Stem Cell Research and News: Korea
<-- Back To RegionsStem Cell Researcher Hwang Woo-suk Officially Dismissed From University
Likely, this comes as no shock ..stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk, Korea's regenerative studies guru that was felled over fraud charges, has been offically let go from Seoul National University. The university let him go for leading a research team...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 20, 2006 06:39 PM
Snuppy Was In Fact a Clone
Despite being discredited, the fallen king of Korean stem cell research, Hwang Woo-suk, seemingly did in fact create the Afghan hound named Snuppy and is in fact, the world’s first cloned dog. Experts at Seoul National University as well as...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 10, 2006 06:07 PM
It Was Only a Matter of Time .. Hwang Woo-suk's House Raided
South Korean investigators have raided the home of fallen stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk Thursday. The raid stems from their investigation into his research fraud. This is now the second time prosecutors have searched Hwang's home to seize evidence after Korea's...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 2, 2006 08:14 PM
The New Year Ended With a Strawberry
Having spent a LOT of time out of town over the holidays (and leading up to them) we hope to get our collective butts in gear so to speak and get back into the news. With the end of 2005...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 11, 2006 03:37 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
Singapore Wants Everyone To Know They Do Stem Cell Research Too
In Asia, South Korea always gets the spotlight .. and sometimes China. Singapore however, has been quietly working on developing procedures based off of some the research being done world wide. Steven Fang, chief executive of Singapore-based CyGenics, stated that...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 26, 2005 03:07 PM
Researchers Devise New Technique for Creating Human Stem Cells
Researchers have developed a new technique for creating human embryonic stem cells by fusing adult somatic cells with embryonic stem cells. The fusion causes the adult cells to undergo genetic reprogramming, which results in cells that have the developmental characteristics...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 23, 2005 09:21 AM
South Korean Scientists Find Mechanism for Neural Stem Cell Death
A South Korean team headed by Prof. Kang Kyung-sun of Seoul National University has uncovered the mechanism of neural stem cell death - targetted a gene responsible for deactivating the differentiation or renewal of neural stem cells. Prof. Kang Kyung-sun...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 22, 2005 05:00 PM
Korean Researchers Again On Patient Matched Stem Cells
South Korean researchers have a new announcement following up on the genetically matched stem cells they created from before. They have again used skin to create embryonic stem cells that genetically match injured or sick patients. Additionally, these scientists did...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 10, 2005 10:09 PM
Medipost Pioneers Breaking Therapy Barriers
Recently, investors hustled to buy into shares of the biotechnology industry Medipost Corp., which recently debuted on the stock market. Medipost is a biomedical company which specializes in umbilical cord blood repository and stem cell therapies for intractable diseases like...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 9, 2005 04:36 PM
Korean Researcher Hwang Woo-suk At It Again .. Clones Dog
Well, most of us won't really be suprised by this, but it certainly adds a bit of glam to Hwang's endeavors thusfar. Sure, he has been reportedly quite successful in his stem cell work. But this is "straight up" cloning....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 4, 2005 03:11 PM
Korea Approves Stem Cell Research Project
Steps taken this past year in Korean stem cell research legislation sees progress. The Korean government has approved a stem cell research project under the newly-enforced bioethics law, which just became effective at the beginning this year. Maria Biotech reported...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 1, 2005 05:08 PM
Hwang Woo-suk Receives Diplomatic Support for Research
The Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade will appoint a diplomat as "ambassador for bio research support". The goal of this role is to help researcher Hwang Woo-suk in international affairs on his stem cell research. Hwang is the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on August 1, 2005 04:25 PM
South Korean Medical Firm Planning Hospital For Stem Cell Therapy
A South Korea medical firm has stated that it plans to open the world's first hospital for providing treatment using exclusively stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood. Histostem Co. Ltd. has announced that it is close to a final...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on July 11, 2005 03:40 PM
Korea Again Makes Stem Cell Therapy Breakthrough
Researchers in Korea have taken another leap forward advancing technologies revolving around the growth of stem cells into specific cells. This latest breakthrough was headed by Seoul National University professor Moon Shin-yong, and his team. They said yesterday that they...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 29, 2005 03:28 PM
New Investment Report Reveals Rapid Growth of Stem Cell Technology Research
Investment into stem cell technology is continuing apace despite public controversy and legal and regulatory barriers, according to a report by Marks & Clerk, one of the world’s leading firms of patent and trade mark attorneys. In its Biotechnology Report...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 23, 2005 02:18 PM
