Tag Archives: stem cells

December, 2017

27 December
Study Explores Impact of Obesity on Bone Marrow Cells

CINCINNATI, Dec. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — New research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine highlights the pernicious effect of obesity on the long-term health of blood-making stem cells (hematopoietic stem cells). Published Dec. 27, the study was led by researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute. …
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13 October
USC Team Finds a Potentially Better Way to Treat Liver Cancer

A Keck School of Medicine of USC research team has identified how cancer stem cells survive. This finding may one day lead to new therapies for liver cancer, one of the few cancers in the United States with an incidence rate that continues to balloon. “Liver cancer is difficult to …
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22 September
‘Labyrinth’ Chip Could Help Monitor Aggressive Cancer Stem Cells

ANN ARBOR–Inspired by the Labyrinth of Greek mythology, a new chip etched with fluid channels sends blood samples through a hydrodynamic maze to separate out rare circulating cancer cells into a relatively clean stream for analysis. It is already in use in a breast cancer clinical trial. Tumor cells isolated …
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31 March
Fujifilm to Acquire Stem Cell Pioneer Cellular Dynamics for $307 Million

Japan’s Fujifilm said that it will pay more than $300 million for Wisconsin-based stem cell developer Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) to strengthen its presence in the regenerative field. The companies announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement, under which Fujifilm will acquire CDI. Fujifilm aims to acquire all …
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25 March
AstraZeneca and Harvard Stem Cell Institute Team Up for Diabetes Research

AstraZeneca inked a five-year research deal with Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) for new treatments for diabetes. The company announced today that it has entered into a five-year research collaboration with HSCI to adapt a technique that creates human beta cells from stem cells for use in screens for AstraZeneca’s …
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3 February
Can Stem Cells Roll Back the MS Clock?

Rolling back the clock in a multiple sclerosis (MS) patient means getting back some of the lost physical function, cognitive function, and overall quality of life that this disease steals away. This, surely, is the dream and hope of every MS patient who watches his or her abilities slip away …
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