Stem cell – Insight Sciences

Regenerative medicine update: grow back a heart

December 20, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Researchers get cardiac muscle cells to grow, repair heart attack damage
John Timmer, arstechnica.com

djneightHeart attacks cause both long- and short-term problems. In the short-term, the death of cardiac muscle cells can cause a critical drop in the heart’s ability to function. Over the long haul, problems arise because the damage is largely…

RT @arstechnica: Researchers get cardiac muscle cells to grow, repair heart attack damage http://flip.it/n81yA by @j_timmer http://flip.it/NY0VY

Scientists: Stem Cell Jab Could Help Cure Heart Disease (medindia.net)
Heart attack – Know the warning signs (asianheartinstitute.wordpress.com)
Researchers: Gene regenerates heart tissue, critical finding for heart failure prevention (eurekalert.org)
Side Effects of Statins (articles.mercola.com)
Hydrogel Repairs Heart Muscle (polymersolutions.com)

The purpose of biotech regulation is to avoid growing bone in your eye

December 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Unproven Stem-Cell Cosmetic Treatments Can Grow Bones In Your Eyes
By Paul Adams, popsci.com

New cosmetic creams and therapies that make use of stem cells carry bizarre, gruesome risks.

A woman in Los Angeles went to her doctor with pain and clicking in her eyelid, following a cosmetic procedure a few months earlier. The…

Unproven Stem-Cell Cosmetic Treatments Can Grow Bones In Your Eyes http://flip.it/mVhLj http://flip.it/weMXp

The Biotech Frontier in Texas; Birdbrains & Adult Stem Cell Therapy (meganjrutherford.com)
Growing Bones By ‘Kicking’ Stem Cells Shows Medical Promise (natureworldnews.com)
“Nanokicking”: Scientists Develop Cheaper, Easier Way to Grow Bone From Stem Cells (counselheal.com)
What’s Next for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine? (scientificamerican.com)
Nanopatterning study pushes regenerative medicine another step forward (nanowerk.com)

Organogenesis Inc. Home—the world leading tissue regeneration company

August 28, 2009 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Axon regeneration — Axon regeneration (Photo credit: TheJCB)

Organogenesis Inc. Home—the world leading tissue regeneration company.

Building a huge office in Canton and looks like a good company…

Going Beyond State-Of-The-Art In Tissue Regeneration (medicalnewstoday.com)
Histogenics Gets $49 Million for Tissue Regeneration – and Recapitalization (nextbigfuture.com)
A few days in Nanomedicine – regeneration, synthetic vaccines, gene therapy, medical tests 1 billion times more sensitive (nextbigfuture.com)
Taking tissue regeneration beyond the state-of-the-art (nanowerk.com)
Using a Subliminal Message to Improve Your Life (socyberty.com)
Histogenics Brings In $49M for Tissue Regeneration – and Recapitalization (xconomy.com)
The stat3/socs3a Pathway Is a Key Regulator of Hair Cell Regeneration in Zebrafish stat3/socs3a Pathway: Regulator of Hair Cell Regeneration (jneurosci.org)
Reader Review: Befine Neck Cream (bellasugar.com)
Understanding Of Cancer Improved With The Help Of Stem Cell Research (medicalnewstoday.com)
Defects And Injuries To Head, Mouth May In Future With Treated By Stem Cell Therapy (medicalnewstoday.com)

Building Biotechnology: Starting, Managing, and Understanding Biotechnology Companies

November 12, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Amazon.com: Building Biotechnology: Starting, Managing, and Understanding Biotechnology Companies – Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Investing, Science, Patents and Regulations (9780973467635): Yali Friedman: Books.

This guy lectures at my MBA/MS program at JHU in biotechnology

Synthetic insulin crystals synthesized using r... — Synthetic insulin crystals synthesized using recombinant DNA technology (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Fast Forward, LLC and Amplimmune, Inc. Join Forces to Speed New Treatments to People with MS** (prweb.com)
Biogen Idec CEO George Scangos to be honored (bostonherald.com)
Biotech and the Unintended Consequences of Moore’s Law (ritholtz.com)
Open-source science helps San Carlos father’s genetic quest (mercurynews.com)
Open-source science helps father’s genetic quest (sacbee.com)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Appears to Work in Study (minyanville.com)
Cardioxyl Pharma reports $28M equity round with lead drug against heart failure (fiercebiotech.com)
The Government of Malawi & TNI BioTech, Inc. Sign Agreement to Open an Oncology & Infectious Disease Clinic at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (sys-con.com)
One girl, one exome (blogs.discovermagazine.com)
Stem cells from strangers may heal scarred hearts (cbsnews.com)