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HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Young Again Niche cells can reverse the aging of stem cells. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Releasing the Brakes on Cell Fate Converting one cell type directly into another is a kind of modern-day alchemy, an ultimate goal in biological research. But unlike turning base metals into gold, changing a cell's identity is feasible, new research shows. |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Arlene Weintraub |
A Boost for Broken Hearts? The Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Barbados is convinced that stem cells from fetuses can repair cardiac damage. |
Scientific American December 2008 Tim Hornyak |
Turning Back the Cellular Clock: A Farewell to Embryonic Stem Cells? Shinya Yamanaka discovered how to revert adult cells to an embryonic state. These induced pluripotent stem cells might soon supplant their embryonic cousins in therapeutic promise |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2009 Brian Orelli |
A Less-Risky Stem Cell Play Life Technologies is a clear leader in stem cell reagents. |
Reactive Reports Issue 64 David Bradley |
Stem to Sperm New research shows that stem cells from human bone marrow can be converted into early-stage sperm. The discovery could lead to novel fertility treatments in the long-term. |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Arlene Weintraub |
Want To Bank Your Own Stem Cells? One Los Angeles startup believes everyone should, to be ready when regenerative therapies start hitting the market |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Aastrom to Leap Into Trials The biotech firm advances to the next stage of clinical studies in stem cell research. Investors, take note. |
AskMen.com |
Synthetic Sperm Created British scientists claimed Wednesday to have created human sperm from stem cells, but other experts questioned their data. |
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Rob Waters |
Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle Drugmakers hope to save big by using stem cells to test drugs for dangerous side effects long before costly human trials are needed. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2004 Charly Travers |
Are Stem Cells a Rule Breaker? Does the science offer real hope or just hype? Biotech investors take on enough risk in the normal course of drug development that they do not need to worry about whether or not the underlying technology even works. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Swings for the Fences A long shot, but at least it's cheap. Pfizer seems to have taken a particular liking to stem cells, having established a unit to study them last year |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 Brian Orelli |
Repairing a Broken Heart Stem cells may be the new cure. If research continues on track, Geron expects to ask FDA to start clinical trials late next year or in early 2009. Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics November 27, 2007 Alex Hutchinson |
Stem Cells 2.0: Beyond the Hype, Engineers Look to Build Fast Engineers play the important role of making lab bench discoveries reproducible and efficient for use in industry. |
Bio-IT World April 2006 |
Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory Goes Live Children's Hospital in Boston's Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory web site allows online visitors to manipulate and investigate a "living" culture of embryonic stem cells. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Cassandra Willyard |
A Faster Knockout With a virus, a needle, and an ultrasound machine, researchers have drastically cut the time it takes to disable a gene in mice. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Richard Saltus |
Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures Thinking big but starting small, Sangeeta Bhatia is closing in on her ambitious goal: growing human livers in the lab from scratch. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2007 Brian Orelli |
Stem Your Expectations of Stem-Cell Discoveries Making "stem" cells out of skin cells isn't all it's cracked up to be. The recent discovery has a long way to go before it can catch up to the research currently being done with stem cells. |
Chemistry World April 2010 |
Column: The crucible We are getting better at manipulating cells to grow into the tissues we need. Chemical factors are key, says Philip Ball |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Brian Orelli |
A Stem-Cell Primer Public funding from states could help companies doing stem cell research. Read about Geron, StemCells, Osiris Therapeutics, ViaCell and Invitrogen, companies that may profit from the increased public spending. |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Brian Orelli |
The Mice Can Walk! Remember you're essentially buying a lottery ticket investing in this or any other unproven early stage biomedical technology. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2012 Ben Comer |
Stem Cells: A Promise Deferred? Ideology, politics, and a stilted political debate may be causing pharma to overlook the potential of emerging stem cell therapies in fostering a new generation of cures. |
Chemistry World July 24, 2012 Rachel Cooper |
Light speeds up new cell growth Scientists from Singapore have combined a photovoltaic polymer with a biocompatible polymer to make a nanofiber-based scaffold that can grow cells for skin regeneration. |
Fast Company March 2009 Tim McKeough |
Banking Stem Cells For Future Use A personal banking system for stem cells. |
Chemistry World August 2, 2011 Kate McAlpine |
Hacking into chemical cell phone calls US researchers have made a nanodevice that can eavesdrop on a cell's mutterings, and they say it could be adapted to listen in on conversations between cells. |
Chemistry World December 8, 2015 Liisa Niitsoo |
