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TOP STORIES

Switching on the Power of Stem Cells
Researchers have pinpointed the final step in a complex process that gives embryonic stem cells their unique ability to develop into any of the different types of cells in the body. [Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge]

SCIENCE NEWS

Wisconsin Team Grows Retina Cells from Skin-derived Stem Cells
A team of scientists has successfully grown multiple types of retina cells from two types of stem cells - suggesting a future in which damaged retinas could be repaired by cells grown from the patient's own skin. [University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison]

'Glow in the Dark' Red Blood Cells Made from Human Stem Cells
Victorian stem cell scientists from Monash University have modified a human embryonic stem cell line to glow red when the stem cells become red blood cells. [Monash University, Victoria]

Gentium Reports Top Line Results from the Phase III Treatment Trial of Defibrotide for Severe Veno-Occlusive Disease
Italian biopharmaceutical firm Gentium S.p.A. said its experimental drug to treat veno-occlusive disease, a complication of stem cell transplantation, missed the main goal of a late-stage study. [Gentium S.p.A., Villa Guardia]

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CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

A Common Bipotent Progenitor Generates the Erythroid and Megakaryocyte Lineages in Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Primitive Hematopoiesis
Using hematopoietic differentiation of human embryonic stem cells on the OP9 cell line, this paper identified a primitive megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor in a subset of cells coexpressing glycophorin A and CD41 from day 9 to day 12 of coculturing. [Blood]

Differential Processing of Amyloid-ß Precursor Protein Directs Human Embryonic Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation into Neuronal Precursor Cells*Formula
The researchers now report that the differential processing of A{Beta}PP via secretase enzymes regulates the proliferation and differentiation of hESCs. [Journal of Biological Chemistry]

Human Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Keratinocytes Exhibit an Epidermal Transcription Program and Undergo Epithelial Morphogenesis in Engineered Tissue Constructs
Using retinoic acid to initiate differentiation, this study generated high purity populations of keratin 14+ hES cell-derived keratinocyte progenitors and performed microarray analysis to compare the global transcriptional program of hEKs and primary foreskin keratinocytes. [Tissue Engineering Part A]

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Cryo-Save to Create Cell Lines at Bangalore Centre
Cryo-Save India is planning to develop cell lines grown in tissue culture at its stem cell banking facility in Bangalore. [Cryo-Save, Bangalore]

University of Southern California Gets $2.9M in Stem Cell Funding
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have been awarded $2.9 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to support research into stem cell discoveries that lay the foundation for future therapies. [Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles]

State Stem Cell Agency Awards Three New Grants to Stanford Researchers
The California state stem cell agency recently awarded three Stanford University researchers a total of $4.2 million to investigate what makes stem cells tick. [Stanford University, Stanford]

Stem Cell Firm Plans Russia's 1st Post-crisis Initial Public Offering
Russia's Stem Cell Institute is seeking to attract some 150 million rubles ($4.75 million) from investors in what would be the country's first initial public offering in more than a year. [The Stem Cell Institute, Moscow]

Senator Moves to Block Medical Ghostwriting
A growing body of evidence suggests that doctors at some of the nation's top medical schools have been attaching their names and lending their reputations to scientific papers that were drafted by ghostwriters working for drug companies.

POLICY NEWS

Japan Relaxes Human Stem Cell Rules
A long-sought loosening of Japan's guidelines on human embryonic stem cell research came into effect on 21 August, but may be too late for a struggling field that was once a source of national pride.

Pro-Embryo Group Sues NIH Over Stem Cell Policy
A Christian group has filed a lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health alleging that the Obama Administration's stem cell policy violates federal law.

EVENTS

World Stem Cell Summit 2009
September 23-25, 2009
Baltimore, United States

TERMIS 2nd World Congress 2009
August 31 - September 3, 2009
Seoul, South Korea

Neuroscience 2009
October 17-21, 2009
Chicago, United States

Alzheimer's Disease Beyond Abeta
January 10-15, 2010
Copper Mountain, United States

Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference 2010
February 3-5, 2010
San Francisco, United States

ISSCR 8th Annual Meeting
June 16-19, 2010
San Francisco, United States

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