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Press reviews of Staminalia theatre in Lisbon

24 Jun 2010

The Lisbon premiere of the play "Staminalia: A Dream and A Trial" supported by ESTOOLS has been reviewed in Nature and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Press reviews of Lisbon Symposium

24 Jun 2010

The ESTOOLS Symposium and Ethics Workshop in Lisbon in May has been reviewed in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Germany and in Publico in Portugal

Positions in Pluripotent Stem Cell Research

2 Jun 2010

Closing date: 25 August 2010

KI press release: xeno- and feeder-free culture system

1 Jun 2010

EU-funded researchers have developed a breakthrough method for culturing large quantities of human embryonic stem (ES) cells under completely chemically controlled conditions without the need for other cells or animal substances. Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, led by Professor Karl Tryggvason, teamed up with the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in the US in this pioneering feat that will enable the development of various cell types to be used for disease treatment.

Open Letter to Il Corriere della Sera

27 May 2010

The article “Staminali embrionali o adulte...”, by Margherita de Bac, May 25, 2010 about the ESTOOLS scientific symposium in Lisbon and the progress of embryonic stem cell research conveys the wrong idea that there is controversy among stem cell experts at the symposium on whether embryonic stem cells research is a valid and promising strategy towards clinical and biomedical applications. In reality, there is a general consensus in the scientific community that embryonic stem cell research is a necessary, useful and promising avenue, along with that of adult stem cells.