Breakthrough Reveals Blood Vessel Cells Are Key To Growing Unlimited Amounts Of Adult Stem Cells Friday, March 5, 2010
In a leap toward making stem cell therapy widely available, researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that endothelial cells, the most basic building blocks of the vascular system, produce growth factors that can grow copious amounts of adult stem cells and their progeny over the course of weeks.
A Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy Moves Forward Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Advanced Cell Technology of Worcester, Massachusetts announced on Tuesday that a human embryonic stem cell therapy it is developing for a rare form of juvenile blindness has been granted orphan drug status by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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