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There is great news for parents suffering the harrowing ordeal of their child needing a bone marrow transplant. The announcement came from Osiris Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR) on Friday that Health Canada has approved its groundbreaking stem cell therapy Prochymal® (remestemcel-L). The drug can be used to treat children with acute graft-vs-host disease. ( […]

A study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers suggests that specific populations of tumor cells have different roles in the process by which tumors make new copies of themselves and grow... […]

Multiple myeloma patients are better equipped to halt progression of this blood cancer if treated with lenalidomide, or Revlimid®, following a stem cell transplant, according to a study co-authored by a physician with the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute... […]

Breast cancer stem cells wear a cell surface protein that is part nametag and part bull's eye, identifying them as potent tumor-generating cells and flagging their vulnerability to a drug, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report online in Journal of Clinical Investigation... […]

Placental stem cells with important therapeutic properties can be harvested in large quantities from the fetal side of human term placentas (called the chorion). The chorion is a part of the afterbirth and is normally discarded after delivery, but it contains stem cells of fetal origin that appear to be pluripotent -- i.e., they can differentiate into differ […]

Scientists have used a new technique to map 5-methylcytosine (5-mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) in DNA from human and mouse embryonic stem cells, revealing new information about their patterns of distribution. These studies have revealed that these DNA modifications play major roles in fundamental life processes such as cell differentiation, cancer a […]

Cell surface protein GD2 blows potent tumor-generating cells’ cover. The first single marker of breast cancer stem cells also is targetable by a drug in preclinical tests. […]

New researchers suggests that specific populations of tumor cells have different roles in the process by which tumors make new copies of themselves and grow. […]

DigitalJournal.comWorld's First Stem Cell Drug From Osiris : Approved!Medical News TodayThe announcement came from Osiris Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR) on Friday that Health Canada has approved its groundbreaking stem cell therapy Prochymal® (remestemcel-L). The drug can be used to treat children with acute graft-vs-host disease.Osiris Receives Autho […]

Discovery of mechanisms predicting response to new treatments in colon cancerScience CodexThe Stem Cells and Cancer Research Group headed by Dr Héctor G. Palmer at the Vall d'Hebrón Institute of Oncology (VHIO) has identified the molecular mechanisms that determine patients' response to certain drugs used in clinical trials for colon cancer ...and […]

Umbilical cord tissue from newborn babies is being collected and cryogenically ...The Daily TelegraphUsually discarded after birth, umbilical tissue from newborn babies is being collected and cryogenically frozen to be used one day for regenerative and stem cell medicine. And it doesn't just have potential for the babies involved, either.Umbilical cord […]

Daily MailA VERY Posh beauty secret... £320 sheep placenta facials: Just when you ...Daily MailThe 38-year-old regularly visits Beverly Hills dermatologist Dr Harold Lancer for the afterbirth 'fixes' that are said to harness the power of the sheep's stem cells. And the £320-a-time treatments are just the latest in a long list of bizarre beauty […]

How it works: Stem cell researchLaney TowerBy Rina Shaikh-Lesko - Tower Staff Writer Stem cell research has long been a controversial topic. To its supporters, it holds the promise of curing many chronic and degenerative diseases. To its detractors, it crosses an ethical boundary.Multipotent Stromal Stem Cells from Normally Discarded Human Placental Tissue . […]

My Fox 8Family hangs hope for boy on unproven therapy in IndiaCNNBy David Fitzpatrick and Drew Griffin, CNN Special Investigations Unit For more of CNN correspondent Drew Griffin's investigation of India's experimental embryonic stem cell therapy, watch "CNN Presents: Selling a Miracle," at 8 and 11 pm ET Sunday on ...Family hangs hope fo […]

Advanced Cell Technology to Present at World Stem Cells & Regenerative ...MarketWatch (press release)MARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. ("ACT"; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that chairman and CEO Gary Rabin will be presenting at the World Stem Cells […]

LifeNews.comMichael J. Fox Looks Past Stem Cells in Search For Parkinson's CureABC News (blog)Michael J. Fox, whose turn from Parkinson's disease patient to scientific crusader made him one of the country's most visible advocates for stem cell research, now believes the controversial therapy may not ultimately yield a cure for his disease, ... […]

StemCells, Inc. Reports Positive Interim Safety Data From Spinal Cord Injury TrialMarketWatch (press release)NEWARK, Calif., May 17, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) today announced completion of the first planned interim safety review of the Company's Phase I/II spinal cord injury clinical trial, which indicated that the […]

International Stem Cell Corp Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results ...MarketWatch (press release)CARLSBAD, Calif., May 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- International Stem Cell Corporation (OBB:ISCO) ( www.internationalstemcell.com ) today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Consolidated net revenues for the three ...Int […]

… school and college students to be taught about donating blood, organs and stem cells. Keith Sudbury's son Adrian, a 27-year-old journalist from… […]

… the stem cell register will get called to donate their stem cells, and it is a simple process. There are two methods of extracting stem cells. […]

… workers protest at Parliament over closures (BBC News, Wednesday 9 May) Stem cell shield 'could protect cancer patients' (BBC News, Wednesday… […]

… business in advanced biologics, which includes biopharmaceutical proteins and cell therapies, such as stem cells. ABL. Edinburgh firm Angel Biotechnology… […]