The first pharmaceutical company in Japan applies approval for stem cell medicine

JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. A pharmaceutical firm based in Hyogo is set to submit an application for government approval of cultured cells (stem cells) as medicine, the first firm in Japan to do so. This medical treatment is aimed at bone marrow transplant patients, to help reduce the side effects of the procedure.
JCR Pharmaceutical Co., a midsize company in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture is expected...
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Top 10 Stem Cell Predictions for 2014

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Every year, the famous American biologist and writer Paul Knоepfler predicts development of cellular technologies in the coming year.
According to the forecast of professor Knoepfler, in 2014 surprised the world will be astonished by the following top 10 events in the field of...
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Stem cells repair damaged heart

ScrippsA new stem cell treatment may help heart attack patients do something once thought medically impossible — regenerate dead heart muscle.
Scripps Health in La Jolla is one of three centers testing the therapy from Capricor, a Los Angeles biotech company. The cardiac stem cells are meant to boost the heart’s natural ability to perform minor repairs. If it works,...
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Pokrovsky bank of stem cells joined the Association of cryobanks of the umbilical cord blood, other human tissues and cells

PBSK (1)Pokrovsky bank of stem cells, the Russian leader in cord blood banking and stem cell technologies, joined the Association of cryobanks of the umbilical cord blood, other human tissues and cells.
Association of cryobanks of the umbilical cord blood, other human tissues and cells brings together leading biotech companies and research institutions,...
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New approaches to the use of cord blood in medicine

eshiFor nearly three decades, the umbilical cord blood is increasingly used in clinical practice as a source of hematopoietic stem cells, alternative to bone marrow of an adult body.
Currently more than 30,000 cord blood transplants for the treatment of malignant and other diseases in children and adults were perfomed worldwide. But in recent years, scientists in addition to populations...
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Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of NAS of Ukraine joined the Association

ElskayaInstitute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of NAS of Ukraine became an academic member of the Association of Cryobanks of Umbilical Cord Blood, Other Human Tissues and Cells.
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of NAS of Ukraine is a leading research institute of the country, that focuses on the latest research in the field of molecular biology and genetics, such as structural and...
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