Archive for December, 2007

30th Dec 2007

The top health and science stories of 2007 (Portsmouth Herald)

STEM CELLS

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30th Dec 2007

Doctors hope stem-cell tests repair hearts (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Stem-cell research is a hot topic in cardiovascular medicine and they could help patients grow new heart muscle to replace tissue damaged by heart attack.

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30th Dec 2007

Stem cell transplant on 70-yr old! (The Times of India)

COIMBATORE: A city hospital has claimed to have successfully carried out stem cell transplantation to save a 70-year-old woman suffering from serious heart ailments.

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30th Dec 2007

Stem cell confusion at the Journal Sentinel

Far from vindicating the current US policy of withholding federal funds from many of those working to develop potentially lifesaving embryonic stem cells, recent papers in the journals Science and Cell described a breakthrough achieved

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30th Dec 2007

Top 3 medical Discoveries(2007)

Stem Cell Breakthroughs : In November, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University and molecular biologist James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin reported that they had reprogrammed regular skin cells to behave just like embryonic stem

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30th Dec 2007

Weekend Stem Cell Thread

Take that astounding report that scientists could make embryonic-like stem cells out of ordinary adult skin cells. If that isn’t magic, right? There was some debate about the usefulness of the technique, which I deferred since the

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30th Dec 2007

Like turning lead into gold (The Star)

The ability to turn skin cells to stem cells in a laboratory and cure diseases is a major scientific breakthrough for 2007. The milestone is the biological equivalent to the Wright brothers’ first airplane.

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30th Dec 2007

Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy Closer To Reality (Science Daily)

Since the year 2000, much has been learned about the potential for using transplanted cells in therapeutic efforts to treat varieties of cardiac disorders. Cardiac stem cell therapy involves delivering a variety of cells into hearts following myocardial infarction or chronic cardiomyopathy. A brief overview of current research and research goals is presented, followed by a summary of results of …

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30th Dec 2007

Huckabee money questions

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee last year accepted $52000 in speaking fees from a biotech giant that wants to research human embryonic stem cells, a non-profit working to expand access to the morning-after pill and a

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29th Dec 2007

Stem cells for healthier hearts? (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Three stem cell trials under way at Christ Hospital are aimed at helping patients grow healthy new heart muscle.

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