StemCell Therapy

Security glitch exposes WellPoint data again INDIANAPOLIS — WellPoint Inc. has notified 470,000 individual insurance customers that medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been exposed in the latest security breach of the health insurer’s records. The Indianapolis company said the problem stemmed from an online program customers can use to [...]

In 2010, the stem cells market stands on the brink of technological and commercial breakthroughs, our new study explains. For the first time, pharmaceutical companies are beginning to invest significantly in the drive to create new treatments based on embryonic and adult stem cells.

Stem cells from one’s own eye can bring new sight to those blinded by burns. Stem cell – Eye – Biotechnology – Cornea – Regenerative medicine

Cardio3 BioSciences, a leading Belgian biotechnology company specialising in regenerative therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, today announces positive safety data and preliminary efficacy results from its clinical trial of C-Cure(R), a breakthrough stem cell therapy for heart failure.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company today announced results from a study comparing the effect of long-term treatment with either BYETTA® (exenatide) injection or Lantus® (insulin glargine) on overall beta-cell function. (Beta cells are cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.) Three years of BYETTA therapy improved indices of beta-cell function assessed four [...]

Alan Lewis, the fomer head of Novocell (now ViaCyte, Inc.) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, will be joining the $3 billion California stem cell agency shortly, the California Stem Cell Report has learned. It is not clear what his responsibilities will include or whether he will be serving as a consultant or on staff. [...]

Bionime USA Corporation today announced that they have received FDA 510(k) clearance for the New Rightest™ GM550 Blood Glucose Monitoring System. The Rightest™ GM550 Blood Glucose Monitoring System incorporates Bionime’s new patented True Auto Code® System, as well as their patented, integrated gold nano technology.

Program Update 2010 Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (FSMA) recently awarded a grant to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital at Ohio State University toward their Gene Therapy Development Program. This program works toward replacement of the entire SMN1 gene, and has the potential to be groundbreaking in the treatment of SMA patients.

BIOTECH company Tissue Regenix said it now has the funds to capitalise on growing demand for replacement body parts after marking its first day as a listed company. (29/06/2010 21:13:07)

Arthritis Patient Successfully Treated With Fat Stem Cells Tells His Story SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – June 28, 2010) – Medistem Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MEDS). Medistem collaborator Dr. Jorge Paz Rodriquez was invited to give a talk at Del Mar College in Texas by arthritis patient Dusty Durrill. The patient described a profound recovery after treatment with [...]

Scientists grow a rat lung in the laboratory By LAURAN NEERGAARD (AP) – 4 days ago WASHINGTON — It’s an early step toward one day building new lungs: Yale University researchers took apart and regrew a rat’s lung, and then transplanted it and watched it breathe. The lung stayed in place only for an hour [...]

Doctors are saying stem cell transplants are a promising new treatment to restore sight to individuals who have suffered severe eye damage. Dozens of patients whose eyes were injured after being splashed with caustic chemicals were able to see again after receiving a transplant of their own stem cells, according to The Associated Press. Italian [...]

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday reinstated a lawsuit that challenges an Obama administration policy for federal funding of some human embryonic stem cell research. The unusual suit against the National Institutes of Health, backed by some Christian groups opposed to embryo research, argued that the NIH policy takes funds from researchers seeking [...]

A substance found in red wine and other sources could protect blood vessels in the eyes from being damaged by aging, a new study suggests.

Resveratrol – found in red wine, grapes, blueberries, peanuts and other plants – stops out-of-control blood vessel growth in the eye, according to vision researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The discovery has implications for preserving vision in blinding eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, the leading [...]

According to findings published in the American Journal of Pathology , resveratrol could reverse the abnormal formation of blood vessels in the retina of mice subjected to a laser treatment.

Scientists at the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine have identified changes in the brains of normal individuals at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease that could prove important for early detection of the disease.The research, led by Brian Gold, associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology, focused on the brain’s white matter, which forms the majority [...]

Scientists at the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine have identified changes in the brains of normal individuals at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease that could prove important for early detection of the disease.

India enjoys the major manufacturing advantage over European and American vehicle manufacturers when it comes to cost innovativeness, a top automobile industry official Monday said.

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