News results: "Stem Cell Research"

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Health

New Method to Create Stem Cells Revealed

US researchers on Thursday reported that they found a safer way to create embryonic stem cells...
» read full story April 25th, 2009 - 14:41

Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Symptoms of MS

Findings of a preliminary study give hope to people suffering from multiple sclerosis showing that...
» read full story April 24th, 2009 - 14:07
Osteoporosis Drug Effective in Healing Bone Fractures

Osteoporosis Drug Effective in Healing Bone Fractures

People suffering from devastating bone fractures won’t have to go through so much pain or...
» read full story April 15th, 2009 - 15:47
Women Fertility May One Day Be Restored through Stem Cell Treatment

Women Fertility May One Day Be Restored through Stem Cell Treatment

Reporting in the journal Nature Cell Biology, Chinese scientists suggest that women may one day be...
» read full story April 13th, 2009 - 13:42

Obama lifts stem-cell funding ban in latest shift on ethics

Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday reversed an eight-year long government block on...
» read full story March 09th, 2009 - 19:13
Obama to End Restrictions on Stem Cell Research

Obama to End Restrictions on Stem Cell Research

Science matters to the Obama administration.   President Barack Obama will most likely sign...
» read full story March 09th, 2009 - 14:56
Boy Treated with Human Fetal Stem Cell Therapy Develops Tumors

Boy Treated with Human Fetal Stem Cell Therapy Develops Tumors

A rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy described in the journal PLoS Medicine raises...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 14:57
Obama Will Lift the Ban On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Obama Will Lift the Ban On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

U.S. President Barack Obama will soon issue an executive order lifting an eight-year ban embryonic...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 01:21
HIV Gene Therapy Shows Optimistic Results

HIV Gene Therapy Shows Optimistic Results

The first phase 2 gene therapy trial for treating HIV has shown some promising first results. The...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 23:55
New Discovery in Stem Cell Research Field: Skin Cells Reprogrammed into Heart Cells

New Discovery in Stem Cell Research Field: Skin Cells Reprogrammed into Heart Cells

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced they were able to reprogram skin...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:30
Can Animal Eggs Be Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells?

Can Animal Eggs Be Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells?

A new study shows that animal eggs are not capable of reprogramming human DNA in the right way to...
» read full story February 03rd, 2009 - 15:25
Stem Cell Research Moves Forward

Stem Cell Research Moves Forward

As President Barack Obama is expected to lift federal restrictions on the field of stem cell...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 14:20
Stem Cells Are Offered New Grants, Despite Their Being Delayed

Stem Cells Are Offered New Grants, Despite Their Being Delayed

San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, UCSF, Stanford University, the J. David Gladstone...
» read full story January 31st, 2009 - 22:29
Stem Cell Transplant Helps Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Stem Cell Transplant Helps Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

According to a new study carried out by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago, stem...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 15:20
FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first clinical trial using human...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 13:16
Calif. Company Granted Federal Permission For First Stem-Cell Trial

Calif. Company Granted Federal Permission For First Stem-Cell Trial

It appears that embryonic stem cell research is gaining grounds in the United States as a...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 13:40
Seven States Sue Federal Government over Abortion Rule

Seven States Sue Federal Government over Abortion Rule

California and six other states sued the federal government Thursday over the “conscience...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 14:51
New Rule Protects Doctors Exercising the “Right of Conscience”

New Rule Protects Doctors Exercising the “Right of Conscience”

The Bush administration on Thursday announced new protections for health care providers who...
» read full story December 19th, 2008 - 16:25
FDA Commissioner To Step Down In January

FDA Commissioner To Step Down In January

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» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 12:22
New Vatican Document on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Stirs Debate

New Vatican Document on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Stirs Debate

A new Vatican document, titled “Dignitas Personae,” is scheduled to be released at a news...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 13:48

Stem Cells Anyone? Think Twice

A recent study was presented on Wednesday by scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada....
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 15:45
Rogue Clinics Deceive Patients With Unsafe Stem Cell Therapies

Rogue Clinics Deceive Patients With Unsafe Stem Cell Therapies

Stem cell therapy has become one of the main points of interest in medicine today, thanks to its...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 14:01
Stem Cell Airway Transplant Succeeded

Stem Cell Airway Transplant Succeeded

As any other science, medicine is also constantly changing, evolving, improving for the benefit of...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 21:02
Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed

Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed

Doctors at four European universities have managed to perform the first trachea transplant...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 14:40

