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Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell.

Nanopharmaceutical drug shows promise for cancers that resist antiangiogenic drugs

The nanopharmaceutical drug CRLX101 is showing promise as a potential new treatment for cancers that develop resistance to antiangiogenic drugs and radiation therapy, according to clinical trial results presented here at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, held Oct. 19 - 23.

22 Oct 2013

CUMC develops new technique that uses patient's own cells to grow new hair

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have devised a hair restoration method that can generate new human hair growth, rather than simply redistribute hair from one part of the scalp to another.

22 Oct 2013

Verastem presents positive results from VS-6063 clinical and preclinical studies at 2013 AACR-NCI-EORTC meeting

Verastem, Inc., focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat cancer by the targeted killing of cancer stem cells, announced positive results from the Phase 1 portion of its Phase 1/1b study of defactinib (VS-6063) in combination with paclitaxel in patients with ovarian cancer that were presented at the 2013 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Boston.

21 Oct 2013

UCLA study uncovers biological clock that may shed light on why our bodies age

Everyone grows older, but scientists don't really understand why. Now a UCLA study has uncovered a biological clock embedded in our genomes that may shed light on why our bodies age and how we can slow the process.

21 Oct 2013

New research identifies internal timepiece that accurately gauge age of human organs and tissues

21 Oct 2013

Scientists find unexpected molecular switch that prompts blood stem cells aging

Scientists report in Nature they have found a novel and unexpected molecular switch that could become a key to slowing some of the ravages of getting older as it prompts blood stem cells to age.

21 Oct 2013

Five Research Units established to uncover physiological basis for cognitive processes, cultural techniques

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing five new Research Units. This was decided by the DFG Senate at its October meeting. The purpose of the research collaborations is to offer researchers the possibility to pursue current, pressing issues in their subject areas and to establish innovative work directions.

19 Oct 2013

Study: Skin tanning gene linked to higher risk for testicular cancer in white men

A gene important in skin tanning has been linked to higher risk for testicular cancer in white men, according to a study led by scientists from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the University of Oxford in England.

19 Oct 2013

CIRM President Steps Down After Six Years

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18 Oct 2013

Stem Cell Therapeutics Nabs Sirpa Protein-Targeting Mabs

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18 Oct 2013

New study paves way for patient-specific regenerative therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases

A source of gut stem cells that can repair a type of inflammatory bowel disease when transplanted into mice has been identified by researchers at the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute at the University of Cambridge and at BRIC, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

18 Oct 2013

Stem Cell Therapeutics Nabs Sirpa Protein-Targeting Mabs

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17 Oct 2013

Study aims to identify age-related changes in metabolic pathways

Have you ever wondered why young children can eat bags of Halloween candy and feel fine the next day - compared to adults who experience all sorts of agony following the same junk food binge? Evolution and a gene called Foxo may be to blame. Working in fruit flies, scientists at the Buck Institute have identified a mechanism that helps the flies adapt to changes in diet when they're young; they've discovered that same mechanism gets misregulated as the flies age, disrupting metabolic homeostasis, or balance.

16 Oct 2013

Seven promising scientists named 2013 NYSCF - Robertson Investigators

The New York Stem Cell Foundation today named seven of the most promising scientists as its 2013 NYSCF - Robertson Investigators.

16 Oct 2013

Researchers develop innovative 3D method to grow miniature pancreas from progenitor cells

An international team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen have successfully developed an innovative 3D method to grow miniature pancreas from progenitor cells. The future goal is to use this model to help in the fight against diabetes. The research results has just been published in the scientific journal Development.

16 Oct 2013

Barcelona to host European Drosophila Research Conference

From 16 to 19 October, more than 700 international scientists will attend the European Drosophila Research Conference, the most important European conference focused on basic and biomedical research that uses the fly fruit, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system.

15 Oct 2013

NICE issues second draft guidance on PIXUVRI for treatment of aggressive B-cell NHL

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, a non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom, issued second draft guidance on PIXUVRI (pixantrone) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with multiply relapsed or refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

15 Oct 2013

Modeling, identifying predictors of Parkinson's disease with stem cells

The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute has entered into a partnership with the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative to build resources for studying Parkinson's disease to accelerate new treatments. Sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, PPMI is a landmark effort to identify and validate biomarkers of Parkinson's disease.

15 Oct 2013

New gene transfer strategy effective for achieving persistent immunotherapy to treat tumors

Cancer immunotherapy can successfully use the body's own immune system to kill tumor cells. But some current approaches to stimulate an antitumor immune response are short-lived, with limited clinical effectiveness. A new gene transfer strategy that introduces modified, immune-stimulating human stem cells is both feasible and effective for achieving persistent immunotherapy to treat leukemias and lymophomas, according to a study published in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

11 Oct 2013

HSCI researchers discover on-off switch for gene expression

Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers have settled a century-old debate over whether occurrence of DNA methylation acts to silence gene expression, or if genes are turned off by other means before they are methylated.

11 Oct 2013

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Nanopharmaceutical drug shows promise for cancers that resist antiangiogenic drugs

CUMC develops new technique that uses patient's own cells to grow new hair

Verastem presents positive results from VS-6063 clinical and preclinical studies at 2013 AACR-NCI-EORTC meeting

UCLA study uncovers biological clock that may shed light on why our bodies age

New research identifies internal timepiece that accurately gauge age of human organs and tissues

Scientists find unexpected molecular switch that prompts blood stem cells aging

Five Research Units established to uncover physiological basis for cognitive processes, cultural techniques

Study: Skin tanning gene linked to higher risk for testicular cancer in white men

CIRM President Steps Down After Six Years

Stem Cell Therapeutics Nabs Sirpa Protein-Targeting Mabs

New study paves way for patient-specific regenerative therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases

Stem Cell Therapeutics Nabs Sirpa Protein-Targeting Mabs

Study aims to identify age-related changes in metabolic pathways

Seven promising scientists named 2013 NYSCF - Robertson Investigators

Researchers develop innovative 3D method to grow miniature pancreas from progenitor cells

Barcelona to host European Drosophila Research Conference

NICE issues second draft guidance on PIXUVRI for treatment of aggressive B-cell NHL

Modeling, identifying predictors of Parkinson's disease with stem cells

New gene transfer strategy effective for achieving persistent immunotherapy to treat tumors

HSCI researchers discover on-off switch for gene expression

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