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NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Islet Sciences, Inc., (OTCBB: ISLT) a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for patients with diabetes, today announced that it has signed a strategic alliance with Spring Point Project. Spring Point Project's team has unique experience under the current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) required by U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
SAN DIEGO and EDMONTON, Alberta, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the University of Alberta announced today the treatment of the first patient in an investigator-initiated islet cell transplant Phase I/II trial of emricasan (IDN-6556), a pan-caspase inhibitor. The objective of the trial is to determine safety, achievement and maintenance of insulin independence and to obtain preliminary data on the efficacy of emricasan to maintain adequate...
Scientists from Western University in London, Canada and the Children's Health Research Institute, an Institute within the Lawson Health Research Institute, have identified the critical role of a receptor called c-Kit in the development and function of insulin-producing beta cells, making it an exciting therapeutic target for the management of diabetes. The research, led by Rennian Wang, demonstrated that overexpression of c-Kit not only leads to increased insulin production but also...
New combination therapy approach may have possible application in other autoimmune diseases DUARTE, Calif., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- City of Hope researchers developed a combination therapy to treat late-stage type 1 diabetes that appears to offer a potential lifetime cure for the disease without toxic side effects. The laboratory study is published in the May 9 edition of Science Translational Medicine. "Our findings indicate that it is possible to cure late-stage...
NEW YORK, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Islet Sciences, Inc., (OTCBB: ISLT) a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for patients with diabetes, today announced that it has exclusively licensed technology from Yale University. "In the course of research conducted under Yale auspices, Dr. Kevan Herold and his colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine have developed a...
NEW YORK, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Islet Sciences, Inc., (OTC.BB: ISLT) a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for patients with diabetes, announced today that its subsidiary DiaKine Therapeutics Inc. received European patent protection. The drugs are small molecules that can be used to treat diabetes, atherosclerosis and other inflammatory diseases. The European...
NEW YORK, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Islet Sciences, Inc., (OTC.BB: ISLT) a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for patients with diabetes, today named six inaugural members to its Scientific Advisory Board: Dr. Paul Johnson, Dr. Jonathan Lakey, Dr. Steven Paraskevas, Dr. Miguel Riella, Dr. Christian Mende and Dr. Jerry Nadler. "Clearly this esteemed group of Doctors...
NEW YORK, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Islet Sciences, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of One E-Commerce Corporation (OTC.BB: ONCED), a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for patients with diabetes, today announced that the company has named George J. Todaro, M.D. and Jerry L. Nadler, M.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Todaro and Dr. Nadler join Joel D. Perlin, Dr. Jonathan...
MIAMI, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scientists at the Diabetes Research Institute have developed a revolutionary technique to provide critical oxygen for maintaining the survival of insulin-producing cells. This is the first time that scientists have been able to successfully deliver oxygen locally to beta cells using a biomaterial. The results of the study, which represents a major step toward the goal of developing an alternative site to house insulin-producing cells,...
NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Islet Sciences, Inc. (OTC.BB: ONCED), a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for patients with diabetes, today announced that the company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement to acquire DiaKine Therapeutics, Inc. ("DTI"), a biopharmaceutical company developing new, proprietary drugs for unmet medical needs in diabetes and...
