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Future of Pain Relief: Stem Cells – Video

Posted: February 26, 2014 at 8:42 am


Future of Pain Relief: Stem Cells
Allegheny Health Network sports medicine and orthopaedic specialists Dr. Edward Snell and Dr. Patrick DeMeo discuss the benefits and challenges of using stem...

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Richfeel Anagrow: World’s First Hair Thinning Treatment With Plant Stem Cell! – Video

Posted: February 26, 2014 at 8:42 am


Richfeel Anagrow: World #39;s First Hair Thinning Treatment With Plant Stem Cell!
The Richfeel Anagrow treatment is the first of its kind in the world of hair care using "PCT Rejuva Max having Plant stem extracts and RF Anagrow 10X the fir...

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Stem cells from osteoarthritis patients as good as controls – Video

Posted: February 26, 2014 at 8:42 am


Stem cells from osteoarthritis patients as good as controls
http://wwwarthritistreatmentcenter.com Stem cells from patients with osteoarthritis are as good as normal controls Alwin Scharstuhl and colleagues, in an art...

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Sirtuin regulation of metabolism and stem cells – Danica Chen – Video

Posted: February 26, 2014 at 8:42 am


Sirtuin regulation of metabolism and stem cells - Danica Chen
The metabolic network is coordinately regulated in response to nutritional status to maintain homeostasis. Perturbed metabolic homeostasis is integral to the...

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Richfeel Anagrow: World's First Hair Thinning Treatment With Plant Stem Cell! – Video

Posted: February 25, 2014 at 1:49 pm


Richfeel Anagrow: World #39;s First Hair Thinning Treatment With Plant Stem Cell!
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Learning About Cancer by Studying Stem Cells

Posted: February 25, 2014 at 1:49 pm

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Newswise Normally, when a cell becomes damaged or doesnt divide properly, the bodys natural recycling process breaks it down and it dies. Sometimes, though, the damage is to the genes that control a cell, and the result is out-of-control division. When this happens, a cancer cell is born.

New insights into how cancer cells arise and develop into tumors have come from researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. Some of them are exploring the process by studying stem cells.

Modeling Early Pancreatic Cancer

Despite decades of progress in the detection, treatment and prevention of many types of cancer, the long-term survival rate for pancreatic cancer remains very low. One reason is that pancreatic cancer rarely produces symptoms until it has spread in the body.

The late stage at diagnosis also poses problems for researchers who want to study the early development of pancreatic cancer, according to Kenneth Zaret of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Thats because pancreatic cancer cells taken from people and then used to form tumors in animal models immediately produce the aggressive, advanced cancers from which they were derived.

Zarets lab has focused on understanding how transcription factors-proteins that control which genes in a cell are expressed-work in stem cells. His team recently explored the idea of reprogramming cancer cells so they act like embryonic stem cells, which can become just about any type of cell in the body. Because transcription factors in embryonic stem cells guide early organ development, the researchers thought that forcing cancer cells back to an embryonic state might allow the transcription factors to reproduce the early stages of cancer. This could then provide a model for studying the early development of pancreatic cancer.

Using tumor tissue from people with pancreatic cancer, Zaret and his colleagues succeeded in turning a sample of cancer cells back to an early, stem cell-like state. When used to create tumors in mice, these so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells formed early stage tumors and slowly progressed to invasive disease.

The human tumors grown in mice also secreted a wide range of proteins that are indicative of cell networks known to drive pancreatic cancer progression, as well as some not previously known to be associated with the disease. Were setting up collaborations to test these markers for their utility in screening human blood samples and see if they function as markers for detecting or predicting pancreatic cancer in humans, said Zaret.

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RoosterBio Inc, a Frederick Maryland Biotech Startup, Achieves Rapid Traction with Product Launch and Fundraising …

Posted: February 25, 2014 at 1:44 pm

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RoosterBio Inc is a new biotech start-up supplying human bone marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hBM-MSC) for tissue engineering research and stem cell-based product development into the high growth Synthetic Biology and Regenerative Medicine fields. RoosterBio, Inc. initiated laboratory operations in October, 2013, and has achieved the critical milestone of first product shipment to paying customers in just four short months. In addition to the early validation of their business model and rapidly generating revenue, Roosterbio has raised over 250K in seed investment and are actively seeking funds via AngelList (https://angel.co/roosterbio).

RoosterBio credits their quick-to-market accomplishments to hyper-efficient operations and the passion that the RoosterBio team shares in their desire to assist tissue engineers and cell therapists to accelerate life-saving technologies into the clinic. Our laser focus coupled with operational excellence has enabled us to reach these milestones; we will delight our customers with our product offering, says Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Uplaksh Kumar. The RoosterBio teams extensive experience sourcing raw materials, manufacturing stem cell products, and controlling for high quality with best-in-class characterization techniques has allowed them to successfully launch their flagship hBM-MSC product quickly and efficiently.

Dr. Jon Rowley, RoosterBios Chief Executive said I cant express how proud I am of our small, highly dedicated team that worked tirelessly to get our first products designed, manufactured, quality tested, released, and just as importantly sold and shipped to our first paying customers. This was truly a team effort that couldnt have been done without each and every person at RoosterBio.

Having spent years as cell and tissue technologists, the RoosterBio team has an intimate understanding of the pain points surrounding the generation of large numbers of robust, reproducible, standardized cells for research and product development purposes. RoosterBio products are designed to solve this problem and they believe that high volume and affordable cellular raw materials will kick-start the cell-based medical product revolution.

Dr. Sarah Griffiths, a Researcher at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, believes that RoosterBios MSCs will do exactly that, and was anxiously awaiting receipt of the product. "We are excited to receive the first shipment of RoosterBios product. The potential to generate large stocks of MSCs in a short period of time will be a tremendous advantage to the progress of our research."

Researchers in the fields of Synthetic Biology and Regenerative Medicine, such as Dr. Griffiths, will use RoosterBios MSCs to develop new medical therapies to provide treatments for degenerative diseases such as Parkinsons and Alzheimers diseases, or to repair or replace tissue after a catastrophic injury such as traumatic bone and cartilage injury, spinal cord damage, heart attack, or significant burns.

RoosterBios current focus is to supply high volume research-grade cells manufactured with processes consistent with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). They are rapidly approaching their next milestones by laying the groundwork for initiating production of clinical-grade cells to be used in translational R&D and clinical studies.

About RoosterBio RoosterBio is focused on building a robust and sustainable Regenerative Medicine industry. Our products are affordable and standardized primary cells and media, manufactured and delivered with highest quality and in formats that simplify product development efforts. RoosterBio products are made with care in Frederick, MD, and will accelerate the translation of cell therapy and tissue engineering technologies into the clinic.

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Medeniyet Konferansn "nsan Kanser Kk Hcreleri (Human Cancer Stem Cells: Fact or Fiction)" – Video

Posted: February 25, 2014 at 3:43 am


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Spontaneously contracting former stem cells – Video

Posted: February 25, 2014 at 3:43 am


Spontaneously contracting former stem cells

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Are stem cells from osteoarthritis patients able to differentiate – Video

Posted: February 25, 2014 at 3:43 am


Are stem cells from osteoarthritis patients able to differentiate
http://www.arthritistreatmentcenter.com Are stem cells in patients with osteoarthritis less able to differentiate? J Mary Murphy and colleagues published an ...

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