Iron Particles, MRI Could Replace Biopsies to Track Stem Cell Therapy and Deploy Stents, Animal Studies Show
In a series of experiments in animals, researchers at Johns Hopkins have successfully used a technique that tracks mesenchymal stem cells via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor the progress of the cells in repairing tissue scarred by heart attack....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 12, 2005 03:59 PM
New Johns Hopkins/KN Study Defines Gray Areas in Public Views on Stem Cell Research
Congressional Leaders Have Been Briefed on Results; Pew Charitable Trusts Are Major Sponsor MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 14 - A new Johns Hopkins University study - conducted by Knowledge Networks - brings a nuanced understanding to policy makers' understanding of...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on November 3, 2005 02:21 PM
Hwang Woo-suk Seeks AIDS Cure from Stem Cells
Scientists led by Korea's Dr. Hwang Woo-suk are seeking ways to fight Aids using human stem cells, according to Gerald Schatten, a close collaborator of Korea’s cloning pioneer. The team is studying the viability of repairing the body’s immune system...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on October 18, 2005 06:36 PM
Affymetrix Microarrays Uncover Genetic Mutations in Embryonic Stem Cells Approved for Federally-Funded Research
Scientists Report That Majority of Cells Develop Mutations Over Time SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sep 04, 2005 - Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) announced today that a research group led by scientists at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the NIH used Affymetrix...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on September 8, 2005 01:18 PM
ViaCell Announces Expansion of Amgen Collaboration and License Agreement and New Technology License from Johns Hopkins
BOSTON, Aug. 30 - ViaCell, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIAC) today announced that the Company has licensed from Amgen rights related to the use of recombinant human Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (r-metHuG-CSF) for the development of a cellular therapy product to treat...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on September 1, 2005 07:36 PM
Gradient Guides Nerve Growth Down Spinal Cord
The same family of chemical signals that attracts developing sensory nerves up the spinal cord toward the brain serves to repel motor nerves, sending them in the opposite direction, down the cord and away from the brain, report researchers at...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 16, 2005 02:17 PM
Johns Hopkins Top Of Research Funding List
Stem cell research isn't all that puts John Hopkins in the top of list for university leaders in innovation .. they spend quite well to stay in the top too it would seem .... Johns Hopkins University did roughly $1.24...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 9, 2005 02:53 PM
Dr. John Gearhart of Johns Hopkins to be Keynote Speaker at Pharmaceutical Awards
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- IBC Life Sciences announced that Dr. John Gearhart of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will be the keynote speaker at the Pharmaceutical Achievement Awards on August 8, 2005. Dr. Gearhart's speech, titled, "Are There...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 3, 2005 05:07 PM
Study: Well-Known Protein Helps Stem Cells Become Secretory Cells
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a single protein regulates secretion levels in the fruit fly’s salivary gland and its skin-like outer layer. Described in the May 15 issue of Development, the finding improves understanding of how cells become specialized...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 27, 2005 01:34 PM
Following Up On Stem Cell Heart Therapy Testing On Pigs
Following up on the news release at Forbes, I thought it best to get the news directly from the Johns Hopkins press release as well Final results of a study conducted at Johns Hopkins show that stem cell therapy can...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 27, 2005 01:28 PM
Heart Attacks In Pigs Treated With Stem Cells
Now here is some news right from Forbes who is waking up more and more the the stem cell news of late. Researchers are now reporting the use of stem cell therapy to treat heart attack tissue damage in pigs....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 27, 2005 12:15 AM
Geron Corporation Appoints Charles Homcy To Its Board Of Directors
Menlo Park, CA – July 19, 2005 – Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) announced today the appointment of Charles J. Homcy, M.D., to its board of directors. Dr. Homcy is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Portola Pharmaceuticals, a...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 26, 2005 12:17 AM
The Debate Over Testing Human Brain Cells in Primates
As many of us have likely noticed, there has been a lot of press lately about the debate over testing human brain cells within primates. What is at issue is that if stem cells are to ever show promise in...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 15, 2005 01:54 PM
Thermogenesis Corp. Completes Enrollment Of 150-Patient Human Clinical Trial Of CRYOSEAL® Fibrin Sealant System
RANCHO CORDOVA, California (June 22, 2005) – ThermoGenesis Corp. (NASDAQ: KOOL) announced today that enrollment is now complete for its pivotal U.S. 150-patient blinded, randomized, multi-center clinical trial for the CryoSeal Fibrin Sealant (FS) System. This pivotal trial evaluated the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 12, 2005 11:33 AM
Johns Hopkins Scientists Use Gene Therapy To Prevent Heart Arrhythmias From Stem Cell Transplants
Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins believe they have figured a way around a persistent barrier to successful adult stem cell therapy for millions of Americans who have survived a heart attack but remain at risk of dying from chronic heart...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 29, 2005 01:27 AM