Pioneering Stem-Cell Surgery Performed

Through a cooperation of 4 European universities, physicians have performed the world’s first...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 18:03
Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells

Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells

The search for viable alternatives to replace the embryonic stem cells that are derived from the...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 14:40

Testis-Derived Stem Cells An Alternative To Embryos

German researchers claim that cells taken from men's testicles could serve to growing certain types...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 19:08
New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies

New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies

The search for the best source of stem cells continues, with many scientists supporting the field...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 14:20
Stems Cells Made from Human Testicles

Stems Cells Made from Human Testicles

Providing a way out of a thorny ethical dilemma, scientists have developed a kind of cells called...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 10:30
Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute

Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute

Robert Tjian, a distinguished UC Berkley biochemist and gene researcher, has been named president...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 14:00
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U.S.

Vatican denies plans to meet with US President Obama

Rome  - The Vatican on Sunday denied news reports of plans by Pope Benedict XVI to meet in the...
» read full story March 15th, 2009 - 16:23

Nancy Reagan praises Obama reversal on stem cell research

Washington - Former first lady Nancy Reagan welcomed President Barack Obama's decision Monday to...
» read full story March 09th, 2009 - 19:41
Human Stem Cell Research Gains Grounds in the US

Human Stem Cell Research Gains Grounds in the US

Stem cell research is making another step to the future in the United States. Geron Corp, a...
» read full story January 25th, 2009 - 13:07
Controversy In Health Care – “Conscience Protection” Rule Passed

Controversy In Health Care – “Conscience Protection” Rule Passed

The Bush Administration is clearly taking advantage of the least few days in office to pass some...
» read full story December 21st, 2008 - 20:22
Obama To Implement the Promised Changes

Obama To Implement the Promised Changes

Barack Obama’s electoral victory has brought many Americans to tears – but tears of joy. Most...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 23:32

Abortion, Gay Marriage, Animal Rights on US Ballot Bids

San Francisco - Were they just to take their cues from television ads, voters in California might...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 09:38
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Specials

Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise In MS Trial

Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise In MS Trial

  People suffering from multiple sclerosis have given hope once again thanks to a clinical...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 14:46
UConn Scietists Create 2 New Stem Cell Lines

UConn Scietists Create 2 New Stem Cell Lines

Scientists at the University of Connecticut say they have developed two kinds of human embryonic...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 16:00

Researchers Finally Derive Stem Cells From Rats

Since 1981, scientists had thought that genetically engineered rats would follow quickly after the...
» read full story December 28th, 2008 - 00:58
‘Right of Conscience’ Rule Passed. What’s Next?

‘Right of Conscience’ Rule Passed. What’s Next?

The Bush administration passed on Thursday the “conscience protection” rule,...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 14:32
Women Frustrated with Embryo Disposition after Fertility Treatment

Women Frustrated with Embryo Disposition after Fertility Treatment

Many American women feel frustrated with the usual options available for the disposal of unused...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 14:10
Stem Cell Transplant Method Is A Real Success

Stem Cell Transplant Method Is A Real Success

Stem cells have been always been regarded as stepping on the line of ethics, but those were the...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 21:40
Nancy Reagan Hospitalized For Fractured Pelvis

Nancy Reagan Hospitalized For Fractured Pelvis

Nancy Reagan’s spokeswoman Joanne Drake announced on Wednesday that the former First Lady had...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 20:43
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 15:06
Which Part Will McCain Play In Stem Cell Research?

Which Part Will McCain Play In Stem Cell Research?

Several Wisconsin top stem-cell researchers, advocates, as well as industry leaders, voiced concern...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:13
New Discovery Marks a Step Forward in Stem Cell Research

New Discovery Marks a Step Forward in Stem Cell Research

The team of scientists from Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts...
» read full story August 10th, 2008 - 13:48
Stem Cell Breakthrough Opens Door to Further ALS Research

Stem Cell Breakthrough Opens Door to Further ALS Research

For the first time, a team of US scientists used an innovative technique to transform skin cells...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 15:58
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Science

Superman's foundation welcomes Obama's stem cell move

Superman's foundation welcomes Obama's stem cell move

Los Angeles - The foundation started by former Superman star Christopher Reeve has applauded...
» read full story March 10th, 2009 - 21:13
Researchers Find Virus-Free Way Of Reprogramming Stem Cells

Researchers Find Virus-Free Way Of Reprogramming Stem Cells

Stem cells have always been controversial, from ethical and biological point of view, but the...
» read full story March 02nd, 2009 - 15:12
Still No Answer On The Production Of Stem Cells

