Regeneration Next: Toward Heart Stem Cell Therapeutics
Cell Stem Cell, Review “Stem cell biology holds great promise for a new era of cell-based therapy, sparking considerable interest among scientists, clinicians, and their patients. ...
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The first UK human-pig hybrid embryos given go ahead
The Daily Telegraph (London) The first license to create human-pig embryos has been issued to a team studying heart disease. Read more »
What Condition Could Stem Cells Help First?
Newsweek “The answer almost doesn’t matter, because stem-cell research has become the latest casualty of a plague sweeping biomedical science: advances in the lab aren’t reaching...
FDA green lights stem cell clinical trial for Lou Gehrig’s disease
“The Rockville, Maryland based company Neuralstem has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permission to test its spinal cord stem cells in twelve patients with...
Wisconsin, Morgridge scientists excise vector, exotic genes from induced stem cells
University of Wisconsin, Press Release “A team of scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports that it has created induced...
Oncogenic potential in prostate cells
Nature, Editor’s Summary “A rare luminal stem cell population, termed CARN cells, has been identified in the mouse prostate.”Read More » See related article: “A luminal...
Stem Cell Awareness Day
Governor David A. Paterson proclaimed September 23, 2009, as Stem Cell Awareness Day in New York State.
Elaine Fuchs receives National Medal of Science
NYSCF congratulates Dr. Fuchs of Rockefeller University and the NYSCF Medical Advisory Board for her achievement.
Elaine Fuchs receives National Medal of Science
The Rockefeller University, Newswire”Elaine Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor and head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University, has been named...
Familial dysautonomia: iPS cell disease model
Nature, Editor’s Summary “Familial dysautonomia is a rare but fatal peripheral neuropathy caused by a mutation in the gene IKBKAP that encodes a protein involved in...
To thwart disease, apply now
Nature Translational medicine is a key addition to the biomedical research enterprise. Policymakers and the research leaders now must build the infrastructure to take discoveries from...
NYSCF Mourns the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy
The New York Stem Cell Foundation joins the Nation in mourning the loss of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the leading stem cell supporter for human embryonic...
NYSCF Fellows Publish Research in Nature
NYSCF applauds NYSCF-Druckenmiller fellows Gabsang Lee and Christopher Fasano for their work, recently published in Nature, demonstrating that a rare but devastating neurological disease can be...
Japan relaxes human stem-cell rules
Nature, News “A long-sought loosening of Japan’s stem cell research came into effect on 21 August. But some say the new rules are too little, too...
The Challenge of Regulating Rapidly Changing Science: Stem Cell Legislation in Canada
Cell Stem Cell “We describe how recent advances in stem cell research may be interpreted by various regulatory regimes and use Canada as a model to...
Switching On The Power Of Stem Cells
Science Daily “Scientists have uncovered a vital link in the chain of events that gives stem cells their remarkable properties. Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre...
Rejecting ‘Big Science’ Tag, Collins Sets Five Themes for NIH
Science, News of the Week “The Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) laid out his priorities this week, spending his 1st day on...
Common consent
Nature “The distribution of human cell lines used in research should not be hindered by restrictions from donors.” Read More »
Screening Could Lead to More Potent Cancer Drugs
The New York Times “Researchers have discovered a way to identify drugs that can specifically attack and kill cancer stem cells, a finding that could lead...
Scientists discover bladder cancer stem cell
Stanford University News “Researchers at Stanford's School of Medicine have identified the first human bladder cancer stem cell and revealed how it works to escape the...
Mice made from induced stem cells
Nature News “Two teams of Chinese researchers have created live mice from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, answering a lingering question about the developmental potential of...
Discovery of Genetic Toggle Switch Moves Science Closer to Possible Diabetes Cure
“Scientists have identified a master regulator gene for early embryonic development of the pancreas and other organs, putting researchers closer to coaxing stem cells into pancreatic...
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Repair Heart, Mayo Clinic Study Shows
Mayo Clinic News “ROCHESTER, Minn. “Ó In a proof-of-concept study, Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be used to treat...
Italians sue over stem cells
Nature News “Three scientists are appealing against the Italian government’s decision to exclude human embryonic stem cells from a recent call for proposals to fund stem-cell...
Researchers Generally Happy With Final Stem Cell Rules
Science “Scientists expressed satisfaction this week with the final guidelines on research with human embryonic stem (ES) cells issued on Monday by the National Institutes of...