Reduced Oxygen Levels Could Double Neural Stem Cells? Chance of Survival

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Reduced Oxygen Levels Could Double Neural Stem Cells’ Chance of Survival Durham, NC (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Decreasing the amount of oxygen traditionally used when culturing stem cells for use in neurological therapies could drastically affect their survival rate. In fact, it could double it, according to a new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine. “Cells are usually cultured in the lab in a 20 percent oxygen environment, a level far removed from the in vivo situation. This is particularly true in the central nervous system, where oxygen tensions — that is, the concentration of oxygen at a specific pressure — are normally around 3 percent,” said Sybil Stacpoole, M.D., Ph.D., lead author on the paper by a team of researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. “Cell transplantation strategies therefore typically introduce a stress challenge at the time of transplantation as the cells are switched from 20 percent to 3 percent oxygen, which is th Read more text

BioConference Live Hosts High Level Speakers from UCSF at Their Virtual Conference in May

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BioConference Live Hosts High Level Speakers from UCSF at Their Virtual Conference in May Dr. Michael Mann Yorba Linda, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 BioConference Live is a premiere producer of online conferences aimed at covering a variety of science verticals, including Clinical Diagnostics, Genetics & Genomics, Cancer Research & Discovery, and Laboratory Animal Science. Each annual conference is entirely online for easy attendance and free for participants. BioConference Live presents Michael Mann, Chief of General Thoracic Surgery at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, as a keynote speaker in the upcoming BioConference Live Clinical Diagnostics May 29-31, 2013. This will be the first year for Dr. Mann to join the excellent presentations at BioConference Live. Dr. Mann will be discussing the Molecular Prognosis in the Management of Early Stage Lung Cancer. Survival rates for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Read more text

Sigma-Aldrich Awards Grant to Girlstart, Supporting Its Nationally-Recognized Summer and After School STEM Program

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Sigma-Aldrich Awards Grant to Girlstart, Supporting Its Nationally-Recognized Summer and After School STEM Program Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 In order to help Girlstart in its mission to increase girls’ interest and engagement in STEM, Sigma-Aldrich today announced it is awarding Girlstart a $ 35,000 grant to support Girlstart’s innovative, nationally-recognized, informal STEM education programs. The grant will help fund Girlstart’s summer camp and after school programs over the next year, including new programs for high-need Round Rock schools. Girlstart’s programs serve a diverse group of 4th through 8th grade girls in Central Texas as well as select communities throughout the United States via an ongoing summer camp ‘to go’ initiative launched in 2011. Girlstart’s programs have been recently recognized by Change the Equation and SEDL for their effectiveness in engaging girls in STEM education and improving their abilities in STEM-related subjects. Partnering with the likes of NAS Read more text