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NEGLIGIBLE TUMOR FEARS WITH iPS. "Considering the number of rodents used, the monitoring period, the sensitivity of detecting tumors via subcutaneous and subretinal administration routes and the incidence of tumor formation from the iPSC-derived RPE, we conclude that the tumorigenic potential of the iPSC-derived RPE was negligible." http://lnkd.in/dpPjkpG View in LinkedIn

SHORT-LIVED STEM CELLS. "There is general acceptance that mesenchymal cells, cord blood, adipose tissues and other adult stem cell sources often do not survive for more than a few weeks in patients, and their effects are most likely through growth factor release, host inflammatory responses and vascular alterations rather than replacing tissues lost in the disease." http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/08/19/hmg.ddt379.full View in LinkedIn

iPS BACKGROUND. "Traditionally, scientists have worked with both embryonic and adult stem cells as research tools ... Although some adult stem cells do have differentiation capacity, it is often limited in nature, which creates narrow options for use. Thus, induced pluripotent stem cells represent a promising combination of adult and embryonic stem cell characteristics." http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/complete-2014-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-ipsc-industry-report-245515681.html View in LinkedIn

iPS IN OTHER DISEASES. "Although cells that release insulin in response to glucose can be produced, they appear very frail ... A similar story is found for human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes that can definitely beat in the culture dish ... but do not display all of the expected phenotypes of mature cells." http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/08/19/hmg.ddt379.full View in LinkedIn

RECENT LANDMARK DISCOVERY. "Groundbreaking experimentation in 2006 led to the introduction of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). These are adult cells which are isolated and then transformed into embryonic-like stem cells ... Kyoto University in Japan was the first instance in which there was successful generation of the iPSC." http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/complete-2014-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-ipsc-industry-report-245515681.html View in LinkedIn

STEM CELL EXPLOSION. "First successful culture of adult stem cells ... took only seven years from that to ... culturing of embryonic stem cells in mice. The "explosion" of stem cell culturing methodologies in the 1990s ... and the first reprogramming of human skin cells to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by Shinya Yamanaka in 2007." http://lnkd.in/dngY7-A View in LinkedIn

BARCELONA CELL REPROGRAMMING. "In frogs or lizards, for example, these reactions are those that allow their extremities to regenerate if the animal suffers an injury. Although in general, humans and mammals have lost this regenerative capacity, the Wnt pathway is involved in numerous processes during embryonic development and cell fusion." http://lnkd.in/d6CC9gy View in LinkedIn

CATALAN BIOTECH COMPANY IN MAJOR DEAL. Oryzon is one of the first generation Catalan biotech companies created in the emerging Knowledge Economy, and this is the first big validation of its success. http://lnkd.in/d_mKVPi View in LinkedIn

REVERSE AGING INSTITUTE "primarily serves clients who experience signs of aging such as: lack of energy, low sex drive, sexual dysfunction for men and women, hair loss, aging skin, vision loss, pain, stiff joints, muscle loss, fat gain, and other age-related problems ... severe medical conditions whose treatment has had limited to no success with traditional Western medicine in the US." http://lnkd.in/dhtmj8S View in LinkedIn

MILLIONAIRE SEEKS YOUTH THROUGH STEM CELLS. "Stem cells are being used for anti-ageing and the University of Miami is doing a study about that to prove that it is true. They are looking at me, and my markers have shown exactly that I have been actually reversing my ageing and getting younger." http://lnkd.in/dEUyg3Z View in LinkedIn