http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/ Allnewswire for Mike Ritchie Media en-gb info@allmediascotland.com info@flamegreen.com 360 http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2827/Stem_Cell_Therapies_Offer_Patients_Hope_and_Reduced_Health_Care_Costs STEM cell therapies and regenerative medicine will combat long-term disability to improve the lives of individual patients and reduce care costs overall. This is the view of the new chairman of the Scottish Cell Stem Network (SSCN) Sir Graeme Catto, who also wants to find new ways of... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2786/Family_Doctors_Issued_with_Stem_Cell_Research_Information_to_Help_Patients_Queries SCOTLAND’S family doctors are being sent information on stem cell research and potential therapies to help them increase their knowledge and understanding of the issues involved. The Scottish Stem Cell Network (SSCN) has been in touch with hundreds of GPs and is finalising a mail... Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2727/Scottish_Stem_Cell_Network_Welcomes_Commons_Embryo_Research_Decision The Scottish Stem Cell Network (SSCN) has welcomed the vote in the House of Commons on hybrid embryo research. “We are extremely pleased with this vote as it will help us continue with vital research in Scotland,” said Dr Marilyn Robertson, the executive director of the... Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2612/%A320_Million_Retail_Park_Set_For_Stirling_Go-Ahead SCOTLAND’S leading retail developer has been granted planning consent for a £20 million project that will help transform an area of Stirling earmarked for regeneration. Forrest Developments say the Castle Retail Park in the Raploch area of Scotland’s newest city... Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2563/Glasgow_Americana_Festival_-_Full_Line-up_Announced THE full line-up for the second and extended Glasgow Americana Festival next month has been announced by its promoters, the Fallen Angels Club. The first of eight gigs - compared with only three last year - at eight different venues will get under way on Saturday, May 24, finishing a week... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2526/Five_in_a_Row_for_Glasgow_Estate_Agents A Glasgow-based estate agency has been voted the Best in Scotland for the fifth year running in the 2008 Estate Agent of the Year Awards. Personal Estate Agents won the Gold Award in the Scotland category in this year’s awards, which are based on a satisfaction survey of services... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2460/Experts_in_Stem_Cell_Research_Debate A special public debate will be held tonight (Monday, March 31) with members of the public ‘voting’ on the future use of stem cells as potential treatments for major diseases and injuries. The Scottish Stem Cell Network (SSCN) said the event in Edinburgh aimed to inform... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2453/Family_Launch_Charity_in_Late_Sons_Memory THE family of a twelve-year-old boy who died during an after school football practice at a Dundee school is launching a charity in his name. Yusef Abubaker died six months ago in the Harris Academy tragedy and his parents, father Abubaker, 42 and mother, Alison, 43 believe this will be a... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2411/Starfish_and_Sea_Worms_to_Help_Develop_Stem_Cell_Research MARINE biotechnology company GlycoMar Ltd has been awarded a £70,000 grant to develop new products for growing human stem cells.  The process involves the Oban-based company using blood withdrawn from marine invertebrates, including worms and starfish. The products... Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2361/Scottish_Stem_Cell_Network_Appointment_for_Mike_Ritchie_Media Mike Ritchie Media has been appointed to provide Public Relations support to the not-for-profit, membership organisation, the Scottish Stem Cell Network (SSCN) The SSCN brings together scientists, academics, clinicians, business and society to enable advances in stem cell biology to be rapidly... Fri, 7 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2200/Al-Maktoum_Institute_Hosts_Major_Islamicjerusalem_Conference SPEAKERS from five different countries will address the 10th International Academic Conference on Islamicjerusalem Studies in Dundee today  (Monday, February 4, 2008.) The conference is being held at the city’s internationally-renowned Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and... Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2181/Female_Emirates_Students_on_Academic_Training_Programme_at_Dundee%92s_Al-Maktoum_Institute TWENTY-five female students from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have arrived in Scotland for a three-week study trip organised by Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies. This is the fifth year in a row such an academic training programme has been run by the Dundee-based... Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2115/New_Gallery_Space_Opening_in_the_Heart_of_Glasgow PRESS RELEASE/PHOTO CALLYOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER/CAMERA CREW TO THIS EVENT A new gallery space in one of Glasgow’s best-known city centre restaurants is opening today (Thursday, January 10.) The Gallery at The Mussel Inn in Hope Street is situated in the... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/1933/Dundee_Delegates_Keynote_Role_at_Conference_in_Yemen TWO lecturers and three students from Dundee’s Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies are in Yemen for a major conference on Islamicjerusalem, a study pioneered at the Institute. This is the first time this new field of study has been discussed in an Arab country and the... Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT