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(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 28, 2008 - Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) announced today that the US Patent Office has upheld the validity of a key patent for human embryonic stem cells. The patent is assigned to the Wisconsin Alumni Foundation …

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The study looked at the two types of stem cells, embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. Stem cell therapy is rapidly developing and shows great promise, “but clinical application has lagged because of ethical concerns or …

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Just when new developments hold out the promise of doing embryonic stem cell research without any destruction of embryos, a new research study has rekindled another fierce controversy over the ethical uses of such research. …

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somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a laboratory technique for creating an ovum with a donor nucleus . It can be used in embryonic stem cell research, or in regenerative medicine where it is sometimes referred to as “therapeutic …

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PHILADELPHIA — Just three months after leading scientists turned ordinary skin cells into apparent embryonic stem cells — calming an ethical storm — a …

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In lab tests on mice, scientists at a San Diego company called Novocell grafted human embryonic stem cells into abdominal fat in mice. Before being implanted into the mice, those stem cells had been prepped to develop into pancreatic …

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PrimeGen Biotech announced that company researchers have successfully used purified proteins and DNAs in non-viral methods to reprogram adult human cells into stem cells.

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So at face value it would appear that we are getting closer to the reality of personalized medicine based on patient-derived stem cells that have the features of an embryonic cell but none of the ethical controversy. …

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The US Patent and Trademark Office has upheld one of the three disputed University of Wisconsin patents on a technique for isolating and maintaining embryonic stem cells. But the two groups that have challenged the patents say they will …

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Stem Cells May Treat Diabetes Scientists Coax Embryonic Stem Cells to Treat Mice With a Condition Like Type 1 Diabetes Feb. 21, 2008 — Researchers report using embryonic stem cells to treat a . . .

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