Stem Cell Research Takes New Twist In Blood Development
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new way to study human blood development using human embryonic stem cells grown in a lab rather than using the embryos themselves. This latest process gets around much of the the ethical and...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 22, 2005 06:34 PM
Adult Stem Cell Research Eases Concerns Regarding Embryonic Stem Cell Research
As the US Congress passionately debates the ethic issues revolving around of embryonic stem cell research, Osiris Therapeutics Inc. employees continue their work on adult stem cells, which bypass all the moral issues. This with the Food and Drug Administration's...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 20, 2005 02:46 PM
PharmaFrontiers Adds Three Members to Its Scientific Advisory Board
THE WOODLANDS, Texas May 17, 2005 PharmaFrontiers Corp. (OTCBB:PFTR), a company involved in the development and commercialization of cell therapies, announced today that it has appointed three new members to its scientific advisory board (SAB). The new members are Norman...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 17, 2005 01:54 PM
Pioneer in Stem Cell Research Frustrated By Debate
One of the pioneers in stem-cell research recently said that he has become frustrated by the actions of parties on both sides of the issue. "In our society, there must be room for differences in opinions," John Gearhart, a professor...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 3, 2005 11:59 AM
More Stem Cell Research Involving Cartilage From Johns Hopkins
In the constant search to treat my own infuriating knee issues, all the while knowing there are many out there that have worse, we have found some news here that I missed this week from Johns Hopkins. We are still...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 22, 2005 06:49 PM
The Nation's Leading Speakers Confirmed for Upcoming Stem Cell Conference
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tech Council of Maryland and Arent Fox announced and confirmed one of the most impressive rosters of speakers ever assembled on stem cells for the Business of Stem Cell Research Conference, on April...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 7, 2005 07:11 PM
Osiris Launches the First Trial Using Adult Universal Stem Cells in Cardiac Patients; Landmark Study Focuses on Promising Therapy for the Treatment of Heart Disease
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2005--Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that is has begun a multi-center, randomized clinical trial with Provacel(TM), a novel therapeutic based on adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). "We are extremely enthusiastic about this study which represents the first...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 1, 2005 12:02 AM
Johns Hopkins Begins Human Trials With Donor Adult Stem Cells To Repair Muscle Damaged From Heart Attack
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have begun what is believed to be the first clinical trial in the United States of adult mesenchymal stem cells to repair muscle damaged by heart attack, or myocardial infarct. The so-called Phase I study is...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 26, 2005 02:47 PM
Latest Stem Cell News From Johns Hopkins
In a study that’s reversed some of the ravages of more neuron disease, at least in animals, neurologist Douglas Kerr and his Johns Hopkins co-researchers suggest stem cells may prove more broadly useful than ever before. Kerr recently created a...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 24, 2005 11:34 PM
More on Stem Cells and Bones - Cartilix on Scaffolds for Stem Cells
Despite the high hopes surrounding stem cells’ potential to form replacement tissue for medical use, biologists are still struggling in the lab to get these finicky cells to transform into the needed tissues. Now Cartilix, a startup in San Carlos,...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 21, 2005 01:38 PM
Osiris Therapeutics Inc.'s Prochymal Being Investigated for Treatment of GHVD and Crohn's Disease Possible
The Food and Drug Administration has granted "fast track" clearance to Osiris Therapeutics Inc. to expedite development of a stem-cell drug to thwart a sometimes fatal reaction to bone-marrow transplants. Osiris said the FDA's action improves its chances of becoming...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 12, 2005 02:11 PM
Jennifer Elisseeff's More Recent Work on Cartilage Replacement Stem Cell work
Well, in digging deep, I found a source for stem cell news where I would not have expected to any .. and YES! It deals a bit with the knee .. which is certainly good news for me personally. Not...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 5, 2005 04:14 PM
With so many searches hitting our site for Cartilix ..
It appears we need to find some more info regarding Stem Cell therapies relating to cartilage and bone related treatments beyond the article about Cartilix. In my digging about for more involved breakdowns in the actual technologies under review I...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 5, 2005 03:56 PM
Though Old News .. Everyone Seems to Want News on Cartilage
Technion researchers have successfully built cartilage tissue outside of the human body. The researchers – Prof. Joseph Mizrahi and Dr. Dror Seliktar – have built an innovative bioreactor, which creates mechanical stimulation that builds the tissue.... Read On...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 15, 2004 01:53 PM
Stem Cells' Actual Links to Cancer
According to Johns Hopkins researchers, there is growing evidence that stem cells gone awry in their efforts to repair tissue damage could help explain why long-term irritation, like that from from alcohol or heartburn, can be a participating factor in...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on November 30, 2004 10:10 AM