Dr. Jörg Gerlach's Skin Gun: Healing Burn Victims Within Days Dr. Jörg Gerlach at teh McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (University of Pittsburgh) has developed a "skin gun", which sprays stem cells...
DC Appeals Court Lifts Stem Cell Research Injunction The US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC made permanent the lifting of an injunction against the US Government, which had banned it from funding embryonic stem cell research. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth had ordered...
Privatize embryonic stem cell research It is all about public funding. If embryonic stem cell research leads to life-saving medical solutions as predicted, then large medical research and production companies...
If you’ve glanced at the news lately, it seems the time is nigh for a for a spinal cord injury (SCI) cure. What’s the world buzzing about? The FDA giving Geron (a bio-med corporation in California) the go-ahead to begin the first ever human trials in the United States...
University of Maryland to Use 4 Stem Cell Lines in ResearchThe University of Maryland has entered a new partnership with the Vatican for stem cell research, founding the International Stem Cell Consortium. University of Maryland is leading an international stem cell research...
As of today, the Obama administration approved the first beginnings of embryonic stem cell experimentation. The National Institute of Health authorized a total of 13 lines of cells, 11 of which were produced at...
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A team of Australian scientists have found a way to repair a patient's damaged cornea... by applying the patient's own stem cells onto a contact lens, and placing the lens onto the patient's eye. The stem cells then...
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Though President Barack Obama refuses to publicly describe himself as a socialist or a communist, the pages of non-revisionist history books are full of details about purges similar to the one he recently launched. Purges often work like this: When a new socialist/communist...
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The religious divide on Obama's stem cell decision is wide. Some say it's victory of science and reason over religion. Others, that it amounts to killing the unborn. " The embryonic stem cell research debate is...
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President Obama has lifted Bush-era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Scientists say stem cell research will lead to medical breakthroughs, but the research has met...
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Those clever scientists have found a way to create stem cells by reverting adult skin cells. This is an improvement upon the proof-of-concept exercise, which required viral injections to perform the transformation, which carried too great a cancer risk to be viable for...
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23 January 2009 - For the first time in history, the United States Food and Drug Administration is allowing clinical trials in stem cell research. The Obama Administration is expected to be more receptive to...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has approved the first trial for Embryonic Stem-Cell-derived medical treatment. The medicinal trial is being undertaken by Geron Corp. of California.The announcement comes quickly on the heels of President Obama's...
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President-elect Barack Obama made some hefty promises with regards to American health care reform during his campaign for presidency. His plans outlined the implementation of lower health insurance premiums...
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Researchers have noted that a woman's menstrual blood is rich with stem cells that would be useful in stem cell research."The blood that uselessly leaks away from a woman’s body every month until she hits menopause is a good source of stem cells, which are still at an early...