StemCell Therapy

The California stem cell agency is proposing a $40 million program to set up two stem cell genomic research centers, including possibly one at a for-profit research enterprise.

The plan would augment an existing program in genomics or bioinformatics, according to a CIRM document. The goal is to rapidly build "an effective stem cell genomics infrastructure that will provide a new platform for the application of genomics tools to stem cell biology and regenerative medicine."

The proposal is scheduled to be considered at a meeting of the CIRM directors Science Subcommittee next Wednesday. It will then go to the full CIRM board at its Jan. 17 meeting.

The stem cell agency's proposal said,

"Genomics technologies and the data sets they yield are fast becoming the currency of biology and medicine. The cost of genome sequencing is dropping exponentially, a trend that will soon make genome-scale characterization a practical tool for fundamental studies of stem cell biology and for advancing therapeutic applications. Meanwhile, cell therapeutics are advancing toward clinical trials, and hES and hiPS cells have become the gold standard for studying human cell biology, tissue and organ development and repair, and disease. Combining genomic technologies with stem cell research will accelerate fundamental understanding of human biology, disease mechanisms, tissue engineering and cell therapies...."

The RFA for the proposal would be released in May with board approval of applications in the winter of 2013.

Interested parties can participate in the meeting at locations in San Francisco, Irvine, Oakland, Pleasanton, Duarte, Los Angeles (2), Stanford, Healdsburg and Irvine. Addresses can be found on the agenda for the meeting.

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The California stem cell agency plans to hand out $370 million this year, including a whopping $240 million in what it calls its disease team round.

That amounts to $42,237 every hour of every day of 2012.

Amy Adams, CIRM's communications manager, reported the $370 million figure in the CIRM research blog, which she edits. The other rounds of funding for 2012, Adams wrote, include $95 million for early translational research, $35 million for basic biology and $2.2 million for stem cell research by high school students. Those funds would be routed through universities.

So far CIRM has handed out $1.2 billion to 454 recipients in the seven years it has been in business. It is expected to run out of its $3 billion in about 2017 unless it secures voter approval of more bond funding or some other source of revenue.

Adams' item on the funding expected to be approved this year is part of CIRM's efforts to make its research blog more lively and newsy. Indeed, unless we are mistaken, it is the first time in the history of the agency that it has laid out its funding plans for a forthcoming year in a single public document.

In her item, Adams also pointed to various locations on the CIRM web site where interested parties can track the agency's affairs.

The changes in the blog are a step in the right direction, laying out not only more information but also racheting up the interest level.

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The $3 billion California stem cell agency has handed out 454 grants since its inception in 2004 but what does it all mean?

Stem cell researcher Paul Knoepfler took a crack at an unusual analysis a couple of days ago, generating a word cloud from the titles of all the CIRM grants.

Writing on his blog, the UC Davis scientist and CIRM grant recipient said he was surprised by some of the results, including how small the word "induced" was in the cloud considering the hooha over induced pluripotent cells. Knoepfler also wrote,

"I found it fascinating that the next top word was 'differentiation.' As much as we all focus on stem cells in their native state, clearly the differentiation of stem cells is critically important."

Knoepfler used a free, word-cloud forming utility(Wordle) to generate the results, which Amy Adams, CIRM's communications manager, called "cool."

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(HealthDay News) -- Using the biomarker molecule known as brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) to guide treatment for older people with chronic heart failure did not improve the clinical outcome in most cases in a Swiss study.

There have been conflicting reports about the value of monitoring blood levels of BNP, a protein produced by stressed heart cells, for better management of heart failure. For example, a French study reported in 2007 found that BNP monitoring reduced deaths and hospitalizations in a 115-participant trial.

But the new study, published in the Jan. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association by physicians at University Hospital Basel, found that BNP-monitored therapy guidance generally did not improve 18-month survival or quality of life over conventional symptom-guided therapy.

All the people in the trial were 60 or older. All were hospitalized for heart failure, and all had BNP blood levels at least double the normal readings. Read more...

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04-01-2012 15:12 Scientists say they've found a medical breakthrough tonight that is a way to reverse the aging process.

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02-01-2012 10:21 Robyn Stringfellow, senior sales constultant with BioLife Cell Bank, reviews contents of acquisition kit. This kit includes everything a BioLife provider (doctor) needs to safely ship harvested fat and cells to BioLife for processing, cryopreservation and storage

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26-11-2011 09:16 New book documents Canadian discovery of stem cells in 1960.

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30-12-2011 14:47 Best friend breakthrough: Stem-cell therapy Candice Williams / The Detroit News Michigan's 1st In-Clinic Pet Stem Cell Therapist, John SimonRoyal Oak— Reuben, a 9-year-old English springer spaniel, entered the Woodside Animal Clinic on Wednesday suffering from hip dysplasia and arthritis that limited his mobility. A few hours later, the dog walked out on his own, ready to recuperate at home, thanks to a cutting-edge treatment that involves harvesting and reinjecting the dog's own stem cells. Dr

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27-12-2011 00:09 Many of our patients travel to Guangzhou from all over the world for medical treatment and tourism. China medical tourism can help with becoming a patient, travel arrangements and language assistance. If you want to know more about our services, please browse the web:htttp://www.medicaltourism.hk/ or mail to us: giels-x@medicaltourism.hk firstcare-china@hotmail.com Tamara sat for an interview in China after receiving treatment to the south of the city.

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19-12-2011 14:22 The other part of the hotel apartment for Stem Cell Treatment

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22-12-2011 13:05 Dr. Federico Brown, who was recently an instructor on the NSF funded PASI Advanced Tunicate Biology course at the Bocas del Toro Research Station, talks about his work studying regeneration in the stem cells of colonial tunicates.

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24-12-2011 08:18 Stem cell treatment has given me a second chance at life and the merriest Christmas I could ever wish for.

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25-11-2011 07:41 Patients with autoimmune disease get treatment from their own fat.

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17-10-2011 14:15 This video, is a testimonial of a patient from Colorado, USA that went to Progencell, for a Stem cell treatment for her neurologic problem affecting her eyesight and hearing loss. Talks about her experience, her trip, the procedure, the outcome and some suggestions.

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07-11-2011 15:39 http://www.StemCellTreatment.org Salima had stem cell treatment for Fibromyalgia and had very good results. We have had great success with stem cell therapy for Fibromyalgia also known as FMS

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30-12-2011 07:15 Narayana Hrudayalaya Tissue Bank and Stem Cell Research Centre(NHTB-SCRC) is a private cord blood bank established by Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital. The bank collects, processes and stores the stem cells from the new born babies. These stem cells have the potential to cure number of diseases

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02-01-2012 12:26 See inside our state-of-the-art adult stem cell facilities in Panama City, Panama. Our laboratory, Medistem Panama, Inc., operates an 8000 sq

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20-12-2011 11:53 Daniel R. Couriel, MD, Clinical Director, Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Unversity of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the additional clinical value of photopheresis, an FDA approved treatment for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, which he encounters as a bone marrow transplant physician. Photopheresis can be used for patients with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a common complication that occurs after a blood, stem cell, or bone marrow transplant

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22-07-2011 13:41 --The 9th Circuit Court rules that a man's call for President Obama's assassination is free speech, and not a crime. --On the Bonus Show: Woman jailed after cutting off husband's penis, Japanese scientists create teeth from mouse stem cells, genetic research confirms non-Africans are part Neanderthal, more.

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27-12-2011 18:12 This video is about prostate cancer cells and how they work. It also looks at how stem cell therapy may help cure it.

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Prostate Cells - Prostate Cancer Stem Cell Treatment - Video