A sound idea for treating lung disease Scientists in Australia have made a portable device that gently vibrates stem cells with sound waves to turn them into an aerosol. The system could be an effective route for treating various pulmonary diseases. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Obama Can't Save Stem Cell Companies While government-sponsored research on embryonic stem cells might eventually help scientists better understand all stem cells, it's not likely to help the companies right now. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Lab-Grown Liver New cell culture system solves problem of growing liver cells. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Jim Schnabel |
Oxygen on the Brain An ancient cellular program to protect cells when oxygen is low seems crucial for the production of new brain cells. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2011 Elinor Richards |
Cell Control to Change Cell Function US scientists can now control the reactions occurring inside cells. |
Scientific American March 2007 Alison Snyder |
Sight for Sore Eyes Having generated a cell source and overcome the safety concerns associated with transplanting stem cells, researchers still face possibly their biggest challenge: showing that the transplanted photoreceptors wire up to other neurons that eventually connect to the optic nerves. |
Scientific American January 17, 2007 Charles Q. Choi |
A Stroke for Stem Cells The brain becomes a target in stem cell clinical trials. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Fruit Fly Cells Don't All Know What Sex They Are HHMI scientists have now found that many cells in male and female fruit flies not only look the same, they are more identical at a molecular level than was previously thought. |
Chemistry World February 4, 2011 Harriet Brewerton |
Transplant tracking Magnetic nanoparticles could be used to track neural stem cells after a transplant in order to monitor how the cells heal spinal injuries, say UK scientists. |
Chemistry World February 23, 2015 Phillip Broadwith |
Europe approves stem cell therapy A stem cell treatment for severe cornea damage has been granted conditional approval by the European commission. |
Chemistry World August 15, 2007 John Bonner |
Chemists Claim Biological Alchemy South Korean chemists say they have turned muscle cells from the sole of a human foot into something akin to stem cells, using a simple molecule called neurodazine. |
Chemistry World December 22, 2015 Suzanne Howson |
Re-seeding hairlines with stem cells Scientists have developed a way to treat hair loss using stem cells. The cells are enclosed within a cytokine-containing layer that circumvents the difficulties in regenerating new hair follicles on bald skin. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Stem Cell Researcher a Risk Geron could benefit from a new U.S. president, but in the end, studies of embryonic stem cells may or may not yield breakthroughs, so buying their stock now would be a gamble. |
Chemistry World April 2, 2009 Michael Gross |
Light-guided hydrogels direct cell growth Researchers in the US have developed a gel-like material whose structural and chemical properties can change in response to laser light |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Lawrence Goldstein |
Hear from the author of "Stem Cells for Dummies" The author, an investigator at the University of California, San Diego, is reaching out beyond policymakers in an unorthodox way. He's co-written Stem Cells for Dummies. |
Chemistry World November 1, 2013 Megan Tyler |
High-throughput chip for drug screening in 3D A simple micro-array chip developed by scientists in China could sharpen the search for new drugs by enabling the high-throughput screening of drug candidates against cells cultured in three dimensions. |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Arlene Weintraub |
The Stem-Cell Flap: Simmer Down Advocates are overstating stem cells' near-term ability to treat grave illnesses. In doing so, they not only distort the science; the hopes they raise among many people who are sick today are also sure to be dashed. |
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Bruce Einhorn |
Asia Is Stem Cell Central Singapore isn't the only country in the region trying to profit from the U.S. restrictions. Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea all see stem cell research as a way to get ahead in biotech. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Richard Saltus |
T-Cell Booster Kits A bioengineer remodels cell surfaces to prod the immune system. |
Bio-IT World August 2005 Maureen McDonough |
U.K. Framework Offers Stem Cells a Future The United Kingdom has managed to cut through the noise surrounding stem cell research, creating a regulatory framework that fosters an environment of international collaboration and excellent R&D programs. And they try to do it all in an ethical way. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Schoenbach et al. |
Zap Extreme voltage could be a surprisingly delicate tool in the fight against cancer. The list of effects that scientists have achieved using nanoseconds-long pulses is growing rapidly, though their actual use as a medical treatment is still years away. |
Chemistry World July 27, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Repellent nanocraters could shape tissue engineering Patterning surfaces with nanoscale craters can interfere with cells' ability to stick to surfaces, researchers in the US have shown. |
Chemistry World October 23, 2011 David Bradley |
Clicking Together Cultural Niches Researchers in the US have made three-dimensional hydrogels that are not only compatible with living cells but can be tuned to create specialist growing environments - culture niches - for studying cell function. |
The Motley Fool May 2, 2011 Brian Orelli |
StemCells Up for All the Right Reasons Federal funding doesn't matter for most stem cell companies. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2010 Travis Hoium |
Geron Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Geron shares jumped 10% after the company announced that its first patient has enrolled in the company's stem cell clinical trial. |