“Latest Stem Cells News”

The Wall Street Journal: "The Obama administration asked a federal judge Tuesday to allow the government to continue funding embryonic stem-cell research while a case challenging the program makes its way through the courts. The judge, Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C... […]

ReproCELL, Inc. (CEO: Chikafumi Yokoyama PhD) is pleased to announce a new line of products to be launched in the autumn of 2010, offering neuronal cells derived from human iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cells... […]

A new and unique journal on cell transplantation aimed at helping translate laboratory findings into clinical applications is being launched by Cognizant Communication Corporation as a companion journal to Cell Transplantation. Cell Medicine, an online-only, open access journal, publishes research papers that promise to have direct clinical relevance. The jo […]

For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have identified and isolated adult mammary stem cells in mice. Long-term implications of this research may include the use of such cells to regenerate breast tissue, provide a better understanding of the role of adult stem cells in breast cancer development, and develop potential new t […]

A long-held assumption about asymmetrical division of stem cells has cracked. Researchers report that the mitotic spindle does not act alone -- that cortical proteins help to position a cleavage furrow in the right location. […]

Scientists have devised a method for coaxing mouse embryonic stem cells into forming a highly specific motor neuron subtype. The research provides new insight into motor neuron differentiation and may prove useful for devising and testing future therapies for motor neuron diseases. […]

A research team has shown for the first time that a gene called Myc, which is traditionally thought of as a cancer-causing gene, may be far more important in the development and persistence of stem cells than was known before. […]

New research uncovers a case of mistaken identity that may have a significant impact on future breast cancer prevention and treatment strategies. The study suggests that despite their "stem cell-like" characteristics, most aggressive breast tumors are not derived from normal mammary gland stem cells. […]

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A number of shots have been fired at police during a third night of violence in north Belfast. And the Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has told judges there is no link between rising levels of imprisonment and falling crime. […]

Sir Liam Donaldson, England's chief medical officer looks back on his 12-year tenure. […]

A hospital in Suffolk gets new equipment to defrost frozen stem cells to be transplanted in to cancer patients. […]

HapMap 3 points the way forward for human genetics studies Thursday, 02 September 2010 New findings show the value of genetic studies across human populations and the value of the latest DNA sequencing technologies to interrogate genetic variation. The results, from the latest phase of the international HapMap Project, are reported in Nature. The researchers […]

Map adds data from seven global populations Thursday, 02 September 2010 An international consortium today published a third-generation map of human genetic variation, called the HapMap, which includes data from an additional seven global populations, increasing the total number to 11 populations. The improved resolution will help researchers interpret curren […]

Group Health study is first to ask patients about sharing their data Thursday, 02 September 2010 People want to be informed and asked for consent before deciding whether to let researchers share their genetic information in a federal database. This is according to a team of investigators at Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington (UW […]

University of Oregon team finds, in fruit flies, that the mitotic spindle does not act alone to divide a cell Thursday, 02 September 2010 The asymmetrical division of a stem cell — in this case a neuroblast of a fruit fly — is shown, the result of research in the lab of Chris Doe at the University of Oregon. Credit: Courtesy of Clemens Cabernard. A long-held […]

Research paves way for new liver disease research and possibly cell-based therapy Thursday, 26 August 2010 By creating diseased liver cells from a small sample of human skin, scientists have for the first time shown that stem cells can be used to model a diverse range of inherited disorders. The University of Cambridge researchers' findings, which will […]