Stem Cells

Stem Cell Backers Worry About McCain

AP | Posted 09.22.2008 | Living


Some of the nation's top embryonic stem cell research advocates say they are growing concerned that Sen. John McCain will backtrack on his previous su...

Stem Cell Backers Question Where McCain Stands

AP | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics


MADISON, Wis. - Some of the nation's top embryonic stem cell research advocates say they are growing concerned that Sen. John McCain will backtrack on...

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McCain Radio Ad Claims Palin Will Work For Stem Cell Research

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics


UPDATE BELOW: Stem cell research advocate Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) responds. In a new ad likely meant to burnish John McCain's "maverick," Republica...

Scientists Create Stem Cells From Wisdom Teeth

AFP | Kyoko Hasegawa | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home


TOKYO- Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth, opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethica...

Stem Cells For 10 Diseases Created By Harvard Scientists

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living


NEW YORK — Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases dev...

Personalized Stem Cells: Researchers Create Disease-Specific, Individualized Human Stem Cells

ABC News | Posted 07.31.2008 | Living


For the first time, scientists have proven that embryonic-like stem cells that are specific to both a person and to a disease can be manufactured usin...

Biotech Firm Says First Human Stem Cell Tests Could Begin This Summer

CNN | Aaron Smith | Posted 02.11.2008 | Business


The first experiments using human embryonic stem cells in human subjects could begin within a few months, the chief executive of biotech Geron said Mo...

Code Blue! Republicans Leaning Left on Healthcare!

Craig Stoltz | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics


Craig Stoltz

The most interesting thing that showed up on the Healthcare08 PoliGraph jumped out in plain red and blue. Several Republicans held positions in the blue zone on some healthcare issues. Not so for Democrats.

Stem Cells Used To Fix Breast Cancer Defects

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 12.17.2007 | Living


For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed. The appr...

The Stem Cell Wars Are Not Over

Susan L. Solomon | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics


Susan L. Solomon

The greatest loss of all would be if these exciting new discoveries were allowed to create the false belief that the kind of research opposed by the Bush administration was no longer necessary.

After Breakthrough, What's Next For Stem Cells

New York Times | ANDREW POLLACK | Posted 11.28.2007 | Living


If stem cell researchers were oil prospectors, it could be said that they struck a gusher last week. But to realize the potential boundless riches the...

Latest Developments in Stem Cell Research

Dr. Ralph Dittman | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics


Dr. Ralph Dittman

Progress in stem cell research has been delayed due to legal constraints that have restricted public access and wide-spread experimentation in many states of the nation.

Major Stem Cell Breakthrough Could End Ethics Debate

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 11.21.2007 | Living


Scientists have created the equivalent of embryonic stem cells from ordinary skin cells, a breakthrough that could someday produce new treatments for ...

Memo to Religious Fellow Citizens: Please Get Out of My Way

Paul Raeburn | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics


Paul Raeburn

If our religious fellow citizens think it's wrong to study embryonic cells, I don't need to know their reasons. They're getting in my way, and I don't like it.

Top European Drugmakers Back Stem Cell Testing

Reuters | Ben Hirschler | Posted 10.03.2007 | Business


Three of Europe's top drugmakers have backed a new public-private scheme to use stem cells for safety testing of experimental medicines, signaling "bi...