News & Updates

Current status: 1036 hESC lines, 6489 hiPSC lines, and 156 clinical studies, and 2338 certificates

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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Come and talk to hPSCreg at the ISSCR 2024 in Hamburg!

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Stefanie Seltmann We have the following posters: Wed, July 10 @ 5:45 pm: The Challenges of Tracking the Progress of hPSC-based Cell Therapies (Poster 213) Thurs, July 11 @ 4:45 pm: Dynamic Governance: A New Era for Consent for Stem Cell Research (Poster 298) Friday, July 12 @ 4:45 pm: The ... Continue reading

Current status: 974 hESC lines, 6269 hiPSC lines, and 153 clinical studies, and 2320 certificates

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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New Resource Launch: Fact Sheets on hPSC Uses and Ethics

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Stefanie Seltmann A new online resource has launched, offering information on the potential uses of human pluripotent stem cells and related ethical and societal issues. The site provides tailored fact sheets for key stakeholders, including: Donors Ethics Committees Industry Rese ... Continue reading

Current status: 970 hESC lines, 6090 hiPSC lines, and 143 clinical studies, and 2295 certificates

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries46
projects 288
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66 newly registered hiPSC lines from CIRM (Alzheimer’s disease collection, CW13)

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Stefanie Seltmann The Alzheimer’s disease collection (CW13) has been registered in hPSCreg®, consisting of 22 iPSC lines generated from late-onset Alzheimer’s disease patients (female:15) and 44 controls (female:37). These iPSC lines, funded and owned by the California Institute for Regenerative Med
total lines4586
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hiPSC lines3708
derivation countries45
projects 264
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Current status: 873 hESC lines, 3634 hiPSC lines, and 111 clinical studies, and 523 certificates

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
total lines4507
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hiPSC lines3634
derivation countries45
projects 261
providers798
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WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) lists hPSCreg

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Stefanie Seltmann The hPSCreg clinical study database is now listed on the WHO "s International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) as an External Search Platform! https://www.who.int/clinical-trials-registry-platform/the-ictrp-search-portal/external-search-platforms hPSCreg is a knowledgebase about human p
total lines4362
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derivation countries45
projects 258
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Current status: 886 hESC lines, 3431 hiPSC lines, and 109 clinical studies, and 449 certificates

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries44
projects 256
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100 clinical studies using hPSC-derived cells!

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Stefanie Seltmann Over 100 clinical studies using hPSC-derived cells can now be found at hPSCreg®! Have a look at the 100th study: A Study To Evaluate Safety, Engraftment, And Efficacy Of VC-01 In Subjects With T1 Diabetes Mellitus (VC01-103) Or check out the hPSCreg® clinical studies database
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projects 248
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Current status: 857 hESC lines, 3298 hiPSC lines, and 100 clinical studies, and 442 certificates

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
total lines4155
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derivation countries43
projects 246
providers751
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derivation countries43
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derivation countries43
projects 244
providers740
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Join us at the ISSCR

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Stefanie Seltmann Whether you’re joining us in person in San Francisco or logging on virtually, be sure to connect with us from June 15 - 18. You can find us at the poster session with poster #206 and #207
total lines4040
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derivation countries43
projects 237
providers734
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Current status: 832 hESC lines, 3179 hiPSC lines, and 97 clinical studies, and 417 certificates

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries43
projects 234
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Current status: 831 hESC lines, 3142 hiPSC lines, and 97 clinical studies, and 409 certificates

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries43
projects 230
providers716
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derivation countries43
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derivation countries40
projects 219
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derivation countries40
projects 217
providers691
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derivation countries40
projects 211
providers677
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derivation countries40
projects 211
providers671
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New Video: Developments to simplify and accelerate iPSC research

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Stefanie Seltmann Have a look at the new video from the EBiSC project. This ISSCR's focus session details how EBiSC2 partners are adapting and consolidating iPSC expansion, differentiation and cryopreservation approaches to help ease transition into high volume applications whilst also ensuring accessibility for n
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derivation countries40
projects 208
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Current status: 807 hESC lines, 2902 hiPSC lines, and 85 clinical studies

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries40
projects 206
providers647
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derivation countries40
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derivation countries40
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derivation countries40
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Current status: 776 hESC lines, 2385 hiPSC lines, and 57 clinical studies

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries39
projects 171
providers469
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derivation countries38
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hPSCreg as a resource in IRDiRC

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Stefanie Seltmann We are pleased that hPSCreg is now entered as a recognized resource in the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium ( IRDiRC ). Patient-derived hiPSC lines are valuable source reagents for producing specific cell types for use in individualized disease modeling and drug testing, especiall
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derivation countries36
projects 157
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Current status: 754 hESC lines, 2275 hiPSC lines, and 42 clinical studies

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading

ISCBI supports the hPSCreg standard nomenclature

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Stefanie Seltmann We are pleased that the International Stem Cell Banking Initiative (ISCBI) has published a call for the implementation of the standard pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) nomenclature. The ISCBI strongly recommends the registration of hPSC - standard names in hPSCreg . More details can be found here
Total lines3029
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hiPSC lines2275
derivation countries35
projects 155
providers414
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Current status: 750 hESC lines, 2222 hiPSC lines, and 42 clinical studies

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
Total lines2972
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derivation countries34
projects 149
providers400
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Join us at the 1st Advanced Therapies Science Meeting in Berlin

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Stefanie Seltmann The 1st Advanced Therapies Science Meeting from Restore will take place at 25. and 26. November 2019 in Berlin. Dr. Andreas Kurtz from hPSCreg will talk about "Ethics management" and "Stem cell data standards". We hope to meet you at the meeting and look forward to fruitful discussions.
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hiPSC lines2149
derivation countries33
projects 146
providers387
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Current status: 746 hESC lines, 2079 hiPSC lines, and 42 clinical studies

