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Stem Cell Research Today: Larry Goldstein – CIRM Science Writer’s Seminar – Video

Billie21Banks — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:38:49 +0000

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17-11-2011 09:48 (Part 1 of 9) Larry Goldstein, MD, spoke at the Scientific Writer’s Seminar, a workshop presented on September 17, 2008 at CIRM headquarters in San Francisco. Goldstein presented an overview of the basic principles and concepts of stem cell biology and stem cell clinical trial development. He has a CIRM grant to use human embryonic stem cells to understand and to develop new therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.

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Catholic Church Declares Support For Adult Stem Cell Research

raelifin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:28:49 +0000

(This is a guest op-ed by Steven Myers,??a director of NeoStem, Inc., a publicly traded biosciences company and co-host of the first international Adult Stem Cell conference held in Vatican City,) By Steven Myers There is no area of medical science as misunderstood by the public as ?stem cell? science and its extraordinary potential for …

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Stem cell fraud probe centered in Texas

GabrielaSharpe19 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:23:13 +0000

Two Texas men have been charged in federal indictments with conspiring to defraud people suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease, muscular dystrophy, cancer and other diseases by advising and treating them with unapproved stem cell treatments.

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Multiple Sclerosis Damage Washed Away By Stream of Young Blood

MCDONALDAlissa27 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:15:03 +0000

FatLittleMonkey writes “A new study on mice suggests damage caused by diseases like Multiple sclerosis, as well as natural aging, can be reversed by an infusion of stem cell rich blood from younger mice.

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Investigation: Arizona clinic linked to illegal stem cell treatments

raelifin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:43:36 +0000

An Arizona clinic has ties to a northern Mexico treatment center that offers stem cell procedures. One recent recipient says it's a scam.

University of Kentucky offers stroke stem cell trial

MCDONALDAlissa27 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:46:43 +0000

( University of Kentucky ) The University of Kentucky will be the first site in the state and one of a select few in the entire country participating in the first stages of a groundbreaking study to investigate the effects of MultiStem, a human adult stem cell product, on patients with acute ischemic stroke.

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Controversial Stem Cell Transplant Helps Hawaii Woman

julietochka — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:52:32 +0000

Nine months after undergoing experimental stem cell treatment overseas, an associate UH professor says she is learning how to live again.

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Chinese stem cell therapy put on hold

RUBY33wn — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:19:12 +0000

Health ministry places a ban on experimental stem cell treatments in China Kathleen E. McLaughlin China's limited offerings as a medical tourism destination might be at an end for now. In recent years, the country has drawn thousands of foreign citizens with experimental hospitals and doctors willing to treat seriously ill patients with unproven stem-cell therapies.

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Sting operation leads to arrests in illegal stem cell scheme

Claudine30DICKERSON — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:12:25 +0000

Arrests in a $1.5 million scheme to sell stem cell treatments to terminal patients marks a step in the emergence of the controversial stem cell therapies market.

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China Stops Unapproved Stem Cell Treatments

GabrielaSharpe19 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:38:28 +0000

China has ordered a halt to all unapproved stem cell treatments and clinical trials, state media reported on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to rein in the largely untested stem cell therapies now on offer across the country

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Scott Pelley on "monstrous" stem cell fraud

tobylee02 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:20:01 +0000

Discusses “60 Minutes” probe of “stem cell charlatans” who promise cures for incurable diseases

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Deceased man’s efforts help lead to 4 indictments in medical scam

Billie21Banks — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:18:07 +0000

Thanks in part to a Lufkin man’s efforts, four federal indictments were handed up last week to suspects in a stem cell scheme that netted more than $1.5 million from patients suffering from incurable

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Stem cell research center opens in Sugar Land

raelifin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:40:38 +0000

Last month, Celltex Therapeutics opened up what is now the largest adult stem cell lab and bank in North America.

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Stem Cell Treatment – Video

Billie21Banks — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:20:56 +0000

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22-09-2011 18:30 www.StemCellTreatment.org is the leading stem cell treatment center in the world. Using the latest technology and research, the American Stem Cell Treatment

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Stem cell bill hurdles committee level

Billie21Banks — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:23:42 +0000

MABALACAT — The House committee on science and technology approved the bill seeking to establish a stem cell center in the country, Representative Carmelo Lazatin said.

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BioTime to Produce Stem Cells for Research in Muscle Disorders

KenyaHENRY — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:45:00 +0000

BioTime, Inc. today announced that it has elected to market progenitors of muscle stem cells bearing hereditary diseases. BioTime will produce the products from five human embryonic stem cell lines from Reproductive Genetics Institute of Chicago, Illinois.

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Brownsville man arrested in cross-border stem cells scheme

raelifin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:51 +0000

A federal judge has unsealed records filed against a Brownsville man accused in a cross-border stem cell scheme where he falsely represented himself as a doctor.

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Stem cell bill passes committee level

Claudine30DICKERSON — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:15:36 +0000

ANGELES CITY — A bill seeking to establish a stem cell center in the country, filed by Representative Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin (1st district, Pampanga), has been approved by the House Committee on Science and Technology.

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Researchers say therapy improves stem cell engraftment in umbilical cord blood transplant recipients

Billie21Banks — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:37:53 +0000

A therapy involving a natural compound may improve the ability of stem cells from umbilical cord blood to engraft in patients receiving a stem cell transplant for cancer or other diseases, a phase I clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists indicates.

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Therapy Improves Stem Cell Engraftment in Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant Recipients

jos — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:33:15 +0000