Still No Answer On The Production Of Stem Cells

Last year’s theory on using animal-human "hybrid" embryos, which was received with...
» read full story February 03rd, 2009 - 01:45
Scientists to Discover New Human Diseases Study Methods

Scientists to Discover New Human Diseases Study Methods

University of Southern California researchers have managed to derive the first embryonic stem (ES)...
» read full story December 24th, 2008 - 22:32
Vatican Puts Stem Cell Research, Cloning, In Vitro on List of Sins

Vatican Puts Stem Cell Research, Cloning, In Vitro on List of Sins

The Roman Catholic Church applauds the developments of medicine in the scientific age we live in,...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 15:23
Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 08:25
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:11
Stem Cells From Germ Cells

Stem Cells From Germ Cells

Recent studies show that testicular germ cells resemble very much the much controversial embryonic...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 08:38
Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40

Cloning Researcher Hwang Woo Sook Barred From Human Stem-Cell Work

South Korean cloning researcher Hwang Woo Sook was barred Friday from returning to human stem-cell...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 13:38
Stem Cell Research Breakthrough Reported By Project A.L.S.

Stem Cell Research Breakthrough Reported By Project A.L.S.

Scientists from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), while working alongside colleagues from...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 22:24
Scientists Re-Create Fully Functional Human Blood Vessels In Mice

Scientists Re-Create Fully Functional Human Blood Vessels In Mice

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» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 09:33
Scientists Use DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Viable IVF Embryos

Scientists Use DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Viable IVF Embryos

A team of fertility researchers from Australia and Greece has discovered a way of testing IVF...
» read full story May 14th, 2008 - 15:29
California Awards $271M in Stem Cell Grants

California Awards $271M in Stem Cell Grants

California has approved funding worth $271 million in total to create twelve stem cell research...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 20:21
Heart Attack Victims May Be Cured: Scientists Create Heart Cells

Heart Attack Victims May Be Cured: Scientists Create Heart Cells

Scientists from three countries succeeded in turning human embryonic stem cells into three types...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 11:14
Is Cloning the Wrong Research Path?

Is Cloning the Wrong Research Path?

Scientists at Stemagen Corp, a reproductive lab in La Jolla, California said in an article...
» read full story January 20th, 2008 - 12:51
First Cloned Human Embryos From Skin Cell DNA

First Cloned Human Embryos From Skin Cell DNA

US scientists at biotech company Stemagen Corporation in La Jolla, California, allege they made the...
» read full story January 17th, 2008 - 21:24
Lab Announces Breakthrough In Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Lab Announces Breakthrough In Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Scientists at the Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Massachusetts, announced on Thursday that...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 14:45
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
Stem Cells Created from Human Skin

Stem Cells Created from Human Skin

Two research groups managed to obtain stem cells without the ethical problems posed by destroying...
» read full story November 20th, 2007 - 19:07
Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use

Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use

Professor Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientists who led the team that created Dolly the sheep ten...
» read full story November 18th, 2007 - 01:17
Scientists Have Created First Primate Cloned Embryos

Scientists Have Created First Primate Cloned Embryos

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University have created for the first time cloned...
» read full story November 14th, 2007 - 21:18
Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene

Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene

The researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a new cause for obesity. According...
» read full story September 05th, 2007 - 16:08
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World

Vatican Enters 2009 With Ambivalence Towards Obama

Rome - Outgoing US President George W Bush's visit to Rome in June culminated in talks with Pope...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 13:21

Vatican says no to Obama-supported embryonic stem cell research

Vatican City - The Vatican's top health issues official reiterated Tuesday the Roman Catholic...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 21:37

Barack Obama And John McCain Talk About Faith

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain on Saturday appeared onstage together briefly...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 17:14
Pope Expresses Disapproval of Human Cloning and Embryo Research

Pope Expresses Disapproval of Human Cloning and Embryo Research

Pope Benedict XVI, formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, condemned once again the human...
» read full story October 11th, 2007 - 20:07
Former Top Health Official Says He Was Censored

Former Top Health Official Says He Was Censored

Former US surgeon general Richard H. Carmona says the White House censored him on such issues as...
» read full story July 11th, 2007 - 12:45
US President Bush Vetoes Stem-Cell Research Proposal

US President Bush Vetoes Stem-Cell Research Proposal

A proposal to expand federal funding for stem-cell research using human embryos was rejected by US...
» read full story June 20th, 2007 - 22:29
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