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Dr Steve Stice and Human Stem Cells I am pleased and honored for the privilege of profiling Dr. Steve Stice. He has a history of working in areas that are Biotechnology Headliners…from cloning to stem cells. Here I will be focusing on his current work with Human Stem Cells and Neural Progenitors at ArunA Biomedical and The University of Georgia. As with all the News Behind the Neuroscience News, I will highlight how it could impact Neuroscience Research and Drug Discovery. The Back Story Where it Starts Steve embodies a rare blend of entrepreneurship and scientific curiosity. He has been referred to in the press as “part professor; part entrepreneur”. This uniquely positions Steve to take his inventions from the lab directly to the marketplace by forming Biotechnology Companies. The DNA for ArunA comes from several of his earlier start-ups: Advanced Cell Technology and Cytogenesis (now part of BresaGen).
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About Dr. Steve Stice
Prior to joining the University of Georgia, Dr. Stice was a cofounder and Chief Scientific Officer at Advanced Cell Technology, a stem cell company. Throughout his career he has published and lectured internationally on the topics of cloning and stem cells.
In 2001, three of the human embryonic stem cell lines that Dr Stice’s lab derived were approved for federal funding by President Bush. In 2006, he was appointed by Gov. Perdue to the Post Natal Cord Blood Commission for the state of Georgia.
Dr. Stice founded Aruna Biomedical, Inc., and in cooperation with Millipore Inc. was first group to market a product derived from human embryonic stem cells (2007). The product is a neural stem cell used for research on neurological diseases and disorders, ranging from Parkinson’s disease to depression.
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Current Products
There is good news. Neuroscientists can now easily and inexpensively get human neural progenitor cells for Drug Discovery, Toxicity and Basic Research.
ENStem-A ™, Neural Progenitor Expansion Kit
hN2™, ArunA Human Neural Cell Kit
So what was once difficult and frustrating, is now easy and convenient. Buy the kits and here’s an example of what you get.
What is Next
Knowing the needs and wants of the marketplace, ArunA’s products and capabilities excite me. Any tools that have they capabilities to bring researchers a steps closer to discovering cures for insidious Neuro-diseases need to be embraced. All of us have or will be touched by these diseases.
In my conversations with Steve, I am impressed with his clear understanding of how to evolve ArunA’s product to increase their value proposition. Available soon could be cultures developed to fit the niche needs of specific researrch areas like Parkinson’s, Pain’s and Alzheimer’s. I plan on communicating these evolutions here and at my company’s website @ www.neuromics.com.
Aug. 31,2008: My son developed Parkinsons about 4 years ago and with the help of drugs is doing reasonably well but I am so anxious for him to be cured before I go to my great reward! Are the stem cells going to be used within the next couple of years? It would appear that with all the science devote to stem cells, it will not be long before sick patients will be made well again.
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I am sorry to hear of your son’s Parkinson’s. I am pleased to hear current drugs are helping.
I understand your anxiousness given the current political climate and stem cell research funding. From my standpoint, I believe the stem cell debate needs to be politically uncoupled from abortion. Now more than ever, I believe the politicians that can lead and educate the public should be supported. It is important support for the “right” stem cell research becomes a poiltical asset rather liablilty.