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Stem Cell Transplant for Crohn's Back on the Table for me
2008-06-04 16:39:00 Well, I guess me taking place in a stem cell transplant trial is back on the table. I went back to my doctor and am now getting reasy to schedule a sit-down meeting to see if I qualify. Last time I had to get the Humira out of my system which is done. Another update, I have been on 20mg Lexapro for the past month. I don't notice a difference but my wife says I am less of an asshole. Anyone else here on Lexapro?Previous Post:So I saw the Dr. Shafran and Patty today. I gotta say these guys (Winter Park, Fl) are the best gasto doctors I have come across in the 13 years I have had Crohn's Disease. Anyways we discussed a wide variety of topics. I need to be Humira free for 3 months before I can start the clinical trial that is Stem Cell Transplant for Crohn's. The trial is actually a 4 stage blood transfusion that I am going to read up on more (and report my findings tonight). It seems pretty low risk, but there is a 1/3 chance I will get a placebo, (what, red kool-aid??) 1/3 chance I...
Stem cell banks could pay medical dividends
2008-05-24 01:42:00 Researchers are working to create banks of reprogrammed skin cells that could be used to study and treat diseases. They hope that in the not-too-distant future, the whole process could be almost as easy as drawing blood from a blood bank.
Watch a Dog Improve with Stem Cell Transplant
2008-05-14 19:33:00 Stem cell research is improving the health of dogs, cats and horses with the new technique of transplanting fat cells alone. The procedure is not invansive, takes little time to heal and shows marked improvement in arthritic, hip dysplasia and other bone degenerative diseases. The story of Dosha is fantastic and I will be interviewing a pet owner today who will give even more details on this remarkable stem cell transplant for dogs. Unlike human stem cell research for humans which has been stopped by the current Bush adminstration - animals are reaping the benefits of completely healing their conditions. The best part it costs 1/5th of a bone transplant or hip replacements currently performed by veterinarians which costs thousands of dollars. Your dog could benefit also from stem cell research and live a pain free life with more activity and bounce in their step. For a vet in your area contact:  http://www.vet-stem.com Stay tuned for further details, but watch this video...
By: Dog Health1
lls stem cell transplantation education programs
2008-05-10 02:04:00 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's telephone education series has two recent programs available for download in audio and text format.Stem Cell Transplantation: Current Trends and Future DirectionsAudioTextNew Perspectives on Stem Cell TransplantationAudioTextFor more information on programs about lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma, click here.
Bulletin Board Company Bio-Matrix (BMSN) Acquires Stem Cell Labeling System
2008-05-07 15:03:00 Though it was only on Monday we heard about small cap company Bio-Matrix Scientific Group (BMSN) officially starting the tissue-bank licensing process, they seem to be proceeding as if they expect to get it. Of course, they have to - they want to be sure they’re ready to go when and if they get the ...
Anti-aging Skin Products Launched From Stem Cell Research
2008-05-03 01:36:00 National Stem Cell has revealed that it is set to launch a new range of anti-aging products that have been developed using stem cell research.Tropelastin produced by human embryonic stem cells has been utilised by the company's subsidiary Decouverte Cosmetique in skin firming products, CosmeticsDesign.com reports.Chief executive of National Stem Cell Michael Cohen told the website that it is this chemical that can provide women with a 'glow' after they conceive.He added that the company had used pre-2001 stem cells and neither destroyed nor created any cells during product development.Some scientists have criticised the use of stem cell research in the development of cosmetic products because they say the technology is not yet advanced enough to deliver drastic results."The notion that you could do that with a cream is a little bit ahead of itself," dermatologist Dr Kenneth Beer told the LA Times. "It's a great piece of marketing because there is so much interest in stem cells."
Aging Skin? A New Stem Cell Rejuvenation Cream In The Pipeline
2008-04-30 20:57:00 Some say that the first 1000 year-old person is already alive! If I am that person, I sure don't want to have 1,000 year old skin! Heck, I don't even want 50 year-old skin! Maybe a new stem cell cream will keep my skin as young as my uh... body. Technorati Tags: Boomers Health Innovation International Lifestyle News Products Science Women Array
By: InventorSpot.com
Conservatives are not anti-stem cell research
2008-04-27 01:05:00 How many times have you heard that conservatives simply don't care about finding cures for the various diseases that ail our society today? And some basic proof for this is the fact that conservatives have been against stem cell research since its inception as an idea in science. Here is a link to a blog, Down with Tyranny, that highlights exactly what I'm talking about, where republicans were
By: freadom nation
Limits on stem cell research eased in Germany
2008-04-12 17:27:00 Better than nothing: "German lawmakers voted on Friday to ease restrictions on stem cell research although the approved changes did not go as far as many scientists had hoped."
