Archive for the ‘Stem Cell Research’ Category
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers received approximately $5.6 million on June 27 from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in awards designed to support the creation of new pluripotent human stem cell lines. All four of Stanford's applicants were funded. The researchers received multiyear grants of about $1.4 million ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Stem cell research and the potential use of human embryonic stem cells in clinical therapy is a controversial issue which splits both scientific and public opinion. The current conflict over embryonic stem cells throughout the world deals particularly with the ethical implications of this promising, but delicate subject and the ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Antiabortion advocates responded with "swift and loud" opposition to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's (D) line-item veto of a provision that would have prohibited $100 million in state biomedical funds from being used for research that involves human cloning, the AP/Akron Beacon Journal reports. Strickland recently signed a $1.57 billion economic ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
A phase II multicenter study performed within the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Mesenchymal Stem Cell Expansion Consortium, shows that mesenchymal stem cells provide a therapeutic potential for the treatment of acute steroid-refractory GvHD (graft-versus-host disease). Allogeneic stem-cell transplantation is the treatment of choice for many malignant ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
14 Member Organisations* of the European Science Foundation have launched a key initiative to keep Europe at the forefront of regenerative medicine; broadly defined as the development of stem cell therapies to restore lost, damaged, or ageing cells and tissues in the human body.Stem cells are the body's 'master cells' ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Research released today provides evidence that a cure for Parkinson's disease could lie just inside the nose of patients themselves.The Griffith University study published in the journal Stem Cells found that adult stem cells harvested from the noses of Parkinson's patients gave rise to dopamine-producing brain cells when transplanted into ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
A single organ may contain more than one type of adult stem cell - a discovery that complicates prospects for using the versatile cells to replace damaged tissue as a treatment for disease, according to a new study from the laboratory of geneticist Mario Capecchi, the University of Utah's Nobel ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Nineteen "prominent" Missouri Republicans, including former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, recently launched a campaign committee aimed at protecting human embryonic stem cell research in the state, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. According to the Post-Dispatch, the announcement came days after the Missouri Republican Party adopted a new platform that calls ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
The Louisiana Senate on Tuesday voted 36-0 to approve a measure (HB 370) that would prohibit the use of state or federal funds for research involving human somatic cell nuclear transfer, the AP/KATC.com reports (AP/KATC.com, 6/3).Somatic cell nuclear transfer involves removing the nucleus of an unfertilized egg cell, replacing it ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Stem cell enthusiasts will be able to enjoy Lab on the Lake, a public forum and festival as part of the 2008 World Stem Cell Summit organized by the Genetics Policy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center and WiCell. Governor Jin Doyle will open this free ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The MS Society has called on MPs to throw their weight behind the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, which will be debated in the House of Commons. In a letter addressed to every Member of Parliament, the MS Society is among seven charities asking politicians to support the Bill, which ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
The MS Society welcomes the decision by MPs to allow scientists to use 'hybrid' human - animal embryos in research into conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS).Jayne Spink, Director of Policy and Research at the MS Society, said: "This really is a victory for ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
As part of a two-day series of reforms to update the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in line with scientific advances, members of the UK parliament's House of Commons are voting later today, Monday, on whether stem cell researchers should be allowed to use hybrid human and animal embryos.Prime Minister ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
The company Geron on Wednesday announced that it has received oral notice from FDA that the agency is delaying a decision on the company's application for the first clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells in humans, Bloomberg/New York Times reports. Geron CEO Thomas Okrama said the company is waiting ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Researchers at UC Davis Children's Hospital have identified the potential stem cells that become the bladder, adding to the body of research that already has identified stem cells that can regenerate many of the body's other organs. The finding is significant because it raises the hope ...
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