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Study: Human fat yields multipurpose stem cells
Stanford :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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You know that fat in your body you wish you didn't have? It turns out those cells could be used to create stem cells that one day may be able to cure disease. Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that the millions of fat...
Tags: stem cells, Dr. Michael Longaker, Stanford University, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford's School of Medicine, liposuction leftovers, skin cells, pluripotent stem, induced pluripotent, cells researcher
Non-embryonic stem cells pass major hurdle in mice
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Two teams of Chinese scientists have made a major advance in mice in the development of a new kind of stem cell that doesn't involve destroying embryos. Those cells are derived from ordinary skin cells, and when they were created two years ago from human...
Tags: stem cells, skin cells, induced pluripotent, pluripotent stem, called induced, ethical issues
USA Today: Al Gore on board for $20M stem cell venture
Ōsaka :: Japan | 7 months ago
Credibility Former vice president Al Gore is entering the stem cell arena with an announcement today of a $20 million biotech venture in the hot area of "induced pluripotent" stem cells. Induced cells are attracting interest from researchers and biotech firms as...
UW researchers make stem-cell breakthrough
Sydney :: Australia | 8 months ago
Credibility Researchers in James Thomson’s lab, including associate scientist Junying Yu, made the discovery. The breakthrough will help remove genetic baggage from embryonic cells, which previously posed a threat to therapeutic treatment. Thomson is a professor...
Tags: stem cells, University of Wisconsin-Madison, James Thomson (cell biologist), skin cells, induced pluripotent, embryonic stem
Aussies joining new stem cell research
Melbourne :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility June 2008 Australian scientists have joined growing international efforts to develop ethically-acceptable stem cell technologies to revolutionise the treatment of many diseases. Melbourne have begun to cultivate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells),...
Tags: stem cells, ips cells, induced pluripotent, pluripotent stem
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