By: Bad Thinking
Stem Cell Factor (scf)- the C-kit Ligand
2008-04-09 00:30:00 Cubicle representative (SCF; also known as kit ligand, mast cubicle cultivation representative or knife factor) is a hematopoietic cytokine that triggers its biologic effects by binding to its receptor, c- gear It is a glycoprotein that plays a mood function in hematopoiesis acting both as a reliable and cold regulator, time again in synergy with other cytokines.Concentration of SCF in universal soul serum is, on undistinguished 3.SCF is a associate of the helical cytokine structural superfamily characterized by a enlarge crossover four-helix topology.Is normally set up in both soluble and transmembrane forms.SCF exists as a non-covalently associated homodimer is glycosylated, and has illustrious derivative arrangement including regions of alpha helices and beta sheets.Monomer contains two intra-chain disulfide bridges, Cys4??"Cys89 and Cys43??"Cys138.N- PC = personalputer 141 residues of SCF be suffering with been identified as a pit SCF1??"141, which includes the dimer interface a...
By: medicine news
Stem Cell Marker (scm)- the C-kit Ligand
2008-04-04 23:18:00 Cubicle Marker (SCM; also known as kit ligand, mast cubicle extension consideration or insulate factor) is a hematopoietic cytokine that triggers its biologic effects by binding to its receptor, c- accouterments It is a glycoprotein that plays a level character in hematopoiesis acting both as a definite and unresponsive regulator, usually in synergy with other cytokines.Concentration of SCM in run-of-the-mill humane serum is, on customarily 3. originate room Marker is a of the helical cytokine structural superfamily characterized by a dishonest crossover four-helix bundle topology.Is normally inaugurate in both soluble and transmembrane forms.SCM exists as a non-covalently associated homodimer is glycosylated, and has big spare design including regions of alpha helices and beta sheets.SCM monomer contains two intra- bond disulfide bridges, Cys4??"Cys89 and Cys43??"Cys138.CRT = cathode ray tube 141 residues of SCM take been identified as a essential heart SCM1??"141, which includes t...
By: medicine news
Australian Postgraduate Award, Human Oöcytes (ova) for Stem Cell Research,
2008-03-11 23:06:00 Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) - Human Oöcytes (ova) for Stem Cell Research: Donation and Regulation in AustraliaThis scholarship is funded by an ARC Linkage-Projects grant and will provide support for 3 years on a full-time basis for a research project leading to a PhD. The objective of the research project is to explore the bioethics of research oöcyte donation for Australian stem cell research. Research will involve policy analysis, interviews with oöcyte donors, clinical and scientific staff and other stakeholders as well as bioethically informed social analysis of the issue. The aim of the project is both to produce scholarly research and to develop a socially sustainable, bioethically sound approach to somatic cell nuclear transfer research in Australia. The successful applicant will be supervised by A/Professor Catherine Waldby, International Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy and A/Professor Ian Kerridge, director of the Centre for Val...
By: Scholarships
Stem cell therapy is curing diabetes whats the story ?
2008-03-11 13:49:00 Following a study carried out in Brazil some doctors are claiming that stem cell therapy could be the cure for diabetes for type 1 diabetic sufferers. The use of stem cell therapy has previously been linked to illnesses such as Alzheimers and MND (motor neuron disease) but until now little or nothing has been said about a link with type 1 diabetes and stem cell therapy. In the study the results which were publsihed in the American Journal Of Medicine last year 14 out of 15 people in the trail no longer needed to take insulin injections and several have been free of the need of injections for more than 3 years.
By: Dreambody Now
Stem Cell Transplant or Surgery? Meet with Dr. Shafran Tomorrow
2008-03-03 04:01:00 to find out...I ran into Ira and Anita on the street today at a St. Patty's Day Parade in Winter Park (a bit early I know). Anyways after reading up on the whole stem cell and Crohn's thing I am nervous as hell for this appointment. However with nothing really working medication wise (Pentasa/6MP, Asacol, Remicade, Humira, etc), I am down to either letting it go until a major flare up, Surgery or this whole Stem Cell Transplant. I will post after I meet with Dr. Shafran and his staff.
