U.S. Revokes Stem Cell Patent
NY Times “The United States Patent and Trademark Office has made a preliminary decision to revoke fundamental patents on human embryonic stem cells that some scientists...
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Stem Cell Research: The Quest Resumes
Time, January 29, 2009 Read more »
Panel Discussion: Stem Cell Research Under Obama – The State of the Nation
On Tuesday, January 27th, Dr. Harold Varmus hosted a panel discussion on the future of stem cell research under the new Obama administration.
Do Parents of Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Need Ethical Protection?
Scientific American, January 28, 2009 Read more »
NYSCF Congratulates Geron: First Embryonic Stem-Cell Trial Gets Approval From the FDA
NYSCF applauds the FDA approval of Geron’s pioneering human embryonic stem cell clinical trial which Tom Okarma, Geron’s president and CEO, and Hans Kierstead, of the...
NYSCF Congratulates Geron: First Embryonic Stem-Cell Trial Gets Approval From the FDA
January 23, 2009View Press Release »
JDRF-funded researchers discover proteins regulating human beta cell replication
Bio-Medicine.org “NEW YORK, January 16, 2009 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine, funded by JDRF, have discovered that adult beta cells have...
Disease mimicked in culture
Nature, Editor’s Summary “The inherited disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), one of the most common neurological disorders causing death in childhood, is caused by mutations in...
Salary for CIRM head despite deficit
Nature “The board of California's state stem-cell agency has voted to pay its chairman a salary, even as the state plunges deeper into financial crisis.” Read...
US stem-cell research expands
Nature News “Nearly 11 years after Wisconsin-led researchers reported the first isolation of human embryonic stem cells, the field became eligible this week for broad research...
Scientist: Stem Cells Could End Animal Testing
CNN.com “LONDON, England (CNN) — As well as their potential for creating effective therapies for debilitating diseases, embryonic stem cells could open the door to improved...
Top Ten Medical Breakthroughs: No. 1 First Neurons Created from ALS Patients
NYSCF-supported research by Dr. Kevin Eggan, a NYSCF advisor and researcher at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, resulting in the first-ever human stem cell lines from...
NYSCF Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Kevin Eggan Honored
Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Breakthrough of the Year: No. 1 Reprogramming Cells
Science, December 19, 2008 Read more »
Stem Cells Poised to Become Big Business, Says New Analysis
CHI Insight Pharma Reports “According to a new analysis from Insight Pharma Reports, a leading biotech and pharmaceutical business intelligence provider, several trends are converging toward...
Another step forward in ALS and stem cell research
In another exciting breakthrough, Dr. Kevin Eggan, Chief Scientific Officer of The New York Stem Cell Foundation and Principal Faculty Member of the Harvard Stem Cell...
Couples in US prefer to donate embryos for research, study finds
Guardian.co.uk “Duke University study shows that 41% of patients who finished fertility treatment consider donating embryos.” Read more »
Europe Rejects Wisconsin’s Key Stem-Cell Patent
Nature “Human embyronic stem cells whose derivation requires the destruction of embryos cannot be patented, the appeals board of the European Patent Office (EPO) ruled on...
Stem Cell Research: a Federal Priority in 2009
Along with so many Americans, The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) is pleased and gratified by the news that President-elect Obama intends to make lifting...
Dr. Kevin Eggan and Dr. Doug Melton Recognized in TIME Magazine
NYSCF-supported research by Dr. Kevin Eggan was named as Time Magazine’s top medical breakthrough of 2008.
Stem Cell Research in California: The Intersection of Science, Politics, Culture, and Law
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology “In November 2004 the voters of California passed Proposition 71 (the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond Act),...
The Year in Medicine: Stem Cells – Brave New World
Time, November 26, 2008 Read more »
Stem cell efforts hit state roadblock
The San Diego Union Tribune “State laws that are aimed at putting California at the global forefront of stem cell science are stymieing a promising avenue...
Stem-cell futures
Nature”Given his campaign promises, it seems likely that US President elect Barack Obama will move quickly after his inauguration on 20 January to lift the Bush administration's restrictions...
Pfizer Launcehs Global Regenerative Medicine Research Unit
Pfizer Press Release “Pfizer today announced the launch of a new research unit known as Pfizer Regenerative Medicine.” Read more »