Stem Cell Research

Humanizing Stem Cell Politics

Saleem H. Ali | Posted 02.07.2012 | Politics

Read More: Type 1 Diabetes, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Funding, Stem-Cell-Technology, Obama Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Research Politics, Pre-Diabetes-Insulin-Resistance, Politics News

Global efforts to fight diseases and reduce human suffering should not be put on the alter of "slippery slope" politics or absolutist ethics.

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Obama Proved Right On Stem Cells: Republican Candidates Would Have Criminalized Breakthrough

Don C. Reed | Posted 01.24.2012 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Blindness, Stem Cell Trials, Politics News

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. has not only had a safety success in the world's first embryonic stem cell attempt to treat blindness, but has actually achieved a degree of improvement.

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Itamar Raz: A Few Years Away From Preventing Type 1 Diabetes

Riva Greenberg | Posted 01.20.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Leadership, Blood Sugar, Doctors, Stem Cell Research, Diabetes, Diabetes Research, Health Care, Diabetes Prevention, Healthy Living News

Forty years ago I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I was told -- as we all were -- that the cure was five to 10 years away. There still is no cure, but I just interviewed the man who may be a breath away from preventing type 1 diabetes.

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LOOK: Insanely Cute Monkeys Have More Than Two Parents

Posted 01.09.2012 | Science

Read More: Chimerism, Chimeric Monkeys, Embryos, Roku, Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Chimero, Chimeric Monkey Pictures, Stem Cell Research, Monkey Pictures, Cute Animals, Chimeric Monkey Photos, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Hex, Science News

Because we know you'll ask: no, you can't have one. Hex, Roku and Chimero, the insanely cute rhesus monkeys pictured here, are the world's first ch...

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Could The Aging Process Be Reversed?

www.foxnews.com | Posted 01.09.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Mice, Aging Process, Aging, Stem Cells, New Research, Stem-Cell-Injections, University of Pittsburgh, Stem Cell Research, Stem-Cell-Shot, Fifty News

The secret to eternal youth may come in the form of stem cell injections, U.S. scientists claimed. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh ma...

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WATCH: Cute "Chimeric" Monkeys Carry Strange DNA

Posted 01.07.2012 | Science

Read More: Chimeric Monkeys, Embryos, Video, Primates, Rhesus Monkeys, Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Stem Cell Research, Oregon National Primate Research Centre, Embryonic Stem Cells, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Science News

Cute and cuddly, little Hex, Roku, and Chimero look just like any other rhesus monkeys. But they carry distinctive DNA - a mashup of genes from severa...

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Three Men Allegedly Peddling Stem Cell 'Miracle Cure' Arrested

Reuters | Posted 01.03.2012 | Crime

Read More: Francisco Morales, San Antonio, Fbi, Brownsville, Del Rio, Fda, Alberto Ramon, Lawrence Stowe, Texas, Video, Medical University of South Carolina, Reuters, Vincent Dammai, Stem Cell Research, Food and Drug Administration, Crime News

By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO , Jan 2 (Reuters) - Three men were arrested and a fourth is being sought by the FBI in what investigators sa...

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A Tribute to Unemployed Stem Cell Scientists

Don C. Reed | Posted 01.31.2012 | Technology

Read More: Science, California, Stem Cell Research, Geron, Paralysis, Stem Cell Human Trial, Embryonic Stem Cells, Stem Cell Research Funding, Technology News

It would be different if their experiment had failed. But they had done everything right, played by the rules all the way: and in so far as they had been allowed to go, they had triumphed.

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Santorum Blasts Gingrich: 'I'm The One You Want To Take Home To Mom'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.29.2011 | Politics

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said rival Newt Gingrich is "inconsistent" when it comes to issues social conservatives care about. ...

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VICTORY! Mississippi Trashes Personhood Nonsense

Don C. Reed | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Mississippi, Stem Cell Research, Freedom, Personhood, Abortion, Mississippi Personhood, Mississippi Personhood Amendment, Measure 26, Politics News

In what has been described as "the most conservative state in the union", Mississippi voters last night defeated the anti-stem cell, anti-freedom, anti-woman nonsense known as the Personhood Amendment.

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Criminalize Abortion, Stem Cell Research, and the Birth Control Pill?

Don C. Reed | Posted 01.07.2012 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Abortion, Ivf, Haley Barbour, Republican, Politics News

For a glimpse into a Republican Religious Right wishlist, check out Amendment 26, in Mississippi.

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Do We Have a Functional Cure for HIV Yet?

Julie Chen, M.D. | Posted 12.04.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stem Cell Research, HIV/AIDS and Stem Cell Research, Healthy Living Body, HIV/AIDS and Research, HIV/AIDS Cure, HIV Cure, Healthy Living News

With recent advances and successes, we are all optimistic about what the future may hold for us all in this fight against the AIDS epidemic, but we are also far from the final successful chapter of our battle with HIV.

