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Stem Cell Research Again: A Momentous Development

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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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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Hey Mr. Bioethicist, Scientists are Not Amoral

Michael Eisen | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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Michael Eisen

This conflation of science and scientists is offensive and ignorant. In my experience, no one has thought about the moral side of scientific issues more deeply than scientists.

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Patients Before Politics: Putting Science First

Susan L. Solomon | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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Susan L. Solomon

While the Obama administration brings a refreshingly friendly attitude toward science, researchers will still lack easy access to the full range of possibilities that stem cells present.

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The Great Potential of Stem Cells

Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Peter Klatsky

I suspect that 60 years from now, doctors will view our practices in a similar manner to how we viewed the pre-antibiotic age.

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Obama To Overturn Ban On Federal Funding For Stem Cell Research

AP | BEN FELLER and LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Reversing an eight-year-old limit on potentially life-saving science, President Barack Obama plans to lift restrictions Monday on t...

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Hope, Science and Tomorrow: Stem Cell Research in 2009

Ryan Mehl | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Embryos, Stem Cell Research, Medicine, Embryonic Stem Cells, Stem Cells, Politics News
Ryan Mehl

The days of cautiously taking care of ourselves will wane as we move medicine, politics and society forward. By embracing stem-cell research, we will see the many troubles of aging and disease disappear.

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Axelrod: Stem cell order coming soon from Obama

AP | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Expect an executive order soon from President Barack Obama on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. That's the word fr...

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First Embryonic Stem Cell Study Approved By FDA

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 02.22.2009 | Home

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NEW YORK — A U.S. biotech company says it plans to start this summer the world's first study of a treatment based on human embryonic stem cells ...

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Obama's Stem Cell Policy Should Be Enacted Through Legislation, Not by Executive Order

Ralph Dittman | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Ralph Dittman

Obama guaranteed he would ensure that all research on stem cells is conducted "ethically and with rigorous oversight." Now, how does he implement this change in stem cell policy?

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Stem Cell "Teabag" Heals Stroke Victim In England

Daily Mail | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

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Doctors have used a revolutionary stem cell treatment to restore the power of speech for a stroke victim. Walter Bast also regained the use of his ...

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Organ Grown From Stem Cells In Lab Successfully Transplanted In (VIDEO)

The Daily Telegraph | Kate Devlin | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

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Surgeons replaced the damaged windpipe of Claudia Castillo, a 30-year-old mother of two, with one created from stem cells grown in a laboratory at Bri...

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Stem Cell Backers Worry About McCain

AP | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living

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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...

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Stem Cell Backers Question Where McCain Stands

AP | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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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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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Radio Ad Claims Palin Will Work For Stem Cell Research

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Scientists Create Stem Cells From Wisdom Teeth

AFP | Kyoko Hasegawa | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

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

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Stem Cells For 10 Diseases Created By Harvard Scientists

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 09.07.2008 | Living

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

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

ABC News | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living

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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...

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

CNN | Aaron Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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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...

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Stem Cells Used To Fix Breast Cancer Defects

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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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...

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After Breakthrough, What's Next For Stem Cells

New York Times | ANDREW POLLACK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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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...

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Major Stem Cell Breakthrough Could End Ethics Debate

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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

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Top European Drugmakers Back Stem Cell Testing

Reuters | Ben Hirschler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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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...

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