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Right Turn: Scaling up blood stem cells for transplants

. Cord blood banking is a growing market in North America and globally. Between 2005 and 2013, the number of privately banked units grew steadily at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 25 per cent, giving companies the ability to capitalize on a part of the...

Update from the Clinic: May

. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of May. StemCells announced positive topline results from a Phase I/II study in spinal cord injury. Kite Pharma treated its first patient in a Phase I/II study investigating an anti-CD19 CAR T construct in...

Regenerative Medicine Deal Review: May

. Welcome to your deal review for the month of May. Juno Therapeutics was active, forming a strategic research collaboration with Fate Therapeutics and acquiring Stage Cell Therapeutics. Adaptimmune decided it would take advantage of the ongoing initial public...

Right Turn: Moving RM discoveries to the market, in Ontario

.Today is a big day for the regenerative medicine (RM) community in Ontario, Canada. Minister of Research and Innovation, Reza Moridi, just announced that the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine (OIRM) will receive a new $25 million commitment* (in addition to...

‘Smart bandage’ for timely detection of bedsores

. Some of my fond memories of childhood are from the times that my great grandma and grandpa visited us. They told us sweet stories and shared memories of much simpler times. But they had worries too. I vividly remember that one of my great grandmother’s main fears...

Stem cells as the road to repairing Multiple Sclerosis

. A clinical trial set to begin this month in Ottawa will test the safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells to stimulate repair of damaged nerves in MS patients. This article was published simultaneously on the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine website....