Three big, long grants for human embryonic stem cell research
Monya Baker
Universities in California, Georgia and Wisconsin to get $9 million each over 5 years
Published online: 21 August 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.119
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Registries and banks - p111
The European Registry for Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCreg) adds an important global resource to the fragmented landscape of stem cell research.
doi:10.1038/ncb0208-111
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The European Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry — a personal view from Germany
Joeri Borstlap
Why does a country that has criminalized work on some embryonic stem cell lines participate in the coordination of such a registry?
Published online: 06 March 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.46
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Gulf states embrace stem cell technologies at home and abroad
Nadia El-Awady
Seventy years ago, the desert sands of Arabia revealed vast oil reserves. That wealth is now being put to work to fund potential new sources of revenue
Published online: 17 January 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.21
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California institute to help stem-cell biotechs - pp436 - 437
Erika Check Hayden
Loan programme aims to support firms in getting products to the clinic.
Published online: 24 September 2008; doi:10.1038/455436b
First evaluation of the European hESCreg - pp859 - 860
Joeri Borstlap, Glyn Stacey, Andreas Kurtz, Anja Elstner, Alexander Damaschun, Begoña Arán & Anna Veiga
doi:10.1038/nbt0808-859
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Fiona Watt: expanding niches for stem cell researchers
Monya Baker
The new president of stem cell society talks to Nature Stem Cell Reports
Published online: 10 July 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.105
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Hefty funds lay foundations for stem-cell facilities - p270
Published online: 14 May 2008; doi:10.1038/453270d
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Prepping stem cells for the clinic
Monya Baker
An interview with Marie Csete, new chief scientific officer of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Published online: 10 April 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2008.59
Banking on the future of stem cells
Monya Baker
doi:10.1038/452263a
Q & A: Anna Veiga - p234
Doug Sipp
Despite the restrictions and controversy confronting stem cell research, labs around the world continue to derive new human embryonic stem cell lines and make them available to the global research community. The EU-funded Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry (hESCreg) seeks to bring order to the growing number of available stem cell lines and the flood of related data, beginning with the cell lines created in European labs. The web-based registry, launched in January 2008 and accessible at http://www.hescreg.eu, aims to serve as a one-stop source of information about the origins and traits of these cell lines. Anna Veiga, the hESCreg scientific coordinator and director of the stem cell bank at the Centre of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, talks with Doug Sipp about how the project was conceived and where it might lead.
doi:10.1038/nm0308-234
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State demands strain US stem cell scientists
Margaret Goodell
The US stem-cell controversy has spawned additional funding systems. These distract scientists and weaken the NIH
Published online: 03 January 2008; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2007.134
