Researcher’s at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge have discovered a cocktail of growth factors that expands the number of stem cells they can grow in the laboratory at least 10 times beyond what anyone has been able to do before. Their findings have been reported in Jan. 22 online issue of Nature Medicine.
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According to a study published in journal Thorax, high levels of antibodies to allergens in baby’s umbilical cord blood is more important in the development of childhood allergies and asthma than exposure to allergens.
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The Shanghai Umbilical Cord Blood Bank has completed its pilot period, successfully transfusing six leukemia patients and awaits a license from the Ministry of health.
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As reported before Dr. Hwang was able to successfully clone Snuppy, a fact confirmed by the findings of investigative panel at the Seoul National University.
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According to The Examiner, Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich will announce plans to include $20 million for stem cell research in the state’s upcoming budget.
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Royan Institute, a research and clinical centre in Iran, scientists successfully used human embryonic stem cells in a novel procedure to heal rats with spinal cord injuries.
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most prevalent inheritable muscle disease. It is caused by mutations in the ~2.5-megabase dystrophin (Dys)-encoding gene. New research indicates human mesenchymal stem cells can participate in myotube formation when cultured together with differentiating human myoblasts. It has also been demonstrated that human mesenchymal stem cells transduced with a tropism-modified high-capacity hybrid viral vector encoding full-length Dys can complement the genetic defect of Duchenne muscular dystrophy myotubes.
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A recent poll of 800 Kansas voters
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California’s leading research universities are spending tens of millions of dollars hiring scientists and building lab space for human embryonic stem cell research, even as money from the state’s massive bond measure remains tied up in court of law.
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