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May 29, 2012, Placerville, CA StemExpress, a leading supplier of biomedical materials to scientific research facilities, is pleased to announce the recent hiring of Joshua A. Wood, PhD, MBA to its executive team as Vice President of Clinical Operations, working extensively with stem and other primary cell isolation techniques. Within this role, Dr. Wood will investigate the isolation and characterization of stem and primary cells from unique tissue sources. “I was attracted by the company’s mission to continue to investigate and learn…

(CNN) — For the first time, a patient has received a synthetic windpipe that was created in a lab with the patient’s own stem cells and without using human donor tissue, researchers said Thursday. After the patient’s initial diagnosis in 2008, he had exhausted every treatment available, including chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, Macchiarini said. The patient, an Eritrean who had been studying in Iceland, is the subject of a BBC documentary airing Thursday in Sweden.His tumor had almost blocked his windpipe, doctors…

PLACERVILLE, California – June 1st, 2011 StemExpress has named Brenda Diesel as its new Director of Business Development. In this capacity Ms. Diesel will be responsible for increasing the number of donation participants and research clients working with StemExpress. As a member of the executive leadership team, Ms. Diesel will develop growth strategies and plans for managing customer relationships. Ms. Diesel comes to StemExpress with extensive sales and marketing experience.  Her most recent position was as Regional Vice President of Business Development for MD Buyline,…

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