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Letters: Stem-cell Luddites
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Re "Stem cells are made by cloning method," May 16. Cloning a human serves no purpose, so the arguments against making stem cells using a cloning method are ludicrous. On the other hand, cloning organs makes sense — the rest is just jibber-jabber fro [more]
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Saved by a Stranger
Kearney Hub - Kearney,NE,USA
Cannon is in need of donor stem cells to fight the cancer. Donor drives throughout the Kearney community have swabbed more than 600 potential donors. Names are put into a national stem-cell donor registry. If a potential match is found, the donor's . [more]
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Clint Hermes joins Sidra Medical and Research Center as General Counsel
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
Mr. Hermes has also played an active role in the legal community, with recent posts including Vice Chair of the Children's Hospital Affinity Group of the American Health Lawyers Association, Editor of Bloomberg BNA's Medical Research Law & Policy ... [more]
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA
"Fred was an iconic figure who never wore his pedigree on his sleeve," said Dr. Lawrence J. Appel, director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins. "He was really an amazing person who had so many ... [more]
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GALLERY: Social Eyes May 20
Newcastle Herald - Newcastle,Australia
Mitch Wray, of Charlestown, with Madelaine Warwick and Karl Pearson, both of New Lambton, at the Mark Wells Big Band Benefit Concert for Cystic Fibrosis and Hunter Medical Research Institute. Picture: Jonathan Carroll. Courtney Anderson, of Cooks Hil [more]
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New research identifies practice changes to improve value and quality of
Medical Xpress
Medical Xpress "This finding tells us that we need to take a closer look at discharge plans after complications occur," said Fergal Fleming, assistant professor of surgery and oncology and clinical director of Surgical Health Outcomes and Research En [more]
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Herts and Essex medics spearhead questioning campaign
Herts and Essex Observer - Hertford,Herts,UK
Last year more than 50,000 patients took part in clinical research studies in the South East, and nationally the trend for taking part in research is growing year on year. However a new consumer poll from the National Institute for Health Research, t [more]
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Cancer-killing stem cells could be used to treat cancer - Pakistan Observer
Pakistan Observer - Islamabad,ISB,Pakistan
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - RESEARCHERS in Japan have for the first time shown it is possible to make cancer-specific immune system cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Their work brings closer the day when therapies use cloned versions of . [more]
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New Stem Cell Discovery Moves One Step Closer to Human Cloning
IBTimes Australia - Australia
What seems like a strict process for reproduction of humans, new stem cell knowledge gave scientists the chance to generate embryonic stem cells without fertilisation. Recognised as a milestone in stem cell research, stem cell therapies have reached [more]
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CWRU researcher and graduate student launch biomedical business to
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
Plain Dealer Disease Diagnostic Group, the fledgling Cleveland biomedical startup co-founded by Lewandowski and CWRU malaria researcher Brian Grimberg, intends to meet that need. The company is among the first to leverage the university's new enthusi [more]
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New law bolsters cost-saving 'medical homes' in Montana
Sidney Herald Leader - Sidney,MT,USA
Steve Bullock will allow Montana's insurers and medical community to pursue patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) across Montana. The new law, sponsored by Sen. Christine Kaufmann, D-Helena, at Lindeen's request, is the culmination of years of work . [more]
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Riders urged to sign up
Matlock Today - Derbyshire,UK
Published on 18/05/2013 10:13. Cycling challenge the Peak District 100 is taking place next month and children's charity Action Medical Research is calling for riders to sign up now for the event on Sunday, June 30. For more information, or to regist [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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CNN - Atlanta,GA,USA
(CNN) -- A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence. Scientists need strong microscopes to see these precursors to life, and to take from them stem cells, which have the potential to . [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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PlanetSave.com - Portland,ME,USA
PlanetSave.com As long as the technique requires destroying even a single embryo, no funding from the US National Institutes of Health (which are funded by taxpayers) can be used to derive or experiment with SCNT cells — putting a brake on most new m [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
The center will focus on clinical drug research for hepatitis C as well as neurological and respiratory diseases, CGMH said. The MOU was signed by officials from both sides at a ceremony in Taipei on May 16, including: Weng Wen-neng, head of CGMH; an [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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Shelton Herald
Tufts Medical Center has established the Project Purple Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, created with a $35,000 charitable gift commitment from the Connecticut-based Project Purple. The nonprofit Project Purple was established in 2010 by Shelton ... [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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domain-B - India
"Several previous studies had found correlations between cancer and the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease," said lead author Robert White, an Einstein medical student enrolled in the College of Medicine's Clinical Research Training Program. [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Naperville resident Dr. Patrick Stiff of Loyola University Medical Center has been named chair of a nationwide committee of cancer researchers who design and conduct clinical trials involving bone marrow and stem cell transplants. Such transplants .. [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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Guardian Express
Cells are removed from the inner cell mass region of a blastocyst and placed on a culture plate containing nutrients and growth factors. Cells that can multiply and divide establish an embryonic cell line, i.e. stem cells. These cells have the ... [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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TopNews Arab Emirates
Stem-Cells Scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Centre declared in a collaborated press release that they have become successful in reprogramming human skin cells for getting converted into ski [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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DigitalJournal.com - Canada
One scientific aim is to identify the stem cells that can be used as a resource to stimulate tooth renewal in adult humans who have lost teeth. According to the research brief, using microscopic imaging techniques, the researchers found that each ... [more]
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Saturday, May 18
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CountingPips
The hot debate has been about cloning to create embryonic cells to extract embryonic stem cells. The point of extracting stem cells is because they are the primary tool in regenerative medicine. Stem cells are the microscopic good guys that will shap [more]
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