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Exiting New Industry and Fed Cultivating Fear
~~~Become a stem cell expert.
~~~Frustrating Fed…
Dear American Capitalist Reader,
Like a snowball rolling down a hill, stem cell research is picking up steam. Recently, there have been a slew of major developments that are rapidly bringing the whole field into maturity -- and forcing experts to reevaluate their timetables as to how far off treatments might be.
Last week, scientists at the Bernard O’Brien Institute in Australia were the first to grow three- dimensional stem cell structures. Using scaffolds, they managed to take tissue from stem cells and mold it into shapes resembling the organs they’re meant to represent. This is a huge step forward for tissue engineering, and the precursor discovery to replacement organs.
Now, another team of stem cell researchers -- this time, at the University of Edinburgh -- has made another crucial discovery.
One of the big questions in stem cell research is that of dedifferentiation. After stem cells specialize and become another type of cell, like a blood cell or a liver cell, scientists have been unable to get them to return to an undifferentiated stem cell state. However, in nature, sometimes cells will revert back to stem cells. So far, researchers have been unable to explain how that happens.
Well, the University of Edinburgh team isolated the protein molecule that seems to govern how stem cells differentiate and dedifferentiate. The protein, called Nanog, will offer researchers a wealth of information about the triggers that stem cells look for when deciding whether to differentiate, or what to differentiate into. The discovery will also allow scientists the possibility of using the protein to get some of a person’s cells to dedifferentiate, giving them a wealth of stem cells to work with.
It’s another huge breakthrough -- a macro discovery, which illuminates much of the research performed to this point. It was also one of the last major hurdles to be crossed for the burgeoning field.
Stem cell field turning red hot!We’re thrilled to be having our Red Zone Stem Cell teleconference on Friday, July 7. This field is quickly turning red hot, and new breakthroughs are pouring in virtually every day from all around the world -- not just Australia and Ireland, but also Singapore, Israel and Great Britain, to name a few.
We’ve assembled a fantastic team of experts. Dr. Christopher Thomas Scott is the executive director of the Program on Stem Cells and Society at Stanford University. He was a former vice chancellor of UC-San Francisco, a hotbed of stem cell research. He’s a protégé of Nobel laureate Paul Berg, and author of the best-selling Stem Cell Now: From the Experiment That Shook the World to the New Politics of Life, which you can purchase here.
Ann B. Parson will also be joining us. Ann is one of the country’s top science journalists. She’s a former professor of journalism at Boston University, and a contributing writer to such publications as The New York Times and Boston Globe. She has written such books as Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease. She is also the author of the best-selling book The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise For Medicine, which you can purchase here.
Quite simply, you will not find two people more knowledgeable on the subject anywhere on the planet. And in about one hour, they will make you a bona fide expert, too.
Stem cell research is one of the most exciting and promising fields ever undertaken. This teleconference will give you insight into the future of this field that you simply cannot find anywhere else. You’ll also gain access to a Special Report, describing which stem cell stocks are going to reap massive gains as this emerging field matures.
This is an event you simply can’t afford to miss. To learn more, click here.
Good Investing,
Alex Chinn
Editor, Red Zone Network
Over to Ian Cooper with more…
Inflation, inflation, inflation
While new jobless claims were up a greater-than-expected 11,000 to 308,000, any number near 300,000 signals a tight job market.
Maybe the Fed should just get it over with already and hike a half point at the next meeting. The fear alone is enough to ripple fear through investor sentiment and cripple the market.
It doesn’t help that crude is climbing again to its current price tag of $70.65 after running as high as $71.20 this morning. This doesn’t fare well especially for core inflation.
While the Fed believes that the run up in energy prices “have had only a modest effect on core inflation,” it still has some impact on the core, especially when it goes up by as much as it has. Heck, we still don’t believe the market has come close to adjusting to $70 oil.
Top 5 U.S. Stocks
1. Concorde Career Colleges (CCDC:NASDAQ)
(+30.60%)
2. Green Mountain Power Corp. (GMP:NYSE)
(+20.30%)
3. Pacific Internet (PCNTF:NASDAQ)
(+16.60%)
4. IGI Inc. (IG:AMEX)
(+16.38%)
5. Hologic (HOLX:NASDAQ)
(+13.47%)
Concorde Career Colleges tops the list after agreeing to a buyout from a unit of Liberty Partners. The deal, which is worth $114.5 million, offers $19.80 a share in cash, marking a 34% premium over yesterday’s closing price.
Green Mountain Power Corp. soared after agreeing to be bought out by Northern New England Energy Corp. for $187 million in cash. The deal, which offers $35 a share, marks a premium of about 25% over yesterday’s closing price.
Pacific Internet traded higher after MediaRing Ltd. increased its buyout offer by 15%. The new offer of $9.50 a share values Pacific at $127.8 million.
IGI Inc. continues to rally after submitting a compliance plan to remain on the AMEX exchange.
Top 5 Global Markets
1. Hungary BSE
(+3.50%)
2. Japan Nikkei
(+3.36%)
3. Taiwan Weighted
(+2.95%)
4. India BSE
(+2.37%)
5. Philippines PSE
(+1.93%)
Asian indices soared overnight, gaining an average of 1.47% each. Tokyo led the way after a report showed Japan’s trade surplus rose 35%, while exports rose 19%. Combined with yesterday’s strong close in Wall Street, these factors left regional investors bullish. Tech shares were among the day’s big winners, as were automakers.
Earnings Announcements
American Software Inc, Del Monte Foods Company, Family Dollar Stores Inc, Gerber Scientific Inc, Intervoice Inc, Isle of Capri Casinos Inc, Oracle Corporation, Rite Aid Corporation, and Spectrum Control Inc are releasing earnings.
