The Centre has agreed to provide Rs. 22 crores for the establishment of a first-of-its-kind advanced clinical research facility on stem cell technology and regenerative medicine in the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).
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According to researchers who have seen the original in vitro data, the results were stunning. If Amatokin works as advertised it will be the first product to harness the potential of your own stem cells to reduce serious wrinkles. Finally, a real, non-invasive breakthrough in skin care that doesn’t involve needles, injections, peels or a visit to the doctor’s office. Amatokin could really be “a miracle in a bottle.”
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Leading UK stem cell scientists, Azim Surani, and Anne McLaren, have given top marks to the Japanese discovery that adult cells can be reprogrammed to revert to an embryonic stem cell-like state.
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The state’s three largest science museums, including the Discovery Center in Springfield, are offering an identical exhibit discussing the science behind early stem cell research to help Missourians make informed decisions when they vote on a proposal to protect such research in the state.
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Scientists say they have created a stem cell line from a human embryo that had stopped developing naturally, and so was considered dead. Using such embryos might ease ethical concerns about creating such cells, they suggested.
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A phase I trial to test the safety of stem-cell transplants to treat Batten disease, a rare yet fatal neurodegenerative disorder, is about to get started at Oregon Health and amp; Science University’s (OHSU) Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
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Eliminating the need for costly insulin injections for diabetics, regenerating heart muscle after it fails, and improving resistance to disease by engineering immune cells top a list of 10 areas developing countries should focus their medical research on, say experts from the North and South.
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In the United States, presidential mandates and legal hurdles are major obstacles to funding and carrying out research involving hESCs. State governments–especially California’s–and a few private foundations are scrambling to fill the gap. Still, a new generation of stem-cell scientists is forced to contend with restrictions that go well beyond what other early-career scientists–and established stem-cell scientists–must face.
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A long overdue coalition designed to educate Michiganians on the merits of stem cell research kicked off its work this week — a welcome development on a topic that’s too often seen in black and white terms.
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India’s first stem cell transplant center opened Wednesday in Chennai, capital of south Indian state Tamil Nadu, Indo-Asian News Service reported.
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