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Italian researchers have reported that sequential chemotherapy with Platinol (cisplatin) and Gemzar (gemcitabine) followed by Novantrone (mitoxantrone), methotrexate and Mutamycin (mitomycin) is an active regimen with good disease control for patients with un-resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma.

A Hayward judge ruled Friday that California’s $3 billion stem cell initiative does not violate state law, a decision that, if upheld on appeal, would free up funds for the controversial research program that have been on hold for more than a year. “In passing Proposition 71, voters made a decision to put California in [...]

Wealthy Thai mothers embrace cord blood banking by depositing their new born babies’ blood in what is hoped to be a precautionary measure should their kids need stem cell transplants in future if they were to develop lethal blood-related complications like thalassemia and leukemia.

An Illinois judge has denied to block an executive order Gov. Rod Blagojevich issued to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on unproven embryonic stem cell research, unbeknownst to state lawmakers.

A Plymouth, UK-based laboratory is fast emerging as the world’s leading stem cell processing and storage centre as a landmark collected sample arrives.

Stemcell study in curing heart disease will be officially started in Thailand according to a report in the Bangkok Post.

Australia is hoping a collaboration involving a U.S. university could make it the global leader in stem cell research, but experts doubt that will happen any time soon.

At present, the stem cell research is moving from labs to clinics in India as sufficient pre-clinical data are being generated to take up clinical application, says Dr C M Habibullah, director, Centre for Liver Diseases and dean, Deccan College of Medicine at Hyderabad, while speaking at the ‘Third All India Conference on Regenerative Medicine [...]

Sheila Gannon was pregnant when she was diagnosed with leukemia, is alive and gave birth to her son Sawyer 2 weeks early, so she could also start chemotherapy, thanks to a unique transplant of umbilical cord blood from two different donors. It was the first time such a procedure had been performed in Colorado. Peter [...]

California’s stem-cell research institute, still hamstrung by lawsuits that have held up its $3 billion funding for more than a year, announced Monday it has finally begun issuing the first trickle of grants. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Gordon Getty and venture capitalist John Doerr.