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Re.news is a bimonthly newsletter with the latest on regenerative biology. Each newsletter will provide you with the latest news, a lead article on a specific topic, overviews on research and business pertaining to the field, post-conference reports, interviews, portraits of companies and individuals, patent updates, company and product information as well as an outlook on forthcoming conferences.

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Interviews

Each re.news edition contains an interview in which renowned scientists and entrepreneurs express their opinion on stem cell legislation in their countries, man's long-standing wish for the regeneration of damaged cells/tissues, ideas that could boost the development of regenerative medicine and much more.

• Hirth.pdf Interview with Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, Stuttgart, Germany
• Veiga.pdf Interview with Dr. Anna Veiga, The Barcelona Stem Cell Bank, Spain
• Goetz.pdf Interview with Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany; October 2007
• Falk-Roetzschke.pdf Interview with Drs. Kirsten Falk and Olaf Rötschke, Berlin, Germany; June 2007
• Hilborn.pdf Interview with Professor Jöns Hilborn, Uppsala, Sweden; March 2007
• Kelly.pdf Interview with Dr. James H. Kelly, Stem Cell Innovations, Inc.; January 2007
• Weaver.pdf Interview with Prof. Valerie Weaver, UCSF; November 2006
• Steinhoff.pdf Interview with Prof. Gustav Steinhoff, University of Rostock; September 2006
• Emmrich.pdf Interview with Prof. Frank Emmrich, University of Leipzig; July 2006
• Sariola.pdf Interview with Prof. Hannu Sariola, University of Helsinki; May 2006
• Rein.pdf Interview with Dr. Rein V. Ulijn - University of Manchester, UK; March 2006
• Haemmerle.pdf Interview with Prof. Dr. Hämmerle - NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Germany; January 2006
• Koziner.pdf Interview with Dr. Benjamin Koziner, CellPrep S.A., Argentina; November 2005
• Skottman.pdf Interview with Dr. Heli Skottman, Regea Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Finland; September 2005
• Krauss.pdf Interview with Dr. Stefan Krauss, Institute of Microbiology, Rikshospitalet Oslo, Norway; July 2005
• Kirkpatrick.pdf Interview with Prof. Charles James Kirkpatrick, Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, German; May 2005
• Chen.pdf Interview with Dr. Dong Geng Chen, The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, USA; March 2005
• Yeh.pdf Interview with Prof. Edward T. H. Yeh, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA; January 2005
• Fichtner.pdf Interview with Dr. Iduna Fichtner, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany; November 2004
• Skutella.pdf Interview with Prof. Dr. Thomas Skutella, University of Tübingen; September 2004

Current issue

• ReNews-2008-2.pdf The second 2008 issue presents Urotec GmbH and its autologous tissue for the reconstruction of urethra and bladder, news about how stem cells from hair follicles may help "grow" new blood vessels, the gene transfer for the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease, blood biomarkers for the early detection of Alzheimer's and the latest amendments to the German Stem Cell Act.

