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Kensey Nash shareholder sues to block company's $360M sale to DSM
A week ago Dutch company Royal DSM ($DSM) announced with plenty of fanfare that it would fork over $360 million in cash for Kensey Nash ($KNSY). But a Kensey Nash investor is now suing to block the sale.
Beyond stem cells: Scientists explore three new paths
Three separate studies involving mice and monkeys have revealed significant potential for novel, non-stem cell-related treatments in regenerative medicine.
Shire picks up Pervasis in potential $200M deal
Shire didn't disclose the exact deal terms in its announcement today, but the deal could be worth up to $200 million.
Neuron implants fix broken brain circuitry in obese mice
Harvard University researchers and their colleagues have brought new hope to the regenerative medicine field in the aftermath of drug developer Geron's ( $GERN ) high-profile move to kill its stem cell
Heart regeneration, or finding our own inner zebrafish
Humans might boast superior cognitive abilities compared to, say, zebrafish, but somewhere along the evolutionary trail we lost something that our distant aquatic cousins kept: the ability to,
VT officials spotlight foreign financing role for stem cell facility
Almost two years after first announcing plans to build a new stem cell research and manufacturing center close to the Canadian border in Vermont, a joint venture set up by South Korea's AnC Bio and a
Shire buys Advanced BioHealing for $750M
Shire has signed an agreement to acquire Advanced BioHealing for $750 million in cash. The buy, which comes a day before Westport, CT-based Advanced BioHealing was to go public, will allow the Irish
Stem cells help create blood vessels and save life of girl
A Swedish doctor has demonstrated the potential of stem cells to, someday, regenerate organs and saved the life of a 10-year-old girl in the process. According to a news release from the University
Plasticell spins out regenerative medicine company
With plans to focus on its core technology of high throughput stem cell technologies, London-based Plasticell has spun out its regenerative drug discovery. The new entity, called Progenitor Labs,
Visionary scientists grow retina from stem cells
Scientists in Japan have seen the future, and it's a retina grown in dish. They started with a group of mouse embryonic stem cells and saw it through to precise, three-dimensional assembly of a
