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Brits Approve Experiments on Human-Animal Embryos

Hybrids to be created for stem cell research

Sep 4, 07 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversial experiments with embryos that are part human, part animal will be approved by a British commission tomorrow, the Guardian reports. Researchers hope to create the hybrid embryos to extract stem cells for use in potential treatments of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and possibly motor neuron problems and spinal cord... More »

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stem cell research • hybrid animal • stem cells • Parkinson's disease • embryo • Alzheimer's Disease

Human Stem Cells Grow Heart Muscle

Rats' cardiac tissue regenerated,
halting progress of disease

Aug 27, 07 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers are using human embryonic stem cells to regrow heart muscle and actually stop the progression of heart failure in rats. Although stems cells injected into rat heart tissue had previously been shown to become muscle tissue, very few had survived. Now  a team from the University of Washington has... More »

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stem cell research • medical breakthrough • stem cells • heart disease • heart

Common Virus Linked
to Obesity

Fat cells exposed to virus grow in size and number

Aug 21, 07 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A virus that causes sore throats and eye infections may also contribute to obesity, new research suggests. leaving infected people with more and larger fat cells than uninfected people have. The discovery could lead to the development of anti-obesity vaccines and may help explain why some obese people have healthy... More »

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obesity • stem cell research • health • stem cells • obesity epidemic • science • blood pressure • virus

Fake Cloner Stumbled
Onto Major
Stem Cell Find

Scandal overshadowed self-fertilizing eggs

Aug 3, 07 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The South Korean stem cell researcher who faked cloning a human egg and forged research results actually made a huge discovery without realizing it. Scientists reviewing his work have discovered that his team's embryonic stem cells were the product of unfertilized eggs that underwent parthenogenesis, or divided on their own,... More »

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stem cell research • fraud • South Korea • stem cells • parthenogenesis • Hwang Woo suk • cloning

Fat Stem
Cells Used to
Grow Breasts

Breakthrough treatment could be
ready next year

Jul 10, 07 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bigger breasts—even new breasts—can be grown using a new treatment that extracts stem cells from fat in the stomach or buttocks, the BBC reports. The breakthrough could help women who have had mastectomies, or rival implants for those seeking bigger breasts. More »

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breast cancer • stem cells • mastectomy • Cytori • Celution • breast implants

Mouse Stem
Cell Discovery Speeds Cures

'Missing link' embryonic cell boosts fight against Parkinsons, diabetes

Jun 28, 07 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - British scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell in mice that's much closer to human embryonic stem cells, making them invaluable in the search for cures for diseases like Parkinson's and diabetes. Two independent teams from Oxford and Cambridge today revealed the "missing link" cells, which can... More »

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stem cell research • disease • stem cells • science • mice • cells • Parkinson's disease • epiblast • Cambridge • Oxford

Bush Kills Stem-Cell Bill

Wields veto for third time in presidency; Dems come out swinging

Jun 20, 07 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush delivered the expected veto of a stem-cell research bill this afternoon, issuing instead an executive order to encourage the development of non-embryonic stem cells. "I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line," Bush said, setting off a predictable firestorm of protests from Dems.... More »

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stem cell research • Democratic Congress • stem cells • veto • George W. Bush

Bush Prepares to Re-Veto
Stem Cell Bill

Without override votes, Dems force prez to renew unpopular rebuff

Jun 20, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush plans to sic the third veto of his presidency on a new bill that would soften restrictions on stem-cell research. Congressional Dems sent the bill to the president this week, and it looks eerily similar to one Bush sent back to fail a congressional override in January. More »

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stem cell research • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Democratic Congress • stem cells • Harry Reid • veto • George W. Bush

(Newser) - The House approved the stem cell bill today by a wide but not veto-proof margin, sending the legislation to the White House to await rejection by President Bush. The bipartisan bill, which loosens restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, passed the Senate in April and sailed through... More »

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Congress • stem cells • House of Representatives • legislation • veto • George W. Bush

Stem Cell Breakthrough Spares Embryos

Technique sidesteps both ethical and technical difficulties

Jun 6, 07 5:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Normal skin cells can be transformed into the equivalent of stem cells in mice, researchers report, and the new technique may revolutionize research on humans. Because it doesn't involve embryos or eggs, the process skirts the ethical quagmires surrounding human stem cell research; the easy availability of raw material and... More »

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stem cells • mice • research • embryo • skin cells

Stem Cell Cure for Blindness in Sight

Fix for macular degeneration could be available in 5 years

Jun 6, 07 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pioneering stem cell technique developed by British scientists and backed by an anonymous American benefactor could soon cure blindness in millions of people suffering from macular degeneration, the Daily Mail reports. The procedure involves injecting lab-grown embryonic stem cells into the back of an affected eye to repair the... More »

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surgery • stem cells • blindness • macular degeneration • eyes

(Newser) - The British government has reversed its stance on the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos and will propose allowing scientists to use them as sources of stem cells. Scientists developing treatments for incurable diseases would be allowed to grow the hybrid embryos for no longer than two weeks, and implanting them... More »

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medicine • stem cell research • medical breakthrough • health • hybrid animal • stem cells • research • embryo

(Newser) - In what could lead to a cure for baldness, scientists have discovered a technique for regrowing hair in an adult mammal for the first time. University of Pennsylvania researchers suceded in stimulating the growth of new skin complete with hair follicles in mice, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. More »

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stem cell research • stem cells • baldness • hair loss • hair • gene therapy • research • wnt proteins • hair growth

Bible Belt Brings Fight to Europe

Evangelicals attack stem cells, gays, truancy laws on the continent

Apr 17, 07 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - American evangelicals have opened a new front in the culture wars—across the Atlantic. Christian groups, including Pat Robertson's legal organization, the American Center for Law and Justice, are actively challenging German laws against home schooling, defending Britons who refuse to work on Sunday, and combating same-sex marriage and stem... More »

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Christianity • Pat Robertson • stem cells • home schooling • Europe • religion • evangelism • Alliance Defense Fund • culture wars

 Heart Valve Grown 
 From Stem Cells 

Could be available for human transplants in three years

Apr 2, 07 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A  British team has grown a human heart valve from stem cells—a breakthrough certain to ignite as much controversy as hope. Sir Magdi Yacoub, professor of cardiac surgery at Imperial College, tells the Guardian that growing a whole human heart from stem cells is less than a decade away:... More »

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medicine • stem cell research • health • organ transplants • stem cells • bone marrow • heart transplants

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