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
Stem cell research activist, Dr. Wise Young, tackles current issues
This is a pretty good article giving us the background of Dr. Wise Young, a Rutgers University neuroscientist who has a great deal of interest in stem cell research being done abroad, specifically China, Korea and Portugal. As proof of...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 21, 2005 12:04 PM
And Then, There Were Chicken Stem Cells
Stem cell researchers in Korea have once again, pulled another rabbit out of the hat so to speak in regards to cloning research. The Korean research team lead by Han Jae-yong, has created chickens by causing the development of mature...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 20, 2005 06:40 PM
Korea's Hwang and the Korean Catholic Church Stem Cell Research Meeting Results
In what certainly would be seen as no suprise, Korea’s leading stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk when meeting yesterday with the nation’s top Catholic leader to discuss ethical aspects of his cloning research, they failed to find common ground. Hwang...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 16, 2005 12:52 PM
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Press Release: ICOC Appoints Members to Scientific and Medical Research Facilities Working Group
EMERYVILLE, CA – The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced the appointment by the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee (ICOC) of members to serve on its Scientific and Medical Research Facilities Working Group (Facilities Working Group). The members were recommended...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 16, 2005 11:30 AM
German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroder, Wants Stem Cell Laws Eased
Following right behind the Italians rejection of a bill that would ease their prohibitive laws on fertility and bioethics, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder made it clear that he believes that Germany should liberalize its own restrictive legislation on stem cell research....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 15, 2005 12:55 AM
Hwang Woo-Suk States That Cloning of Human Impossible For Decades
Hwang Woo-Suk, from Korea and known as one of the world's cloning pioneers said this week that the cloning of human beings would remain an impossible and dangerous fantasy for decades to come. "Human cloning is not only ethically outrageous...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 9, 2005 12:52 PM
Hwang Woo-Suk Participate in Cloning Research With Harvard Team
In Korea, well known Seoul National University professor and stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk is planing to start a stem cell research project focusing on diabetes with a Harvard University team. "After concluding a contract in July or August, the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 3, 2005 08:27 PM
US Heart Patients Being Treated with Adult Stem Cells in Thailand
In Thailand, Chaophya Hospital is now treating no-option heart disease patients from abroad with adult stem cell therapy developed by TheraVitae Ltd. Dr. Amit Patel M.D., Director of Cardiac Stem Cell Therapies at The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 2, 2005 04:52 PM
Advanced Cell Technology Reports 2005 First Quarter Results and Highlights Intellectual Property Portfolio
Worcester, MA, May 24, 2005 – A.C.T. Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: ACTH.OB) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (collectively "ACT") announced that the Company has filed Form 10-QSB with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") releasing results...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 31, 2005 02:52 PM
Hwang Woo-suk Criticizes Bush's Stem Cell Policy
The widely spoken of Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk, recently criticized the Bush Administration's policy of not supporting stem cell research. Dr. Hwang stated that the policy impedes U.S. potential to make medical breakthroughs....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 30, 2005 03:39 PM
More on Cloning and Stem Cell Research News From Korea
With all the news, including tons of coverage on the popular TV media outlets like CNN and BBC, the breakthrough announcements coming out of Korea are sweeping the minds and attentions of people all across the world. We have been...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 23, 2005 02:36 PM
Cloned Embryos Created to Match Stem Cells, Patients
South Korean scientists have announced a highly efficient way to clone human cells. This latest discovery could alter the scientific and political debate over the procedure. Effectively they have created 11 new lines of cloned human embryonic stem cells. For...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on May 20, 2005 01:13 PM
Umbilical Cord Blood Collected and Sold Arbitrarily In Korea
Now here is a mess .. it is being reported that doctors at various obstetrics and gynecology offices in South Korea have been arbitrarily extracting umbilical cord blood when women who delivered babies through Cesarean section or were under anesthesia....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 11, 2005 10:41 PM
Stem Cell Based Drug Enters Commercial Testing In Korea
The Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) revealed its plan on March 13, saying "Recently, the Ajou University Hospital and FCD-Pharmacell, a bioventure company, handed in a report on its "Project to Conduct Clinical Demonstrations to Commercialize A Stem-cell Remedy...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 14, 2005 12:44 PM
Korean Stem-cell Scholar May Win National "Best Scientist"
