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Stem cell conference part six: unregulated treatments

31 January 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe room was crowded at 8am for the first presentation of day two, from Dr Doug Sipp (RIKEN Institute, Japan) on ‘Unregulated ALS/MND treatments and public education’.  Dr

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Stem cell conference part five: safety first for current human stem cell trials

27 January 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutesOne human neural stem cell line that has cleared the US Government’s regulatory hurdles is that developed by the biotechnology company Neuralstem. To date, nine

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Stem cell conference part four: Laying the foundations for future stem cell clinical trials

27 January 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe remainder of the morning covered some of the preclinical research that has laid the foundations for current and forthcoming clinicalstudies. Prof Clive Svendsen, from University Wisconsin-Madison, gave an

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Stem cell conference part three: screening for beneficial drugs using stem cell technology

27 January 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe possibility of using stem cells for drug screening was covered in more detail by Prof Chris Henderson from Columbia University New York. Prof Henderson has

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Stem cell conference part two: How are motor neurones created from stem cells?

27 January 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutesCreating motor neurones for research is a lengthy and expensive process, so Prof Kevin Eggan from Harvard University  Massachusetts, asked whether we can predict at an

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Stem cell conference part one: It begins…

27 January 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt was a chilly -15oC in New York on Sunday night, but the temperature on Monday morning was considerably higher – fuelled in part by

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Shaping the future of stem cell research in MND

24 January 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSixty of the world’s leading stem cell research experts are meeting in New York, USA on 24 to 25 January to discuss and debate MND

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Brain and spinal cord donations provide a timeless legacy to MND research

21 January 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutesTissue donation has played a vital role in many important MND research findings. Without the generosity of individuals who decide to donate their brains and spinal cords to

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