[invitrom] sperm in petri dish; tumor cells; agenda
- From: "Valk, J. van der (Jan)" <j.vandervalk@xxxxx>
- To: <invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:01:23 +0200
Making sperm in a petri dish
For nearly a century, researchers have failed to create sperm in the
lab. But now they've come closer than ever before, growing testes in a
dish and using the sperm to sire a litter of baby mice. Science, 3/23.
More
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&c=224029&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.sciencemag.org%2Fsciencenow%2F20
11%2F03%2Fsperm-from-a-test-tube.html%3Fetoc>
Tumors follow stem cells to bone
Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that may explain why
so many cancers spread to patients' bones -- they piggyback on signaling
pathways that hematopoietic stem cells use to home to the bone marrow
for self-renewal.
Read more: Tumors follow stem cells to bone - The Scientist - Magazine
of the Life Sciences
<http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/58091/#ixzz1I5AvkFmf>
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/58091/#ixzz1I5AvkFmf
<http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/58091/#ixzz1I5AvkFmf>
Agenda
Omics Meets Cell Biology
<http://www.nature.com/natureevents/science/events/8584-Omics_Meets_Cell
_Biology_E1>
May 8, 2011 - May 13, 2011
Alpbach, Austria
Saarbruecken Conference: In Vitro Cell Culture
<http://kirkstall.org/index.php/2010/11/saarbruecken-conference-18-20-ma
y-2011/>
May 18, 2011 - May 20, 2011
Saarbruecken, Germany
2011 In Vitro Biology Meeting
<http://www.sivb.org/meetings_aboutTheProgram.asp>
June 4, 2011 - June 8, 2011
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
International Society for Stem Cell Research 9th Annual meeting
<http://www.isscr.org/meetings/index.cfm>
June 15, 2011 - June 18, 2011
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
dr. Jan van der Valk
Secretary INVITROM
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