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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Science, December 19, 2008 Read more »
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...
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...
Guardian.co.uk “Duke University study shows that 41% of patients who finished fertility treatment consider donating embryos.” Read more »
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...
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...
NYSCF-supported research by Dr. Kevin Eggan was named as Time Magazine’s top medical breakthrough of 2008.
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),...
Time, November 26, 2008 Read more »
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...
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 Press Release “Pfizer today announced the launch of a new research unit known as Pfizer Regenerative Medicine.” Read more »
The New York Times “A few years after Michael J. Fox revealed that he had Parkinson's disease, he attended the annual charity auction for the Robin...
Cell Press “Somatic cells can be induced into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) with a combination of four transcription factors.” Read more »
Cell Press “Here, we demonstrate self-organized formation of apico-bassally polarized cortical tissues from ESCs using an efficient three-dimensional aggregation culture.” Read more »
International Society For Stem Cell Research “On Tuesday, Michigan voters were asked to support Michigan's Proposal 2, a state initiative to accelerate medical research and develop...
Stanford School of Medicine, Press Release “Clusters of mouse embryonic stem cells called embryoid bodies more closely approximate true embryos in organization and structure than previously...
Yesterday in her first speech in Washington since the election, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) indicated that Democrats would move quickly on a bill...
