PUBLICATIONS (Ranked by impact factor of the journal) | Role of Neuregulin-1/ErbB Signaling in Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Chronic Neuropathic Pain Researchers showed that spinal transplantation of mouse embryonic stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells enhances remyelination in the injured spinal cord and reduces spinal cord injury-induced chronic neuropathic pain. [Stem Cells] Abstract Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Endothelial Progenitor Cells Decrease Renal Injury in Experimental Swine Renal Artery Stenosis Through Different Mechanisms Investigators tested the hypothesis that endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) protect the post-stenotic kidney by blunting different disease pathways. EPC prominently enhanced renal growth-factor expression and decreased oxidative-stress, while MSC more significantly attenuated renal inflammation, endoplasmic reticulum-stress, and apoptosis. [Stem Cells] Abstract Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for the Multisystemic Lysosomal Storage Disorder Cystinosis Using a new model of cystinosis, the DsRed Ctns−/− mice, and a lentiviral vector driving the expression of the fusion protein cystinosin-enhanced green fluorescent protein, researchers showed that cystinosin was transferred from CTNS-expressing cells to Ctns-deficient adjacent cells in vitro and in vivo. This transfer led to cystine decreases in Ctns-deficient cells in vitro. [Mol Ther] Abstract AAV9-Mediated VEGF-B Gene Transfer Improves Systolic Function in Progressive Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Investigators concluded that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C and VEGF-D are associated with the compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy and that AAV9-VEGF-B186 gene transfer can rescue the function of the failing heart and postpone the transition towards heart failure. [Mol Ther] Abstract Blockade of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells after Induction of Lymphopenia Improves Adoptive T Cell Therapy in a Murine Model of Melanoma Total body irradiation-induced lymphopenia followed by docetaxel treatment improved the efficacy of adoptive T cell transfer and dendritic cell immunotherapy in melanoma-bearing mice, inducing a significant reduction in tumor growth and enhancing survival. [J Immunol] Abstract HIRA Dependent H3.3 Deposition Is Required for Transcriptional Reprogramming following Nuclear Transfer to Xenopus Oocytes Nuclear transfer to eggs and oocytes attempts to identify the mechanism of this direct route towards reprogramming by natural components. In this study, researchers analyzed how the reprogramming of nuclei transplanted to Xenopus oocytes exploits the incorporation of the histone variant H3.3. [Epigenetics Chromatin] Abstract | Full Article | Press Release Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transfusion Is Safe and Improves Liver Function in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Patients Investigators assessed the safety and initial efficacy of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell transfusions for acute-on-chronic liver failure patients associated with hepatitis B virus infection. [Stem Cells Transl Med] Abstract | Press Release A Small Molecule that Promotes Cardiac Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells under Defined, Cytokine- and Xeno-Free Conditions For medical applications, clinical-grade cardiac cells must be produced from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) in a defined, cost-effective manner. Combined use of KY02111 and WNT signaling modulators produced robust cardiac differentiation of hPSCs in a xeno-free, defined medium, devoid of serum and any kind of recombinant cytokines and hormones, such as BMP4, Activin A, or insulin. [Cell Rep] Abstract | Press Release
| REVIEWS | Glial Progenitor Cell-Based Treatment and Modeling of Neurological Disease The diseases of myelin are among the most prevalent and disabling conditions in neurology. These fundamentally glial disorders may be amenable to treatment by glial progenitor cells (GPCs), which give rise to astroglia and myelin-producing oligodendrocytes. Given the development of new methods for generating and isolating human GPCs, the myelin disorders may now be compelling targets for cell-based therapy. [Science] Abstract | Press Release Stem Cells as Promising Therapeutic Options for Neurological Disorders In this review, the stem cell-mediated therapeutic efforts on four major neurological diseases, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and stroke, are introduced, and current problems and future directions are discussed. [J Cell Biochem] Abstract
| POLICY | Muted Reaction to New Science Budget in Australia Over several rather tense weeks, the federal government froze all science grants while seeking to balance the nation’s budget. But the midyear budget had welcome relief: AUS $1.686 billion for the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Cooperative Research Centres. [Australian Government, Australia] Press Release What They Think: Congressional Leaders Weigh-In on Science American students are spending too much time watching television and not enough time studying, and the United States has too little to show for the billions of federal dollars spent on climate research and science education. Those are just a few of the comments from nine senior members of Congress who responded to questions about science and science policy from ScienceDebate, a coalition of science groups. [US Congress, United States] Press Release | BUSINESS | StemBioSys and STBTC’s GenCure Announce Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Research Collaboration Agreement The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC), through its GenCure affiliate, has established a research collaboration agreement with San Antonio-based StemBioSys, Inc. to provide mononuclear cells from clinical grade human umbilical cord blood to StemBioSys for research and development use. [South Texas Blood & Tissue Center] Press Release NIH-CRM Awards Cellular Dynamics up to $7 Million to Produce Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Differentiated Tissue Cells The National Institutes of Health Center for Regenerative Medicine (NIH-CRM) has awarded Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. a contract to provide human induced pluripotent stem cell lines and terminally differentiated tissue cells from normal or specified patient populations. The contract is worth up to $7.0 million for the three year life of the agreement. [Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.] Press Release ViaCyte Receives $10.1 Million Strategic Partnership Award from CIRM to Continue Development of Diabetes Therapy ViaCyte, Inc. announced that it has received a $10.1 million Strategic Partnership Award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). ViaCyte’s innovative stem cell-based therapy for diabetes has been supported by several previous rounds of funding from CIRM, including a $20 million Disease Team Award in 2009. [ViaCyte, Inc.] Press Release Cellectis Bioresearch Inc. Wins a $6.9 Million Contract with The National Institutes of Health on iPS Cells Cellectis bioresearch announced that it has been awarded a second contract to provide services to the National Institutes of Health and certain other government agencies. This multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, has a maximum order limit of $6.9 million over a period of three years. Under the terms of the contract, the scope of work includes generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines of research grade and differentiation of iPS cells toward specific tissue cell type for research use. [Cellectis] Press Release bluebird bio Awarded $9.3 Million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to Further Gene Therapy Clinical Development bluebird bio announced that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved an award to the company for $9.3 million for the first round of its new Strategic Partnership Awards initiative. [bluebird bio] Press Release ACT’s European Clinical Trial Advances to First Patient Treatment with Higher Dosage of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACT) announced treatment of the fourth patient, the first in the second patient cohort, in its European clinical trial for Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy. The patient was injected with 100,000 human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells, as compared with 50,000 cells in the three patients comprising the first cohort. [Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.] Press Release ACT Announces Second Stargardt’s Disease Patient Treated with Higher Dosage of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACT) announced treatment of the fifth patient, the second in the second patient cohort, in its U.S. clinical trial for Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy. The patient was injected with 100,000 human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells, as compared with the 50,000 cell dose used in the three patients of the first cohort. [Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.] Press Release Cardiovascular and Chronic Liver Disease Cell Therapy Clinical Studies Approved in Japan Cytori Therapeutics announced two independent investigator-sponsored and funded cell therapy clinical studies in Japan have been approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare under the Guidelines on Clinical Research Using Human Stem Cells. One study will investigate the use of Cytori’s cell therapy as a treatment for ischemic heart failure and the other as a treatment for cirrhosis of the liver. [Cytori Therapeutics Inc.] Press Release Investigator-Sponsored Cell Therapy Clinical Study for Scleroderma Initiated in France Cytori Therapeutics announced that an investigator-sponsored and funded clinical study evaluating Cytori’s cell therapy as a potential treatment for limited and diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) has been approved to begin in France by the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products. [Cytori Therapeutics Inc.] Press Release Stem Cell Therapeutics Announces Admission to Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) Consortium Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. reported its admission to the CCRM industry consortium. [Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp.] Press Release | EVENTS | NEW Second Annual Targeting Cancer Stem Cells – Promising New Therapeutics for Oncology February 11-12, 2013 San Francisco, United States
NEW Primary Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells (HBECs) Training Course March 2, 2013 Vancouver, Canada
NEW StemCore and CRA 2013 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPS) Training Workshop April 15-19, 2013 Brisbane, Australia
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