Cell Therapy News Volume 6.27 | Jun 27 2005

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Have the Potential to Develop into Eggs and Sperm in the Laboratory
Scientists in the UK have proved that human embryonic stem cells can develop in the laboratory into the early forms of cells that eventually become eggs or sperm.
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Eggs from Embryonic Stem Cells Could Benefit Sterile Women
Monash researchers have developed a process that causes embryonic stem (ES) cells to develop into ovarian structures containing eggs.
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Stem Cells to Solve Blood Shortage Problems
The State Government of Victoria, Australia announced that Melbourne scientists at Monash University have developed a unique technology that can grow large numbers of blood cells from human embryonic stem cells.
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Blood Cells Develop from Stem Cells
Researchers in Baltimore have discovered that human embryonic stem cells grown in the laboratory develop spontaneously into blood cells.
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Stem Cells Grown In Lab Mirror Normal Developmental Steps
Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a way to study the earliest steps of human blood development using human embryonic stem cells grown in a lab dish instead of the embryos themselves.
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Researchers Discover Stem Cell ‘Guide’ that May Be Key for Targeting Neural Stem Cell Treatments
UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers have discovered how new neurons born from endogenous neural stem cells are sent to regions of the brain where they can replace old and dying cells, a finding that suggests how stem cell therapies can be specifically targeted to brain regions affected by neurodegenerative diseases or by stroke
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Researchers Discover Mechanism that May Enable Stem Cell-based Treatment for Eye Disorders
In discovering a protein that helps organize the development of the retina, UC Irvine researchers have found a new molecular mechanism that may allow for stem cell-based therapies to treat eye disorders such as retinal degeneration.
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Researchers Grow Stem Cells from Human Skin
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have successfully isolated stem cells from human skin, expanded them in the laboratory and coaxed them into becoming fat, muscle and bone cells.
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Engineered Muscles Pump Blood
For years, a major obstacle has dashed the hopes of creating “replacement parts” for the human body: the lack of an internal, nourishing blood system in engineered tissues. Without it, thicker tissues can’t thrive, a fact that has confined tissue engineering’s practical application to thin skin, which can recruit blood vessels from underlying tissue.
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Breakthrough: UNC Scientists Have Created World’s Tiniest Uniform, Precisely Shaped Organic Particles
Adapting technology pioneered by the electronics industry in fabricating transistors, the team has figured out for the first time how to create particles for carrying genetic material, pharmaceuticals and other compounds of unprecedented small size and uniformity.
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SPECT Imaging Can Evaluate Stem Cell Therapy Effectiveness in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease
Researchers from Seoul National University confirmed that single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of stem cell therapy with ischemic or coronary heart disease.
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Stem Cells Fix Damaged Leg Arteries
“We designed a project to take adult stem cells isolated from a patients’ own bone marrow and inject them into the leg,” Dr. Lawson said.
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Aging Stem Cells Linked to Leukemia in Elderly
Aging stem cells may be behind an increased risk of infection and leukemia in older people, according to a Stanford University School of Medicine study.
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Conceptual and Practical Implications of Breast Tissue Geometry: Toward a More Effective, Less Toxic Therapy
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ABSTRACT, REVIEWS, & SPECIAL REPORTS

A Novel Paradigm for Therapeutic Basis of Advanced Heart Failure-assessment by Gene Therapy
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Comparison of Five Methods for Concentrating Progenitor Cells in Human Marrow Transplantation
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Separation, Enrichment, and Characterization of Human Hematopoeitic Progenitor Cells From Umbilical Cord Blood
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Understanding the Response to Immunotherapy in Humans
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Catherine Verfaillie on the Work Needed Before Promise of Stem Cell Research Becomes Reality
Verfaillie will return to her alma mater, Belgium’s Catholic University of Leuven, while maintaining her affiliation with the University of Minnesota.
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University of Minnesota & Belgium Form Stem Cell Partnership
Leaders from the University and the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium signed a ceremonial agreement to develop joint and collaborating stem cell institutes.
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine: Legislative Subcommittee Approves Policy Enhancements; Additions Vigorously Respond to California’s Public and Legislature
The Legislative Subcommittee of the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee (ICOC) tonight approved policies designed to establish model standards in partnership with the Legislature and the public for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and stem cell research.
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Press Release: CIRM and SF Formalize Relationship; Newsom and Klein Sign Agreement Certifying San Francisco’s Bid
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BUSINESS NEWS

