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Bone repair 'breakthrough' at Hadassah
Jerusalem :: Israel | 19 days ago
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Meir Liebergall, chairman of the orthopedics department on the Ein Kerem campus, gene therapy expert Prof. Eithan Galun and colleagues worked for years on the technique, which he said involves a "breakthrough in concept and overcomes major scientific...
Tags: Meir Liebergall, stem cells, bone marrow, Israel, Jerusalem
Human skin grown from stem cells offers burns victims hope
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 19 days ago
Credibility The cells, derived from embryos, were turned into a biosynthetic layer in an artificial matrix in the laboratory. They formed a structure-like human skin 12 days after being grafted on to five mice...Researchers said the technique could be used to produce...
Tags: stem cells, human skin, burns victims, Afghanistan, Kabul, Immunology, Embryonic stem cell, Transplant rejection, Keratinocyte, Stem cell, Transplantation medicine, Biotechnology, Health Medical Pharma
Steve Connor: Huge potential balanced against ethical fears
Worcester :: MA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Embryonic stem cells taken from early embryos, however, have the proven ability to develop into any of the many scores of specialised tissues and as such they possess immense powers for medical treatment. Scientists envisage that they could be used to...
Tags: stem cells, Stargardt, Worcester, Ophthalmology, Robert Lanza, Embryonic stem cell, Stem cell treatments, Stem cell, Biotechnology, Cell biology, Health Medical Pharma, Adult stem cell, Advanced Cell Technology, Retina, In vitro fertilisation, Stem cell controversy
Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails
Omaha :: NE :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility AP Photo/Bill Wolf) NU Board of Regent Jim McClurg of Lincoln, left, takes notes during public testimony Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the regent's monthly meeting in Lincoln, Neb., regarding the expansion or restriction of embryonic stem cell research as...
Tags: cell research, stem cell, University of Nebraska, Omaha, University of Nebraska system, Stem cell laws and policy in the United States, Stem cell controversy, Stem cells, Embryonic stem cell, Health Medical Pharma, Cloning, Cell biology, Embryo, Abortion, Developmental biology, Biotechnology, Adult stem cell
Mad Science? Growing Meat Without Animals
Amsterdam :: NY :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Growing Meat Without Animals Thursday, November 19, 2009 Scientists have since figured out how to grow tiny nuggets of lab meat and say it will one day be possible to produce steaks in vats, sans any livestock. Pork chops or burgers cultivated in labs...
Tags: Post, stem cells, growing meat, satellite cells, Amsterdam
Man Overboard!: 666
Shanghai :: China | 20 days ago
Credibility I was, it just so happened, sprucing up the old pad, so I took it home (don't judge me). Back home, I plugged it in, popped in some Chinese food and gave it a whirl...And with each beep — and I swear this is true —a "6" appeared on the screen: "6," it...
Tags: Ishmael, China, Shanghai, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Table game, Philadelphia City Paper, Casinos, Slot machine, Carriage, Protection From Abuse, American Civil Liberties Union, Michael Nutter, Amorosi, Moby-Dick, Acronyms, Light rail in the United States, SEPTA, Stem cell, Embryonic stem cell, Cell therapy, Food and Drug Administration, Stem cell treatments, Stem cells, Biotechnology, Adult stem cell, Health Medical Pharma
Women don't need to risk their health with egg donation
London :: United Kingdom | 21 days ago
Credibility In South Korea, the now discredited Dr Hwang used 2061 eggs taken from 169 women and failed to produce a single cloned embryo. Loane Skene from the Melbourne Law School at Melbourne University has suggested we should open debate on whether women should...
Tags: stem cells, Loane Skene, embryonic stem, cells lines, young women, cloning embryonic, egg extraction, United Kingdom, London, Genetics, Developmental biology, Somatic cell nuclear transfer, Stem cell, Embryonic stem cell, Cloning, Biotechnology, Health Medical Pharma
Actress Lisa Ray preparing for stem cell transplant to treat rare cancer
Toronto :: Canada | 21 days ago
Credibility Toronto actress Lisa Ray is preparing for a stem cell transplant to treat her rare cancer. The star of "Water" and "Bollywood/Hollywood" was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, in June and began chemotherapy in July. Continued...
Tags: stem cells, Lisa Ray, cells transplant, actress lisa, Canada, Toronto, Oncology, Cooking with Stella, Deepa Mehta, Multiple myeloma, Hematology, Indian films, Lymphatic system, Entertainment Culture, Health Medical Pharma, Human Interest, Stem cell, Cancer, Defendor, Transplantation medicine, Biotechnology
Stem cells show promise for heart patients
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility A treatment that uses adult stem cells to rebuild failing hearts reduced chest pain and improved activity of severely ill patients one year after injection, a Northwestern University researcher working with a Chicago device maker reported Tuesday at a...
Tags: stem cells, Chicago, Cloning, Developmental biology, Stem cell, Placebo, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Cardiology, Oncology, Transplantation medicine, Health Medical Pharma, Adult stem cell, Stem cell treatments, Embryonic stem cell, Biotechnology, Clinical trial
Modern medicine: Saving baby teeth and their stem cells could save lives
Naples :: FL :: USA | 22 days ago
Credibility Dr. Patricia Pavlos happened upon a medical service she had never heard of that could save her children’s lives if they ever become gravely ill. Two years ago, the Naples resident and dentist was visiting her father in Austin, Texas, when she spotted...
Tags: stem cells, baby teeth, Dr. Patricia Pavlos, baby tooth, umbilical cord, Dianne Cohen, Store-A-Tooth, Florida, Austin, cells banks, Naples, Pedodontics, Dental pulp stem cells, Dentistry, Placenta cord banking, Cord blood, Tooth, Health Medical Pharma
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