Geron Corp. (GERN) and General Electric Co.'s (GE) GE Healthcare announced aglobal licensing deal in which the companies will team up to develop and selldrug-discovery technologies derived from human embryonic stem cells. Shares of biotechnology concern Geron jumped 19% premarket to ...Read More
Human embryonic stem cells are able to change into any of the 200 cell types in the human body
French researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advanced Cell Technology, a small Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, said on Thursday it has asked for approval to test human embryonic stem cells in treating a rare cause of blindness. The company said it filed an IND, an investigational ...Read More
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court Monday found disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk guilty of fraud and handed down a suspended sentence in a case that sent shockwaves throughout the global scientific community.
Hwang, once a scientist with rock-star ...Read More
SEOUL, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Mondayfound disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk guilty of fraudin a case that sent shockwaves throughout the scientificcommunity.Hwang, once a scientist with rock-star like status in SouthKorea for his research ...Read More
NEW YORK—GE Healthcare said Wednesday it plans to expand a cancer drug research partnership with Eli Lilly & Co., making a two-year-old partnership official in the process. General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey Immelt also said the health care unit will set ...Read More
GE Healthcare said it plans to expand a cancer research partnership with Eli Lilly & Co. designed to target drugs more precisely and speed clinical trials The unit of General Electric Co. also said it will set aside $250 million for ...Read More
Aastrom Biosciences Inc., which develops stem cell therapies, said Wednesday it received a notice saying it might be subject to delisting from the Nasdaq. Aastrom Bioscience said the staff determination letter indicated the company is not in compliance with the $1 ...Read More
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Canadian scientists whose discovery of stem cells has paved the way for controversial research could be candidates for the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, the winners of which will be announced Monday. Ernest McCulloch and James Till ...Read More
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Two Canadian scientists whose discovery of stem cells has paved the way for controversial research could be candidates for the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, the winners of which will be announced Monday. Ernest McCulloch and James Till ...Read More
Two Canadian scientists whose discovery of stem cells has paved the way for controversial research could be candidates for the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, the winners of which will be announced Monday. Ernest McCulloch and James Till won the prestigious ...Read More
WASHINGTON - 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 ...Read More
Hospitalized for bleeding and swelling following an experimental cancer treatment in Germany, Farrah Fawcett is said to be doing well. But there are many unanswered questions. What kind of treatment was Fawcett having in Germany? It's a blossoming area for alternative cancer ...Read More
Farrah Fawcett has been hospitalized in Los Angeles. The actress has been battling anal cancer since 2006. Fawcett, 62, has undergone chemotherapy and aggressive treatments, including experimental stem cell treatments in Germany. She recently returned to the United States. The former Charlie's ...Read More
Osiris Therapeutics Inc. said Friday it discovered a flaw in a trial of its stem cell candidate Prochymal, and decided to end enrollment of patients early. The trial tested Prochymal as a treatment for Crohn's disease, a digestive tract disorder. The ...Read More
In lifting restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research this month, did President Obama leave the door open to human cloning? To hear Obama say it, the answer is unequivocally no. "We will ensure that our government never opens ...Read More
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Roman Catholic bishop whose diocese includes the University of Notre Dame says he will boycott President Barack Obama's May 17 commencement speech at the Catholic school because of Obama's support for abortion rights and embryonic ...Read More
The British mega-brand Virgin has launched a stem-cell bank in Qatar. The country has lofty goals of becoming the world leader in stem cell technologies, and unlike in the West, Qatar does not face some of the ethical issues surrounding ...Read More
WASHINGTON – From tiny embryonic cells to the large-scale physics of global warming, President Barack Obama urged researchers on Monday to follow science and not ideology as he abolished contentious Bush-era restraints on stem-cell research. "Our government has forced what ...Read More
Of all the arguments against stem cell research, the lamest has to be that "it would put us on a slippery slope." But since this case comes from the same precincts that gave us "gay marriage will lead to incest ...Read More