Bio-Matrix Manufactures Set of Stem Cell Devices
Bio-Matrix Scientific Group has manufactured its first complete set of disposable instruments for stem cell research and tissue transfer procedures.
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FierceBiotech Honors Cellerant Therapeutics as One of the ”Fierce 15” Biotech Companies of 2005
This distinction honors Cellerant as one of the top 15 emerging biotech companies for 2005.
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Geron Publication Describes Human Embryonic Stem Cells Propagated Using Defined Serum-Free Medium in the Absence of Animal-Derived Products or Feeder Cells
Geron Corporation announced today the publication of studies which show that human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can be cultured at scale in chemically defined serum-free medium without the use of animal-derived products or feeder cells.
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Dendreon Completes Enrollment in Phase III Protect Trial
Dendreon has completed enrollment in its Phase III PROTECT clinical trial of Provenge in men with non-metastatic androgen-dependent (hormone-sensitive) prostate cancer. Provenge is Dendreon’s investigational immunotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer.
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INEX Announces Restructuring Plan and Appoints New President and COO
Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation today announced extensive management changes and a restructuring to conserve cash and to facilitate a new strategic path to advance its lead anticancer drug Marqibo(TM), its other Targeted Chemotherapy cancer products and its promising early-stage Targeted Immunotherapy pipeline.
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Invitrogen Launches i-Path — A Unique Systems Biology Platform at BIO 2005; 225 Original Maps Identifying and Visualizing Biologic Pathways, Available Free to Researchers
Invitrogen Corporation, a leading life sciences company with a broad portfolio of technologies to improve and accelerate biomedical research, drug discovery and commercial bioproduction, unveiled its latest concept in bioinformatics and systems biology with the launch of i-Path at the BIO 2005 international conference.
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Compound Therapeutics Announces Initiation Of IND-enabling Safety Studies With Lead Oncology Product; First Of A New Class Of Protein Therapeutics
Compound Therapeutics announced that it has initiated IND-enabling animal safety studies with CT-322, its lead product.
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MedImmune and Avalon Announce Collaboration
MedImmune and Avalon Pharmaceuticals have announced a collaboration to discover and develop small molecule therapeutic compounds in the area of inflammatory disease.
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Vesta Therapeutics Awarded Research Grant
Vesta Therapeutics, Inc., announced today the awarding of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This grant will support exploring the use of adipose derived adult stem (ADAS) cells as a therapeutic modality in liver disease.
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NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts – Week Of June 24, 2005
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Blood Products Advisory Committee: Posted the Briefing Information for the 07/22/05 meeting
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Compliance Program 7341.002 – Inspection of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps)
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Substantially Equivalent 510(k) Device – HCLL Donor 1.0 (Mediware Information Systems, Inc)
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Substantially Equivalent 510(k) Device – Centricity Ultra Laboratory Transfusion Medicine (Ultra TM) 4.0 (GE Medical Information Technologies)
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NEWS & UPDATES

UNITED STATES

FDA
Update on Leukocyte Reduction of Blood and Blood Components; Public Workshop
The public workshop will be held on July 20, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee: Posted the Transcript for the 05/20/05 meeting
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This meeting was added to the calendar this week:

Leukocyte Reduction of Blood and Blood Components; Public Workshop
July 20, 2005 (8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
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San Diego, California (California Institute of Regenerative Medicine)

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Rochester, Minnesota (Mayo Clinic)

Cell Processing Medical Technologists 
Oldsmar, Florida (Cryo-Cell International Inc.)

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (RheoGene, Inc.)

Cell Therapy Specialist 
Hackensack, New Jersey (Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC)

Cell Therapy Supervisor 
New York, New York (New York Blood Center)

Cell Therapy Technologist 
New York, New York (New York Blood Center)

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Seattle, Washington (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)

Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Los Angeles, California (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)

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Deerfield, Illinois (Baxter Healthcare)

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Director of Cell Therapy
New York, New York (New York Blood Center)

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Toronto, Ontario (Ontario Genomics Institute)

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Gaithersburg, Maryland (Maxcyte)
 
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Hackensack, New Jersey (Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC)

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Charlottesville, Virginia (University of Virginia Health System)

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Gaithersburg, Maryland (Maxcyte)

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, New York)

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Melbourne, Australia (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)

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Hackensack, New Jersey (Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC)

Quality Control Technologist 
Vancouver, British Columbia (StemCell Technologies)

Quality Manager 
Sydney, Australia (Bone Marrow Transplant Network NSW)

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Scientific Director 
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Scientific Review & Program Officers 
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Sydney, Australia (SWAPS, Liverpool Hospital)

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Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control)

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Sydney, Australia (Australian Stem Cell Facility Sydney Children’s Hospital)

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San Diego, California (California Institute of Regenerative Medicine)

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Brussels, Belgium (Beta-Cell NV)

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Boston, Massachusetts (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

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Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaA (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

Stem Cell Techonologist 
Salt Lake City, Utah (University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Stem Cell Laboratory)

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Buffalo, New York (Roswell Park Cancer Institute)

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Buffalo, New York (Roswell Park Cancer Institute)

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New York, New York (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)

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Denver, Colorado (Gambro BCT)

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