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A new study may explain why women with a mutation in the BRCA1 gene face up to an 85 percent lifetime risk of breast cancer. Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that BRCA1 plays a role in regulating breast stem cells, the small number of cells that might develop into cancers.

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Tiantan Puhua Hospital Stem Cells Center ( http://www.stemcellspuhua.com ), the worldwide leader in using stem cells to effectively treat Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases, announced another historic first in successfully using stem cells to improve and potentially prolong the life of 6 year old California native Blake Dell’Aringa.

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Scientists who made stem cells from ordinary skin cells showed it may not be necessary to experiment on human embryos, President George Bush said in his State of the Union address.

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However, pro-life advocates point out that embryonic stem cell research has yet to cure any patients and has no therapies that are even in the trial stage. That’s because it has had a host of problems in animals, such as immune system …

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For another, if it’s true that stem cells can be harvested from breast milk, the whole moral debate over using embryonic stem cells can be totally obviated in one stroke and we can focus on the science of stem cell research. …

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Image from www.duke.edu One may ask why I am arguing against embryonic stem cells at all. Mormonism, with its ensoulment concept is clearly flexible enough to stand with the majority of America on this. Some of the leading proponents in …

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In a press release on his government web site McCain is quoted as saying “We must create a framework for federal support of stem cell research now, since research involving embryonic stem cells is also proceeding outside the United …

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The pope singled out as “new problems” the freezing of embryos, selecting which embryos should be implanted after testing them for defects, research on embryonic stem cells and attempts at human cloning. …

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British scientists who had already coaxed male bone marrow cells to develop into primitive sperm cells have now repeated the feat with female embryonic stem cells. The University of Newcastle team that has achieved the feat is now …

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Embryonic stem cell research involves the destruction of embryos. Scientists hope to use stem cells to transform medicine, providing regenerative treatments for injuries and seeking new insights into diseases like cancer and AIDS. …

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