Stem Cell Research and News: Italy
<-- Back To RegionsMEPs Challenge EU Stem Cell Research
In the context of the proposed new EU framework programme for research (FP7), a group of members of the Parliament (MEPs) are calling for the Community to stop the EU funding for human stem cell research. As some EU countries...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on October 4, 2005 06:24 PM
Vitro Signs Letter of Intent to Form Strategic Alliance With European Biotechnology Firm
AURORA, CO - 09/21/2005 - Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTC BB: VODG), a biotechnology company, executed a binding letter of intent to form a broad-ranging strategic alliance with BioCare Europe headquartered in Rome, Italy. The partnership includes various agreements with regard...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on October 4, 2005 05:38 PM
Markers Of Brain Cell Development May Help Success Of Stem Cell Transplants
Four sugar-coated faces made by stem cells as they differentiate into brain cells during development have been identified by scientists. These unique expressions of sugar on the cell surface may one day enable stem cell therapy to repair brain injury...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on September 22, 2005 04:33 PM
Isolation of Adult Muscle Stem Cells for Skeletal Muscle Repair
EuroStemCell researchers from the Institut Pasteur have isolated muscle stem cells displaying a high potential for muscle repair. These stem cells are much more effective in promoting muscle repair than the cultured cells previously used. This work, published on September...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on September 13, 2005 06:10 PM
Stem Cells Provide Greater Understanding of Neurological Diseases
Scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh in Scotland and Milan, Italy have developed a new technique to grow pure brain stem cells, which may be used to model diseases of the nervous system and develop new drugs to treat these...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 16, 2005 01:45 PM
France Approves Importation of Stem Cell Lines
France has approved, with certain restrictions, the importing of stem cell lines for stem cell research development. Nine ministerial orders were published in France's official journal on July 23, 2005 give a restricted licence to a number of national research...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 1, 2005 05:38 PM
Bioindustry Disappointed by Commission's Uncertain Position on Patenting
The European association for bioindustries, EuropaBio, has expressed its disappointment at the failure of the European Commission to take a position on the patenting of human DNA and human stem cells, which were not clarified in the EU Biotechnology Patents...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 25, 2005 11:09 AM
Stem Cells Involved In Protecting Brain and Nervous System
Reuters did a good write up regarding a new study being released that shows that stem cells may be part of what protects the brain and nervous system against damage from tumours and conditions such as multiple sclerosis. This study...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 15, 2005 01:53 PM
Sangamo BioSciences ZFP Therapeutic(TM) Data to Be Presented at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research
RICHMOND, Calif., June 21 - Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced the Company will present data from its programs to develop novel zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) Therapeutics(TM) at the third Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 23, 2005 10:59 AM
Lack of voters sinks Italian referendum on lifting fertility laws
A referendum to overturn the restrictive Italian laws regarding fertility treatments and stem cell research failed this past Monday because an insufficient number of registered voters cast ballots. Italy's Roman Catholic bishops, supported by Pope Benedict XVI, worked to persuade...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 15, 2005 01:13 AM
Italian Stallion Cloned From Sterile Champion Race Horse
Scientists in Italy are reporting that they have created their second cloned horse. This latest clone entry is an Italian stallion that is the first ever produced from a sterile race champion. The cloned foal was born on February 25...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 18, 2005 02:15 PM
Banking Cord Blood from Sibling of a Child that Could Benefit from a Transplant Feasible
At the European Bone Marrow Transplant Group, further reserach results were presented showing that parents of children who have certain health problems that would benefit from a stem cell transplant should consider collecting and banking umbilical cord blood from a...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 14, 2005 09:12 PM
Dedicated Umbilical Cord Blood for Sibling Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Described
Researchers from Italy have described a program where umbilical cord blood is collected and stored for transplantation into a sibling with hematological disease. The details of this program were reported at the 2005 meeting of the European Bone Marrow Transplant...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 14, 2005 01:12 PM
Spanish Church Announces Campaign Against Stem Cell Research
The Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) stated this past Wednesday that it will start a campaign within churches throughout Spain with the goal to protest the governments role in stem cell research, calling it "science without a conscience." The campaign is...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 31, 2005 08:10 PM
Are Cord Blood Banks Exploiting Parents?
Private companies that offer to store the umbilical cord blood of babies as an insurance policy against future serious illnesses were criticised yesterday for exploiting vulnerable parents. Cord blood, which remains in the placenta after birth, can be frozen for...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 24, 2005 02:31 AM
Stem Cell Research Programs at Universities Around the World.
After reading around, and trying to get some resources in place for Stem Cell Research references and news sources, we decided to get a list of University Medical Programs that participate in or are part of the Stem Cell Research...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 14, 2005 12:29 PM
Stem cells may heal multiple sclerosis damage
Neural stem cells injected into mice can repair brain cells damaged by a disease similar to multiple sclerosis (MS), according to research presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Researchers used magnetic resonance...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 1, 2004 03:59 PM