Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

Compromise, defined as the art of getting part of a loaf when the whole loaf is out of reach, comes in many forms. But surely the strangest of all is what comes of trying to compromise with yourself. That's what California's stem cell agency is attempting to do. And judging from its record of pioneering new ways of funding and managing scientific research, you can rest assured that the results will be fraught with interest. What's at issue is how the agency's board wrestles with recommendations for changes in its membership and its authority over the spending of its $3-billion endowment in state bond funds (that's $6 billion, including interest). The recommendations came last month from a panel of the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences. The stem cell agency, which is formally known as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM, paid the academy $700,000 for this exercise in high-level scrutiny. After 17 months of deliberation, the panel, which was chaired by Harold Shapiro, a former president of Princeton University, concluded that the CIRM board members were saddled with "almost unavoidable conflicts of interest, whether actual or perceived." That's because by law, 23 … Continue reading →

Who Needs to Know About Biotechnology, Nanotechnology or Stem Cell Research? (2012) Dominique Brossard, PhD, Professor of Life Sciences Communications, University of Wisconsin By: franklinsociety … Continue reading →

US Supreme Courts Allows Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Dr. Curt Civin Explains the Impact The USSupreme Court will not hear an appeal from two scientists who challenged federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The decision leaves in place President Obama's 2009 executive order expanding research on stem cells taken from human embryos, which many scientists say has the potential to produce breakthroughs in treatment of numerous conditions. Dr. Curt Civin is director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In this video, Dr. Civin explains the impact. Learn more about Stem Cell Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine: medschool.umaryland.edu Learn More about the Dickey-Wicker Amendment: en.wikipedia.org By: schoolofmedicine … Continue reading →

The TRUE Conservative Republican Position on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Senator (Dr.) Bill Frist explains (in great detail) how George W. Bush, and Conservatives in general ABSOLUTELY support Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research. He also explains some of the misconceptions regarding how Stem Cells work, and what we can expect in terms of actual therapy as this research progresses. This video is from 2004 but the Conservative viewpoint remains essentially the same. By: dajiban … Continue reading →

California's stem cell agency, which oversees $3 billion in research funds, has announced plans to address long-standing conflict of interest concerns involving its governing board. Under the new policy, tentatively approved last week, the 13 board members of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine who represent institutions eligible for funding from the agency would no longer vote on grants brought before the board. The board's final vote is expected March 19. The stem cell agency was created in 2005 after California voters approved Proposition 71 to fund cutting-edge scientific research in the hope of finding cures and treatments for a host of debilitating diseases. From the beginning, critics raised concerns about the potential for conflicts of interest on its 29-member governing board. An independent group of scientists reviews grant applications and makes funding recommendations to the board. It approves the recommendations about 98 percent of the time, said agency spokesman Kevin McCormack. But the board can also approve grants that weren't recommended. The board includes representatives of such prestigious research institutions as Stanford University, UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, other UC campuses, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, City of Hope and the Keck School of Medicine. Such institutions have … Continue reading →

London, January 28 (ANI) A Bolivian research team has suggested that injecting stem cells in the vital period immediately after a stroke may aid recovery. They found that rats injected with stem cells 30 minutes after a stroke had almost normal brain function restored within a fortnight. The team from La Paz University Hospital says the method has potential in human trials, the BBC reported. The research, published in the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy, support other studies that have found that stem cells could aid stroke patients by boosting the body's ability to repair tissue damage. Stem cells are the body's "master cells" with the potential to become many different cell types, and theoretically replace cells lost through disease or injury. Recent tests in humans have shown some promise, with stroke symptoms improving after an infusion of stem cells. The Bolivian team extracted a certain type of stem cells from fat and bone marrow, and then injected them into the blood vessels of rats shortly after they had suffered an artificially-induced stroke. Even though the introduced cells did not appear to travel to the affected region of the brain, the rats still did better than other rats who … Continue reading →

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/md9zqr/cell_culture_life) has announced the addition of the "Cell Culture Life Science Dashboard Series 4 (North America/Europe)" report to their offering. The growth and propagation of mammalian cells in culture is a routine but critical precursor to the investigation of such fundamental cellular processes as gene expression and protein function and to the development of therapeutics. Cell culture products are widely used not only by scientists working with traditional cell lines but also by researchers engaged in experiments with such emerging model systems as stem cells and engineered cell lines. This Cell Culture Dashboard was developed based upon the aggregated responses to a 21-question survey completed by 487 scientists actively engaged in mammalian cell culture predominantly located in North America and Europe. This Dashboard reveals key market indicators for the research market for cell culture products as a whole as well as for the following product segments: - Basal media - Fetal bovine serum - Animal sera - Balanced salt solutions - Serum free media - Dry powdered media Continue reading here: Research and Markets: Cell Culture Life Science Dashboard (North America/Europe) … Continue reading →

Entangled Author Tracy March talks about Girl 3 - Featured on The DMZone thedmzone.tv - http Entangled Publishing author Tracy March talks about her novel Girl 3 and other upcoming books with host Dianemarie Collins of The DMZone. Charlotte's Web...Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler...favorite stories like these fascinated me when I was a child. But when I read The Scarlet Letter in high school, I became completely captivated. Nathaniel Hawthorne enticed me with his haunting tale mdash;his vivid characters and heady themes. Wild emotion and rule-breaking. Hypocrisy and judgment. Now that was a story! Always looking for another bewitching tale, I became addicted to reading. After many years and even more books, I began to wonder if I could write a novel myself. So following careers in the tourism industry and big pharma, I set out give it a try. I knew something about provocative settings mdash;I'd visited a few mdash;and my experiences in the medical field had sparked plenty of enticing story ideas. To those I added political intrigue, contentious family relationships mdash;and a little romance mdash;and took to the keyboard. Fast-forward through several years, countless words typed … Continue reading →

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Featured Article Academic Journal Main Category: Genetics Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry;Cardiovascular / Cardiology;Stem Cell Research Article Date: 24 Jan 2013 - 13:00 PST Current ratings for: It Takes More Than Protein-Coding DNA To Make A Heart In a study reported online in the journal Cell on 24 January, biologists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) describe how they identified a critical role for a lncRNA they dubbed "Braveheart". But while thousands of these genetic snippets have been found, very little is known about their specific roles. The MIT team suggests the snippet they have identified, Braveheart, controls the transformation of stem cells into heart cells when embryonic stem cells are differentiating. If that turns out to be the case, then studying lncRNAs could lead to a new way of developing regenerative drugs to treat hearts damaged through aging or cardiovascular disease. Co-lead author Carla Klattenhoff, a postdoc in MIT's Department of Biology, says in a statement: "It opens a new door to what we could do, and how we could use lncRNAs to induce specific cell types, that's been completely unexplored." In their study they show how mouse embryonic stem cells that don't have enough Braveheart lncRNA fail … Continue reading →