by David Kent | Oct 28, 2013
> Last Friday was the final day of the Till & McCulloch Meetings in Banff, which was a great display of collaborative stem cell projects going on across the country. I’ll emphasize again how wonderful this meeting is for getting a broad survey of research in...
by Holly Wobma | Feb 5, 2013
. I am, admittedly, the least ambitious type of gym-goer. I don’t train for marathons. I don’t try to body-build – the bar is set pretty low (and, incidentally, also the resistance!). All I want to accomplish is to get rid of some of my “extra skin” and replace it...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Jun 7, 2012
Late in May, the Brampton Fire Department (just outside of Toronto) held a “boot drive” to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. My boyfriend who happens to be a firefighter tells me that boot drives are fairly common among Canadian fire departments. In fact, they are...
by Stem Cell Network | Feb 26, 2010
Heart failure is a serious yet relatively common condition that limits the ability of the human heart to properly supply the body with blood. The odds of heart failure increase as we age, so finding treatment options is becoming increasingly important as the...
by Stem Cell Network | Oct 14, 2009
During a heart attack, muscle cells that make up the heart’s tissue are lost permanently. This cell loss is one of the leading causes of heart failure. Although cell transplantation can result in modest improvements in cardiac function, several challenges remain,...
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