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Stockpiles of reprogrammed human cells might lead to breakthroughs Skin cells can be modified to create cells that seem as versatile as embryonic stem cells. Birth of a super-cell The cells are known as induced pluripotent stem cells, or IPS cells. If IPS cells can be made safely, and if they... [read full story]                    

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No Mo' Money for Stem Cells

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No Mo' Money for Stem Cells

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May 23, 2008
        

Eight months after Missouri voted to change its constitution to protect stem cell research, the state government and other research centers have withdrawn funding, according to the Associated Press. While this appears to be a setback, amendment supporters say that progress is still moving...

He Got Sidetracked by the Fabrication

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May 23, 2008
        

In an ironic twist, discredited stem cell scientist Hwang Woo Suk might have actually performed a biological first. Instead of having isolated stem cells from a cloned human embryo as he claimed, an analysis of Hwang's work, published in Cell Stem Cell, shows that his lab made parthenogenic stem...

German Parliament Facilitates Stem Cell Research

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May 23, 2008
        

Posted on: Friday, 23 May 2008, 15:00 CDT Text of report by independent German news agency ddp Berlin: Research in Germany with human embryonic stem cells is being facilitated. On Friday [23 May] in Berlin the Bundesrat approved the Bundestag bill on the one-time postponement of the cut- off date...

USC Stem Cell Study Sheds New Light On Cell Mechanism

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May 23, 2008
        

Research from the University of Southern California (USC) has discovered a new mechanism to allow embryonic stem cells to divide indefinitely and remain undifferentiated. The study, which will be published in the May 22 issue of the journal Nature, also reveals how embryonic stem cell...

German Parliament approves looser limit on stem cell imports

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May 23, 2008
        

The pleasures of the Saturday Q and A The creation of embryonic stem cells in Germany purely for research purposes remains banned, but the law allows stem cells produced abroad to be imported for use in projects of "overwhelming significance" where no other research method can be used. Opponents...

Up Next: A Lobby to Protect Adult Skin Cells?

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May 23, 2008
        

Steven Salzberg posts on news that scientists have been able to create human embryonic stem cells from skin cells. ... The blog world is abuzz about the latest findings that two research groups that have managed to transform skin cells into embryonic stem cells by adding...

More Work for Stem Cell Scientists, More Gagging for the Rest of Us

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May 23, 2008
        

As stem cell scientists work to make recent advances available to a broad community, an unlikely source takes credit. ... In the New York Times, Andrew Pollack has a story on the long road ahead now that researchers have figured out how to make embryonic-looking stem...

Updates from Stem Cell Central

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May 23, 2008
        

From Wired, articles on California's stem cell agency and new findings from one of the teams that turned a skin cell into what looks like an embryonic stem cell. ... Wired has a couple of articles on stem cell news. One reports that the California Institute for...

                   
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The Secret Life of Embryonic Stem Cells

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May 23, 2008
        

In the contentious political debate over embryo stem (ES) cell research, both proponents and opponents begin with the premise that "embryos are destroyed for their cells," as President Bush claims and non-partisan journalists repeat frequently in stem cell news stories. It's only when partisans...

Understanding Embryonic Stem Cells

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May 23, 2008
        

Continuing the infrastructural bioscience theme, ScienceDaily notes new knowledge that will lead to greater and more effective control over totipotent stem cells: "Our study suggests that what we believe about how embryonic stem cell self-renewal is controlled is wrong. Our findings will likely...

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