Stem Cell transplant Crohn's Disease - Stem Cell Research and Crohn's Artic
2008-02-22 03:11:00 Long story short. I am now having what I think to be an allergic reaction to Humira. (I have had them to Remicade in the past). My doctor wants me to stop treatment and come in next week to discuss the possibility of a stem-cell transplant. I profess complete ignorance and in fact know nothing about it. Below are some articles that I have not even had time to read yet. In scanning them apparently they can cure Crohn's, something I did not understand to be possible. I meet with Dr. Shafran and his staff a week from Monday to discuss this. I plan on doing a whole lot of research in the meantime. It looks like it has only been done a few times (see below). Grasping at straws here, but does anyone have any insight?-ScottStem Cell Research and Crohn'sRoanoke Teen to Head to Chicago in Pursuit of Crohn's Disease Cure (from July 2003)An insurance company, hospital and federal regulators have approved a Roanoke youngster with a severe intestinal disease to have an experimental stem-cell ...
Stem Cell Miracles
2008-01-25 14:45:00 Again we find that stem cells could be the cure for things that had been incurable. Heart attacks occur when the heart muscle is starved of oxygen, usually because the arteries that supply it with blood become blocked with fatty deposits. A bypass operation restores this blood supply, but the lack of oxygen leads to permanent ...
Stem-cell transplantation prompts muscle growth in mice with muscular dystr
2008-01-21 10:43:00 Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have successfully used embryonic stem cells from mice to prompt the growth of healthy muscle cells in the rodents afflicted with a human model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This is the first time that transplanted embryonic stem cells have been shown to restore function to defective muscles in an animal model of muscular dystrophy. The researchers have revealed that their novel procedure involves stringent sorting to preserve all stem cells destined to become muscle. Upon experimentation, the researchers found that their technique avoided the risk of tumour formation while improving the overall muscle strength and coordination of the mice. Just like humans suffering from the fatal wasting disease, the mice used in the study also lacked a protein called dystrophin. “We envision eventually developing a stem-cell therapy for humans with muscular dystrophy, if we are able to ...
By: B4U India
New Embryo Stem Cell Technique Does ?No Harm??
2008-01-16 00:42:00 On January 11th, The Washington Post ran an article about a new method of harvesting stem cells from embryos. Researchers at Advanced Cell Technologies (ACT) in Massachusetts claimed that their technique of removing only one stem cell from an eight-celled embryo should qualify them for federal funds. The technique used by researchers is the same used by infertility clinics when conducting genetic testing ...
A Little Stem Cell Humor
2008-01-06 05:35:00 Re-posted from Secondhand Smoke. Humor is good.
By: Choose Life!
Derivation of human embryonic stem cell lines from parthenogenetic blastocy
2007-12-21 04:08:00 Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have tremendous potential for cell therapy of human diseases such as neurondegenerative disorders 1, and in regenerative medicine 2. Since the first derivation of human embryonic stem cell lines from IVF blastocysts 3, the field of hESC research has generated substantial interest, although certain obstacles still remain including limited sources of oocytes and controversial ethical issues 4 that have hindered further advancement. Parthenogenetic stem cells are regarded as a substitute for ES lines derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), with higher efficiency and less ethical controversy, and proven results in mouse and non-human primate models 5, 6. Parthenogenetic stem cell lines have been extensively reported in mouse 7 and non-human primate models 8, 9 and recently in human 10, 11. Parthenogenetic stem cells have been successfully differentiated into neuronal cells in a defined differentiation system in monkey in vitro8, and another ...
By: Genedy
2007 Stem Cell Breakthrough is 'Like Turning Lead into Gold'
2007-12-19 16:14:00 From Yahoo! News: Science News: It was the kind of breakthrough scientists had dreamed of for decades and its promise to help cure disease appears to be fast on the way to being realized. Researchers in November announced they were able to turn the clock back on skin cells and
Japanese Doctor Makes Stem Cell Breakthrough
2007-12-14 11:43:00 The debate about using embryonic stem cells for medical research has been known to be a very passionate topic for millions of people, both of whom are for and those who are against the research. There have been many proven positive results from the previous exams that have been created, that is was important to Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese doctor, to create a stem cell reproduction that did not involve actual stem cells.For the last eight years, Dr. Yamanaka has been searching for a means in seeing is such a result would be feasible. Today, Dr. Yamanaka is pleased to announce that he is indeed one of the many new researchers that have found that there is new evidence to support that there can be reproduction and healing for millions of people through adult skin cells versus embryonic skin cells. The function of the adult skin cells is known to work just the same, and have the same healing properties. This is thought to believe that it will be helpful for those that will not be ab...
