S Korea pushes for rigorous standards in stem cell banking

Singapore: Seung-Jo Yang, a South Korean member of Parliament, has prepared a bill proposing new laws for the managemen...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
US firm gets FDA nod for stem cell Ph2 trial

Singapore: US based Clinical research company, Antria, has recieved FDA approval to initiate Phase 2 clinical trials wit...

January 13, 2015 | Tuesday | News
RetroNectin now available for clinical research

Singapore: In an effort to aid progress in gene therapy clinical research, representatives of Clontech Laboratories and ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Stem cells used to build first-ever live human mini-brain

Singapore: Scientists led by Dr Jürgen Knoblich at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Ac...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
EU recommends stem cell therapy

Singapore: European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended Holoclar, an advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) contai...

December 22, 2014 | Monday | News
BioTime appoints Adi Mohanty as COO

Singapore: Stem cell therapy company, BioTime, has appointed Mr Adi Mohanty, ex-Shire executive, as chief operating offi...

December 30, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
Singapore stem cell firm initiates for ASX listing

Singapore: On Q Group, changing its name to StemCell United, a Singapore-based biotechnology company headquartered in Au...

July 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Korea builds stem cell infrastructure

Singapore: South Korea has made strong advancement in stem cell research, through government support and efforts of acad...

September 12, 2014 | Friday | Influencers
International Society of Cell Therapy appoints Dr Anish Majumdar as VP-Elect for Asia

Singapore: Dr Anish S Majumdar, chief scientific officer and Executive VP at India based Stempeutics Research, is electe...

March 20, 2015 | Friday | Influencers
Cells that undergo nuclear transfer can live forever, says Nobel winner

Sir John Gurdon, the 2012 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine, says that all cells in the body are made up of a...

March 12, 2014 | Wednesday | Influencers
Johns Hopkins' scientists analyze brain stem cell behavior

Singapore: Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have figured out how stem cells found in a part of the ...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Roche, Oxford University to do stem cell R&D

Singapore: Roche and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) launched StemBANCC, a new academic-industry partnership t...

December 10, 2012 | Monday | News
What's the stem cell regulatory scenario like in APAC?

The pioneering work of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has open...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Umbilical cord stem cells used to treat heart

Singapore: A joint study conducted at University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada, revealed that human ...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Stemcell-derived anti-aging product hits market

Singapore: Ms Kathy Ireland, CEO and chief designer of kathy ireland Worldwide (kiWW) and Dr David Scharp, leading women...

May 22, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Sticky' biopolymer developed to grow stem cells

Singapore: A study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, US, and the University of Sheffi...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Renowned scientist gets stem cell patent in China

Singapore: Dr Rongxiang Xu, a scientist working in the domain of human body regenerative restoration science, has been g...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News
International Stem Cell Corporation receives Stem Cell Patent in Japan

International Stem Cell Corporation, a California-based biotechnology company developing novel stem cell based therapies...

March 19, 2015 | Thursday | News