INDUSTRY NEWS Cellectis and the Center for iPS Cells Research and Application Enter Collaboration Cellectis and the Center for iPS Cells Research and Application (CiRA) of Kyoto University have announced that they have started a scientific collaboration to combine Cellectis’ genome engineering technologies with CiRA’s induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) technology to improve the natural characteristics of iPS cells for use as cellular tools. [Cellectis Press Release] Cryo-Cell Announces Industry-Exclusive Agreement with MedTech For Solutions, Inc. Group Purchasing Organization Cryo-Cell International, Inc. announced at the annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine that the Company has formalized an industry-exclusive agreement with MedTech For Solutions, Inc., a Group Purchasing Organization representing a member network of 115 practices specializing in reproductive medicine, which operates, in conjunction with The Broadlane Group. [Cryo-Cell International, Inc. Press Release] Karmanos Cancer Institute’s J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank Receives $1.4 Million Federal Contract The J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute will receive a $1.4 million, three-year, contract award from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration to expand its cord blood collection program. [Karmanos Cancer Institute Press Release] Combining Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Techniques to Tackle a Deadly Blood Disease The National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $3.9 million grant to Children’s Hospital Boston researchers and their colleagues to develop a therapy to treat Fanconi anemia. [Children’s Hospital Boston Press Release] NIH Renews Georgia Tech-Led Nanomedicine Center for $16.1 Million The Georgia Tech-led Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein Machines has received an award of $16.1 million for five years as part of its renewal by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The eight-institution research team plans to pursue development of a clinically viable gene correction technology for single-gene disorders and demonstrate the technology’s efficacy with sickle cell disease. [Georgia Institute of Technology Press Release] CIRM Funds $72 Million to Translate Basic Discoveries into New Therapies, Recruit Stem Cell Leaders to California The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved funding for 19 awards worth $67 million in its second round of awards designed to move good ideas out of the lab and into the clinic. [California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Press Release] Over 400 Top Researchers Selected in the European Research Council’s Third Prestigious ‘Starting Grant’ Competition The European Research Council is awarding some EUR 580 million to 427 early career top researchers in its competition for ‘Starting Grants’. Worth up to EUR 2 million each, the grants will enable them to carry out their pioneering ideas in any field of research, throughout Europe. [European Research Council Press Release] BMTbase™ 4.1 Nearing Release STEMSOFT Software Inc., the leading provider of software solutions for the cell therapy and transplant community, is pleased to announce the upcoming release of BMTbase® version 4.1. BMTbase 4.1 includes extended support for AGNIS® with the ability to retrieve the pre-TED, post-TED, death and infectious disease reporting forms. [STEMSOFT Software Inc. Press Release] Cryo-Cell International Launches Cryology RTS® Cryo-Cell International, Inc. announced plans at the annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine to launch Cryology RTS®, a new reproductive tissue storage service for cryopreserved embryos, oocyctes and sperm. [Cryo-Cell International, Inc. Press Release] Soligenix Announces Preliminary Results of Its Phase II Clinical Trial of orBec® in the Prevention of Acute GVHD Soligenix, Inc. reported preliminary results from its Phase II “proof-of-concept” exploratory clinical trial of orBec® for the prevention of acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) in patients undergoing myeloablative conditioning regimens with initiation of dosing prior to hematopoietic cell transplantation and continuing through the post-transplantation period. [Soligenix, Inc. Press Release] Stem Cell Central: The Lorry I. Lokey Building The Lokey Building, an incredible new laboratory facility, is built on a design championed by faculty to facilitate research in one of the most exciting interdisciplinary areas of the 21st century — stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. [Stanford University School of Medicine Press Release]
