CIRM Commits $1.8 Million to Build Stem Cell Teams, Accelerate New Therapies The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved funding $1.8 million to support 19 researchers in their effort to assemble competitive teams to develop applications for the Disease Team Therapy Development Awards, which will be due in winter 2012. [California Institute for Regenerative Medicine] Press Release Cenix BioScience and ugichem Sign Research Agreement on Development of Novel Gene Silencing Technology Cenix BioScience GmbH and ugichem GmbH announced that they have entered into a research agreement to advance the latter’s technology platform. [Cenix BioScience GmbH] Press Release Kane Biotech Files New Patent on Bone Tissue Regeneration Invention Kane Biotech Inc. announced the invention and patenting of a new bone tissue regenerating fusion peptide based on the Company’s competence stimulating peptide oral care technology. [Kane Biotech Inc.] Press Release ReNeuron Receives DSMB Clearance to Progress to Higher Dose in ReN001 Stem Cell Trial for Stroke The Company is pleased to report that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the clinical trial has recommended that the trial advances to the evaluation of a higher dose of ReN001. [ReNeuron Group plc] Press Release Allied Healthcare’s Celxcel Granted Tissue Engineering Patent Allied Healthcare Group Limited announced that IP Australia has granted its Celxcel business a patent for its proprietary ADAPT Tissue Engineering Process titled “An Implantable Biomaterial and a Method of Producing Same”. [Allied Healthcare Group Limited] Press Release Cancer Research Institute to Honor Pioneers in Adoptive Immunotherapy The Cancer Research Institute, Inc. announced the winners of the 2011 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology. [Cancer Research Institute] Press Release |