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UConn Health Center researchers in collaboration with scientists from China have revealed the potential for human stem cells to provide a vaccination against colon cancer, reports a study published in Stem Cells. more

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Zenith Biotech has opened its doors in Guilford. The company is built on the collaboration and synergy of several businesses and scientists to develop, manufacture, and market products and technologies primarily in cell culture areas such as embryonic and stem cell. http://www.zenithbiotech.com

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Connecticut scientist Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., chair,
Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health Working Group for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Eligibility Review. The Working Group will consider requests for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines to be approved for use in NIH-funded research.

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Linda Shapiro, a professor at the University of Connecticut Health Center, is investigating the role of a molecule known as CD13 in directing therapeutic stem cells to damaged tissue. more

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The National Institute of Health released its final Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research last July. more

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In April 2009, the State of Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee directed the allocation of $9.8 million in stem cell research funds to investigators based in New Haven, Middletown, Farmington and Storrs. more

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Laura Grabel, professor of biology and Dachs Professor of Science and Society at Wesleyan University, and co-director of the University of Connecticut Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility, testified to the Connecticut Senate last February on the value of stem cell research. more

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The online journal Nature Reports Stem Cells included an interview last February with Haifan Lin, director of the Stem Cell Center at Yale University. The interview is reproduced at the Center's website. more