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News and Trends 22 Sep 2015

Francis Crick Institute pushes to do human embryo research

The Francis Crick Institute from London has announced its application to conduct non-clinical purpose research on human embryos. The Francis Crick Institute is a cutting-edge collaboration of the UK’s leading medical research organisations: the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, various London academic institutions and the Wellcome Trust. Currently still under construction, it is based in […]

September 22, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 14 Aug 2015

Milestone in Stem Cell Research: European Researchers grow Millimeter-Long Muscle Fibers!

Stem cell research grows and grows in Europe! For the first time ever, researchers succeded to effectively grow a large number of muscle cells derived from pluripotent stem cells! Researchers from six European countries are participating in the PluriMes project to give a cutting edge to the European stem cell research. Launched in February 2014, […]

August 14, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 13 Jul 2015

Researchers found the missing key factor to unleash the potential of iPS Cells

When the Nobel Prize-winning Dr. Shinya Yamanaka succeeded to generate induced pluripotent cells (iPS cells) from specialized adult cells, the field of stem cells was completely revolutionized. Since Yamanaka’s paper on adult mouse fibroblasts back in 2006, scientists have been able to perform cellular reprogramming, but the process still isn’t mastered yet. One of the […]

July 13, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 13 Jul 2015

ReNeuron backed by First-Class Investor Woodford to advance Stem Cell Therapy

The stem cell therapy developer ReNeuron raised €96M to conduct further clinical trials of its pipeline, and more specifically to pursue potential stroke, eye disease, and cancer treatments. The financial placement is supported by the already major shareholder Woodford Investment Management, allowing the latter to possess more than one-third of the company shares. ReNeuron, a […]

July 13, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 5 Jun 2015

Novartis declines Gamida’s buyout deal for the second time

Novartis has rejected the Israeli biotech Gamida Cell… again. The Big Pharma has decided not to carry out its option on the Israel-based company. The transaction would have meant a €535.5M deal but it won’t happen, despite Gamida having fulfilled the milestones of the bilateral agreement. Novartis, however, will maintain their collaboration. It is the second time […]

June 5, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 2 Apr 2015

Interview with CELLPROTHERA, the regenerative medicine pioneer

CellProthera is a medical biotech company founded in 2008 in Mulhouse, France. The young innovative company focuses on the use of blood peripheral stem cells. CellProthera is the origin of a revolutionary therapy allowing the regeneration of myocardial tissue following acute myocardial infarct (AMI) by injection of a cell graft containing autologous adult stem cells […]

April 2, 2015 - 7 minutesmins - By Nicolas Sainte-Foie

News and Trends 24 Jan 2015

Important Bilateral Academic Agreement for the Future of iPS Cell Therapy

The UK Cell Therapy programme Catapult, which is focused on the development of the UK cell therapy industry to increase the nation’s health and wealth, has signed a patent licence agreement with iPS Academia Japan. It represents a pivotal step in the development of the UK’s GMP induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell bank. Under the […]

January 24, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 28 Oct 2014

Stem Cell Therapy for Degenerative Muscle Disease thanks to ENDOSTEM Project

ENDOSTEM project aims to identify an agent capable of ‘boosting’ stem cells already present in muscle tissue for a more efficient tissue repair to tackle degenerative muscle disease. Muscular dystrophy is a type of degenerative muscle disease. One of its most known forms, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, affects 1 over 3 500 boys worldwide. It affects patients progressively, they […]

October 28, 2014 - 3 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

News and Trends 25 Oct 2014

Belgian Promethera received approval to start World first Phase IIb/III stem-cell based urea cycle disorders treatment

Promethera is a promising Belgian Biotechnology company developing stem-cell based treatment against liver diseases. It was created in 2009, counts 44 employees and has raised €39M. The company now moves to another level by starting its own Phase IIb/III to treat paediatric patients with urea cycle disorders. It is the first company in the World […]

October 25, 2014 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 25 Aug 2014

The new strategy of Novartis to acquire Gamida Cell

The deal for the sale of Gamida Cell to Novartis is back on. Instead of a huge exit in hundreds of millions of dollars, this time the deal is in multiple stages, starting with an injection of several dozen millions of dollars into the company. Gamida Cell, developer of a stem-cell treatment for blood cancer, announced today that it […]

August 25, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 21 Aug 2014

Stemedica International succeed in a pre-clinical trial to treat Alzheimer’s disease with stem cells

Stemedica International, a Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc. subsidiary developing stem cell therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, revealed the first results of an intravenous administration of allogeneic, human, ischemia-tolerant mesenchymal stem cells (itMSCs) in a pre-clinical animal model of Alzheimer’s disease. The results demonstrated a greater than 30% decrease in amyloid beta (Abeta) plaques in […]

August 21, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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Francis Crick Institute pushes to do human embryo research

Milestone in Stem Cell Research: European Researchers grow Millimeter-Long Muscle Fibers!

Researchers found the missing key factor to unleash the potential of iPS Cells

ReNeuron backed by First-Class Investor Woodford to advance Stem Cell Therapy

Novartis declines Gamida’s buyout deal for the second time

Interview with CELLPROTHERA, the regenerative medicine pioneer

Important Bilateral Academic Agreement for the Future of iPS Cell Therapy

Stem Cell Therapy for Degenerative Muscle Disease thanks to ENDOSTEM Project

Belgian Promethera received approval to start World first Phase IIb/III stem-cell based urea cycle disorders treatment

The new strategy of Novartis to acquire Gamida Cell

Stemedica International succeed in a pre-clinical trial to treat Alzheimer’s disease with stem cells

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