Score one small victory for the troubled field of stem cell therapeutics. A small clinical trial showed that patients’ own stem cells could repair damaged heart tissue after they suffered heart attacks, giving California developer Capricor the confiden…
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Pioneering stem cell therapy mends damaged heart tissue in patients
February 14th, 2012 
Ryan McBride 
Posted in Advanced Cell Technology, Blog, Capricor, Companies, Diagnostics, Funding, heart disease, Medical Devices, Medical Supply, Pharmaceuticals, Startups, Stem Cell Therapeutics, Universities, Videos 
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January 23rd, 2012 John Carroll The beleaguered embryonic stem cell field got a boost today from a clinical trial sample in which two legally blind patients demonstrated partially restored vision after getting an injection of new cells prepared by Advanced Cell Technology ($ACTC). Th…
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November 15th, 2011 John Carroll After more than a decade of pioneering work in the embryonic stem cell field, Geron ($GERN) has pulled out the white flag, abandoning its ESC programs and laying off 66 workers as it scrambles to regroup around its experimental cancer therapeutics. The…
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