Biomedical Research

Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Is Stem Cell Treatment As Advanced As You Think?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Video, Stem Cell, Pluripotent Cells, Talk Nerdy to Me, Cara Santa Maria, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Scams, Medicine, Embryonic Stem Cells, Stem Cell Treatment, Stem Cell Tourism, Biomedical Research, Induced Pluripotent Cells, Science News

2012-05-21-Screenshot20120521at3.05.45PM.jpgIn the future, stem cells may hold the key to treating some of mankind's most challenging diseases. Unfortunately, the future is not now. And stem cell scammers know this all too well.

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A Step Towards Addressing Health Disparities In The Latino Community

Michael Rugnetta | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Latinos, Racial Disparities, Healthy Living Health News, Biomedical Research, Healthy Living Body, Genetic Research, Disparities in Health, Health Care, Latino Community, Health Inequality, Healthy Living News
Michael Rugnetta

The Latino community is both genetically and culturally diverse; and as gene-based medicine advances, Latinos will need to make sure that new medical technologies serve that diversity.

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Fat Monkeys and Fat Lies: Animal Abuse in Studies of Obesity

Marc Bekoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Rights, Obesity, Animal Models, Animal Protection, Biomedical Research, Green News
Marc Bekoff

Neither research facilities nor zoos can come close to providing what sentient beings need to have meaningful lives and to thrive and surely they are stressed.

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Health Care Reform: There's an Elephant in the Room

Katie Hood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Health Care Reform, Michael J. Fox, Biomedical Research, Michael-J-Fox-Foundation, Drug Development, Business News
Katie Hood

The health care system is one of the most complex and least understood systems in this country, and one that the interest of lobbyists has driven its evolution.

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Stem Cell Research Again: A Momentous Development

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cells, Embryo, Nih, Sanctity of Life, Biomedical Research, Scientific Research, Research, Obama Stem Cell Research, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

The stem cell ban imposed by Bush was based on an untenable moral framework compounded by biological illiteracy and religious zeal. It might be appropriate to the Taliban but not for us.

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AIDS Awareness

Michael DeJong | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Green Living, Housecleaning, Technology, Health, World AIDS Day, Biomedical Research, Healthy Living News
Michael DeJong

On World AIDS Day, we need to remember those we have lost, but we also need to remember the 39.5 million individuals and households that are also affected by and with HIV.

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Something Other Than The Financial Crisis: Children Are "Orphans of Medicine."

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pediatric Cancer Research, Health Costs, Health Care, Biomedical Research, Pediatrics, Healthy Living News
Deane Waldman

Would you like to think about something, anything, other than the financial crisis or the election? I know I would. Let's talk about the real future ...

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