SCIENCE NEWS Stem Cell Therapy May Provide New Approach to Fight Infection A new study suggests that a commonly used type of bone marrow stem cell may be able to help treat sepsis. [Press release from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute discussing online prepublication in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine] Utah Company Looks At Gels To Build Tissue A Utah company has created a gel that allows cells to be injected into any site on the body, offering a way to regenerate tissue without grafts or transplants. [International Business Times Press Release]
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POLICY NEWS Research Budgets Face Austerity in 2012 The National Institutes of Health and other life sciences and biomedical research funding agencies will need to trim their budgets for 2012, which are to be planned over the summer, to satisfy a White House that is now stressing deficit reduction and belt-tightening after two years of stimulus funding-boosted research budgets. [The Office of Management and Budget, United States] The Reality of Human Stem Cell Research in Europe A new report from the European Science Foundation examines the key scientific questions for human stem cell research in the context of the rapidly emerging field of regenerative medicine. [European Science Foundation, European Union] AstraZeneca Loses Generic Drug Case versus EU A European Union (EU) court backed an EU antitrust decision against Anglo-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca, lending weight to a regulatory crackdown on firms blocking cheaper drugs coming to market. [The General Court, European Union] Strong Medicine for French Research The medical-research adviser to France’s president aims to shift power and money to universities. [National Research Agency, France] Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United States] Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission – Public Meeting Notice [Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings [National Institutes of Health, United States] Science Board Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting (Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001) [Food and Drug Administration, United States] Guidance for Industry: Adaptive Design Clinical Trials for Drugs and Biologics [Food and Drug Administration, United States] Medical Devices; Availability of Safety and Effectiveness Summaries for Premarket Approval Applications (Docket Nos. FDA-2010-M-0068, FDA-2010-M-0078, FDA-2010-M-0063, FDA-2010-M-0135, FDA-2010-M-0158) [Food and Drug Administration, United States]
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