USC Researchers Receive $2.9 Million In Stem Cell Research Funding
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have been awarded $2.9 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support research into stem cell discoveries that lay the foundation for future therapies. The Basic Biology Awards received formal approval Thursday from the Independent Citizens [...]
Gentium Reports Top Line Results From The Phase III Treatment Trial Of Defibrotide For Severe Veno-Occlusive Disease
Gentium S.p.A. (NASDAQ: GENT) announced top-line results from a historically controlled, multicenter, open label, Phase III trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 25 mg/kg/day of Defibrotide for the treatment of severe veno-occlusive disease (sVOD) in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (SCT) patients. Source:Gentium Reports Top Line Results From The Phase III Treatment Trial [...]
Five Low Cost Ways To Prevent Cancer
In today’s troubled economy, saving money is a hot topic. No matter what gets cut from your budget, however, experts at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center believe that healthy choices to prevent cancer shouldn’t be on the list. “Cancer is a disease that is cheaper to prevent than treat,” says Michele [...]
'Glow In The Dark' Red Blood Cells Made From Human Stem Cells, Australia
Victorian stem cell scientists from Monash University have modified a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line to glow red when the stem cells become red blood cells. The modified hESC line, ErythRED, represents a major step forward to the eventual aim of generating mature, fully functional red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells. Source:'Glow [...]
Safety Phase Of Novel UM Stem Cell Trial Completed
Physicians at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute have successfully completed the first safety phase of a novel trial using stem cell injections into the heart muscle for patients who have had a prior heart attack. With this milestone, the study’s independent Data Safety Monitoring Board has given approval [...]
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