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WASHINGTON – Scientists at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, have discovered a new method to obtain large numbers of hematopoietic stem cell from human term placenta.
The results of the study give a detailed account on quantification, characterization, engraftment capacity, and most importantly, practical way to obtain hematopoietic stem cells from placenta in numbers [...]

The Lupus Foundation of America is seeking proposals for grant funding for research studies on lupus, an unpredictable and potentially fatal autoimmune disease.

California Agency Offers Up To $210M In Stem-Cell FundingWall Street JournalThe CIRM, based in San Francisco, was founded in 2005 as part of the state of California's Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative of 2004, $3 billion for …Little Hoover: Reform Calif. stem cell agencyBizjournals.comState panel critical of stem cell instituteSan Diego Union TribuneStem Cell [...]

PhysOrg.com

NY to Pay for Eggs for Stem Cell ResearchWashington PostNew York has become the first state to allow taxpayer-funded researchers to pay women for giving their eggs for embryonic stem cell research, …$10000 is an egg-cellent price, says stem cell panelNew York Daily NewsStem Cell Research Volunteers Can Now Be Paid For EggsChattahBoxNew York becomes [...]

The technique involves replacing old stem cells from bone marrow which are responsible for the disease, with the fresh and new stem cells.
Leading researcher Professor Chris Hawkey, a
gastroenterologist at Nottingham University, claimed that the study results able to prove that autologous stem cell transplantation holds promise in eliminating the symptoms of Crohn’s disease
It is also [...]

Zannos Grekos, MD, Associate Clinical Professor at Nova Southeastern University, has announced six month follow-up results for a patient treated with adult stem cells in a clinical study of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.

Science Centric

Stem Cell Surprise For Tissue RegenerationScience Daily (press release)They were again surprised that these muscle stem cells, without the two key embryonic muscle stem cell genes, could generate muscles as well as normal …Study Finds Adult Stem Cells, Not Embryonic, Best Suited for …LifeNews.comTwo Stem Cells Genes Not Needed In Muscle RegenerationRedOrbitIn muscle stem [...]

Researchers from Singapore have identified a tumor suppressing protein PP2A (protein phosphatas 2A) in fruit flies brain that can prevent brain tumor forming by regulating the regeneration process of stem cell.
According to senior author of the study Hongyan Wang, Ph.D, from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, the study data shows that the fruitfly protein PP2A (protein [...]

A groundbreaking study conducted by Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new avenue for harvesting stem cells – ” from a woman’s placenta, or more specifically the discarded placentas of healthy newborns.

Osiris stem-cell drug fails to improve lung function, shrs fallForbesJune 24 (Reuters) – Shares of Osiris Therapeutics Inc fell 13 percent on Wednesday, a day after the company's experimental adult stem cell treatment failed …Osiris shares sink on disappointing stem cell dataFierceBiotechOsiris Therapeutics Reports Interim Data for COPD Stem Cell StudyEarthtimes (press release)Osiris shares fall [...]