The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission has approved awards of more than $8.5 million for companies and research institutes to address more than 20 diseases and conditions. The money will be spread among six companies and six research institutes in ...

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Neuralstem Inc. can thank the discovery of a 1991 agreement among three inventors for a federal judge’s dismissal Wednesday of a multimillion-dollar claim that the Germantown-based biotech company infringed a California firm’s patent on a spinal treatment.

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The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission has recommended, and the board of directors of the Maryland Technology Development Corp. has approved, funding for 31 new proposals with the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund’s $10.4 million FY2014 budget.

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LOS ANGELES — Researchers are reporting a key advance in using stem cells to repair hearts damaged by heart attacks. In a study, stem cells donated by strangers proved as safe and effective as patients’ own cells for helping restore ...

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Neuralstem Inc. of Rockville, a biotechnology company, reported a second-quarter net loss attributable to common shareholders of $3.6 million, or 8 cents per diluted share, versus a net loss of $5 million, or 12 cents per diluted share, in the ...

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Say you had to tweet your cover letter and file your resume through a Facebook page. Does the idea make you panicky? Under Armour is looking for two intern candidates to join its “Ultimate Intern Team.” The program is open ...

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The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund received a record 180 applications for fiscal 2011 seeking a piece of the $10.4 million available. Now, the commission in charge of deciding where the money goes is facing the question of how to ...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration pleaded with an appeals court Monday to overturn a judge’s order halting federal funding of stem cell research, arguing the ban would irreparably harm scientific progress toward potentially lifesaving medical treatment. A three-judge panel of ...

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Arlen Specter on Monday initiated a drive to legalize federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, superseding conflicting court decisions that he said are slowing critical work to find cures for crippling diseases. The Pennsylvania Democrat, speaking ...

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Scientists in Maryland don’t agree on what an appellate court’s ruling to temporarily lift a ban on the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research means for them. “This is good news,” Curt Civin, director of the Center for Stem ...

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