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HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Young Again Niche cells can reverse the aging of stem cells.   |
Chemistry World
October 2010 |
Artificial blood Synthetic alternatives to donor blood have been stuck in development for decades. Nina Notman reports on recent promising progress |
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. |
BusinessWeek
December 6, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Cord Blood To The Rescue A study in the Nov. 25 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine confirms that stem cells in blood extracted from the umbilical cords of newborns can help leukemia patients |
Chemistry World
May 4, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Blood type testing for a few pence 'Our technique prints a microfluidic circuit containing the three antibodies (A, B and D) directly onto paper,' says Gil Garnier, who led the research at Monash University in Melbourne. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Arlene Weintraub |
Stem Cells To Go ViaCell's goal is to mass-produce stem cells from umbilical cord blood. |
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. |
Salon.com
July 17, 2000
Alix Christie |
The cord-blood controversy First we were supposed to eat the placenta. Now we're supposed to freeze it. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2004 |
Polycythemia Vera A general overview on Polycythemia Vera, a disease in which the body makes too many red blood cells. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2004
Rich Smith |
Breaking Rules and Saving Lives Cord blood offers an ethical means of using stem cells to heal illness. While two top companies in the field are private, over the counter traded Cryo-Cell lost as much money as it collected in revenues last year. |
Chemistry World
December 18, 2013
Sarah Kenwright |
Excess glucose limits blood transfusion success Reducing the level of glucose in solutions used to process blood donations could benefit patients receiving blood transfusions, new research shows. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2000 |
Normocytic Anemia Normocytic anemia is a blood problem. It means you have normal-sized red blood cells, but you have a low number of them. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2010
Jason Moser |
A Bloody Good Stock for Investors Haemonetics' business might be a little messy, but it's the kind of company you should invest in. Haemonetics is in the business of management; blood management, that is. |
Chemistry World
February 9, 2012
Harriet Brewerton |
Pressurizing red blood cells for information Scientists in Canada have developed a method to study the changes in red blood cells caused by the most common malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. |
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
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. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg |
Next-Gen Transplant Techniques Can Stop Organ Rejection About 77 organ transplants are performed each day in the U.S., and more than 101,000 people are on a wait list for body parts such as hearts, skin and veins, according to the Mayo Clinic. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2007
Brian Lawler |
Acquisitive Ways Paying Off for Genzyme A recently acquired drug yields positive study results. Genzyme investors, take note. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2014
Kirsty Muirhead |
Immunocamouflage lets donor blood cells go undetected Chinese scientists are developing a new approach to create "universal" blood: red blood cells that can be transfused into any patient, regardless of the patient's or recipient's blood group. |
Scientific American
January 2009
Charles Q. Choi |
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells -- an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies |
Wired
August 2002
Wil McCarthy |
Strange Blood Cataclysmic shortages. Tainted supplies. There is a solution: artificial blood. |
Chemistry World
October 8, 2007
Michael Gross |
Blood Transfusion Risk Explained Two research groups have discovered that nitric oxide disappears rapidly from banked blood -- a finding that may explain recent medical studies showing that blood transfusions can sometimes increase a patient's chances of dying from a lack of oxygen. |
Scientific American
November 2005
Charles Q. Choi |
Baby to Brain Mothers could literally always have their kids on their minds. Researchers find that in mice, cells from fetuses can migrate into a mother's brain and apparently develop into nervous system cells. |
Reason
July 2004
Caroline Waters |
Bloody Shame Unnecessary regulations are making American blood banks run dry. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2003 |
Using an Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor What is high blood pressure?... What causes high blood pressure?... Why do I have to control my high blood pressure?... How can I check my blood pressure?... What is an ambulatory blood pressure monitor?... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
November 17, 2009
Elizabeth Svoboda |
Five Body Parts You May Be Able to Regrow Soon(ish) New hope for injured hearts, lungs, arms and legs as well as other body regeneration strategies. |
Chemistry World
March 22, 2011
Amaya Camara-Campos |
Microfluidics to diagnose sleeping sickness Jonas Tegenfeldt from the University of Lund developed a microfluidic device that separates the parasites in this disease from the blood cells using their shape, because parasites and red blood cells are very difficult to separate by size. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2002 |
High Blood Pressure and Exercise What is blood pressure, and what is high blood pressure?... Who gets high blood pressure?... Can I still get high blood pressure if I exercise?... What can I do if my doctor tells me that I have high blood pressure?...Will medicine that lowers my blood pressure affect my exercise?... etc. |
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 |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Intel Has RFID Technology in Its Blood A new blood bank RFID program in Malaysia could lead to big opportunities for investors. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000 |
Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease is a blood disease that children inherit from their parents. The disease causes the red blood cells to make abnormal hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the part of blood that carries oxygen in the body... |
Salon.com
September 14, 2000
David Tuller |
Seeing red Gay men have long been infuriated by a government ban on their donating blood. This week the FDA is reconsidering its position. |
Chemistry World
May 14, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
Bloodshed for blood substitute makers The synthetic blood business has taken a hit as regulators pan products and two major players are brought to the brink of collapse. |
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. |
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. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Richard Saltus |
T-Cell Booster Kits A bioengineer remodels cell surfaces to prod the immune system. |
Health
February 2008
Ginny Graves |
5 Ways to Prevent a Stroke The link between high blood pressure and strokes is strong. Here's how to lower it. |
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
August 28, 2012
Andrew Turley |
Myelofibrosis drug approved in EU Jakavi (ruxolitinib) tablets have been approved in the EU for the treatment of myelofibrosis, a rare disease affecting the bone marrow. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2004 |
High Blood Pressure An informative pamphlet on what high blood pressure is, what the numbers mean and how and when the condition may be treated. |
Outside
March 2006
Lindsay Yaw |
Clearing the Air Oxygen chambers allow you to simulate the world's altitude extremes. But should you? Depends on what you're after. |
Wired
September 25, 2007
P. D. |
How to: Make Fake Blood As Halloween fast approaches, here is a tip to get the right consistency of blood for your costume. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2009
Brian Orelli |
A Less-Risky Stem Cell Play Life Technologies is a clear leader in stem cell reagents. |
Technology Research News
June 29, 2005
Eric Smalley |
Cell combo yields blood vessels Researchers experiment with methods of getting blood vessels to grow in replacement organs before the tissue is placed in the body. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2005
Rich Smith |
ViaCell's Cancer Trial Snag The cord blood collector suffers a research setback. Investors should keep in mind that the real money-maker behind ViaCell is its ViaCord cord blood storage business. |
Chemistry World
July 14, 2011
Holly Sheahan |
No More Oxygen for Artificial Lung US scientists have mimicked the structure of a lung to make a device that can use air as a ventilating gas instead of pure oxygen. The invention could mean that implantable devices could be a step closer. |
