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...
by Stem Cell Network | Jul 13, 2009
Cel-lules mare – The night before ISSCR’s 7th Annual Meeting officially began, a public symposium was held at CosmoCaixa Barcelona in the north end of the city. The event was open to everyone attending ISSCR as well as curious members of the Spanish...
by Lisa Willemse | Jun 12, 2009
In the summer of 2008, SCN supported a workshop in Washington DC that brought a number of science, media and policy experts together to discuss what implications the rapidly changing media landscape has to the public’s access and trust in science journalism. A...
by Michael Rudnicki | Jun 5, 2009
In a Cell Stem Cell paper released today, my team at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute demonstrated how the Wnt7a protein, signaling through the planar cell polarity pathway, controls the homeostatic levels of stem cells in muscle tissue, generating close to a...
by Michael Rudnicki | May 8, 2009
The word out of Ontario has been very positive of late. Despite the difficult financial times, the 2009-2010 provincial budget contained a number of new measures including: $300 million in new capital funds over six years for research infrastructure to be leveraged...
by Stem Cell Network | May 7, 2009
Starting today, SCN is launching the Impact ResearchProgram, a new initiative to fund stem cell research projects that pursuequestions with high potential for impact in the areas of clinical translation,commercialization or public policy. Selection of the grants is...
by Stem Cell Network | May 7, 2009
The Stem Cell Network is pleased to announce a Strategic Research funding opportunity for Public Policy and ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Issues) research in the stem cell field. Deadline for application is August 27, 2009 for funding to begin on October 1, 2009....
by Stem Cell Network | May 7, 2009
The Network’s new website is now online! Launched as part of a rebranding effort, the SCN website is the primary source of information for members, stakeholders and all those with an interest in stem cell research. The new site now includes an expanded section...
by Stem Cell Network | Apr 30, 2009
The recent discovery that human skin cells can be induced to become stem cells has exciting implications for studying disease and for future cell therapies. However, very few stem cells are normally found in these experiments. So, how do we overcome this problem?...
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