StemCyte, Inc., a privately-held stem cell therapy and cord blood company, with highly accredited processing and storage facilities in both the U.S. and Taiwan, recently released its 500th cord blood stem cell shipment for transplant.
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The Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM) is readu to include sales of mouse embryonic stem cell clones from the world’s largest collection of C57BL/6 and 129SvEv mouse lines. These mouse stem cell clones will be made available to scientists on a case by case basis.
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Australian mother Sonya Smith from Brisbane who was paralysed in a car accident claims she is ‘walking’ after receiving stem cell treatment in India.
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Stem cells taken from the muscles of female mice are better at regenerating tissue than those taken from male mice, a new study finds.
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In addition to loud noise, certain cancer drugs or genetic factors can cause hearing loss in humans due to loss or faulty development of the sensory ‘microphones’ (hair cells) inside the ear – the cochlea.
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A committee of MPs affirmed yesterday,that to ban hybrid embryos are unacceptable and potentially harmful for UK Science and Technology.
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Breaking with White House policy, Dr. Elias Zerhouni the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has thrown his support behind efforts to expand US government subsidies for embryonic stem-cell research.
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There are almost half-million frozen embryos stored in fertility clinic freezers across the country. Most couples attempting to have children through in-vitro fertilization keep their unused frozen embryos indefinitely.
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