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Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of adult allogeneic stem cells and stem cell factors announced that the Company has been issued U.S. Patent #8,318,485 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This broad-based patent covers the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and other degenerative diseases of the eye with the Companys ischemic tolerant neural (itNSC) and mesenchymal (itMSC) stem cells. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) December 20, 2012 In the United States, diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new blindness in people 25-74 years of age. Approximately 700,000 persons in the United States have proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Each year another 65,000 are diagnosed with the condition. A recent study has estimated that, among people with diabetes aged 40 or older, 28.5% will develop diabetic retinopathy. Worldwide, it is estimated that 20 million people have proliferative diabetic retinopathy, with this number projected to increase to over 30 million by 2030. Diabetic retinopathy begins as a vascular condition with microaneurysms in the vessels of the retina. These blood vessels become blocked, thereby depriving portions of the retina from blood supply. This trauma causes the retina to secrete vascularization signals that result in new, fragile, abnormal blood vessels being formed. The … Continue reading →

A new study published in Nature shows how mitochondrial disease may be prevented NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A joint team of scientists from The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has developed a technique that may prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases in children. The study is published online today in Nature. Dieter Egli, PhD, and Daniel Paull, PhD, of the NYSCF Laboratory with Mark Sauer, MD, and Michio Hirano, MD, of CUMC demonstrated how the nucleus of a cell can be successfully transferred between human egg cells. This landmark achievement carries significant implications for those children who have the potential to inherit mitochondrial diseases. Mitochondria are cellular organelles responsible for the maintenance and growth of a cell. They contain their own set of genes, passed from mother to child, and are inherited independently from the cell's nucleus. Although mitochondrial DNA accounts for only 37 out of more than 20,000 genes in an individual, mutations to mitochondrial genes carry harmful effects. Mitochondrial disorders, due to mutations in mitochondrial DNA, affect approximately 1 in 10,000 people, while nearly 1 in 200 individuals carries mutant mitochondrial DNA. Symptoms, manifesting most often in … Continue reading →

Stem Cells Research Commercial For this biology project we had to choose a side on whether if we were for or against putting a stem cell research facility in our home town. We were for the cause and this is our commercial which is supposed to persuade the viewer to vote yes to the fictional'question 6'.From:iamtrroyViews:5 0ratingsTime:02:01More inPeople Blogs See original here: Stem Cells Research Commercial - Video … Continue reading →

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PhD training programme Stem cells regenerative medicine is an exciting and fast moving field that brings together experts in biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering and other areas to find solutions to some of the most challenging scientific and medical problems we face today. The MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh offers an integrated and structured PhD training programme in stem cells and regenerative medicine, incorporating taught and research elements to provide high-level training in theoretical and practical stem cell research. More info: http://www.crm.ed.ac.ukFrom:CRMedinburghViews:5 0ratingsTime:01:56More inPeople Blogs Here is the original post: PhD training programme - Video … Continue reading →

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, and its subsidiaries OrthoCyte Corporation and LifeMap Sciences reported today a means of manufacturing seven distinct types of cartilage, bone, and tendon cells from human embryonic stem cells. The paper, scheduled to be published online (ahead of print) at 1600 GMT today in the peer-reviewed journal Regenerative Medicine, characterizes the seven cell types generated using BioTimes proprietary PureStemTM technology. The study compared the novel cells with adult stem cells, known as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and revealed properties of the new cell lines that are suggestive of a wide array of future applications in the practice of orthopedic medicine. In the study published today, it was demonstrated that BioTimes cells, which can be manufactured on an industrial scale, are progenitors to diverse skeletal tissues of the human body. These cell lines bear diverse molecular markers that distinguish them from each other and from MSCs. The molecular markers of BioTimes cell lines suggest the lines may therefore be applicable to the repair of different types of bone, cartilage, and tendon for the treatment of degenerative diseases afflicting these tissue … Continue reading →

When cosmetic surgeon Allan Wu first heard the woman's complaint, he wondered if she was imagining things or making it up. A resident of Los Angeles in her late sixties, she explained that she could not open her right eye without considerable pain and that every time she forced it open, she heard a strange clicka sharp sound, like a tiny castanet snapping shut. After examining her in person at The Morrow Institute in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Wu could see that something was wrong: Her eyelid drooped stubbornly, and the area around her eye was somewhat swollen. Six and a half hours of surgery later, he and his colleagues had dug out small chunks of bone from the woman's eyelid and tissue surrounding her eye, which was scratched but largely intact. The clicks she heard were the bone fragments grinding against one another. About three months earlier the woman had opted for a relatively new kind of cosmetic procedure at a different clinic in Beverly Hillsa face-lift that made use of her own adult stem cells. First, cosmetic surgeons had removed some the woman's abdominal fat with liposuction and isolated the adult stem cells withina family of cells that can … Continue reading →

The Molecules We Eat: Amy Rowat at TEDxUCLA Amy Rowat is Assistant Professor at in the UCLA Department of Integrative Biology Physiology, and member of the UCLA Bioengineering Department, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Business of Science Center, Broad Stem Cell Research Center, and Center for Biological Physics. Rowat completed her training at Mount Allison University, Canada (B.Sc. Honors Physics; BA Asian Studies, French, Math), the Technical University of Denmark (M.Sc. Chemistry), the University of Southern Denmark (Ph.D. Physics), and Harvard University in the Department of Physics/Division of Engineering Applied Science and Brigham Women's Hospital. In addition to her commitment to research, Rowat has also pioneered the use of examples from food and cooking as vehicles for teaching sophisticated physics concepts to a general audience. She is the co-developer of the first annual Harvard Science Cooking course, and is founder and director of Science Food, an organization based at UCLA that promotes knowledge of science through food and food through science. Rowat has published numerous articles and patents, and has received numerous honors and awards, including being named a Hellman Fellow and Human Frontiers Cross-Disciplinary Fellow. AboutTEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx … Continue reading →

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cord blood banking | Advancing Cord Blood Stem Cell Research Tackles Wide Range of Serious Diseases http://www.cordbloodrecommendation.com The real treatment takes place when the patient is infused with stem cells, which start producing white blood cells in order to make the amount of white blood cells reach the normal number. The treatment that has to be provided for leukemia should be such, that it would increase the amount of White Blood cells in the blood stream. This is part of the reason for the high cost. The banking facility helps in making blood donation readily available for transplantation's. This is time consuming, and chances of perfect matches are not very high either. Ask tough questions. In addition, for the yearly maintenance fees will be about hundreds of dollars. We were lucky that when our son was born my parents wanted to give it to us as a gift. How to do cord blood banking?All you need to do is store your newborn baby's umbilical cord and placenta during delivery with some medical aid. An unfussy decision in pregnancy can present a game trace of stem groups with no doubts about incompatibility. Your child's umbilical cord blood contains … Continue reading →