Functional Vasculature Generated from Advanced Cell Technology’s Human Embryonic Stem Cells 06 January 2009 Hemangioblasts form multilayered blood vessels with functional smooth muscle; could provide an inexhaustible source of cells to treat vascular disease.
Cell Death from Cytomegalovirus may Bring new Life to Treatment of Retinal Disease 06 January 2009 A recent $1.3 million grant from the National Eye Institute is enabling studies of what's likely the body's well-intended effort to stop cytomegalovirus retinitis.
Cleveland Clinic Recognizes Circulating Tumor Cell Technology as Top Medical Innovation for 2009 01 January 2009 Veridex announces that the CellSearch® technology to measure CTCs is ranked as the top medical innovation for 2009 by the Cleveland Clinic.
Hebrew University Scientists Succeed Through Stem Cell Therapy in Reversing Brain Birth Defects 31 December 2008 New brain cells induced in the heroin damaged brain by transplantation of neural stem cells.
Technique for Creating Authentic Rat Embryonic Stem Cells 31 December 2008 The technique licensed exclusively by Stem Cell Sciences, is expected to allow the generation of rat ES cells to create genetically modified animals.