In the first study of its kind, stem cell researchers is on a clinical trial to find out the determine if injecting a patient’s own stem cells will help patients in heart failure.The yearlong, five-center study will look at safety and whether injecting “cardiac repair cells” improves heart function. It’s the first study in the country on treating both ischemic and non-ischemic heart failure, including the 40 percent for which no cause is known.

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In a new article, University of Edinburgh, researchers have discussed the advances in stem cell research and also the problems it is facing like the technical and ethical one. The researchers also discuss the issue of how to patent stem cell discoveries and to make them commercially viable.

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European regulators on Thursday ruled against allowing a patent on developing human embryonic stem cells, a decision that could stifle research by stem cell companies for commercial purposes. The problem for companies looking to profit from technology using stem cells is that without patent protection there is little incentive to pour money into research.

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Austin-based Viagen Inc. and Monash Institute of Melbourne, Australia decide to form a joint stem cell bank for horses. The performance-horse industry could be among the first to benefit from the harnessing of embryonic stem cells to repair tendon, ligament, cartilage and bone damage, the partners say, though they expect the work to have far wider applications.

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At an event hosted by the Scottish Stem Cell Network, researchers will discuss future and potential of stem cell research. The public meeting will take place in St Andrews next week.

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Stempeutics Research (M) Sdn Bhd announced to have launched the first of its kind stem cell research center in Malaysia. The center is a fully-owned subsidiary of the Manipal Education and Medical Group of India, which is located at Technology Park Malaysia.

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Human stem cells taken from skeletal muscles called myoendothelial cells is able to repair damaged heart muscles in mice. Now the researchers, from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh plans to begin clinical trials in humans next month.

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For the first time, stem cell presents a hope for the Pulmonary Hypertension. Dr. Leonel Fernandez Liriano, Professor of Medicine at Pontifical Catholic University School of Medicine (PCUSM), announced nine month follow up results for the first patient treated with engineered stem cells in a clinical study of primary pulmonary hypertension. Moreover, the stem cells were taken from the patient’s own blood.

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As Barack Obama has taken the charge of the US President’s office, expectations are high that he will work for stem cell research. As a step to this, his advisers suggest eliminating the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

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