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Stemedica and Scripps to Jointly Investigate Therapeutic Effect of Ischemia Tolerant Mesenchymal Stem Cells (itMSC) and Stem Cell Factors in Lung Injury and Sepsis

Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of adult ischemia tolerant allogeneic stem cells and stem cell factors announced that the Company has signed an agreement with The Scripps Research Institute to investigate the role of Stemedica’s ischemia tolerant human mesenchymal stem cells and stem cell factors as a therapy for [...]

Science study shows ‘promiscuous’ enzymes still prevalent in metabolism

Challenges fundamental notion of enzyme specificity and efficiency Enzymes are often thought to be specific, catalyzing only one reaction in a cell (left). However, some more promiscuous enzymes have many functions and catalyze many reactions in a cell. This study shows that promiscuous enzymes play a larger part in cell growth than previously thought.

How infectious disease may have shaped human origins

SAN DIEGO – Roughly 100,000 years ago, human evolution reached a mysterious bottleneck: Our ancestors had been reduced to perhaps 5,000 to 10,000 individuals living in Africa. In time, “behaviorally modern” humans would emerge from this population, expanding dramatically in both number and range, and replacing all other co-existing evolutionary cousins, such as the Neanderthals. [...]

Studies offer clues to how cells attack diseases

The specific mechanisms by which humans and other animals are able to discriminate between disease-causing microbes and innocuous ones in order to rapidly respond to infections have long been a mystery to scientists. But a study conducted on roundworms by biologists at UC San Diego has uncovered some important clues to finally answering that question. [...]

Life Technologies’ Ion Personal Genome Machine Receives San Diego’s CONNECT Most Innovative New Product Award

Download image CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Life Technologies Corporation today announced that its Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM™) was honored during the 24th annual Most Innovative New Product “MIP” Awards luncheon hosted by CONNECT in San Diego today.  The judges recognized the PGM for its disruptive technology in the gene sequencing field. Since [...]

Local E. Coli Case Linked to National Cheese Advisory

The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency is warning the public not to consume Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese which is associated with a nationwide outbreak of E.coli 0157:H7 infections. To date, 25 people in four states have been infected with the disease, including a 6-year-old girl from San Diego County. All [...]

Boil Water Order Issued for Warner School District

The County of San Diego, Department of Environmental Health (DEH) has issued a Boil Water Order and Public Notification for the Warner Unified School District Water System located at 30951 Highway 79, Warner Springs, CA 92086 effective immediately.