Case Report Of A Brain And Spinal Tumor Following Human Fetal Stem Cell Therapy
Saturday, February 28th, 2009A case report, published in a medical journal, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy.
Archive for February, 2009
A case report, published in a medical journal, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy.
Ex vivo neural stem cell expansion
Saturday, February 28th, 2009(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) In the March 1 issue of G&D, Dr. Christopher Fasano (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) and colleagues lend new mechanistic insight into the effective generation of neural stem cells outside of the neurogenic niche.
Stemedica Advances its Certification to Become a Licensed Manufacturer of Adult Stem Cells for U.S. Based Clinical Trials
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has filed with the Food and Drug Branch of the State of California's Department of Public Health for certification as a licensed manufacturer of adult stem cells for U.S.-based Phase I and ...
Rare syndrome points to sociability gene
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009A study of people with Williams syndrome – a condition that can cause children to be over-friendly with strangers – singles out a gene that may govern social behaviour
‘Happiness’ gene helps you look on the bright side
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Positive people may owe their optimism to a gene variant that helps them dwell on the good and ignore the bad
Researchers Generate Functional Neurons From Engineered Stem Cells
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Researchers have generated functionally mature motor neurons from induced pluripotent stem cells, which are engineered from adult somatic cells and can differentiate into most other cell types.
Predicting Risk Of Stroke From One’s Genetic Blueprint
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009The ability to predict a person's lifelong risk of stroke would allow clinicians to advise individuals at high risk. Researchers report on such a statistical model, which draws on 1,313 known genetic predictors. Used in 569 patients presenting with possible stroke, the model, known as a Bayesian network, was able ...
Gene That Modifies Severity Of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Found
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Researchers have discovered a gene that modifies the severity of lung disease in people with the lethal genetic condition, cystic fibrosis, pointing to possible new targets for treatment, according to a new study in Nature. This is the first published study to use a genome-wide approach to look for genes ...
DNA Identification Of Czar’s Children Available
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analysis of recently unearthed remains identify the missing members of the family of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, murdered in 1918.
Scientists find gene that modifies severity of cystic fibrosis lung disease
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Researchers have discovered a gene that modifies the severity of lung disease in people with the lethal genetic condition, cystic fibrosis, pointing to possible new targets for treatment, according to a new study in Nature. Posted online by the journal Feb. 25 in advance of ...