Stem cell transplant for breast cancer
2007-12-14 04:58:00 High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation, the controversial, arduous, yet once-popular combination therapy that fell out of favor as a treatment for breast cancer, has proven not to be beneficial as an adjuvant treatment for women with node-positive disease, as per an expansive analysis conducted by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center........
Straight Talk from Stem Cell Researchers
2007-12-11 19:02:00 The main scientists in the stem cell research world have now come out and said that experimenting on embryos was problematic for them and sparked the search for other ways to channel the wonderful promise of stem cell use. The...
By: Stix Blog
Stem cell trailblazer puts Japan at fore
2007-12-11 13:09:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size KYOTO, Japan: Inspiration can appear in unexpected places. Dr.
By: Get rich
Scientists Cure Mice Of Sickle Cell Using Stem Cell Technique
2007-12-09 17:24:00 Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia -- the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, potentially fatal disease. Researchers said the work, published in yesterday's online edition of the journal Science, points to a promising future for the novel cells. Known as iPS cells, they have been touted by President Bush and some scientists as a possible substitute for embryonic stem cells, which have been mired for years in political controversy. But researchers also cautioned that aspects of the new approach will have to be changed before it can be tried in human patients. Most important, the technique depends on the use of gene-altered viruses that have the potential to trigger tumor growth. "The big issue is how to replace these viruses," said Rudolf Jaenisch of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass., who led the new work with co-work...
By: its my world
Stem cell breakthrough for Sickle cell disease?
2007-12-08 09:02:00 When I was growing up, an old man used to visit his nephew, a policeman who lived next door to us. The old gentleman was quiet and shy, and would nod but not talk to us kids. His nephew explained that the old gentleman had no family; his son died at age 38 of sickle cell ...
Stem cell treatment more a buzzword than reality
2007-12-04 00:00:00 Stem cell treatment has become the buzzword across the world these days. The reality behind the picture is that the stem cell research is still far away from the stage where it could be established as major healthcare options for treatment of various dise
Give Bush his Props for his Embryonic Stem Cell Stance
2007-12-03 15:53:00 Charles Krauthammer has a great column on Bush's principled stance on embryonic stem cells and his current vindication by advances in technology by the very same scientist who first isolated human embryonic stem cells. Technology Vindicates Morality By Charles Krauthammer...
By: Stix Blog
Stem Cell Research: Technology Vindicates Morality
2007-12-02 23:10:00 Stem cell research like abortion or gun control has been one of those issues that has split the country. It has become almost a litmus test for party affiliation and woe be the individual that doesn’t toe the party line be it for or against stem cell research. Charles Krauthammer lauds George Bush’s stance to stem cell research and reminds people of a point that the left always glosses over or quite frankly, lies about. The left will regularly accuse George Bush of stopping stem cell research. Which is of course patently untrue. What Bush did was to say that no federal research funds would be used for embryonic stem cell research. Private research was not affected in the least. When pressed on this point most liberals will concede it is true. Not surprisingly, some insist Bush has “outlawed” it in spite of facts to the contrary. When I forced one such person to admit that his response was that no meaningful research was likely to be done without governmental funds and oversight....
Stem Cell Issue Resolved? ‘Fraid Not [Retrospectacle: A Neuroscience
2007-12-01 07:46:00 Time has a great article about the recent breakthrough in stem cell research (that certain types of skin cells can regain pluripotency)–specificall-y on whether this so-called resolution to the stem cell debate might help the GOP. Stem cell research has been the albatross around the neck of Republicans for a while now. Its getting harder and harder to feign outrage over the moral ambiguity over a clump of cells, when thousands of Americans (who, unlike blastocysts, vote) die of varied diseases that may benefit from stem cell therapy. Bush’s repeated vetoes of federal funding for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research flies in the face of popular support, and is a act of hypocrisy by an administration who complains America is losing its innovative edge. As someone interested in research to test potential ESC therapies (specifically for deafness and Alzheimer’s), I look on with sadness as the US falls farther and farther behind more progressive nations who welcome the o...
