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Dose of Reality: Beware of Clinics Touting Stem Cell Panaceas

19 hours ago ago from Magazine

Illustration: James Joyce Stem cells may be the key to a bright, shiny future of cure-all medicine. But we're not there yet. Biologists are still sorting out the basics of how to turn stem cells into regenerative therapies. Unfortunately, that hasn't stopped dozens of foreign clinics from offering stem cell treatments without much of a fight from regulators or the scientific community to any desperate patient who feels that mainstream ...

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The Cell Therapeutics Estimate Broken down

7 hours ago ago from GekkoWire

Ok, I have said in the past that I think Pixantrone has a 50/50 chance of approval, today I will outline where I derive that estimate from by breaking it down for the readers. In reality the drug should probably be approved because of the lack of treatments out there for the relapsed group, but it doesn't work that way. The FDA has to give the go ahead and getting approval from them is easier said than done. So here we go. The 50% For ...

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PFIZER BUYS INTO ADULT/REPAIR STEM CELL COMPANY ATHERSYS

17 hours ago ago from The Stem Cell Blog

PFIZER BUYS STEM CELL COMPANY ATHERSYS Acquires Stem-Cell Therapy Product MulitStem By ANDREW POLLACK Published: December 21, 2009 Pfizer said Sunday that it was buying the rights to a somewhat controversial cell therapy from Athersys, a biotechnology company — a sign of big pharmaceutical companies’ growing interest in (ADULT or REPAIR)  stem cells. Why is this [...]

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6 hours ago ago from DWS Pill Scribe

Lenalidomide (Revlimid) extends disease-free survival in multiple myeloma patients: StudyLenalidomide (Revlimid) has been demonstrated its ability to considerably prolong disease-free survival in multiple myeloma patients.Lenalidomide (Revlimid) is a derivative of thalidomide. Results of a large randomized clinical trial for patients with multiple myeloma administered the oral drug lenalidomide appeared to have a prolonged survival ...

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Wondering Of The Effects Of Cell Therapy? We Have A Complete List Of All The Major Side Effects Of Cell Therapy

1 day ago ago from Ultimate Online Diet

A lot has been said about the advantages of stem cell therapy but people fail to acknowledge the fact that it might have some side effects too. The side effects of stem cell therapy are same like those which you will have during chemotherapy. These effects of stem cell therapy are also bound to happen considering the large amount of strong drugs and therapy advised towards the treatment and administration of stem cell therapy. Depending on ...

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Pfizer Acquires a Stem-Cell Therapy

17 hours ago ago from The New York Times

Pfizer said Sunday that it was buying the rights to a somewhat controversial cell therapy from Athersys, a biotechnology company a sign of big pharmaceutical companies' growing interest in stem cells . Add to Portfolio Pfizer Inc Go to your Portfolio Pfizer will have the rights to develop Athersys's cells to treat inflammatory bowel disease , the companies are expected to announce on Monday. It will pay Athersys $6 ...

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Pfizer Branches Out with Stem Cell Therapy Investment

10 hours ago ago from DailyFinance

With each passing day, old-line drug company Pfizer ( PFE ), the name behind cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor and erectile-dysfunction treatment Viagra, is acting increasingly like a young biotech firm. The latest development? New York-based Pfizer is licensing a new stem cell therapy for inflammatory bowel disease biotech firm Athersys ( ATHX ), the Cleveland, Ohio-based company said. Continue reading Pfizer Branches Out with Stem Cell ...

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Panasonic starts production of more powerful lithium ion cells

21 hours ago ago from AutoblogGreen

Tesla Model S - Click above for high-res image gallery Last week, Panasonic launched production of new, more powerful lithium ion cells at a factory in Japan. The new cells are of the same 18650 format used for laptop batteries and the Tesla Roadster . The new cells have an output of 3.1 Ah at 3.6 volts and energy capacity of 11.2 Wh compared to the previous generation cell's 10.4 Wh. If these cells were used in the Roadster pack (which ...

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