by Stem Cell Network | Mar 11, 2010
In the fall, the Canadian Stem Cell Foundation launched the Stem Cell Charter that has been signed by over 3,000 people worldwide. (If you haven’t signed, click here to add your support.) A main focus of the Foundation is to raise awareness about the importance of...
by Stem Cell Network | Feb 11, 2010
The answers to many childhood diseases may be held deep within our cells. Dr. William Stanford, a stem cell researcher at the University of Toronto and co-Director of the Ontario Human iPS Facility, has been looking at the mechanisms that determine whether and how a...
by Stem Cell Network | Jul 29, 2009
Cardiovascular disease accounts for the death of more Canadians than any other disease, more than 72,000 people each year. There is currently no cure for heart failure, and goals for treatment have always been to improve symptoms, stop the condition from getting...
by Stem Cell Network | Jul 24, 2009
New research in the area of regenerative medicine is coming out regularly. Here are some recent examples: Researchers in Toronto and Saskatchewan are looking at cells found in human skin, inside the nose and in the spinal cord as autologous sources of myelinating...
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