Sentences with phrase «stem cell field»

The company seeks to become an industry leader in the neural stem cell field with multiple therapeutic product candidates.

«For the first time, we have married together knowledge of stem cell biology and genetics — areas that historically have often been operating as separate camps — to identify mutations stem cells carry and how they are related to one another in AML,» says Dr. Dick, who pioneered the cancer stem cell field by identifying leukemia stem cells in 1994.

-- Investor and pharma perspectives — how / where will we seek to engage in the cord blood and perinatal stem cell field in future?

Leveraging the unique insights of its founders and an internal team of outstanding scientists, the Company seeks to become an industry leader in the neural stem cell field with multiple therapeutic product candidates ranging from epilepsy and neuropathic pain to other potential opportunities in the broader neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disease space.

«It makes considerable headway in resolving a brewing controversy in the epidermal stem cell field» over exactly how the skin regenerates, she says.

World Stem Cell Summit and Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy World is the only event to showcase the global cord blood and perinatal stem cell field while at the same time placing it in its broader strategic context as a critically important component of future cell, gene and immunotherapy business and production models.

\ n \ nFinally I'll add that whether we're talking about ESC, iPS, or adult stem cells it's worth repembering that the threat does not only come from religious conservatives, animal rights activists are also campaiging to stop much of the research that underpins the whole stem cell field.

This discovery builds on earlier published research from other Princess Margaret scientists, Dr. John Dick, the pioneer of the cancer stem cell field, and Dr. Catherine O'Brien, whose 2007 study established that not all colorectal cancer cells are equal; rather, they are organized in a hierarchy sustained by a subpopulation of stem cells that initiate disease, resist treatment, then self - renew to regrow tumours (Nature).

After a brief stay at the Karolinska Institute to acquaint himself with the rapid developments of the neural stem cell field, Benedikt returned to Munich and obtained a position as a lecturer and senior lecturer at the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich.

«This work may have interesting implications for the stem cell field,» says Richard Lang, a professor of developmental biology at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation.

He had to transfer many technologies from his previous lab, and in the stem cell field these are often delicate to set up.

«Another serious consideration to think about is that over the years many people have begun to include these businesses in their overall impression of the stem cell field,» Knoepfler says.

Techniques that reprogram cells have revolutionized the stem cell field.

Elaine Fuchs, the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor at Rockefeller University, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator who is not involved in the work, hailed it as «one of the most important advances to date in the stem cell field, and I join the many people throughout the world in applauding my colleague for this remarkable achievement.

The bank «is an extremely important move» for the stem cell field, says Roger Pedersen of the University of Cambridge.

Yamanaka discovered in 2006 a way to reprogram adult cells into embryolike ones, called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, a find that has revolutionized the stem cell field.

With dramatic results from the lab and growing public acceptance, the stem cell field is poised for progress.

He shares the # 755,000 prize with two other pioneers in the stem cell field, Professor Mario Capecchi of the University of Utah and Professor Oliver Smithies of the University of North Carolina.

Regenerative medicine small molecule therapies offer many advantages over other therapeutic approaches including reduced complexity, ease of administration, ready reversibility, fewer regulatory hurdles and the absence of ethical concerns like those that have challenged the stem cell field.

The stem cell field keeps advancing rapidly, with biological discoveries and knowledge expanding daily.

He has published over 70 research articles, reviews and book chapters, and has made several seminal contributions to the stem cell field.

It is difficult to predict what the future will hold for the cancer stem cell field, but it is likely that the abovementioned insights will eventually transform our approach to the questions at hand.

Within the stem cell field, unproven stem cell therapies, or «treatments» that lack rigorous scientific proof of their safety and effectiveness, have been a growing concern.

As the stem cell field works toward developing treatments for RP, sickle cell and other diseases, the pursuit is strengthened and the process enhanced by the partnership of patients and disease advocates.

2007 also saw one of the most game - changing developments in the stem cell field; researchers learned how to create cells like embryonic stem cells, but instead of coming from an embryo these cells are created from adult cells, potentially cells from any tissue in the human body.

In Goodell's lab, Camargo examined an extraordinary claim that took the stem cell field by storm when it first appeared in the literature in the early 2000s.

If we picked one word to define the past year in the stem cell field, it would have to be «therapy.»

This year edition will be another stimulating and challenging experience for European scientists beginning their career in the stem cell field.

Dr. ZON: Well, you know, the stem cell field is really one of the most fascinating at the time, and if you think about the great possibilities that we have, it's really wonderful.

The Stem Cells Portal provides an online forum in which active researchers in the Stem Cells field, or persons who have an interest in this area of science, can access review articles of recent and current publications, enter into online discussions about the merits of the published data, and discover a range of other resources useful to the Stem Cell research community.

Nationwide, the stem cell field is complicated by ethical concerns about — and uncertainty over federal funding for — embryonic stem cell research.

Dr. Tesar has played an integral role in shaping the stem cell field, highlighted by his 2007 Nature paper on epiblast stem cells, which led to a paradigm shift in the understanding of the regulation of stem cell pluripotency.

It is striving to establish at least five world - class research teams in the stem cell field.

But Geron discontinued the program and exited the stem cell field, citing economic conditions and an uncertain path to market.

Stem Cell Assays is a collaborative project of stem cellresearchers and cell therapy experts aiming to promote the stem cell field.