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Cryo-Cell says its bank is designed for women who want to store their own stem cells, taken from the menstrual blood, as a future health insurance. BBC NEWS . Health . Concern over menstrual blood bank Accessibility Links. Experts have expressed concern over the launch by a US company of a service for women to store their own menstrual blood. According to the company, menstrual stem cells - which come from the womb lining shed during a woman's period - have the advantage of being easily...

Another 100 or so researchers will move into the institutes nonprofit research side next year. Institute leaders said that by putting researchers in close proximity with the biotech firms, ideas may be spawned and medicines or technologies to tackle disease brought to market more quickly. They will work on drug delivery systems, battle cystic fibrosis and study what genes allow an animal to survive at the mouth of an active volcano or in frozen soil. These firms will work on cutting-edge...

Dubai: The pioneering use of stem cells to treat injuries in horses will be extended so that camels and even falcons can benefit as well, experts have said. These stem cells are then injected into the part of the same animal, such as a joint, that has been damaged through injury or illness. Also, compared to some other stem cell treatment techniques, which involve drilling into bones to extract stem cells, the Vet-Stem technology is less invasive because it merely requires a fat sample...

DUBAI Pet owners in Dubai can now store stem cells of their favourite animals and get them reused at a later stage for regenerative purposes in cases of injury or sickness. DUBAI Pet owners in Dubai can now store stem cells of their favourite animals and get them reused at a later stage for regenerative purposes in cases of injury or sickness.

Is voter support for stem cell research eroding across the United States, leaving California, with its $3 billion stem cell initiative, to become an island in a sea of disinterest and skepticism? I truly believe the people saw through the promises that we can cure all kinds of disease by throwing $450 million at stem cell research, said Lonegan, who formed Americans for Prosperity, which raised $450,000 to support a campaign opposing the initiative. So what happened on Tuesday, when voters...

In contrast, the nationwide biotech industry is up from last year, driven by pharmaceutical companies' strong interest in acquiring smaller firms to replenish their pipelines. Many companies awaited landmark clinical results that, if successful, could have boosted their stock and lifted the struggling local sector into national prominence. As of last Friday, the market capitalization of biotech companies based here was $3. But these wild swings are accentuated by the fact that most local...

lawson@htimes.com First 12 biotech companies headed for institute spark excitement. Bob Riley, called biotechnology's best friend in Alabama by Hudson, hailed the growth of the institute's company list from an expected six to eight to the current 12, with two more knocking on the door. Hudson said the institute will house a company, Theragnostix Reference Laboratories, with emerging technology that can turn such days of frightening uncertainty into a rapid diagnosis. Another 100 or so...

The net loss before interest and taxes will be about 32 million euros instead of 35 million euros, the biotech company said. MediGene now expects sales of 24 million euros this year, cutting its forecast by 11 million euros after European regulators delayed the approval of its Oracea ointment to treat rosacea, a skin condition. The drugmaker cut its sales forecast after a key product was delayed. MediGene Loss Widens on Higher Research Expenses (Update2) By Eva von Schaper.