Stem Cell

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

In 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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Abortion, Lou Gehrig, and Research for Cure

Don C. Reed | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Abortion, Motor Neuron Disease, Science, Als, Stem Cell, Medical Research, Lou Gehrig, Stem Cell Research, AB 214 Wisconsin Bill, Republicans Stem Cell Research, AB 214, AB 214 Bill, Politics News

Today, a company is targeting Lou Gehrig's disease. Their approach is undergoing clinical trials in America, right now. But in Wisconsin, the home of stem cell research? If Republican lawmakers get their way, the research which might end Lou Gehrig's disease could be criminalized.

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Court OKs Federal Funding For Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Posted 07.02.2011

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An appeals court ruled on Friday the Obama administration can continue using federal money to fund human embryonic stem cell research, a possible ...

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Overcoming Genophobia

Misha Angrist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Genome Project, Dna, Genes, Genome Project, Stem Cell, Genome, Science, Harvard, Scientific Study, George Church, Human Genome, Books News

DNA in a test tube is prosaic: the "stuff of life" looks a lot like what emerges from a child's runny nose. But there has long been something taboo in that tube.

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'Designer Genes'

Steven Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Genetic Research, Genes, Designer Genes, Medical Research, Stem Cell, Medicine, Books News

As I explain in "DESIGNER GENES," the revolution is ongoing and there may indeed be no stopping it now. The human species is about to undergo an incredible transformation.

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Court OK's Federal Stem Cell Research Funding While Appeal Continues

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now. The U.S. Court of App...

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Arlen Specter Pushes Bill To Legalize Federal Funding For Stem Cell Research

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Arlen Specter on Monday initiated a drive to legalize federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, superseding conflicting...

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Stem Cell Funding Ban: Appeals Court Allows Funding To Continue For Now

AP | PETE YOST and LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The government may resume funding of embryonic stem cell research for now, an appeals court said Thursday, but the short-term appro...

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A Stem Cell Shock

Russell Korobkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a spectacular leap of logic, a judge concluded that any research that bears a relationship to research ineligible for federal funds is part of the same "project" and therefore also ineligible.

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Stem Cell Ruling Threatens Children's Cancer Research (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stem Cell Ruling, Leukemia, Video, Obama Stem Cells, Stem Cell, Human Embryo, Stem Cell Research, Technology News

When a federal judge passed a ruling Monday that temporarily blocked government rules expanding stem cell research, many argued that potentially life-...

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The Stem Cell Breakthroughs Most People Don't Know About

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Lou Gehrig?S Disease, Stem Cell Research, HES Cells, Stem Cell, Stem Cells, Health, Healthy Living News

Camouflaged in the politics, controversy, and hype surrounding stem cells have been two stunning and unexpected dividends: the ability to study diseases in a petrie dish and a new way to think about cancer.

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War Wounds

Robert Slayton | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Regenerated Femur Bone, Combat Injuries, Stem Cell, Iraq Veterans, Cartilage Regeneration, Army Times, Zyphoid Cartilage, Barbara Boyen, Abortion, Healthy Living News

Miracles, in other words, may be possible, if we can unleash our scientists and doctors to move ahead with new techniques to heal the sick and damaged.

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Americans Flock To India Clinic For Stem Cell Treatments

globalpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Geeta Shroff, Nu Tech Mediworld, Stem Cell, India Stem Cell Clinic, New Delhi, India Stem Cell, Health, World News

NEW DELHI, India -- In December 2007, Californian Amy Scher got on a plane to India, wheeled herself into the Nu Tech Mediworld hospital in New Delhi,...

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Neopec: Surgery Will Regrow Breasts, Scientists Hope

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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A surgical technique that could help cancer victims who had mastectomies regrow their breasts will soon undergo testing by Australian scientists. ...

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Obama, Pope To Hold "Frank" But Constructive Talks; White House

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON and BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack ...

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Opportunity for Excellence: The Critical Role of State Programs in the New Federal Landscape

Susan L. Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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We will continue to be the model for the nation in judging human embryonic stem cell research for its scientific merit, and in making science, not politics, the standard we go by.

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Extremism in Colorado

Cristina Page | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Stem Cell, Roe v. Wade, Personhood, Contraception, Pro-Life, Amendment 48, Fertilized Egg, Pro-Choice, Colorado, Politics News

The groups supporting Amendment 48 represent the most extreme wing of the right to life movement. They seek to change the Colorado constitution to grant a fertilized egg the status of a human being.

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