Cell Therapy Research
Dec
New Direction
New Direction The new director of cell processing at Tchefuncte Cardiovascular Associates in Covington is smart, pretty and hails from Santiago, Chile. Read more on St. Tammany News
Dec
Link Between Inflammation and Heart Failure Identified
Link Between Inflammation and Heart Failure Identified SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – 12/22/10) – Medistem Inc. (Pinksheets: MEDS – News ), in collaboration with Dr. Wei-Ping Min’s laboratory from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, disclosed results that a molecule typically associated with inflammation, called “toll like receptor (TLR)-4,” causes direct killing of heart cells and [...]
Dec
Cyclacel Announces Topline Results From the Appraise Phase 2b Study of Seliciclib in Heavily-Pretreated Patients With …
Cyclacel Announces Topline Results From the Appraise Phase 2b Study of Seliciclib in Heavily-Pretreated Patients With … BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases, announced today topline results from APPRAISE, [...]
Dec
Human immune system has emergency backup plan
Human immune system has emergency backup plan New research reveals that the immune system has an effective backup plan to protect the body from infection when the “master regulator” of the body’s innate immune system fails. Read more on Science Daily
Dec
ReNeuron Group plc – Update on clinical trial
ReNeuron Group plc – Update on clinical trial ReNeuron Group plc – Update on clinical trial Read more on AFX CNF Finance Regulatory News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
Dec
Imaging advance captures lung’s immune response
Imaging advance captures lung’s immune response SAN FRANCISCO — Fast-moving objects create blurry images in photography, and the same challenge exists when scientists observe cellular interactions within tissues constantly in motion, such as the breathing lung. Read more on UC Newsroom
Dec
Stem cell transplant ‘cures’ HIV: study
Stem cell transplant ‘cures’ HIV: study A US cancer patient who received a stem cell transplant has been cured of HIV, said a team of German doctors whose research was published in the peer-reviewed journal Blood on Wednesday. Read more on Brisbane Times
Dec
New Era For Anticoagulant Therapy Highlighted In Launch Issue Of Clinical Investigation
New Era For Anticoagulant Therapy Highlighted In Launch Issue Of Clinical Investigation In a Guest Editorial published in the new publication Clinical Investigation, Dr Jeffrey Weitz and Dr John Eikelboom of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada highlight the importance of the approval in October by the FDA of dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa®; Boehringer Ingelheim). This new [...]
Dec
Docs Claim Transplant Cured Man of HIV, But Experts Urge Caution
Docs Claim Transplant Cured Man of HIV, But Experts Urge Caution Treatment has beat back virus for 3 years but may be too risky, impractical for widespread use. Read more on HealthCentral
Dec
African sleeping sickness parasite’s previously unrecognized extreme social behavior discovered
African sleeping sickness parasite’s previously unrecognized extreme social behavior discovered Long considered a freewheeling loner, the Trypanosoma brucei parasite responsible for African sleeping sickness has revealed a totally unexpected social side, opening a potential chink in the behavioral armor of this and other supposedly solitary human parasites, according to research presented at the American Society [...]