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Research Webinar: Update on the UC Davis Stem Cell Research program and PRE CELL – Video

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Research Webinar: Update on the UC Davis Stem Cell Research program and PRE CELL

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Understanding Stem Cell Research: Our stem cell future? – Video

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Understanding Stem Cell Research: Our stem cell future?
Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) with the support of the Wellcome Trust organised activities to prepare post-16 students for a m...

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Understanding stem cell research: Students’ First Debate on the (fictional) Stem Cell Bill – Video

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Understanding stem cell research: Students #39; First Debate on the (fictional) Stem Cell Bill
Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) with the support of the Wellcome Trust organised a post-16 student debate on a fictional Stem C...

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Infosys Science Foundation Hosts Public Lecture on Cancer Stem Cells

Posted: March 5, 2015 at 7:47 am

The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) in association with National Centre of Biological Sciences(NCBS) organized a public lecture by Infosys Prize Life Sciences Jury Chair, Dr. Inder Verma, American Cancer Society Professor and the first incumbent of the Irwin Mark Jacobs Chair in Exemplary Life Sciences, Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The lecture on Cancer Stem Cells: Plasticity Vs Hierarchy was delivered at Dasheri Auditorium at NCBS and was attended by more than 200 students.

The lecture by Dr. Inder Verma is part of the Infosys Science Foundation Lectures, which has been developed with an aim to popularize science and research in the country. Dr. Verma is one of the worlds leading authorities on the development of viruses for gene therapy vectors and is the first speaker in the 2015 series of public talks orchestrated by the Foundation across the country.

The lecture focused on Glioblastomas multiforme (GBM), a deadly cancer and the few therapeutic approaches to treat GBM. In his lecture, Dr. Verma highlighted that all the cells in GBM display characteristics of a cancer stem cell, he also discussed cancer stem cells and plasticity versus hierarchy.

Dr. Inder Verma is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (US), Institute of Medicine, American Academy for Arts & Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Third World Academy of Sciences and a foreign associate of the Indian National Academy of Sciences. The Vilcek Foundation named Dr. Verma as the recipient of its 2008 prize in biomedical science. He is also the recipient of 2010 Spector Prize awarded by Columbia University and 22ndAnnual Cancer Research Award of the Pasarow Foundation.

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Cancer set to become treatable: expert

Posted: March 5, 2015 at 7:44 am

Advances in gene therapy and the deepening understanding of cancer will see the oft-fatal disease becoming treatable in two decades, said cancer researcher Inder M. Varma.

Cancer mutations are being exposed cancer is in retreat through a combination of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, molecular and genetic therapy, cancer will become a chronic disease rather than a terminal one, said Dr. Verma, a professor in Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, at the Infosys Science Foundation Lecture at the National Centre for Biological Sciences here on Wednesday.

His optimism was elaborated through an intriguing cat-and-mouse game that played out for over five years of research into the Glioblastomas multiforme (GBM), a lethal form of brain cancer that kills the patient within 14 months.

Understanding GBM was critical as relapse, even after surgery or treatment, was certainty, said Prof. Verma.

The researchers at the Salk Institute developed a novel genetic technique to switch on genes in around five cells of a mouse brain to make them into cancer cells. The cells grew to all parts of the brain, but more importantly, they started to exhibit stem cell characteristics, said Dr. Verma.

Unlike the normal cell, a stem cell can divide into specialised cells a phenomenon that explains the resurgent ability of the GBM cancer. Even if you surgically remove the tumour, one cell is enough to recreate the cancer again, he explained.

Using gene therapy, the team of scientists attempted to block this ability as well as use drugs to block blood supply to the cancer cell. While the tumour did become smaller, it became even more invasive. Though the treatment did not work, the cancer cell did reveal the genes responsible for its invasiveness.

We began to genetically cut out the cancers invasiveness, and for the first time, experiments showed GBM cancer could be controlled This is an exciting area that can be possibly used to treat other forms of cancer, said Dr. Verma.

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A Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa – Video

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A Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa
Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic disease that gradually destroys the light sensing nerve cells, called photoreceptors, loc...

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Knee arthritis one year after stem cell therapy by Harry Adelson, N.D. – Video

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Knee arthritis one year after stem cell therapy by Harry Adelson, N.D.
Frank describes his outcome one year after stem cell therapy for his arthritic knee by Harry Adelson, N.D. http://www.docereclinics.com.

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Glen Wysoki at The STEM CELL ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE of Texas – Video

Posted: March 5, 2015 at 7:40 am


Glen Wysoki at The STEM CELL ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE of Texas
Video Testimonial from Glen Wysoki, treated at The STEM CELL THERAPY INSTITUTE of Texas http://stemcellorthopedicinstituteoftexas.com.

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Stem Cell Therapy in Osteo Arthritis Knee – Video

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Stem Cell Therapy | Simple way to regrow cartilage – Video

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Stem Cell Therapy | Simple way to regrow cartilage
http://www.arthritistreatmentcenter.com Pioneering simple new technique to re-grow damaged cartilage Jo Willey writing in the UK Express reported researchers from the University of Texas Health...

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