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NEWS ABOUT: stem cell research

stem cell research stories: 66 news summaries

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 Conservatives Set 
 for Stand 
 on GOP 
 Platform 

McCain seen as too centrist on climate, immigration, stem cells and more

Jul 7, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives are concerned John McCain might be a maverick with a pen, and are gearing up for a fight on the Republican Party's official election platform, the Washington Post reports. Loath to imagine where McCain might go on climate change, immigration, stem cells and more, activists are already on platform... More »

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climate change • stem cell research • John McCain • abortion • campaign finance • platforms • Republican National Convention

Multiple Adult Stem Cells May Make Treatment Trickier

Researchers find different types in organs, complicating search for therapeutic cells

Jun 9, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - There is probably more than one type of adult stem cell in the intestines and other organs, a University of Utah researcher finds—which means therapies based on the cells could be more complicated than expected. Scientists had hoped a single stem cell could fix damage to an entire organ,... More »

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medicine • stem cell research • health care • organs • Mario Capecchi

 Stem Cells Are
 Beating Boy's
 Deadly Disease 

Doctors believe treatment may cure skin disorder

Jun 7, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A stem cell treatment has apparently cured a 2-year-old boy's rare genetic disease, the Los Angeles Times reports. Nate Liao suffered a disorder that made his skin so fragile, it had to be wrapped in bandages at all times. Now the fatal disease is retreating, and Nate is eating, dressing,... More »

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stem cell research • genetics • stem cells • rare diseases • genetic defects

UK Approves Research
on Human-Animal Embryos

Hybrids will be used for stem cell study

May 20, 08 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - British legislators have voted to allow scientists to create hybrid human-animal embryos for stem cell research, the Daily Telegraph reports. The new laws will give British scientists more freedom to pursue hybrid research than those of any other country. The vote passed by a huge margin after supporters of the... More »

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stem cell research • genetics • stem cells • embryo • fetus • genetic research • human embryos

 Human-Animal Embryos Created 

Controversial cow-human creation lived for three days

Apr 2, 08 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a brave new world breakthrough, British scientists for the first time have created animal-human hybrid embryos, the London Times reports. The nuclei of cow eggs were removed and replaced with ones from a human cell, creating "admixed" embryos—or "cybrids" whose genetic material is 99.9% human.... More »

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stem cell research • hybrid animal • stem cells • embryo • scientists • bioethics • human embryos

Environment, Bioethics Under Vatican's Scrutiny

Church updates Catholic morality for  modern, globalized life

Mar 10, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Catholics must guard against "new sins" such as polluting the environment and using genetic modification, the Vatican says. Their church has updated the concept of sin for the contemporary world, paying special attention to the expanding and morally murky world of bioethics, a top official from the Apostolic Penitentiary,... More »

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stem cell research • Pope Benedict XVI • pollution • genetic modification • Vatican • drug trafficking • Catholicism • cloning • Holy See • bioethics • sin

Angry Students Block Pope Visit

Profs say appearance would be affront to 'people of science'

Jan 16, 08 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI has scrapped plans to speak at a prestigious Italian university after unprecedented protests by furious students and professors who accused him of justifying Galileo's trial and "affronting" people of science, the Los Angeles Times reports. The pope once described as "reasonable" the 400-year-old heresy trial... More »

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stem cell research • evolution • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • science • Italy • Galileo

Third Team Turns Skin
Into Stem Cells

First time cells were taken from a volunteer, not lab grown

Dec 24, 07 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A third team of scientists has successfully turn skin cells into stem cells that can be coaxed into becoming any kind of tissue. The American researchers are the first group to manage the feat with a volunteer's cells, not cells grown in a lab, which demonstrates that such cells could... More »

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stem cell research • stem cells • medical research • skin cells

Embryonic Stem-Cell Issue Still Dogs GOP

Pols can't nix research and back in-vitro
clinics: Time writer

Dec 2, 07 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Last week's breakthrough in stem-cell research—the creation of cells from skin rather than embryos—is a tremendous scientific advance, writes Michael Kinsley in Time magazine. But the new science doesn't let hypocritical GOP politicians dodge the controversy over embryonic stem cells: They will still be risking human lives with... More »

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stem cell research • stem cells • in vitro fertilization • GOP • Parkinson's disease • embryo • morals

New Stem Cells Cancer-Free

Kyoto scientists nix tumors in mice with new cell cocktail

Dec 1, 07 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientists who recently turned skin into embryonic stem cells are now tweaking the process to reduce cancer risk, Reuters reports. A team at Kyoto University grew live mice with a cell cocktail, but said the rodents grew tumors. So they nixed a gene called c-Myc1 and the next batch came... More »

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cancer • stem cell research • Wisconsin • stem cells • mice • Kyoto

Scientists Make Stem Cells Without Embryos

Long-awaited breakthrough bypasses ethical wrangling

Nov 20, 07 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have figured out how to make stem cells out of ordinary skin cells—a long-awaited breakthrough that could bypass ethical wrangling over embryos and eggs. Two teams of researchers, one American and one Japanese, arrived at the process independently, the Washington Post reports. One scientist called the discovery "... More »

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stem cell research • stem cells

Dolly Scientist Dumps Embryo Cloning Method

Switches to less controversial
Japanese technique

Nov 18, 07 7:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The scientist who created the cloned sheep Dolly is now abandoning the technique he pioneered in favor of a rival method of cell modification developed in Japan. The Japanese approach, which genetically manipulates adult human cells, has proven less controversial than embryonic stem cell research. But scientist Ian Wilmut insists... More »

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stem cell research • Japan • stem cells • Parkinson's disease • heart attack • cloning • stroke • Dolly the sheep • Ian Wilmut

Scientists Clone Monkey Embryos

Stem cells successfully extracted, raising
hopes for humans

Nov 14, 07 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Oregon scientists have successfully cloned dozens of monkey embryos and extracted stem cells from them, a long-sought breakthrough that raises hopes of doing the same in humans. After years of failure—and even fraud—scientists feared a fundamental barrier to primate cloning, the Independent reports. “To me, it’s... More »

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stem cell research • cloning

Sprouting Eyes in Petri Dishes

Research that gave tadpoles a third eye could be boon for human sight

Oct 24, 07 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lab fluke that resulted in tadpoles growing third eyeballs could be a major boon for human sight, leading to replacement optic parts or even whole eyes grown in petri dishes. A recent research project accidentally happened upon a trigger for eye formation in frogs—a nitrogen-bearing molecule—that may... More »

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stem cell research • genes • frogs • eyes

Stem Cells Show Promise for Sick Lungs

Cells injected in mouse tails 'recolonize' lungs in breakthrough research

Sep 19, 07 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have successfully implanted stem cells into the lungs of mice in breakthrough research that could one day be used to develop new treatments for cancer patients or those suffering from major respiratory ailments. It's the first time stem cell research has focused on lungs because of the complex nature... More »

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cancer • stem cell research • health • stem cells • lung disease

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

Ex-Surgeon General Alleges Censorship

Former top doc says administration plays politics with science

Jul 10, 07 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration "did not want to hear the science" on subjects such as stem-cell research and abstinence-only sex ed, the ex-surgeon general says, and he was muzzled and marginalized when he tried "to be the doctor of the nation—not the doctor of a political party."... More »

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stem cell research • public health • sex education • Richard Carmona • Surgeon General • George W. Bush

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