Seoul National University stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk is a leading candidate for the country's first "Best Scientist" designation, which comes with a 3 billion won ($2.97 million) annual stipend for five years to fund individual research, the Ministry of Science...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 2, 2005 04:06 PM
Cancer Killing Cells Can Be Produced
South Korean scientists reported that they have found a way to produce the human body's own cancer-killing cells through gene therapy. A team of scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology in Daejeon, report they had found...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 27, 2005 11:05 PM
Korea: Korea to Continue Cloning Research
South Korea will continue its stem cell research despite the anti-cloning resolution of a U.N. committee, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Monday. "It is just a non-binding declaration and we have no plan to review our...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 21, 2005 12:47 PM
Korea: Umbilical Stem Cells To Be Tested For Treatment of Blindness
A Chosun University professor said he will seek the South Korean's government's permission to use stem cells on retinal cells of five blind people. Professor Song Chang-hun said his team wants the government to permit stem cell trials on the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 14, 2005 08:13 PM
Singapore Continues Drive with Stem Cell Funding
Singapore has established a $600 million fund to invest in startups engaged in research on stem cells and other cutting-edge life-sciences projects. Last year, Singapore opened Biopolis, a 2 million-square-foot complex of laboratories and offices devoted to such research. So...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 1, 2005 11:13 AM
Stem Cell Research Progress Regarding Diabetes
Several recent studies underline stem cell research as a basis for critically-needed therapies for type 1 diabetes. Insulin-producing cells have already been created using embryonic stem cells from mice as well as in preliminary studies using embryonic cell lines from...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 25, 2005 06:00 PM
South Korea Further Gives OK to Stem Cell Research
The South Korean government has given official backing to ground-breaking research that produced the world's first cloned human embryos. The Health and Welfare Ministry says a research team, led by Hwang Woo-Seok, a Seoul National University professor, has been officially...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 12, 2005 12:54 PM
Gov't Issues Warning against Commercial Use of Stem Cell Treatment
The Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said it will soon send official documents to hospitals and medical research centers, warning they will be punished if they charge patients more than the cost for production of the stem cells; the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 6, 2005 02:36 PM
Biotechs dropped but Stem Cell Researchers Surged
Leading up to the New Year, there was a slight decline in overall Biotech stocks, while stem cell research firms Aastrom Biosciences (ASTM) and StemCells Inc.(STEM) surged. These companies experienced a boost from essentially ......
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 3, 2005 05:43 PM
Asia Is Becoming Stem Cell Central
Alan Colman - English biochemist and a leader of the British team that created the first cloned mammal in 1997, says that Singapore is creating "a center of excellence in stem cell research" and that there is plenty of funding...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on January 3, 2005 12:04 PM
South Korea to Allow Stem-Cell Research
South Korea will allow stem-cell research to find cures for 18 diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and cerebral palsy, government officials said Thursday.... Read On...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 30, 2004 09:14 AM
Scientists Apply for More Stem Cell Therapy Funding
South Korean scientists are receiving high recognition in the global arena. A team of South Korean scientists aim to duplicate the ``miracle’’ of enabling patients with spinal cord damage to walk again through stem cell therapy.... Read On...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 29, 2004 09:14 AM
Cloned Embryos Fail to Survive
Remeber the Dec 7th's entry about how a team of University of Pittsburgh scientists has produced the world's first cloned monkey embryos with the help of the South Korean scientists who created the first mature human cloned embryos. Well, the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 14, 2004 06:26 PM
Stem Cell Treatment Effective in Treating Cerebral Infarction
A korean medical research team has made progress in treating cerebral infarction by transplanting healthy marrow stem cells into dead brain cells. Professors Rha Hyoung-kyun and Lee Jong-wook of the medical college of the Catholic University of Korea said that...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 13, 2004 11:39 AM
Pitt clones monkey embryos for stem cells
Using techniques developed earlier this year by South Korean researchers, Pitt scientists cloned monkey embryos that survived long enough to develop the precursors to embryonic stem cells, the universal cells hailed for their potential to cure Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, spinal...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on December 7, 2004 01:52 AM
The use of stem cells from cord blood
A South Korean woman who was said to be paralysed for 20 years is walking again after scientists report that they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood....
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on November 28, 2004 05:02 AM