Archive for January, 2008

31st Jan 2008

Breakthrough in Stem-Cell Research

Instead, scientists around the world quickly cautioned that years of work remained to perfect the technique, and continuing work on embryonic stem cells is an essential part of that process. And, scientists said, they also need money to

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31st Jan 2008

Stem Cells and the State of the Union

For those of you who’ve lived under a small mountain for the last eight years, embryonic stem cells (ESCs) may be able to cure everything from cancer to Alzheimers. Unfortunately, getting them involves destroying an embryo — and to get

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31st Jan 2008

Bush Praises Skin to Stem Cell Breakthrough in State of the Union

As you may have heard, scientists believe embryonic stem cells (ESCs) may be able to cure everything from cancer to Alzheimers. Unfortunately, getting them involves destroying an embryo — and to get personalized versions, you’d need an

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31st Jan 2008

Scientists Ready To Turn Woman’s Bone Marrow Into Sperm

“I’ma troublemaker,” he said. Researchers at the Butantan Institute in Brazil, meanwhile, claim to have turned embryonic stem cells from male mice into both sperm and eggs. They are now working on skin cells.

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30th Jan 2008

Stem cells from skin a "landmark," Bush says (Reuters)

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

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30th Jan 2008

News: A Visionary Approach Using Stem Cells to Repair Eye Damage (Scientific American)

A new vision research center opening in India today becomes the latest in a handful of facilities dedicated to exploring the potential of adult eye stem cells to repair vision damage. The Champalimaud Center for Translation Eye Research (C-TRACER), part of the LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, India, will continue research begun by LV Prasad scientists, who use eye stem cells from living …

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30th Jan 2008

Questioning the allure of putting cells in the bank (International Herald Tribune)

Some experts say consumers should think twice before spending money on storing stem cells, because it is not clear how useful they will be.

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30th Jan 2008

Historic Breakthrough in Fighting Children’s Batten Disease as China Stem Cells Give New Lease on Life to 6 Year Old … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tiantan Puhua Hospital Stem Cells Center , 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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30th Jan 2008

Stem cells useful in animal stroke models (SpaceDaily)

by Staff Writers Pochon, South Korea (UPI) Jan 29, 2007 South Korean and Canadian studies suggested stroke victims might benefit from transplantation of human mesenchymal or bone marrow stem cells.

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30th Jan 2008

Bush Stifles Science

He also called “the retardation of research involving embryonic stem cells” one of the worst things that has happened during this administration, along with “the rolling back of funding of the social sciences.”

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