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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hiPSC lines2079
derivation countries32
projects 141
providers374
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new publication on ethical provenance of cell lines

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Stefanie Seltmann We are happy that our new publication "A pathway for attesting ethical provenance of cell lines: Lessons from the European human pluripotent stem cell registry (hPSCreg)" has been released. You can find the publication here
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hiPSC lines2037
derivation countries32
projects 140
providers366
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Current status: 744 hESC lines, 1974 hiPSC lines, and 39 clinical studies

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading

Please take part in the User Survey from EBiSC

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Stefanie Seltmann The European Bank of induced pluripotent Stem Cells EBiSC is looking for your input as international iPSC scientists. The user survey to gather feedback on your requirements from an iPSC repository is now available . This includes assessing provision of: Specific disease variant iPSCs
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derivation countries32
projects 139
providers359
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Current status: 744 hESC lines, 1949 hiPSC lines, and 39 trials

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries31
projects 136
providers348
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clinical studies on hPSCreg

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Stefanie Seltmann Due to the great progress in the field of research on pluripotent stem cell lines and their application in the clinical area, hPSCreg now also offers an overview of studies and the associated cell lines. The overview is publicly available here. Registered users also have the option of registering
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derivation countries31
projects 127
providers318
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Current status: 739 hESC lines and 1873 hiPSC lines

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries31
projects 125
providers309
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derivation countries30
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derivation countries30
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derivation countries30
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Recent Trends in Research with Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Stefanie Seltmann We want to highlight a new publication: Recent Trends in Research with Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Impact of Research and Use of Cell Lines in Experimental Research and Clinical Trials The human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) research landscape is rapidly evolving. To assess possible novel trend ... Continue reading

GDPR Policy update

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Stefanie Seltmann We have updated our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy to make it easy for the hPSCreg user to understand what information we have about them, what we do with it, and why. While we believe this updated policy will serve all of our users better, we are making these changes to make sure that we are compl ... Continue reading

New: Provide public comments or feedback for cell lines

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Robert Müller Registered hPSCreg users can now publicly share feedback, experiences or results with the research community for each cell line. When logged in, you can provide comments directly within the cell line details page in the „General“ section. ... Continue reading

Simplification of publishing your lines

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Stefanie Seltmann hPSCreg now provides an automatic, pre-filled word template to publish your cell line in Stem Cell Research - Lab Resources. The template can be downloaded after the cell line has been submitted. For further details click here. ... Continue reading

Current status: 707 hESC lines and 574 iPSC lines

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries28
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New API to list hPSCreg names

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Johannes Dewender We have a new public API to list all hPSCreg cell line names and to find the hPSCreg name for a cell line. See the documentation for details.
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derivation countries26
projects 84
providers130
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Current status: 690 hESC lines and 452 iPSC lines

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Statistic Bot ... Continue reading
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derivation countries27
projects 83
providers129
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derivation countries26
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derivation countries26
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projects 64
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Partnership with Elsevier’s Journal Stem Cell Research

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Stefanie Seltmann The Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Registry has entered an agreement to publish the description of cell lines registered with hPSCreg under the article type “Lab Resource: Stem Cell Line” in the journal Stem Cell Research. Scientists registering their PSC lines in hPSCreg will have the opportuni ... Continue reading

Press release on BioSpace.com

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Weiping Zhang BioSpace.com features a press release about the Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Registry hPSCreg; "A global registry has been enhanced and expanded to offer more in-depth information and analysis on human pluripotent stem cell lines, including human embryonic (hESC) and adult derived induced pluripot ... Continue reading

World map of ES and iPS cell lines is online

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Fritz Lekschas World map of ES and iPS cell lines is now online. Currently the map shows the (log) number of registered ES and iPS cell lines as well as the legal status for ES cell line research in a heat map fashion. To open the world map click on it or visit hescreg.eu/map. ... Continue reading

The hESCreg portal was publicly relaunched

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Robert Müller The hESCreg portal was publicly relaunched on November 4 at the German Stem Cell Network's (GSCN) annual conference in Heidelberg. The re-launch adds new and expanded functionality to the portal, including an online registration tool for human embryonic and induced pluripotent cell lines and the aut ... Continue reading

Abandoned embryonic stem cell trial to re-start

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Robert Müller The first ever clinical trial using human embryonic stem cell – derived oligodendrocytes has received new funding, after it was abandoned by Geron in 2011 (Nature 479, 459; 2011). The 14.3 million US$ provided by CIRM to Asterias Biotherapeutics of Menlo Park, California will be used to treat and ... Continue reading

Reprogramming by somatic cell nuclear transfer

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Robert Müller Three recent papers have successfully reprogrammed human adult somatic cells by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) into oocytes (de Souza, 2014). While the first successful human pluripotent NT-line were derived from fetal dermal fibroblasts and dermal fibroblasts from a patient with Leigh syndro ... Continue reading

A New Regulatory System for Stem Cell–Based Therapies in Japan

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Robert Müller The Japanese government has implemented a novel regulatory framework for stem cell based therapies: The Act on the Safety of Regenerative Medicine and the Revised Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. Recognizing that the conventional regulatory framework for pharmaceuticals is unsuitable for cell based regen ... Continue reading

EBiSC – the first European bank for induced pluripotent stem cells

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Hermann Azong A consortium of 26 partners has been formed to establish the “European Bank for induced pluripotent Stem Cells” (EBiSC) with support from the IMI. The EBISC iPS cell bank will act as a central storage and distribution facility for human iPS cells, to be used by researchers across academi ... Continue reading