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POLICY NEWS NIH Recovery Act Grants to Foster Scientific Workforce Diversity The National Institutes of Health has awarded six grants totaling approximately $12 million over three years through a new initiative aimed at fostering a diverse scientific workforce. [National Institutes of Health, United States] NIH Recovery Act Awards Enable Crucial Health Research Technologies Thanks to the Recovery Act, more health scientists now will have access to state-of-the-art devices, the National Institutes of Health announced. Through its National Center for Research Resources, NIH has awarded $300 million in shared instrumentation grants. [National Institutes of Health, United States] White House Science Office Sued Over ‘Scientific Integrity’ Docs Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has filed a lawsuit seeking an explanation for why the Obama Administration is 18 months late on delivering its promised guidelines on scientific integrity for the federal government. [Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, United States] Secretarial Review and Publication of the Annual Report to Congress Submitted by the Contracted Consensus-Based Entity Regarding Performance Measurement (FR Doc. 2010-26795) [Department of Health and Human Services, United States] Agency Emergency Information Collection Clearance Request for Public Comment (FR Doc. 2010-26753) [Department of Health and Human Services, United States] Request for Notification From Industry Organizations Interested in Participating in the Selection Process for Nonvoting Industry Representatives on Public Advisory Committees and Panels and Request for Nonvoting Industry Representatives on Public Advisory Committees and Panels [Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001] [Food and Drug Administration, United States] Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting [Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001] [Food and Drug Administration, United States] Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting [Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001] [Food and Drug Administration, United States] National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-26889) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Guidelines for Use of Stored Specimens and Access to Ancillary Data and Proposed Cost Schedule: Stored Biologic Specimens and Ancillary Data From the Collaborative Perinatal Project (CPP) (FR Doc. 2010-27183) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc. 2010-27192) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc. 2010-27185) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc. 2010-27049) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-27040) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-27039) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-26935) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc. 2010-26881) [National Institutes of Health, United States] National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-26702) [National Institutes of Health, United States] National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc. 2010-26706) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-27187) [National Institutes of Health, United States]
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EVENTS (Listed by Date) Fraunhofer Life Science Symposium Leipzig 2010 October 29-30, 2010 Leipzig, Germany Stem Cell Society Singapore Symposium 2010: Translating Science to Therapy November 2-3, 2010 Singapore NEW In Vitro Toxicology Society Annual Meeting November 2-3, 2010 Liverpool, United Kingdom 2010 National GvHD Symposium November 4, 2010 Cleveland, United States World Cord Blood Congress November 4-7, 2010 Marseille, France Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s Inaugural Stem Cells in Drug Discovery and Development November 8-9, 2010 San Diego, United States NEW Third Annual Research Experience of Stem Cells in European (RESCUE) Society Conference November 8-9, 2010 Oxford, United Kingdom Select Biosciences 2nd International Forum on Stem Cells (2010 IFSC) November 12-13, 2010 Tianjin, China The 16th International Conference of the International Society of Differentiation: From Stem Cells to Organisms November 15-18, 2010 Nara, Japan Stem Cell Network’s 10th Annual Scientific Meeting November 22-24, 2010 Calgary, Alberta 52nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition December 4-7, 2010 Orlando, United States NEW Pharmacology in Stem Cells Research and Regenerative Medicine December 17, 2010 London, United Kingdom Select Biosciences 5th Annual Stem Cells World Congress January 24-25, 2011 San Diego, United States NEW IQPC’s 4th Biobanking Conference January 24-26, 2011 Philadelphia, United States BMT Tandem Meetings (ASBMT/CIBMTR) February 17-21, 2011 Honolulu, Hawaii NEW 1st Annual Clinical Meeting of the Cell Society February 18-19, 2011 La Jolla, United States Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference – Stem Cells: Revolutionizing Regenerative Medicine and Personalized Therapy 2011 February 23-25, 2011 San Francisco, United States American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Stem Cells, Development, and Cancer March 3-6, 2011 Vancouver, Canada Keystone Symposia: Hematopoiesis March 27-April 1, 2011 Big Sky, United States NEW United Kingdom National Stem Cell Network 2011 Annual Scientific Conference March 30-April 1, 2011 York, United Kingdom American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 102nd Annual Meeting 2011 April 2-6, 2011 Orlando, United States Visit our events page to stay up to date with the latest events in the cell, gene and immunotherapy community. JOB OPPORTUNITIES Lab Technologist – Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (STEMCELL Technologies) Lab Technologist – Tissue Culture (STEMCELL Technologies) Product Manager – Pluripotent Stem Cells (STEMCELL Technologies) Recruit Top Talent Reach more than 11,000 potential candidates by posting your organization’s career opportunities with Cord Blood News at no cost. Visit here to post your career opportunities. Have we missed an important article or publication in Cord Blood News? Click here to submit!
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