A New Stem Cell Cure For Baldness?
2007-11-30 00:00:00 The bald community is doing cartwheels over the latest baldness cure in a string of other purported bald cures that have been introduced during the last 10-15 years. This newest innovation comes in pill form and is a prescription drug called Propecia. Propecia, whose generic name is finasteride, helps hair grow back by blocking the ...
What does it take to turn a stem cell into a cure? [Pharyngula]
2007-11-28 22:14:00 Last week, I reported on this new breakthrough in stem cell research, in which scientists have discovered how to trigger the stem cell state in adult somatic cells, like skin cells, producing an induced stem cell, a pluripotent cell that can then be lead down the path to any of a multitude of useful tissue types. I tried to get across the message that this is not the end of embryonic stem cell (ESC) research: the work required ESCs to be developed, the technique being used is unsuitable for therapeutic stem cell work, and there’s a long, long road to follow before we actually have stem cell “cures” in hand. A review on LiveScience emphasized similar reservations. Seizing on this one result as an excuse to end research on ESCs would be a great mistake. So let’s consider what it takes to turn a stem cell into a medically useful tool. One “simple” (we’ll quickly see that it is anything but) example is finding a cure for type 1 diabetes. We unde...
George W. Bush delighted in Scientific Progress with Stem Cell Research
2007-11-27 11:35:00 This is a White House Press Release that shows excitement about Stem Cell Research Progress done without the destroying of Human Embryos! Thank God w2 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
More Great News on Adult Stem Cell Uses
2007-11-27 07:04:00 There is just a ton of good news right now about the uses adlust stem cells have in treating illnesses. This will hopefully open more people’s eyes to the fact that embryos do not have to be destroyed for science to continue. In fact, adult stem cells are far more successful than embryonic: Thousands of patients with arthritis and multiple sclerosis are given new hope today by scientists who have developed a way to alter the immune system. Both conditions are caused when the immune system becomes faulty and attacks the body. Scientists have discovered that by injecting stem cells, the body’s building blocks, taken from a healthy donor into the patient they can effectively transplant the donor’s immune system and cure the condition. Until now, such a transplant would have been possible only by giving the patient aggressive treatments such as radiotherapy to wipe out the faulty immune system before carrying out a bone marrow transplant to provide new cells. But und...
Pro-Life Scientist Urges Federal Funding of New Stem Cell Technique
2007-11-27 04:48:00 OneNewsNow.com reported the following story: Two teams of scientists have reported that they have succeeded in directly reprogramming human skin cells to turn into embryonic-like stem cells. The groups have produced what are called “iPS” cells (induced Pluripotent Stem cells) by adding four genetic factors to a human skin cell. No embryos are created or destroyed, ...
California Stem cell research: Can we have our 3 billion back?
2007-11-26 17:55:00 Now that we've flushed God knows how much of the 3 billion dollars Californians approved for stem cell research down the toilet like so many discarded embryos, will those who voted for the measure have the decency to ask that the rest be spent on something more useful? NR commentary here.
By: Asymmetric
Dick Cheney 2006 IRA Dog Parts Store Investment Possible Stem Cell Pickle
2007-11-26 14:25:00 Republicans are running for the high ground while spinning as fast as possible after a 2006 IRA investment by Vice President Dick Cheney was made public
New and Promising Stem Cell Breakthrough
2007-11-24 15:09:00 Researchers have figured out how to reprogram adult cells into a state nearly indistinguishable from that of embryonic stem cells. This is big news and it promises to accelerate the pace of research in the field. In an advance that could solve many of the ethical and technical issues involved in stem cell research, two ...
Breaking News: New Developments in Stem Cell Research
2007-11-23 18:39:00 With new developments in stem cell research, new discussions begin. Some argue for these developments saying that these new methods could ease ethical concerns, “Scientists said today that they created what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo.” (G. Kolata, New York Times) This new method gets an “OK” from ...
By: Wa Salaam
Stem cell breakthrough and why it?s important
2007-11-23 07:48:00 A lot of the stem cell debate has been spun to ridicule pro life types, and to accuse Bush as hardhearted for “politicizing” science. One result of the spin has been that the very real and widespread successes with adult stem cells get little publicity, while the press tends to hype scientifically limited “breakthroughs” by ...
