Snapshot for AnGes MG Inc (4563) - Bloomberg
24 May 2012, 12:56 am
AnGes MG, Inc. develops gene-therapy drugs that use hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) for myocardial infarction and arteriosclerosis patients. The Company also develops nucleic acid drug (decoy oligo) for patients with asthma, allergy, and rheumatism.

Is recovery from multiple sclerosis too far off from reality? - Examiner
23 May 2012, 10:16 am
This ongoing research had found them now wanting to see if it was “the presence of stem cells or something cells produce” and they discovered that it was the hepatocyte growth factor that helped the repair take place. Researchers injected a hepatocyte ...

Ezrin Ubiquitylation by the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, WWP1, and Consequent Regulation of hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor Activity - Elites TV
22 May 2012, 5:26 pm
The membrane cytoskeleton linker ezrin participates in several functions downstream of the receptor Met in response to hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) stimulation. Here we report a novel interaction of ezrin with a HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase, WWP1/Aip5/Tiul1 ...

SpaceX Launches With 15 Dreams Onboard - Forbes
22 May 2012, 2:46 am
SECOND EXPERIMENT SELECTED FOR FLIGHT: Yeast in Space! Houston, Texas: hepatocyte Development in Bioscaffolds infused with TGFB3 in Microgravity SECOND EXPERIMENT SELECTED FOR FLIGHT: Will Vitamin C Preserve Bone Density in Microgravity?

Cellectis stem cells today proudly announces the launch of the world's very first human iPS cell-derived hepatocyte product - Phramalive.com
21 May 2012, 2:14 pm
GOTHENBURG, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2012 - Regulatory News: Cellectis stem cells, a Business Unit of Cellectis Group (Alternext: ALCLS), a premier provider of stem cell derived products and technologies, today announces the launch of a human iPS ...

Growth Factor in Stem Cells May Spur Recovery from Multiple Sclerosis - Science Daily
21 May 2012, 11:37 am
In animals injected with hepatocyte growth factor, inflammation declined and neural cells grew. Perhaps most important, the myelin sheath, which protects nerves and their ability to gather and send information, regrew, covering lesions caused by the disease.

Amgen Revives Defunct Drug as Old Therapies Seek New Cure - Bloomberg
17 May 2012, 12:57 am
It is activated when bound together with another protein, hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor. The process can go awry and create runaway cancer cells. Rilotumumab blocks the two from attaching. Rilotumumab and chemotherapy drugs extended ...

QualityStocks News - International Stem Cell Scientists to Present Pre-Clinical Research Results at Gene and Cell Therapy Meeting in Philadelphia - YAHOO!
16 May 2012, 12:19 pm
Lastly, the in vivo and in vitro characterization of immature hepatocyte derived from hpSC. Such cells could be used to develop a treatment for individuals with a liver that has been damaged by disease or sufferers of genetic disorders that inhibit normal ...

NF-κB–inducing kinase (NIK) promotes hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance in obesity by augmenting glucagon action - Nature.com
12 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Conversely, hepatocyte-specific overexpression of NIK resulted in higher glucagon responses and HGP. In isolated mouse livers and primary hepatocytes, NIK also promoted glucagon action and glucose production, at least in part by increasing cAMP response ...