News: December 2009

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End in sight for new treatment for diabetic eye disease (17/12/2009)

JDRF-funded research has helped to speed the progress of a drug called Lucentis to submission for approval in Europe.

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US approves first stem cell lines for research (03/12/2009)

US regulators have authorised the first human embryonic stem cells for use in medical research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) yesterday approved a total of 13 lines of stem cells produced by scientists at the Children’s Hospital in Boston and Rackefeller University in New York. The...