As published in the June 1 issue of Genes & Development, Dr. Leonard Zon (Children’s Hospital Boston) and colleagues have identified the cancer stem cell for rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common soft-tissue sarcoma of childhood.
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Madison Area Technical College students have become the first in the nation to get hands-on training with human embryonic stem cells.
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U.S. scientists have launched a project to develop stem cell lines that genetically match human patients.
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Hurdle to stem cell funds cleared, the California Supreme Court gave final clearance Wednesday to California’s landmark $3-billion stem cell research effort, declining to hear an appeal of two lower court rulings upholding the constitutionality of 2004’s Proposition 71.
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The stem cells in Joseph Kim’s umbilical cord blood were retrieved by doctors and infused into his then-five-year-old brother who was suffering from a rare bone marrow disease.
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Australia’s adult stem cell company, Mesoblast Limited has announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has cleared the Investigational New Drug Submission (IND) of its US-based sister company, Angioblast Systems Inc., to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial of its allogeneic, or ‘off-the-shelf’, adult stem cells for patients with heart attacks.
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Representatives of the University of Madras (India) and International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases, a unit of Frontier Lifeline hospital, signed an agreement on Monday.
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Australia’s adult stem cell company, Mesoblast Limited has announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has cleared the Investigational New Drug Submission (IND) of its US-based sister company,
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Surgeons are using stem cells to fix broken bones that won’t mend on their own.
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Historic legislation to allow therapeutic cloning for stem cell production could spark a flood of medical research in Victoria, says Health Minister Bronwyn Pike.
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