Lifting Ban from Stem Cell Research

In long awaited order in area of biologics has been released and President Barack Obama has lifted the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research. It comes just weeks after American scientists announced a huge stem-cell breakthrough. Using stem-cell lines, researchers developed a therapy that reverses some symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Essentially, doctors used [...]

Stem Cell Sciences Reinforces its International Patent Position in Stem Cell Technologies

Stem Cell Sciences announces that European patent no. 0695361 covering its IRES technology was upheld by the European Patent Office in Munich on 12th November 2008. The EPO Technical Board of Appeal dismissed objections against the patent raised by Institut Pasteur on 12th April 2007. SCS’ IRES (Internal Ribosome Entry Site) technology enables researchers to [...]