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John Malone of Liberty Media Corporation invests $2 million into biotech startup MONTCLAIR, N.J., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CellHealth(TM) Institute (CHI), a new biotechnology company that provides breakthrough products, services and lifestyle education in the emerging category of personalized cell health has launched with the backing of key investors. John Malone Ph.D., chairman of Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA) has invested $2 million in CellHealth Institute. (Logo:...
PORT ST LUCIE, Fla., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CleanPath Resources Corp (OTC Pink: CLNP) (www.re-load.biz) announced today an exclusive agreement with the BioSwan(TM) division of Hemp, Inc. The agreement gives CleanPath exclusive rights to the new NutraLOAD(TM) stem enhancement product. NutraLOAD(TM) is an innovative new product shown to significantly increase the production of PluriCells(TM) in the body. PluriCells(TM) is the trademarked name given to the recently...
The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments. A new report from researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that it is possible to re-program other cells to become nerve cells, directly in the brain. Two years ago, researchers in Lund were the first in the world to re-program human skin cells, known as fibroblasts, to dopamine-producing nerve cells – without...
California Institute of Technology White blood cells, or leukocytes, are the immune system's warriors. So when an infection or disease attacks the body, the system typically responds by sending more white blood cells into the fray. This means that checking the number of these cells is a relatively easy way to detect and monitor such conditions. Currently, most white blood cell counts are performed with large-scale equipment in central clinical laboratories. If a physician collects blood...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New research adds to the growing body of evidence that modified citrus pectin (MCP), a natural supplement derived from the pith of citrus fruit, has a powerful effect against cancer. In a study just published in the March 2013 issue of the journal Integrative Cancer Therapies, MCP enhanced the anti-cancer effects of two botanical formulas, one for breast cancer and one for prostate cancer. The combination treatment decreased cancer cell...
DUBLIN, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kjm8bn/complete_201213 ] has announced the addition of the "Complete 2012-13 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Industry Report" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kjm8bn/complete_201213 ] report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) Stem cell research and experimentation has been in process for well over five...
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) announced today that it secured $8 million in debt financing with Hercules Technology Growth Capital (NYSE: HTGC), to fund the company's capital budget through late 2014. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20061221/DCTH007LOGO) "This debt financing extends our cash runway well into late 2014 at a critical time in our clinical product development cycle. We have multiple NSI-566 cell therapy...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers studying stem cells removed from amniotic fluid have found a possible role the cells have on healing damage caused by necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a severe inflammation that can destroy tissues in the gut and lead to major organ failure. The findings, published in the journal Gut, are based on early animal tests that reveal healing and an increase in survival. The researchers say the evidence could lead to a new...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Your cells are social butterflies. They constantly interact with their surroundings, taking in cues on when to divide and where to anchor themselves, among other critical tasks. This networking is driven in part by proteins called integrin, which reside in a cell’s outer plasma membrane. Their job is to convert mechanical forces from outside the cell into internal chemical signals that tell the cell what to do. That is, when they work properly....
A team including scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has determined and analyzed the high-resolution atomic structures of two kinds of human serotonin receptor. The new findings help explain why some drugs that interact with these receptors have had unexpectedly complex and sometimes harmful effects. "Understanding the structure-function of these receptors allows us to discover new...
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Paneth Cells are one of four principal cell types found in the epithelium of the small intestine; the other three are the goblet cell, enterocyte, and enteroendocrine cell. Paneth cells may also be found in the cecum and appendix, although sporadically. These cells are identifiable microscopically by their location just below the intestinal stem cells in the intestinal glands. and the large eosinophilic refractile granules that occupy most of their cytoplasm. These granules consist of...
Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal founded by Benjamin Lewin in January 1974 with the sponsorship of MIT Press. Lewin bought the rights to the journal in 1986 and published it under his own publishing arm Cell Press. Cell Press was sold to Elsevier in 1999, which currently publishes Cell twice monthly. Cell Press publishes several biomedical journals, including Cell, Neuron, Immunity, Molecular Cell, Developmental Cell, Cancer Cell, Current Biology, Structure, Chemistry &...
Francisella tularensis is a pathogenic species of gram-negative bacteria and the causative agent of tularemia or rabbit fever. It is a facultative intracellular bacterium. It is classified as a Class A agent by the U.S. government due to its ease of spread by aerosol and its high virulence. In 1911 the species was found in ground squirrels in California. There are four subspecies that have been classified. Biovar tularensis is found mostly in North America. Biovar palearctica is found...
