A research collaboration between the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Children’s Hospital Boston has created a microfluidic device that can harvest rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood to enable their expansion in culture for analysis. (2012-04-25)Source:http://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Stem_Cells

An award-winning research project, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), has tested a new imaging method which could help improve how doctors predict a patient’s risk of having a heart attack. (2012-04-25)Source:http://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Stem_Cells

For many people with gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD, acid reflux drugs are the answer to their woes, curbing the chronic heartburn and regurgitation of food or sour liquid characteristic of the disorder. (2012-04-25)Source:http://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Stem_Cells

Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have shown that overactivation of the RANK signalling pathway promotes the initiation, progression and metastasis of tumours in human breast epithelial cells by dedifferentiation of breast cells to stem cells. (2012-04-25)Source:http://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Stem_Cells

Researchers at Lund University have discovered a new stem cell in the adult brain. These cells can proliferate and form several different cell types – most importantly, they can form new brain cells. Now the researchers hope to put the discovery to use to develop methods that can repair diseases and injury to the brain. [...]

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and other institutions have identified two distinguishable groups of genes: those that produce very abundant biochemical products in the cell and function properly in the majority of biological processes, and a flexible subset that might have abnormal function in a disease. (2012-04-24)Source:http://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Stem_Cells

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA– – VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. , a biotechnology company applying stem cell technology for drug rescue and cell therapy, has licensed breakthrough stem cell culture technology …Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Stem+Cell+therapy&ei=UTF-8

A new study, appearing in Cell Stem Cell and led by researchers at the University of Southern California, outlines the specifics of how autoimmune disorders can be controlled by infusions of mesenchymal stem cells.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Stem+Cell+therapy&ei=UTF-8

WESTON, Fla. — Stemlogix, a regenerative medicine company offering premier in-clinic stem cell therapy solutions to veterinarians, announced today that it has selected Butler Schein Animal Health(TM) …Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Stem+Cell+therapy&ei=UTF-8

The Directorate General of Health Services has established a stem cell division to evaluate proposals concerning stem cell research, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Friday.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Stem+Cell+therapy&ei=UTF-8

Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain turned to an experimental form of therapy to handle the aches and pains that come with being a pro football player, the Mobile Press-Register reported Sunday.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Stem+Cell+therapy&ei=UTF-8

Texas board approves controversial stem-cell therapy Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:05 p.m., Friday, April 13, 2012 The Texas Medical Board approved rules regulating adult stem cell therapy Friday, concerned that the proliferation of the experimental treatment Gov …Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Stem+Cell+therapy&ei=UTF-8

GULF SHORES, Ala., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – When standout University of Alabama wide receiver and return specialist Marquis Maze partially tore his hamstring in the final game of the Bowl Championship …Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Stem+Cell+therapy&ei=UTF-8

The $3 billion California stem cell agency, which is moving to engage the biotech industry ever more closely, is proposing a major weakening of the financial disclosure requirements for its board of directors and executives. The move comes as the agency is also seeking to raise cash from the private sector to continue the state [...]

On April 24, the California Stem Cell Report asked the state stem cell agency about its proposed changes in its requirements for financial disclosures from its officials. Here are the key elements from that query with the stem cell agency’s response following. The agency was invited to respond to the following: “The new code appears [...]

Just one week after the $3 billion California stem cell agency was sharply criticized for its failure to adequately support biotech firms, the agency formally kicked off a $30 million effort to engage industry more closely. The initiative, in the works since the middle of last year, was heralded as the beginning of a “new [...]

What happens to a stem cell at the molecular level that causes it to become one type of cell rather than another? At what point is it committed to that cell fate, and how does it become committed? (2012-04-13)Source:http://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Stem_Cells

Cells on the move reach forward with lamellipodia and filopodia, cytoplasmic sheets and rods supported by branched networks or tight bundles of actin filaments. (2012-04-09)Source:http://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Stem_Cells

Michael West, CEO of Biotime, Inc.of Alameda, Ca., has published the text of his prepared remarks to the Institute of Medicine panel examining the performance of the $3 billion California stem cell agency. Here is one excerpt from the statement by West, who was also CEO at Advanced Cell Technology and founded Geron. “To put [...]

IRVINE, Ca. – The $3 billion California stem cell agency was praised this week for making progress in accountability and transparency during the last year. The comments came from a representative of California state Controlller John Chiang, the state’s top fiscal officer and who also chairs the only state entity specifically charged with financial oversight [...]