Stem Cells

Snyder Sides With U-M In Stem Cell Debate

Posted 04.23.2012

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The University of Michigan's battle with Republican lawmakers over stem cell research took a turn Friday when Republican Gov. Rick Snyder sided with t...

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PHOTOS: Mohawked Mice: Medical Breakthrough?

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Balding, Baldness Research, Video, Mouse Balding, Mice Human Hair, Mouse Human Hair, Mouse Human Ear, Bald Mice, Stem Cells, Male Pattern Baldness, Baldness Treatment, Bald Mouse, Baldness Cure, Science News

No, it's not the mouse version of a Mohawk. These creatures, the subjects of a new study, were implanted with follicles made from human cells, which s...

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'Engineered' Cells Hunt, Kill AIDS Virus In Provocative New Study

The Huffington Post | Melissa Cronin, David Freeman | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Video, Ucla, Stem Cells, Aids, AIDS Virus, Hiv, T Cells, Genetic Engineering, Science News

Can stem cells cure AIDS? Not yet. But a provocative new study shows that human stem cells can be genetically engineered to attack living cells infect...

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State Mulls Restrictions Of Contentious Perry Therapy

AP | JIM VERTUNO | Posted 04.13.2012

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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Medical Board on Friday approved new rules on experimental stem cell therapies such as the one Gov. Rick Perry underwe...

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Firm That Held Perry's Stem Cells May Be Probed By FDA

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 03.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has received a complaint against a company that stored adult stem cells from Texas Governor Rick Perry ...

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How Does Exercise Make Moms Healthier? Active Moms Have Longer Stem Cells

Birgitta Lauren | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Fitness, Prenatal Exercise, Exercise Physiology, Stem Cells, Gestational Diabetes, Nutirion., Healthy Pregnancy, Parents News

From healthier reproduction to anti-aging, exercise is still one of the most promising health strategies and is crucial for new moms.

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Stem Cell Shocker Suggests New Fix For Infertility

AP/The Huffington Post | By LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Video, Ovaries, Infertility, Stem Cells, Stem Cells Fertility, Adult Stem Cells, Fertility, Ovarian Stem Cells, Fertility Treatment, Science News

WASHINGTON -- For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they'll ever have. Now Harvard scientists are challenging that dog...

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We Must Regulate Reproductive Technology

S. Lochlann Jain | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Fertility, Stem Cell Research, Ivf Treatments, In Vitro Fertilization, Ivf, Stem Cell Cloning, Cloning, Stem Cells, Politics News

The fetuses created by IVF will ideally become healthy people. But the IVF industry needs federal oversight to ensure that the children produced have the maximum chance of growing up to be healthy adults.

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Stem Cells Can Fix Penis Trouble? What New Study Shows

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Video, Penis, Peyronie's Disease, Stem Cells, Tulane University, Grafts, Rats, Sexual Dysfunction, Rodents, Science News

Stem cells sure are versatile. They're being eyed as the key to treating medical conditions ranging from heart disease to neurological problems and bl...

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Stem Cells Counter Some Forms Of Blindness, Study Shows

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Stem Cell Clinical Trials, Embryonic Stem Cell, Video, Stem Cells Blindness, Lancet, Blindness, Stem Cells, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Science News

LOS ANGELES — Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scienti...

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Artificial Testicle Coming Soon?

Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Male Infertility, Testicles, Artificial Testicle, Video, Infertility, Sperm, Sex, Stem Cells, Science News

By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 01/18/2012 05:20 PM EST on MyHealthNewsDaily Researchers in Californi...

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The Wide World of Stem Cell Sports

Paul Knoepfler | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Peyton Manning, Peyton Manning Injury, Peyton Manning Stem Cells, Bartolo Colon, Stem Cell Treatments, Bartolo Colon Stem Cell, Stem Cells, Science News

As a scientist working on stem cells, I like to use sports analogies when explaining my work to non-scientists. I have found this to be a very effective tool for communicating about this very high tech, jargon-filled area.

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Could The Aging Process Be Reversed?

www.foxnews.com | Posted 01.09.2012

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

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.29.2011

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

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Infertility Treatment Advances Through Stem Cell Science

Huffington Post | Amanda Chan | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Stem Cells, Infertility Stem Cells, Infertility, Infertility Treatment, Stem Cells Fertility, Video, Healthy Living News

Scientists have successfully restored fertility to sterile mice by growing sperm cells from stem cells in a lab. The research, while still early, c...

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Once Again, a Time for Reflection

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Declaration of Independence, Stem-Cells, Wmd, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Constitution, Viet Nam, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The Declaration of Independence was a statement that we intend to run this place the way we want. The Constitution was the blueprint for how we're going to do it.

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College Star Sacrifices Football Season To Save Cancer Patient's Life With Stem Cell Donation

Posted 05.25.2011

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For Rowan University football star Matt Hoffman, sitting out his junior year was something he was willing to do to save a life. The athlete sacrifice...

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Scientists Trick Cells Into Switching Identities

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stem Cells, Cell Research, Cell Identities, Cell Switch Identities, Technology News

NEW YORK — Scientists are reporting early success at transforming one kind of specialized cell into another, a feat of biological alchemy that d...

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Michigan Stem Cell Researcher To Lobby Senate Panel

The Michigan Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sean Morrison, director of the University's Center for Stem Cell Biology at the Life Sciences Institute, will testify on Thursday in front of a United...

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Stem Cell Poem Sparks Heated Debate

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Stem Cells, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Poem, Stem Cell Poem, Health, Stem Cells Poem, Cirm Poem, Stem Cell Awareness Day Poem, Healthy Living News

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) sponsored a poetry contest to promote Stem Cell Awareness Day last Wednesday, and the seemingly innocuous event kicked up a serious controversy.

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Stem-Cell Research Must Go Forward

Sen. Tom Harkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate, Stem Cell Research, Research, Health, Stem Cells, Politics News

I am deeply concerned that up-and-coming scientists might avoid entering this field because of fears their research could be arbitrarily terminated at any time by rulings like the one handed down by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth this summer.

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Stem Cell Research: Science, Not Politics

Susan L. Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fdr, Dickey-Wicker, Stem Cell Research, Nih, Barack Obama, Stem Cells, Politics News

Everyone wants cures for diseases and it is time to acknowledge that the tens of millions of living Americans suffering from chronic illness and disabling conditions are more important than cells in a petri dish.

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The Halting of Stem Cell Research Is the Culmination of a Decade-Long Legal Effort

Eli Y. Adashi | Posted 05.25.2011

The issuance of a temporary injunction barring the NIH from funding human embryonic stem cell research should hardly have come as a surprise. Many of the same plaintiffs and much of the same legal team filed a similar lawsuit a decade earlier.

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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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Feds Appeal Stem Cell Restraining Order

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday asked a federal judge to lift a restraining order that it says could undercut federally funded ...

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