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Oh, Newt. Newt, Newt, Newt. Seriously?

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 12.04.2011 | Politics

Read More: Science Debate, Newt Gingrich 2012, Rush Holt, Antiscience, Anti-Science, Science Debate 2012, Stem Cell Research, Newt Gingrich, Science Debate 2008, Republicans, Politics News

A man who worked to double research funding at the NIH now equates microscopic, invisible, frozen specks of cells with "children." Even cultural conservatives should see that as a manipulative bit of oratorical prestidigitation.

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Abortion, Lou Gehrig, and Research for Cure

Don C. Reed | Posted 11.23.2011 | Politics

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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Huge Victory for Obama, Stem Cell Research, and America

Don C. Reed | Posted 09.27.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: National Debt, Stem Cell Research, Chronic Disease, President Obama, Stem Cell Research Ruling, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Los Angeles News

Sherley vs. Sebelius, a lawsuit threatening stem cell research, was thrown out today. With Judge Lamberth's ruling, state dollars can once again be matched by federal contributions.

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Judge OKs Funding For Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 09.26.2011 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Stem Cell Research, Embryonic Stem Cells, Obama Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Research Funding, Obama Science, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, a...

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WATCH: Is It Possible to Cure Aging?

Posted 09.07.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Aging, Video, Longevity, Health, Gene Therapy, Aubrey De Gray, Science, Stem Cell Research, Medicine, Healthy Living News

The first person to reach age 150 may have already been born, according to one British scientist. And the first person to live to be 1,000 years o...

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Notre Dame Board Member Resigns After Catholic Bloggers Discover Her Pro-Choice Views

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 08.09.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Rights, George W. Bush, Colleges, Stem Cell Research, Emily's List, Personal PAC, Pro-Choice, Barack Obama, Universities, Cardinal George, University of Notre Dame, Chicago News

In a statement issued late Wednesday, Notre Dame University announced the immediate resignation of one of their Board of Trustee members, Burr Ridge, ...

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Political Parties Restrict Americans' Freedom

Dinkar Jain | Posted 08.08.2011 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Taxes, Minorities, Romney, Obama, Bipartisan, Democrats, Business, Gingrich, Affirmative Action, Stem Cell Research, Abortion, Gay Rights, Bipartisanship, Medicare, Tax, Republicans, Deficit, Congress, Lobbying, Politicians, Political Divide, Usa, America, American Politics, Liberty, Independents, Moderates, Freedom, Presidential Election, Politics News

Consider three Americans: a gay businessman who wants to lower taxes; a scientist who teaches evolution but opposes amnesty for the illegal; an agnost...

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California Versus the Valley of Death

Don C. Reed | Posted 08.03.2011 | Politics

Read More: Clinical Trials, Valley of Death, Inc., President Obama, Science, Bob Klein, Stem Cell Research, Geron, Politics News

There is a place you will not find on any map. It has no physical location. But it is real nonetheless, and a danger to all mankind. It is the Valley of Death, where new medicines die.

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Despite "Impossible" Odds, Supporters of Paralysis Cure Research Law Can Win

Don C. Reed | Posted 07.19.2011 | Politics

Read More: Science, Politics, Spinal Cord Injury, Stem Cell Research, California, Paralysis, Politics News

On May 27th, in Sacramento, California, there will be a legislative forest fire. In the Appropriations committee, dozens of good bills will be considered. Most will die. Assembly Bill 190 -- our bill to fight paralysis -- must survive.

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Court OKs Federal Funding For Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Posted 07.02.2011 | Home

Read More: Stem Cell Funding, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell, Stem Cell Funds, Home News

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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Stem Cell Research Ban Overturned By U.S. Appeals Court

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.29.2011 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cell Research Funding Ban, Stem Cell Research Ban, Stem Cell Research Decision, Funding Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Research Funding, Stem Cell Research Ruling, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Research Court Ruling, Stem Cell Research Court Decision, Ruling on Stem Cell Research, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A divided federal appeals court has ruled that opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research are not likely to succeed in a lawsuit to...

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Crashing Roman's Van: Disability Community Fights On

Don C. Reed | Posted 05.29.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Assembly Bill 190, Spinal Cord Injury Research, Wieckowski, Los Angeles News

If we can cure paralysis, the very symbol of what cannot be cured, then we will have proven that curing all chronic disease and disability may be within our reach. Everything is coming together, if we can just pass a single bill.

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The War We Dare Not Lose: Attacks on Stem Cell Research

Don C. Reed | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Democrats, President Obama, Republicans, Politics News

If being a Republican means denying scientific freedom, America will have no choice but to disavow the party, oppose the ideological Know-nothings, and go elsewhere with our votes.

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