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Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center Awards $496,000 to ArteriocyteMonday, October 6, 2008 @ 6:30AM CLEVELAND----Arteriocyte, a clinical stage biotechnology company announced today that the company has been awarded $496,000 through the Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center , to continue clinical research on its lead stem cell therapy for use in chronic coronary ischemia.

StemCells, Inc. Receives NIH Grant To Pursue Cell-Based Therapeutic For Hepatitis CMonday, October 6, 2008 @ 6:18AMStemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced that it has been awarded a $305,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to research and develop a potential cell-based therapeutic for liver disease arising from infection by the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Grants To Expand Disease-Focused Stem Cell Research Received By Einstein And MontefioreMonday, October 6, 2008 @ 5:04AMThe Empire State Stem Cell Board has awarded research planning grants to Albert Einstein College of Medicine and to Montefiore Medical Center. The grants, totaling $238,000, are part of $2 million in grants announced by State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D.

Fact, falsehood -- or somewhere in between?Monday, October 6, 2008 @ 4:37AMAmong the two gubernatorial campaigns and three outside groups, more than a dozen ads have aired in the race in the past six weeks. Here is a look at some of the more memorable claims.

Foreign treatments ignite a different stem cell debateMonday, October 6, 2008 @ 12:58AMOMAHA — Three therapists flock to the little boy as he walks into the clinic with a white cane. But the young women aren’t in clinical mode when they first see Kasen Sipple.

Major obstacle overcome in stem-cell studiesSunday, October 5, 2008 @ 11:00PMWASHINGTON - Scientists are reporting that they have overcome a major obstacle to using a promising alternative to embryonic stem cells, bolstering the prospects for bypassing the political and ethical tempest that has embroiled hopes for a new generation of medical treatments.

Global Warming Costs Starfish an Arm and a LegMonday, September 29, 2008 @ 3:25PM The oceans absorb about half the carbon dioxide humankind releases into the atmosphere, and seawater is consequently acidifying.

Invitrogen Completes Syndication of Financing for Applied Biosystems AcquisitionFriday, September 26, 2008 @ 7:21AMInvitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN) today announced that the syndication of the financing relating to its proposed acquisition of Applied Biosystems announced on June 12, 2008 has been completed.

Stem Cell AdvanceThursday, September 25, 2008 @ 10:40PMThe Harvard Stem Cell Institute said yesterday that it is one step closer to creating induced pluripotent stem cells that would be safe for human use.