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"To convince sceptics, Obokata had to prove that the pluripotent cells were converted mature cells and not pre-existing pluripotent cells." http://www.nature.com/news/acid-bath-offers-easy-path-to-stem-cells-1.14600 "Now, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), in collaboration...

http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/09/perry-associates-linked-to-possible-statewide-stem-cell-bank/ .NBC: Perry associates linked to possible statewide ‘stem cell’ bank NBC News‘ Michael Isikoff reports that Perry associates could benefit from a provision placed in a massive Medicaid funding...

Website for IPF patients - has the latest news and info http://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/node/505 The actual clinical trial can be found here and multiple states with sites are listed http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT01262001?term=Fibrogen&rank=2&show_locs=Y#locn FibroGen Announces...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-mural-cells-saphenous-vein-long-term.html Mural cells from saphenous vein could have long-term benefits in heart attacks August 25, 2011 Stem cell therapies promise to regenerate the infarcted heart through the replacement of dead cardiac cells and...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-major-breakthrough-common-amyotrophic-lateral.html Major breakthrough as researchers discover common cause of all forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis August 21, 2011 The underlying disease process of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS and Lou Gehrig's...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-heart-lasers-stem-cells-scarring.html Taking a 'shine' to heart repair: Lasers used to stimulate stem cells and reduce heart scarring August 11, 2011 After a heart attack or stroke, heart scarring can lead to dangerously paper-thin heart walls and a...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21681099?dopt=Abstract Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2011 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print] Stem cell therapy in pulmonary fibrosis. Tzouvelekis A, Antoniadis A, Bouros D. SourceaDepartment of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis...

A critical review of ADULT stem cell therapies for eleven years shows evidence of beneficial effects of MSC on lung development, repair, and remodeling, but they still need a better understanding of the mechanisms for optimal use of bone marrow-derived stem cell therapy to treat humans. What...

http://pats.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/8/4/368 The Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 8:368-375 (2011) © 2011 The American Thoracic Society doi: 10.1513/pats.201102-019RM Rationale and Emerging Approaches for Targeting Lung Repair and Regeneration in the Treatment of...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-donor-adult-blood-stem-cells.html Researchers find way to help donor adult blood stem cells overcome transplant rejection August 4, 2011 Findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers may suggest new strategies for successful donor adult stem...

Regardless of your political or religious views, this is our tax dollars. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/30/group-calls-on-congress-to-suspend-nih-grants-after-china-receives-0-million/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews?test=latestnews Group Calls on Congress to Suspend NIH Grants...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/232008.php RegenoCELL Announces Panama To Be Country Where Patients Can Be Treated With Its Autologous Stem Cell Therapy Article Date: 30 Jul 2011 - 1:00 PDT RegenoCELL Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: RCLL) , a leader in adult stem cell therapy, is...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-stem-cell-patients-options.html Stem cell injections may offer hope to patients with no other options July 7, 2011 An injection of stem cells into the heart could offer hope to many of the 850,000 Americans whose chest pain doesn't subside even with...

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-stem-cells.html Stem cells know where they want to go July 7, 2011 Human stem cells have the ability to become any cell type in the human body, but when it comes to their destination they know where they want to go. This finding by McMaster University...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-drugstore-mesenchymal-stem-cells.html July 7, 2011 A stem cell that can morph into a number of different tissues is proving a natural protector, healer and antibiotic maker, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and their peers have found...

http://www.abc26.com/news/local/wgno-stem-cells-offer-potential-cure-for-lung-injuries-and-disease-20110701,0,3655261.story?track=rss This article leaves you hanging concerning the patient, but I posted it because it concerns Tulane University and the prediction of 5 years for adult stem cells...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-nervous-stem-cells-variety-cell.html Nervous system stem cells can replace themselves, give rise to variety of cell types, even amplify June 30, 2011 A green fluorescent protein-labeled neural stem cell clone contains the mother stem cell with neuronal...

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-americans-stem-cell-diseases.html Many Americans approve of stem cell research for curing serious diseases June 29, 2011 University of Nevada, Reno, sociologist Mariah Evans, lead author of the study published this month, "US attitudes toward human...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-lithium-profoundly-brain-parkinson-disease.html Lithium profoundly prevents brain damage associated with Parkinson's disease June 24, 2011 Lithium profoundly prevents the aggregation of toxic proteins and cell loss associated with Parkinson's disease...

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-pathway-software-airway-stem-cells.html Signaling pathway is 'executive software' of airway stem cells June 17, 2011 Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found out how mouse basal cells that line airways "decide" to become one of two types of...