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Q&A: Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine, and Veterans
Q&A with Dr. Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, North Carolina, U.S.A., and leader of the consortium of researchers that make up the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM). He spoke about the organization and its mission.Full story -
The International Society for Stem Cell Research Opens Media Registration for “Global Controls in Stem Cells,” a Regional Forum in Singapore, November 5-7, 2014
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is accepting media registration in advance of “Global Controls in Stem Cells,” taking place November 5-7 in Singapore.Full story -
From Stem Cells to Billions of Human Insulin Producing Cells
With human embryonic stem cells as a starting point, the scientists are for the first time able to produce, in the kind of massive quantities needed for cell transplantation and pharmaceutical purposes, human insulin-producing beta cells equivalent in most every way to normally functioning beta cells.Full story -
New CellNet Quality Control Tool Ensures Lab-created Cells Have the Right Properties
Scientists at Boston Children’s Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston University have created a computer algorithm called CellNet as a “roadmap” for cell and tissue engineering, to ensure that cells engineered in the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodies.Full story -
The ISSCR Announces New Global Advisory Council Chairpersons
Dr. Susan Lim and Mr. Deepak Sharma are appointed chairpersons of the ISSCR Global Advisory Council, which brings together academic, business, corporate, civic and philanthropic leaders interested in supporting the society in its mission to transform human health worldwide.Full story -
Rudolf Jaenisch Assumes Leadership of the International Society for Stem Cell Research
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is pleased to announce Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as incoming president of the ISSCR board of directors, immediately following the ISSCR’s 12th Annual Meeting, June 18-21, 2014. Jaenisch will serve as president for one year and succeeds Janet Rossant. The role of vice president will be filled by Sally Temple, Neural Stem Cell Institute.Full story -
Stem Cells May be Key to Curing Retinal Disease
Robin Ali, Ph.D., UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London, has developed a strategy for repairing the retina by transplanting photoreceptor cells generated in the laboratory from embryonic stem cells.Full story -
Organoids Offer Stem Cell Experts a Window into Kidney Disease
Stem cell researchers are now using organoids, lab-grown models of human organs, to better understand kidney disease. In the future, organoids may also provide an important test model for experimental drugs.Full story -
2014 ISSCR Election Results Announced
The ISSCR congratulates the winners of the 2014 Elections. New officers and members of the ISSCR Board of Directors will begin their terms in June 2014 following the conclusion of the ISSCR 12th Annual Meeting in Vancover, Canada.Full story -
Details of ISSCR 12th Annual Meeting
The ISSCR 12th Annual Meeting will take place June 18-21, 2014 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The meeting will bring together approximately 4,000 stem cell scientists, bioethicists, clinicians and industry professionals from over 50 countries to present and discuss the latest research and technologies within the field.Full story -
Two Papers Open a New Window into Pluripotency
The ISSCR is pleased to help spread the news about two papers published online today in Nature that describe the induction of pluripotency in cells from a newborn mouse without the use of extrinsic transcription factors, chemical manipulation or nuclear transfer.Full story -
The ISSCR Announces 2014 Awards Recipients
The ISSCR announces recipients of its 2014 awards, which will be presented at the 12th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, taking place June 18-21, 2014.Full story
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