Categoría: Stem Cells
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Teeth as a Form of Health Insurance
Mothers of toddlers in England are being encouraged to store the baby teeth of their children as a future source of stem cells.
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Heart Patients Report Dramatic Improvement with Adult Stem Cell Therapy in Clinical Trials
In FDA-approved clinical trials conducted in the U.S. with autologous adult stem cell therapy, heart patients show swift and significant improvement.
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Common Enzyme Sheds Light on Health and Disease
An enzyme which is well known for its connection to a number of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes, now appears to play an important role in healthy brain maintenance.
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A High-Profile Proponent of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Sharply Criticizes Obama’s Policy
In an op-ed article published today in The Washington Post and entitled Obama’s Science Fiction, Dr. Charles Krauthammer issues a harsh and incisive criticism of Obama’s policy on embryonic stem cell research.
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Geron Seen as Scientifically and Financially Risky
Doctors, scientists, and now also institutional investors lack confidence in Geron’s highly publicized upcoming clinical trial with human embryonic stem cells.
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Obama Signs Law Restricting Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Signing the Omnibus spending bill, with the Dickey-Wicker Amendment at the heart of the embryonic stem cell controversy, President Obama today renewed the law that still makes the use of federal funds for the destruction of a human embryo illegal.
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How to Mend a Broken Heart
Adult stem cell therapy continues to yield significant improvement in patients with a variety of heart problems.
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Obama Rescinds Bush-Era Executive Order Pushing for More Ethical Stem Cell Research
Obama also formally rescinded President Bush’s Executive Order that advocated research into non-embryonic sources of stem cells, such as adult stem cells and iPS cells.
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Obama Decrees Changes in Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Though Not What One Might Expect
Amid great publicity, fanfare, and confusion, President Barack Obama reverses some, but not all, of the laws that previously governed stem cell research.
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Former Director of N.I.H. Explains Why Embronic Stem Cells are Obsolete
Dr. Bernardine Healy has written an article in U.S. News and World Report entitled Why Embryonic Stem Cells Are Obsolete.