Previous re.news issues

• ReNews-2008-1.pdf The current issue provides information on the recently founded Regenerative Medicine Initiative Germany and The European Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry hESCreg. It also includes in-depth information on GMP Manufacturing of Investigational Medicinal Products at the IZI, including information on the production of skin from hair cells, which has recently hit the headlines; BioSafe's Sepax Automated Stem Cell Processing technology, and insights into DiaGenic's Simple Blood Test for Parkinson’s Disease.
• ReNews-2007-04.pdf Read about the field of regenerative medicine in Tübingen, how cell death in songbird brains provides clues for age-related human neurodegeneration, cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease pursued by the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, miRNA and ESC associations, information on how garlic-derived organosulfur compounds kill brain tumor cells and an interview with Prof. Magdalena Götz, Institute for Stem Cell Research at the GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health and Institute of Physiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.
• ReNews-2007-03.pdf Stem cell research is one of the most quickly advancing and most promising fields of medicine. Not a single day passes without new information from academy and industry hitting the headlines. Read about Malcolm R. Alison's (Centre for Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, London) paper 'Stem Cells and Cancer', Erik A. Miljan's (ReNeuron Group plc) views on 'Pioneering Stem Cell Therapeutics' and Guy Wouters' (Cryo-Save Group) introduction to 'Cord Blood Banking and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Banking - A Complementary Approach in Regenerative Medicine', and Chunyu Wang's new hypothesis on how to prevent Alzheimer's disease. Arndt Rolfs & Carla Biedermann introduce you to 'W@nt-STEM - Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses', of which the first conference was recently held in Oslo, Norway (The Stem Cell Challenge). Drs. Kirsten Falk and Olaf Rötschke gave their personal reasons for being involved in regenerative medicine.
• ReNews-2007-02.pdf In this issue we would like to direct your attention to organoid 3D tissue culture as human test systems, ISTO Technology's neocartilage graft entering clinical trials, the Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare (MATCH) Programme at the University of Ulster, CIRM funding, the TERMIS – Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society and its upcoming Chapter meeting in Toronto, 3rd World Congress on Regenerative Medicine in Leipzig, Germany and the interview with Professor Jöns Hilborn, President-elect of TERMIS.
• ReNews-2007-01.pdf The new year starts off with studies on new sources of stem cells, the stages at which embryonic cells are fated to become stem cells, on the cooperation of Boehringer Ingelheim and Ablynx on new Alzheimer's therapies, the anti-cancer effect of capsaicin, a substance found in spicy foods, information about Cytori Therapeutics' cardiovascular clinical trials using adipose stem cells, the new Helmholtz Virtual Institute of Neurodegeneration and Ageing and an interview with Dr. James Kelly, CEO of Stem Cell Innovations, Inc.
• ReNews-2006-06.pdf There are many types of organisms that have the ability to regenerate lost or damaged tissue. Duke University Medical Center scientists have found that the dynamic interplay between a mass of stem cells that forms in wounds and the protective cell layer that covers the wound spurs the regeneration of functional new heart tissue in the zebrafish. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Lung and Heart Research use newts to investigate the potential of regeneration. Also read a summary of the recent BioStar 2006 and ICBN 2006 congresses in Stuttgart and Dr. Weaver's thoughts on man's longstanding wish for the regeneration of damaged cells and tissues.
• ReNews-2006-5.pdf The September re.news issue features an interview with Prof. Dr. Gustav Steinhoff from the University of Rostock, a presentation of Cytonet GmbH & Co. KG and the company's proprietary cell-therapy for patients suffering from liver diseases, an introduction to the German Society for Regenerative Medicine and an overview on Huntington’s disease research, with special reference to the activities at the Brain Repair Group, Cardiff University, Wales.
• ReNews-2006-04.pdf The July re.news issue features an interview with Prof. Dr. Frank Emmrich from the University of Leipzig, a summary of the groundbreaking results obtained by DiaGenic ASA on employing blood-based gene expression signature to detect Alzheimer’s disease, a summary of the 3rd International Conference of the Stem Cell Network North Rhine-Westphalia and Drs. Valgardur Sigurdsson and Thorarinn Gudjonsson's summary on the application of 3D cell culture to study breast morphogenesis and cancer.
• ReNews-2006-03.pdf The May re.news issue features an article by Drs Catherine E. Sarraf and Mark Eastwood entitled "To predict survival time of a tissue-engineered living prosthesis"; Drs. Maurice A. Curtis and Richard L. M. Faull present "New neurons in Huntington's Disease Brains" and Dr. Arnd Pannenbecker sheds light on "Tissue engineering in the regulatory jungle". As usual, recent patent approvals, news releases and our monthly interview complete the information provided.
• ReNews-2006-02.pdf This month’s re.news edition features the principle of osseointegration utilising titanium implants which was originally developed by Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark in Gothenburg (Dr. Rickard Brånemark), Amcyte’s islet technology, a promising cell therapy for the treatment of diabetes and the beneficial side effects of cancer vaccines (Oliver Foellmer), a phenomenon known as epitope spreading (Dr. Alexander Nussbaum), and an interview with Dr. Rein V. Ulijn from the University of Manchester.
• ReNews-2006-01.pdf Dr. Alice Pébay from Monash University presents two major serum components for the maintenance of human embryonic stem cells: sphingosine-1-phosphate and platelet-derived growth factors; Dr. Nicole zur Nieden from Calgary University presents research that suggests that ES cells can now be expanded and differentiated in suspension culture to adequate numbers for clinical use. Read about Prof. Hämmerle's views on embryonic and adult stem cells or why he is involved in tissue engineering.
• ReNews-2005-11.pdf Read about the recent Inner Ear Hearing Workshop in Tübingen and the medCoast Scandinavia conference in Oslo focusing on nano- and biomaterials and stem cells, Professor Karre Norum's introduction to the metabolic syndrome, the potential impact of the new German government on regenerative biology and interview with Dr. Benjamin Koziner from Argentina.
• ReNews-2005-09.pdf Read about the use of adult stem cells for the treatment of Parkinson's dieases and other neurological disorders, the enhancement of neural reconstruction that may create a new therapy for Parkinson's disease, the approval of Ars Arthro's CaRes(R) technology in the USA and an interview with Dr. Stefan Kraus from Oslo.
• ReNews-2005-07.pdf Read about Regentis Biomaterials' Gelrin platform which provides a biologically active 3-D matrix, Belgian stem cell biopolitics, two recent cell-based regenerative medicine programmes of the BMBF, the first BioStar 2006 announcement and an interview with Dr. Heli Skottman from Tampere in Finland.
• ReNews-2005-05.pdf Take a look at Prof. Kirkpatrick's view on embryonic stem cell legislation, read about the 2nd World Congress on Regenerative Medicine in Leipzig and the potential of being able to predict the success of allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
• ReNews-2005-03.pdf Read why optic nerve fibers might pose a hope for the treatment of blindness, the regeneration and cell rescue in the diseased retina, the therapeutic vaccination as an add on therapy for glaucoma and Dr. Dong Feng Cheng's view on stem cell legislation in the US.
• ReNews-2005-01.pdf Interested in cell sheet engineering? Do you want to be part of REMEDY - the European Innovation Platform for Tissue Engineering, get first-hand information on the Biotechnologietage Conference in Stuttgart or read Prof. Yeh's personal reasons for being involved in regenerative medicine?
• ReNews-2004-11.pdf Take part in the success of the 1st BioStar Congress, read Prof. Haker's ethical consideration of embryonic stem cell research, get an update of the joint TESi and ETES meeting in Lausanne and read Dr. Fichtner's thoughts on German stem cell legislation.
• ReNews-2004-09.pdf Read about Prof. Skutella's thoughts on tissue engineering, Jan Kirsten's overview of the tissue engineering industry and Prof. Stocum's introduction to regenerative biology and medicine.

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