Stem Cell Research and News: Scotland
<-- Back To RegionsChemicon Announces Agreement with Stem Cell Sciences for Exclusive Manufacturing and Marketing of Novel
Chemicon Announces Agreement with Stem Cell Sciences for Exclusive Manufacturing and Marketing of Novel ATLANTA, GA and EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – October 6 , 2005 – Serologicals Corporation (NASDAQ: SERO) announced today that Chemicon International, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, and Stem...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on October 21, 2005 01:50 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
UK Stem Cell Firm Struggles With European IPO Market
Stem Cell Sciences stated last Wednesday it intends to float on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market. This move that would make the Scottish company one of the first embryonic stem cell related firms in the world to go...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 27, 2005 12:23 PM
Serologicals Corporation Announces Collaboration with CXR Biosciences
ATLANTA, GA – June 22, 2005 – Serologicals Corporation (NASDAQ: SERO) today announced that Upstate Group, its wholly owned subsidiary, has initiated a collaboration with CXR Biosciences to establish a battery of proprietary in vitro screens to select, at an...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 23, 2005 11:13 AM
Stem Cell Research Company In Scotland Targetting July, 10 IPO
A stem cell research firm based in Scotland is trying to raise 10 million pounds ($18.3 million) by posting to London's junior stock market next month to help fund new research. Stem Cell Sciences Plc stated that it plans to...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 22, 2005 05:59 PM
Stem Cell Training Program To Make Its Stanford Debut
STANFORD, Calif. — For the first time ever, an advanced training program that teaches how to create and maintain embryonic stem cell lines will be offered outside of the University of Pittsburgh, where it originated in 2003. The weeklong course...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 20, 2005 11:40 AM
Victoria Launches New Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line & Drives International Stem Cell Network
MELBOURNE, Australia and PHILADELPHIA, June 19 -- A second human embryonic stem cell line to be made available to researchers worldwide without commercial or intellectual property restraints was announced by the Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, at the global biotechnology conference...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on June 19, 2005 11:34 AM
Serologicals Corporation Reports First Quarter Results; Revenues Increase 55% as Company Confirms Full-Year Guidance
ATLANTA, GA - April 27, 2005 - Serologicals Corporation (NASDAQ:SERO) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 3, 2005. Revenues increased 55.1%, to $56.6 million, compared to $36.5 million in the same period last year. Diluted earnings...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 27, 2005 03:46 PM
New Cord Blood Bank To Be Opened in Scotland
A new cord blood bank targeting the storage of stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood is to be established in the west of Scotland. Glasgow is the likely location. This new facility will allow mothers to voluntarily donate blood left in...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on April 11, 2005 01:23 PM
UK Stem Cell Foundation Hopes To Find Funding In Scotland
David Macauley, who is the chief executive of the UK Stem Cell Foundation, believes that years from now people stem cell research will be "probably the single biggest medical breakthrough in the 21st Century". The UK Stem Cell Foundation itself...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 22, 2005 11:10 AM
David A. Dodd Awarded 2005 Oglethorpe Sword By British American Business Group of Atlanta
Atlanta - March 16, 2005 - Serologicals Corporation (NASDAQ: SERO) announced today that David A. Dodd, President and Chief Executive Officer, has recently been awarded the prestigious Oglethorpe Sword, a ceremonial broad sword given annually to an American or British...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 17, 2005 01:03 PM
Ian Wilmut, Creator of "Dolly" Gets Award in Germany
Ian Wilmut has received Germany's most prestigious medical prize Monday amid criticism of the partly state-funded award by opponents of cloning. Ian Wimut is best know as the head of the team that created Dolly at Scotland's Roslin Institute in...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 14, 2005 08:44 PM
Former Drugs "tsar" Set To Head New Stem Cell Body
Former drugs tsar has become the chief executive of the Richard Branson backed UK Stem Cell Foundation. This Foundation aims to raise £100 million to develop stem cell research commercially. David Macauley was the first director of Scotland Against Drugs,...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on March 7, 2005 11:01 AM
Scientist Gets License to Clone
The creator of Dolly the sheep has been granted a licence to clone human embryos for medical research. Professor Ian Wilmut and Kings College London scientists will clone early stage embryos to study motor neurone disease (MND). This is the...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 8, 2005 10:51 PM
Scottish Stem Cell Network to Host International Event
The Scottish Stem Cell Network (SSCN) and Scottish Development International today announced that SSCN will host a major international stem cell meeting March 4 and 5, 2005 at the Edinburgh International Conference Center. Scotland is the ideal location to host...
Posted in Today's Stem Cell Research on February 7, 2005 10:10 AM