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TOP STORIES

MRI Shows Possibilities of Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy
In vivo MRI results demonstrate that mesenchymal stem cells migrate toward a quinolinic acid lesion and can survive for 19 days post-transplantation, which gives hope for future research harnessing stem cells for treating neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. [Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv]

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SCIENCE NEWS

Safety Phase of Novel UM Stem Cell Trial Completed

Physicians have successfully completed the first safety phase of a novel trial using bone marrow and mesenchymal stem cell injections into the heart muscle for patients who have had a prior heart attack.  [Miller School's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami, Miami]

Nano-Magnets Guide Stem Cells to Damaged Tissue
Microscopic magnetic particles have been used to bring stem cells to sites of cardiovascular injury in a new method designed to increase the capacity of cells to repair damaged tissue, UCL scientists announced today. [London's Global University, London]
 
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CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells Restore Cardiac Function in Chronic Ischemic Cardiomyopathy via Trilineage Differentiating Capacity
Findings demonstrate long-term MSC survival, engraftment, and trilineage differentiation following transplantation into chronically scarred myocardium. [PNAS]

Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Replacement as an Organ Replacement Therapy
Scientist report a successful fully functioning tooth replacement in an adult mouse achieved through the transplantation of bioengineered tooth germ into the alveolar bone in the lost tooth region. [PNAS]

In vivo Myocardial Distribution of Multipotent Progenitor Cells Following Intracoronary Delivery in a Swine Model of Myocardial Infarction
Using an anterior myocardial infarction swine model, near-infrared fluorescence was used for in vivo tracking of labeled mesenchymal stromal cells, bone marrow mononuclear and peripheral blood mononuclear cells early after intracoronary injection. [European Heart Journal]

Adipose Tissue Mesenchymal Stem Cell Expansion in Animal Serum-Free Medium Supplemented with Autologous Human Platelet Lysate
Platelets provided by a single donor are sufficient to obtain platelet lysate (PL) for human adipose mesenchymal stem cell (hASC) propagation for clinical-scale applications mitigating the potential untoward side effects associated with the use of animal-derived reagents. [Transfusion]

Regenerative Effects of Transplanted Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Fracture Healing
In this study, using a stabilized tibia fracture mouse model, scientists determined the dynamic migration of transplanted MSC to the fracture site, their contributions to the repair process initiation, and their role in modulating the injury-related inflammatory responses. [Stem Cells]

Generation of Pancreatic Hormone-Expressing Islet-Like Cell Aggregates from Murine Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells
Data presented here demonstrate the feasibility of using ASCs as a source of autologous stem cells to differentiate into the pancreatic lineage. [Stem Cells]

Efficient Adipocyte and Osteoblast Differentiation from Mouse Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Adenoviral Transduction
Results suggest that Ad vector-mediated transient transduction is sufficient to increase cellular differentiation and that our transduction methods would be useful for therapeutic applications based on iPS cells. [Stem Cells]

Therapeutic Benefit of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Rat: Implications of Anti-inflammation and Angiogenesis
Intracerebral administration of UC-MSC could accelerate neurological function recovery of ICH rat, the underlying mechanism may ascribe to their ability to inhibit inflammation and promote angiogenesis. [Cell Physiol Biochem]

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INDUSTRY NEWS

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.

Bio-Matrix Scientific's Research Subsidiary, Entest BioMedical, Inc., Files Stem Cell Therapy Patent Application For Treatment Of COPD
Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. announced today its majority owned subsidiary, Entest BioMedical unit, has filed a patent application for the use of adipose derived stem cells in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).



POLICY NEWS

Stemedica Requests Pre-IND Meeting With FDA
Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. has requested a pre-Investigational New Drug (IND) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to discuss a proposed IND to use Stemedica's proprietary line of allogeneic mesenchymal bone marrow cells (adult human) as a treatment for ischemic stroke.


FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (United States)

Food and Drug Administration Transparency Task Force; Meeting - Reopening of Comment Period, 41711-41712 [E9-19778]

Revision of the Requirements for Publication of License Revocation; Confirmation of Effective Date, 42175 [E9-20119]

Post Marketing Safety Reports for Human Drug and Biological Products: Electronic Submission Requirements, 42184-42203 [E9-19682]




EVENTS

XXXVI Annual meeting European Society for Artificial Organs 2009
September 2-5, 2009, Compiègne, France

International Society for Hematology and Stem Cells 38th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 9-12, 2009, Athens, Greece

2009 Stem Cells Europe/ World Biobanking Summit
September 23-25, 2009, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

Molecular Tri Conference & The Stem Cell Meeting
February 2-5, 2010, San Francisco, CA, United States

Blood and Marrow Transplantation
February 24-28, 2010, Orlando, FL, United States

World Congress Regenerative Medicine
March 12-14, 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

The European Group for Blood & Marrow Transplantation Annual Meeting
March 21-24, 2010, Vienna, Austria

9th Transgenic Technology Meeting
March 22-24, 2010, Berlin, Germany


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