Protein Is Key To Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation
ScienceDaily (Mar. 25, 2009)
Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have learned that a protein called Shp2 plays a critical role in the pathways that control decisions for differentiation or self-renewal in both human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs).
Maryland: Senate budget panel suggests cuts in stem cell research
Baltimore Sun, By Julie Bykowicz, March 25, 2009
Senators on a budget subcommittee proposed on Tuesday reducing money for stem cell research – one of several differences from what their counterparts in the House of Delegates recommended. The House’s full budget committee wants to keep $18.4 million in funding for the research, while the Senate’s budget subcommittee on education suggested cutting stem cell grants to $5 million.
Obama defends decision on stem cells
Associated Press, March 25, 2009
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that lifting federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research was the “right thing to do and the ethical thing to do.” The Democratic president said he wrestled with the ethics of the decision but is hopeful that the science will lead to help for people with debilitating diseases.
States Consider Harder Line on Stem Cell Research
Fox News, By James Osborne, Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Legislators in Georgia and Oklahoma are considering bills that would limit, if not outright prohibit, scientists from working with human embryonic stem cells in their research to cure or reverse medical conditions, including diabetes, paralysis and Parkinson’s disease. In Texas and Mississippi, lawmakers are considering blocking state funding for that research, mirroring existing laws in other states.
More Than $2 Million From New York State To Fund Stem Cell Research At Rensselaer
Medical News Today, Article Date: 24 Mar 2009 – 2:00 PDT
Two groups of Rensselaer researchers each have received a $1.08 million grant from New York through the state’s stem cell research initiative. Both grants will fund research on the growth and development of stem cells and will provide some of the first insights available into the role specific genes and biological molecules play in stem cell function in the human body.
Human Adult Testes Cells Can Become Embryonic-like
ScienceDaily (Mar. 24, 2009)
Using what they say is a relatively simple method, scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have extracted stem/progenitor cells from adult testes and have converted them back into pluripotent embryonic-like stem cells. Researchers say that the naïve cells are now potentially capable of morphing into any cell type that a body needs, from brain neurons to pancreatic tissue.
Hans Keirstead to brief Congress on stem cell research
UCI scientist is behind the field’s first human clinical trial
Today at University of California, Irvine, Calif., March 23, 2009
UC Irvine’s Hans Keirstead – the neurobiologist behind what will be the world’s first human embryonic stem cell clinical trial – will brief Congress on the state of the field 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, in Washington, D.C.
Protein called Shp2 is key to embryonic stem cell differentiation
News-Medical.net, Published: Monday, 23-Mar-2009
Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have learned that a protein called Shp2 plays a critical role in the pathways that control decisions for differentiation or self-renewal in both human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs).
The Empty Promise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Why scientific breakthroughs make the destruction of human embryos obsolete.
ChristianityToday, Rep. Mike Pence | posted 3/23/2009 10:51AM
There is no right more fundamental than the right to life. There is no realm in which more exciting progress has been made than that of science. And the two are not inherently opposed to one another.
The Real Lessons Of Stem Cells
A Bush veteran weighs in on President Obama’s decision to expand federal funding. Why science could finally end the debate.
Newsweek, By Yuval Levin | NEWSWEEK, Published Mar 21, 2009, From the magazine issue dated Mar 30, 2009
“Embryonic stem cells without embryos? Could it really work?” George W. Bush’s question was directed to me. It was May of 2005, and the president, vice president and half a dozen White House staffers—of whom I was easily the most junior—were gathered in the Oval Office. I was a member of the domestic-policy staff, and the briefing was on the state of the stem-cell debate, which fell in my portfolio.
The Whole World Is Watching
Hope—and anxiety—run high as the first clinical trial of embryonic-stem-cell therapy begins this summer.
Newsweek, By Claudia Kalb | NEWSWEEK, Published Mar 21, 2009, From the magazine issue dated Mar 30, 2009
Six weeks before the hoopla over President Barack Obama’s executive order lifting restrictions on embryonic-stem-cell research, Hans Keirstead, a scientist at the University of California, Irvine, was already sipping champagne.
Renowned Stem Cell Researcher Files Study Results With Stemedica
PR Web, March 18, 2009
Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., (“Stemedica”), a leader in adult stem cell research and manufacturing, received the results today from a Stemedica-sponsored clinical study conducted by renowned stem cell researcher and clinician Professor Philippe Hernigou, MD, Ph.D. The approved clinical study featured Dr. Hernigou’s treatment of non-union bone injuries using autologous stem cells, allogeneic stem cells and comparative traditional treatment therapies.
S.F. State, other schools get stem cell grants
San Francisco Chronicle, David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor, Tuesday, March 17, 2009
California’s stem cell agency has approved $17.5 million in grants to San Francisco State and 10 other state universities to train young scientists in embryonic stem cell technology, the first such grants issued since President Obama lifted federal restrictions on research with cells obtained from early-stage embryos.
Michigan set to lead in stem cell research
Scientists at WSU, U-M have their projects ready
Free Press, BY MEGHA SATYANARAYANA • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • March 10, 2009
At Wayne State University, Carol Brenner and her Tech Town colleagues know that Monday’s lifting of federal restrictions on stem cell research means what once was trash could lead to a treasure trove of treatments.
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Stem Cell Decision Worries Some Scientists
The New York Times, By ANDREW POLLACK, Published: March 10, 2009
LOS ANGELES — While praised by scientists, President Obama’s decision to lift restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research could cause state governments and philanthropists to pull back on billions of dollars they have pledged for such work.
Cardinal: Obama stem-cell policy ignores ethics
But the president had strong words against human cloning
National Catholic Reporter, Mar. 10, 2009, By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s executive order reversing the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research represents “a sad victory of politics over science and ethics,” Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia said shortly after the March 9 signing of the order at the White House.
Empire State Stem Cell Board Awards $12.7 Million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Newswise, Released: Wed 11-Mar-2009, 11:45 ET
For the third time in 14 months, the Empire State Stem Cell Board has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University funding for stem cell research. The new grants, totaling $12.7 million, will help create technologies for treating sickle cell anemia, cancer, heart and liver disease, as well as obesity and hepatitis.
Castle praises Obama’s executive order on stem cell research
Delaware Business Journal, Published: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:03 PM CDT
U.S. Reps. Michael Castle (R-DE) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) praised President Barack Obama for signing an Executive Order overturning former President Bush’s restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
Obama’s Order on Stem Cells Leaves Key Questions to NIH
The Washington Post, by Rob Stein, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, March 10, 2009; Page A01
President Obama’s open-ended order lifting limits on federal funding for stem cell research raises the prospect that taxpayer money could be used for a much broader, much more controversial array of studies than many scientists, officials and activists anticipated.
Editorials, Opinion Pieces Respond To Executive Order Easing Restrictions On Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Medical News Today, Article Date: 11 Mar 2009 – 4:00 PDT
Newspapers recently published the following editorials and opinion pieces discussing President Obama’s decision on Monday to lift some federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.
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