Alta. university islet transplant research program shares $75-m US ...
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EDMONTON (CP) - A University of Alberta islet transplant research program that has proven hopeful for patients with Type 1 diabetes will share a $75-million US grant from the American-based National Institutes of Health.
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The University of Michigan is accelerating its search for a cure for Type I diabetes, thanks to a $44 million donation - the largest ever to the health system and the second-largest in UM history.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 5 -- The patient lay on the operating table, prepped for transplant surgery. In the air over Lake Michigan on Monday, a twin-engine plane sped his way, carrying a team of surgeons and technicians, along with a donor organ on ice.
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Swiss drug giant Novartis SA said yesterday it is spending $4 million to fund scientists performing diabetes research at Harvard University, the Massachusetts
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TORONTO (CP) - A group of Canadian researchers has made a discovery of potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could not only one day lead to new treatments for diabetes but also change the way scientists understand the way cells develop.
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Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.
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A new anti-obesity drug that works in the same way as Sanofi-Aventis's Acomplia has advanced in clinical trials, triggering a $25 million payment to Belgian drugs, chemicals and plastics maker Solvay.
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About 60 percent of people with frozen embryos stored at U.S. fertility clinics would be willing to donate them for use in human stem cell research, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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The founder of Business Wire, an electronic distributor of news releases, donated $33 million to help Stanford University build a stem cell research center, the school announced Tuesday.
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Yesterday, a biotech company in Australia announced they would be sharing their line of embryonic stem cells to an &quot;open source&quot; research community -- for the good of mankind, at no cost.
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Toronto University scientists have said that stem cells can be a cure for diabetes, thereby eradicating the need for replacing insulin.
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Transplants of insulin-making cells have not lived up to the promise they showed in an initial trial.
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One out of every eight U.S. federal health care dollars is spent treating people with diabetes, a study found, and advocates are calling for the creation of a government post to oversee coordination of spending on treatment and prevention among federal agencies.
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Medical researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could lead to new treatments for diabetes.
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The founder of an information technology company and his diabetic wife are giving &#36;44 million to the University of Michigan for creation of a diabetes research center.
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November 22 - Two Oregon Health &amp; Science University School of Nursing research grants totaling $400,000 hope to improve the care for older adults in rural assisted living facilities.
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Description: California voters Tuesday passed a ballot measure that will provide $3 billion for research on embryonic stem cells. The approval of Proposition 71 is in part a reaction to restrictions imposed on the research by President Bush.