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Munster Scoops the Debating Science Issues 2012 Title

Mer, 23/05/2012 - 11:56am — Danielle

Secondary school students from all of Ireland participated in the fifth All-Ireland Final of the Debating Science Issues (DSI) competition. The final took place on Thursday, 19 April, in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.

OptiStem launches Hope Beyond Hype on International Clinical Trials Day

Dom, 20/05/2012 - 8:00am — admin

“The strangest discoveries can end up saving lives… like the discovery that skin could be grown in a dish.”

So starts an inventive 16 page graphic story that tells a story of stem cells from lab bench discoveries to working therapy. The graphic story, Hope Beyond Hype, grew from the desire of OptiStem, a large European consortium of stem cell researchers, to go beyond just explaining the science of stem cells. They wanted to depict the process they undertake as they try to move stem cell research on towards clinical trials and therapies.

New research: Illuminating embryonic stem cells

Ven, 27/04/2012 - 7:00am — Emma

Collaboration between two European Commission projects, Heroic and EuroSyStem, with additional support from other EU and national funds, has provided new insights into embyronic stem cells. The teams used next generation sequencing technology to examine two key properties of the cells that influence their identity and behaviour: gene expression and gene regulation. This meant analysing pure embryonic stem cells to determine which genes are turned on or off, and how the genes are controlled. The results of the study overturn previous reports that embryonic stem cells are unstable and are poised to become more specialised cells.

#stemcelldef: stem cell definitions, on Twitter

Gio, 26/04/2012 - 7:41am — admin

This week on Twitter we're focusing on stem cell definitions: taking a closer look at some of the words we use most often in this field - from the term stem cell itself, to niche and reprogram. Our tweeter extraordinaire, Kate Blair, is behind the tweets. Here's how the week's unfolding, captured on Storify.

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Stem cells as therapy for Alzheimer's Disease? (Part 2 of 2)

Mar, 24/04/2012 - 11:14am — spnesew

**The third episode of Selina Wray's guest blog, and Part 2 of this story. Read Part 1 here. **

The topic of stem cells as a treatment for dementia is one that, understandably, I’m asked about a lot. If we are able to grow patient neurons (nerve cells) in the laboratory, why can’t we use those cells as a treatment to replace the cells that have died in the patients’ brain? The question is surprisingly complicated; I’ll try to briefly highlight some of the problems as well as some promising recent studies that suggest we have reason to be optimistic about using stem cells as a treatment for brain diseases.

El sueño de las células madre: su uso como tratamiento de la enfermedad

Gio, 12/04/2012 - 2:56pm — Danielle

Como broche final de la reunión proyecto medio EuroStemCell organizada por el CRG en Barcelona, hemos organizado "El sueño de las células madre: su uso como tratamiento de la enfermedad ". Este es un evento de un diálogo público sobre los problemas reales de la investigación con células madre, que se celebrará en el Centro de Cultura Contemporano de Barcelona el 27de abril 2012 a las 19:00. La entrada es gratuita y el público es muy bienvenido.

All-Ireland Finals of 2012 Debating Science Issues Announced

Mar, 10/04/2012 - 10:15am — Danielle

The 2012 Debating Science Issues (DSI) All-Ireland Finals will be held Thursday, 19 April, at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin. The Finals, co-ordinated by the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) at NUI Galway, will see four teams of secondary school students. This is the only All-Ireland collaborative science outreach initiative of its kind.

Stem Cell Revolutions - Winner at Vedere la Scienza Festival 2012

Dom, 01/04/2012 - 10:37am — admin

Stem Cell Revolutions has been announced the winner of the Best Documentary award at Vedere la Scienza Festival 2012 - the 16th edition of the international festival of science film, video and documentary in Milan, Italy.

Science of the Future at London's Science Museum

Mer, 28/03/2012 - 8:34am — Emma

‘Regeneration is a swift but volcanic experience, a sort of violent biological eruption in which the body cells are displaced, changed, renewed and rearranged.’ Will stem-cell biologists make Time Lords of us all?

EuroStemCell is visiting the Science Museum in London this Wednesday 28 March to discuss the future of medicine with members of the public in an evening event.

** Update: We had great fun at the Science Museum lates. Find out more about how it went in our Twitter story below.

Italy united by science at Unistem Day 2012

Mer, 21/03/2012 - 10:22pm — kate

On 9 March 2012, more than 9,000 students from 160 high schools in 20 cities throughout Italy got together with stem cell researchers to participate in UniStem Day 2012: the largest dissemination initiative about stem cells ever held in Italy.