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Topic: regenerative medicine

Mass General team builds a new, working rat kidney with renal scaffolding and cells

Mass General team builds a new, working rat kidney with renal scaffolding and cells

April 14, 2013 1:02 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered yet another way to make a kidney - at least for a rat - that does everything a natural one does, researchers reported ... Read more
Stem cell company Athersys expects more R&D spending, potential partnerships in 2013

Stem cell company Athersys expects more R&D spending, potential partnerships in 2013

March 13, 2013 10:16 am by | 1 Comments

Cleveland-based Athersys (NYSE:ATHX) has a full plate as it continues to advance its “off the shelf” stem cell therapy, MultiStem, through clinical trials in several indications. That means shareholders can ... Read more
Texas biotech rounds up $2 million for platform to grow stem cells faster

Texas biotech rounds up $2 million for platform to grow stem cells faster

February 21, 2013 4:12 pm by | 0 Comments

A University of Texas spinoff company has pulled in $2 million to test a new technique for culturing non-embryonic stem cells.According to a regulatory filing, StemBioSys raised at least $2 ... Read more
UK scientists use 3D printer to print human stem cells

UK scientists use 3D printer to print human stem cells

February 6, 2013 1:49 pm by | 0 Comments

Sure, 3D printing is cool and wonderful, and even can make awesome three-dimensional business cards. But can it save your life?

Well, perhaps.

Six scientists in the UK and Scotland have ... Read more

Tengion enrolls patients in Phase 1 trials

Tengion enrolls patients in Phase 1 trials

January 30, 2013 11:55 pm by | 0 Comments

Tengion Inc. said Wednesday it has enrolled seven patients in its neo-urinary conduit Phase 1 trial and expects to meet its goal of 10 patients by March 31.The Winston-Salem regenerative-medicine ... Read more
How one company is using Nobel Prize-winning stem cell research to develop better drugs

How one company is using Nobel Prize-winning stem cell research to develop better drugs

October 19, 2012 4:14 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s easy to look at Nobel Prize winners and assume the greatness of their work. But it’s even more awe-inspiring to understand the research and see it in action.This year, ... Read more
Maker of stem cell modulators brings in $9.2 million for blood cancer trials

Maker of stem cell modulators brings in $9.2 million for blood cancer trials

September 5, 2012 6:07 pm by | 0 Comments

A California regenerative medicine firm raised $9.2 million and is planning new clinical trials for its stem cell modulator in patients with blood cancer. Read more. ... Read more
Medical Megatrends Stem Cells — Part III

Medical Megatrends Stem Cells — Part III

August 28, 2012 11:22 am by | 0 Comments

A cure for spinal cord injury? Diabetes? Macular degeneration? Hope or just hype?There are now some clinical trials using embryonic stem cells to treat serious diseases for which no other ... Read more
21-year-old biotech leader: How I waged a tech transfer debate & won nondilutive funding

21-year-old biotech leader: How I waged a tech transfer debate & won nondilutive funding

August 14, 2012 8:17 am by | 4 Comments

Last summer, when regenerative medicine company Stem Cell Theranostics went through the StartX accelerator program at Stanford University along with one other biotech company, the team members realized that many ... Read more
Personalized medicine by 2020 and other futuristic healthcare predictions (infographic)

Personalized medicine by 2020 and other futuristic healthcare predictions (infographic)

August 7, 2012 3:13 pm by | 1 Comments

For just a second, let’s stop thinking about the future of medicine in terms of post-healthcare reform and post-2012 election.Let’s think like emerging technology strategist Michell Zappa did when he ... Read more
Medical Megatrends ’ Stem Cells ’ Part II of III

Medical Megatrends ’ Stem Cells ’ Part II of III

July 28, 2012 11:58 am by | 0 Comments

Imagine a man with a recent severe heart attack who has the muscle repaired with stem cells or a child with a severe bladder defect repaired with stem cells grown ... Read more
Medical Megatrends — Stem Cells — Part I of III

Medical Megatrends — Stem Cells — Part I of III

July 21, 2012 5:04 pm by | 0 Comments

New cells to replace those destroyed in diabetes type 1, cells to help heal a heart attack, cells to cure leukemia — this is the promise of stem cells. Some ... Read more
Corneal transplant’s next frontier? OSI eyes regenerative medicine

Corneal transplant’s next frontier? OSI eyes regenerative medicine

June 7, 2012 12:31 pm by | 0 Comments

Ocular Systems Inc. is working to bring medical innovation to an eye surgery that has not changed all that much in 100 years.CEO Jerry Barker founded OSI to prepare corneal ... Read more
Wound healing startup SironRX hires new CEO, gets OK on clinical trial

Wound healing startup SironRX hires new CEO, gets OK on clinical trial

May 30, 2012 10:34 am by | 0 Comments

Regenerative medicine wound healing company SironRX Therapeutics has hired a first-time CEO as its first-ever, full-time CEO.Evan Facher most recently worked as general manager of Pittsburgh interventional operations with MedRad, ... Read more
Can regenerative medicine firm TNGN conjure a Medtronic partnership?

Can regenerative medicine firm TNGN conjure a Medtronic partnership?

May 25, 2012 11:19 am by | 0 Comments

Regenerative medicine company Tengion (NASDAQ:TNGN) has always planned to take its novel tissue generating technology as far as early-stage clinical studies before finding a partner to finance later-stage work.The company’s ... Read more