Current status and prospects of clinical application of iPS-cells

induced pluripotent stem cellsThe creation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) undoubtedly can be considered one of the most significant discoveries of the twenty-first century in the field of cell technologies. For the discovery of the technology of creation of induced pluripotent stem cells, namely...
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Cell Therapy Clinical Trials for AutoImmune Diagnoses 2011-2015

PGCBWe are collaborating on a project to compile all cell therapy clinical trials registered worldwide from 2011 through 2015. Our database includes 58 clinical trials for autoimmune diseases, with a total planned enrollment of 2192 patients.
In this article we have prepared two figures to illustrate...
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PECULIARITIES OF LEGISLATIVE REGULATION OF CORD BLOOD BANKING IN USA

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Banking of umbilical cord blood in the United States is regulated by law. In 2005, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a comprehensive report to Congress on cord blood banking.
The report contains clear recommendations that health care professionals should provide all expectant parents with fair...
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Vocal cords for the first time grown in the laboratory

UWlogo_ctr_4cFor vocal cords, producing sound is no mean feat. They need to be flexible enough to vibrate, but tough enough to withstand smacking together over a hundred times per second. If our whole bodies were subjected to an equivalent force, we’d be ripped apart.
Now, for...
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Industry news: the world’s first application of iPS-cells

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In September 2014, in Japan the world's first operation on the application of induced pluripotent stem cells – iPS was conducted.
In 2006, Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University for the first time in the world received stem cells from normal human skin cells. The cells were...
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Ukrainian scientists presented 3 reports at ISSCR conference

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24-27 June 2015, Stockholm (Sweden) hosted the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research - ISSCR.
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is an international organization that brings together scientists working in the field of cell technologies and promotes the development...
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