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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Stem Cell and other News

The Boston Globe 
A dramatic advance in creating stem cells for research received a serious blow Tuesday when a Japanese scientist who led the work was accused of fraud by her own institute. The RIKEN Institute...
 
  Jaenisch on STAP situation "it's not good for the field"


Apr 1
Haruko Obokata, Who Claimed Stem Cell Breakthrough, Found Guilty of Scientific Misconduct
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Apr 2
WSCS/GPI Founder Bernard Siegel to Address "World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research" in Rome.


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Harvard University

New hope for treating ALS

Harvard stem cell scientists have discovered that a recently approved medication for epilepsy might be a meaningful treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s...




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Apr 4
The Potential of Fat for Regenerative Medicine. (via )

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Apr 4
", and the tooth fairy" with Dr. Allyson Muotri by blogger



Cool video from about the use of bioreactors to scale-up cell culture systems for cellular therapies:



Today's post strips down to the muscle - video interview by features 's Michael Rudnicki



Useful! We've got a fact sheet on and cerebral palsy too:




Since it's cerebral palsy awareness day, why not check out my article about potential of for









Stem Cell Directory

@Stem_Cell_Dir

is a fully searchable, human-edited directory for the entire Stem Cell industry
Los Angeles, CA · stemcelldirectory.com


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Paralyzed Muscles Resume Function With New Technique Using Light-Activated Neurons From -


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Scientists smash barrier to growing organs from  


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Scientists smash barrier to growing organs from stem cells

(Phys.org) —Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overcome one of the greatest challenges in biology and taken a major step toward being able to grow whole organs and...


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Compelling evidence that very small embryonic-like from human adult tissues are multipotent -


Better way to grow motor neurons from


Haruko Obokata, Who Claimed Stem Cell Breakthrough, Found Guilty of Scientific Misconduct




Regenerative medicine a step closer as new method yields potent, renewable human -


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from muscle can repair nerve damage after injury, researchers show

Stem cells from muscle can repair nerve damage after injury, resear...

Stem cells derived from human muscle tissue were able to repair nerve damage and restore function in an animal model of sciatic nerve injury, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh...


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EuroStemCell

EuroStemCell

@eurostemcell

Europe’s stem cell hub: information, education, conversation. Tweets by Kate Doherty, Emma Kemp + guests


Parkinson's disease: How could regenerative medicine help? See also:


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Evaluating the use of comics in communicating science Take survey here:




Embryonic in focus: new topic page = lots of content on ES cell research and ethics in one place



RT : Scientist Live-Blogs His Lab’s Attempts to Generate New Type of Stem Cells | Science/AAAS | News

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RT "So great: Neurocomic, a graphic novel about how the brain works   "










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"What is essential is invisible to the eye." The Little Prince is 71 today –





Dr. Brian Goldman

@NightShiftMD

ER physician, Host of CBC's top-rated White Coat, Black Art, author of 'The Night Shift' & 'The Secret Language of Doctors'.


Calls to Poison Centers for Exposures to Electronic Cigarettes... - A warning about e-cigarettes.


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View this content on The Globe and Mail's website

New pot regime is going to pot

 
April 1 was supposed to mark the beginning of a new era for medicinal marijuana in Canada. Instead, uncertainty and confusion mean the new rules are having the exact opposite of their intended effect



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