Stem Cell Therapy and Medical Tourism: Of Promise and Peril? From:harvardstemcellViews:9 0ratingsTime:01:15:50More inScience Technology See more here: Stem Cell Therapy and Medical Tourism: Of Promise and Peril? - Video … Continue reading →

Proof-of-concept animal study selected as one of the best presentations at 54thAmerican Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition BOSTON, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center (DF/CHCC) have taken the first preliminary steps toward developing a form of gene therapy for sickle cell disease. In an abstract presented on Dec. 10 at the 54th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, the research teamled by DF/CHCC's Raffaele Renella, MD, PhD, Stuart H. Orkin, MD, and David A. Williams, MDannounced that they had demonstrated in an animal model the feasibility of activating a form of hemoglobin unaffected by the sickle cell mutation. The study was included as part of the meeting's Best of ASH session on Dec. 11. At this session, the meeting's scientific co-chairs present what they consider to be the best abstracts of the 4,000-plus presented at the conference. "This work builds on the transformative basic research discovery of the role of BCL11A in maintaining fetal hemoglobin silencing by the Orkin laboratory with a near-term goal of curing sickle cell disease using gene therapy," said Williams, chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at DF/CHCC and senior author on the abstract. "We have had … Continue reading →

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Institute Of Stem-cell Therapy And Research (GIOSTAR) announced today a collaborative treatment plan to serve the local population suffering from a genetic disease, Sickle Cell Anemia. President and CEO, Mr. Deven Patel and his team met with Honorable Chief Minister Shri Arjun Munda of State of Jharkhand, India in November 2012 to address the local population's medical needs. A photo accompanying this release is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=16184. As a follow-up, a government delegation representing the state of Jharkhand, India; Chief Minister, Principal Health Secretary, Chief Secretary and many other officials are visiting GIOSTAR in San Diego on December 14, 2012 to finalize the proposed two (2) billion U.S. dollar contract to be serviced over the next 15 years. Bob Filner, Mayor of San Diego and City Council Members are among the invited guests for this state visit along with representatives from Belize and the island nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Two hundred (200) jobs are estimated to be created in San Diego and it is expected that the dialog would include an economic development program between City of San Diego and State of Jharkhand, India. GIOSTAR is a … Continue reading →

Nano-TMII move Time lapse Mount Sinai's Nanomedicine Lab has moved to the Hess Center for Science and MedicineFrom:wjmmulderViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:52More inScience Technology Read more here: Nano-TMII move Time lapse - Video … Continue reading →

NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Nanotechnology Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0326269/Global-Nanotechnology-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Nanotechnology This report analyzes the Global market for Nanotechnology in US$ Billion by the following End-Use Sectors: Chemicals, Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductors & Electronics, Pharma & Healthcare, Food, and Others. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2009 through 2018.The report profiles 670 companies including many key and niche players such as Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc., Advanced Nano Products Company Limited, Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., Arrowhead Research Corporation., Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bruker Corporation, Catalytic Materials, LLC, Chemat Technology Inc., eSpin Technologies, Inc., ELITech Group, Genefluidics, Inc., Hanwha Nanotech Corporation, Hybrid Plastics, Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc., Integran Technologies, Inc., Intrinsiq Materials Limited, Life Technologies Corportation, Luxtera, Inc., Nanocyl S.A., NanoGram Corporation, NanoMaterials Ltd., Nanosys, Inc., Quantumsphere, Inc., Raymor Industries, Inc., Rogue Valley Microdevices, Inc., Shenzhen Nanotech Port Co., Ltd., SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc., Starpharma Holdings, Dendritic Nanotechnologies, Inc., Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, and Unidym, Inc. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are primarily based upon search engine sources in the public domain. I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS Study … Continue reading →