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Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX) received expanded European approval (CE Mark) for its Celution® System, a medical device that extracts and separates stem and regenerative cells from a patient's own fat tissue... […]

A major research company affiliated with the University of Colorado with expertise in managing clinical trials is partnering with the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus to more efficiently bring the latest stem cell discoveries from the laboratory to the patient... […]

Australian scientists from the Monash Institute of Medical Research have "reprogrammed" adult mouse fat cells and neural cells to become stem cells that can differentiate into a variety of different cells (pluripotency)... […]

NPR reports on the confusion among consumers about stem cell therapy. It's easy to find on websites and other advertisements claims of cures for practically every medical condition, but traditional American medical doctors say that so far stem cell therapy has been proven to work in only a few blood disorders. "Consumers have a hard time sorting ou […]

Scientists have identified for the first time a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer, a discovery that could result in better predictive and diagnostics tools and the development of new and more effective targeted treatments for the disease. […]

Patients with deadly glioblastomas who received high doses of radiation that hit a portion of the brain that harbors neural stem cells had double the progression-free survival time as patients who had lower doses or no radiation targeting the area, a study has found. […]

Scientists have for the first time succeeded in extracting vital stem cells from sections of vein removed for heart bypass surgery. […]

A novel approach detects genetically abnormal cells in the blood of non-small cell lung cancer patients that match abnormalities found in tumor cells and increase in number with the severity of the disease, a research team reports. […]

New research has identified the stem cells that generate three critical classes of nerve cells -- olfactory receptors, vomeronasal and gonadotropin releasing hormone neurons -- that are responsible for enabling animals and humans, to eat, interact socially and reproduce. […]

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. […]

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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. […]

A groundbreaking technique of injecting stem cellls into multiple sclerosis patients promises a possible way forward in treating the disease. […]

Veins left over from lifesaving bypass surgery could be a source of "master" cells to help treat future heart problems, say scientists. […]

In this week's Scrubbing Up, Professor Nick Lemoine says the battle against cancer will never be won unless patients are more proactive. […]

Mouse Fat Cells 'Reprogrammed' Into Clinically Useful Stem Cells Monday, 26 July 2010 Australian scientists from the Monash Institute of Medical Research have "reprogrammed" adult mouse fat cells and neural cells to become stem cells that can differentiate into a variety of different cells (pluripotency). The cells, called "induced p […]

New technique could revert cells to immature state that can develop into any cell type Saturday, 24 July 2010 In recent years, scientists have shown that they can reprogram human skin cells to an immature state that allows the cells to become any type of cell. This ability, known as pluripotency, holds the promise of treating diseases such as diabetes and Pa […]

First Stages of Tissue Production in Human Embryonic Stem Cells Thursday, 22 July 2010 Scientists at the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center have described a population of cells that mark the very first stage of differentiation of human embryonic stem cells as they enter a developmental pathway that leads to production of blood, heart muscle, blood vessels […]

Engineered Stem Cells May Limit Heart Attack Damage, Improve Function Wednesday, 21 July 2010 Implanting tiny plastic scaffolds seeded with genetically engineered stem cells reduced organ damage and led to better cardiac function after a heart attack, according to an animal study presented at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular Science […]

Cellular memory may both benefit and complicate future uses, vanishes with long-term culturing Tuesday, 20 July 2010 Investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Regenerative Medicine have confirmed that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) retain some characteristics of the cells from which they were derived, something that could b […]