What the Media Won?t Tell You About Stem Cell Research
2007-11-22 06:48:00 From an article at CitizenLink: Every new study on embryonic stem cells produces an onslaught of optimistic articles confidently proclaiming that with just a little more time and a lot more public money embryonic stem cells will provide cures for dozens of diseases and hope for millions of sick patients. Meanwhile, stories highlighting adult stem cell ...
By: Choose Life!
Embryonic Stem Cell Debate Over; Thousands of Researchers Now Jobless [The
2007-11-22 03:54:00 That could easily have been the shared title of a pair of articles in today’s New York Times discussing the science and political implications of two very significant stem cell papers published online yesterday. The biggest offender was Sheryl Stolberg: It has been more than six years since President Bush, in the first major televised address of his presidency, drew a stark moral line against the destruction of human embryos in medical research. Since then, he has steadfastly maintained that scientists would come up with an alternative method of developing embryonic stem cells, one that did not involve killing embryos. Critics were skeptical. But now that scientists in Japan and Wisconsin have apparently achieved what Mr. Bush envisioned, the White House is saying, “I told you so.” Conservative Republican presidential hopefuls like former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts are breathing a sigh of relief. And opponents of embryonic stem cell research are congratulat...
Stem cell breakthrough hailed as end to ethical dilemma
2007-11-21 11:30:00 CHICAGO - A major breakthrough in stem cell research which could eliminate the need for human embryos was hailed as a means of ending an ethical dilemma, but researchers cautioned against abandoning the study of embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cell research holds the promise of curing diseases and even leading to organ transplants formed ...
Stem Cell Debate Defused?
2007-11-21 07:58:00 From the NY Times:Two teams of scientists reported yesterday that they had turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo ? a feat that could quell the ethical debate troubling the field. All they had to do, the scientists said, was add four genes. The genes reprogrammed the chromosomes of the skin cells, making the cells into blank slates that should be able to turn into any of the 220 cell types of the human body, be it heart, brain, blood or bone. Until now, the only way to get such human universal cells was to pluck them from a human embryo several days after fertilization, destroying the embryo in the process. The need to destroy embryos has made stem cell research one of the most divisive issues in American politics, pitting President Bush against prominent Republicans like Nancy Reagan, and patient advocates who hoped that stem cells could cure diseases like Alzheimer?s. The new studies could defuse the issue ...
By: Dyre Portents
Possible stem cell breakthrough
2007-11-21 04:31:00 I have written on stem cell research several times. I have supported stem cell research. I have written about stem cell research in my book, A Letter to America. This break through is very exciting BUT we have had breakthroughs before that haven’t worked out. We had the South Korean scientist that reported a huge breakthrough in stem cell research only later did we find out that he fudged the data. The reason that I believe that this isn’t another venture into left field is that 2 different research groups using 2 different methods have the same results. Skins cells have been made to act like embryonic stem cells. ———— From WaPo: Researchers in Wisconsin and Japan said yesterday that they have turned ordinary human skin cells into what are effectively embryonic stem cells without using embryos or women’s eggs — the previously essential ingredients that have embroiled the medically promising field in a nearly decade-long pol...
Stem cell breakthrough
2007-11-21 02:26:00 Speaking of stem cell research, a friend has alerted me to the following story. Prolifers have been arguing for years that research on embryonic stem cells is both immoral and unnecessary (See my essay on the topic written in May 2002). Of course, advocates of embryonic stem cell research remain unconvinced. As I stated in ...
Stem cell 'milestone' is reached
2007-11-21 00:23:00 Shinya Yamanaka / Associated Press Mouse stem cells at Kyoto University?s Department of Stem Cell Biology. Scientists reprogram human skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that would eliminate ethical concerns.
By: Get rich
Stem cell breakthrough defuses debate
(AP)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dail-ynews/rss/topstories/*http://ne-ws.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_o-n_sc/stem_cells"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.-com/p/ap/20071120/capt.edddf903-8d0f461eb30f92b9d3088774.stem_c-ells_tok109.jpg?x=130&y=97&-amp;sig=6h2PzWbkR.gcJmGdDmWXrA---" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by Kyoto University Prof. Shinya Yamanaka of Department of Stem Cell Biology Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, mouse cells are shown. (AP Photo/Shinya Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>AP - Scientists have created the equivalent of embryonic stem cells from ordinary skin cells, a breakthrough that could someday produce new treatments for disease without the explosive moral questions of embyro cloning.</p> |
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