other researchers will be watching the progress of proposed legislation they fear could hamper their efforts to create those lines and find cures for many diseases. More than a year after Michigan voters approved a ballot proposal that loosened ...

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Promising treatment for adults with sickle cell

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IIR Group Plc Announces Launch of "Virtual Road Show" - New Platform for Global Corporate Access

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Independent International Investment Research Plc (IIR) announces today at the IR Magazine South-East Asia Conference 2009 in Singapore, the launch of the Research Oracle Virtual Roadshow – www.rovr.tv . Rovr.tv provides a fully immersive, live web-based platform that combines investment research from Irideus.org and other sources with live, high quality video webcasting from company managements with the benefit of PowerPoint, Excel, ...

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