Bedford Research Foundation Hosts Ninth Annual Activated Egg Symposium
The Bedford Research Foundation is hosting the ninth annual Activated Egg Symposium, a yearly event that brings together experts in the stem cell research community to discuss their work, and form collaborations. The foundation's director, Dr. Ann Kiessling is proud to announce that this year's keynote speaker is Dr. Janet Rossant of the University of Toronto. The event is on November 4th, 2011 from 8am to 7:30pm. - October 26, 2011
Early Human Embryos Make "Mistakes" as a Matter of Survival, Could be Key to Understanding Stem Cell Development
Early human embryos may be naturally prone to making mistakes in chromosome allocation to new cells, according to a report by Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation scientists. Their new findings indicate rapid increases in total genetic information may be more important to embryo survival than... - April 07, 2010
Dr. Ann A. Kiessling, Director of the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation Honored with the Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award for Biotechnology and Medicine
101 healthy babies have been born from SPAR, the Special Program of Assisted Reproduction, which allows HIV positive men to safely father children. Dr. Kiessling’s recent work is bridging the gap between assisted reproduction and stem cell science. - November 09, 2009
World's Leading Scientists Meet to Examine Barriers for Stem Cell Therapies to Cure Spinal Cord Injury
Following President Barack Obama's decision to lift the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, medical and scientific experts will converge at the University of Georgia to discuss how recent advances in stem cell research can be translated into cures for spinal cord injuries. The... - March 31, 2009
Massachusetts Scientists Make Stem Cell Discovery
Cell Multiplication Controlled by a Surprising set of Genes. Stem cell researcher Dr. Ann Kiessling has discovered that early human embryo cells express CLOCK, and other circadian genes, that other human cells growing in laboratories did not. This was a surprise. According to Professor Jose Cibelli of Michigan State University, "This is a seminal paper. I am sure we will be referring back to it 10, 20 years from now." - March 30, 2009