<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - stem</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/stem</link><description>Newsvine - stem</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:14:25 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:31:03 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Stem Cell Study Probes Cartilage Injury and Osteoarthritis</title>
<description><![CDATA[I am loving this post Stem Cell Study Probes Cartilage Injury and Osteoarthritis! Thanks for sharing Andrew!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaleib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kaleib]]></source><link>http://kalei-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14885690-stem-cell-study-probes-cartilage-injury-and-osteoarthritis</link><guid>http://kalei-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14885690-stem-cell-study-probes-cartilage-injury-and-osteoarthritis</guid><category>stem</category><category>engineering</category><category>cell-tissue</category><category>health-adult</category><category>cell-biology-biotechnology-cell</category><category>biology-cellular</category><category>differentiation-cloning-developmental</category><category>biology-embryonic</category><category>cell-osteoarthritis-stem</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:14:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cord Blood Stem Cells Restore Hearing in Toddler - ABC News</title>
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A virus infection Stephanie Connor acquired during pregnancy put her unborn daughter at significant risk for brain damage and lifelong hearing loss.
"It was traumatic," said Connor, of LaBelle, Fl, after learning about her daughter's condition. "It was like mourning the loss o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/11/12681032-cord-blood-stem-cells-restore-hearing-in-toddler-abc-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/11/12681032-cord-blood-stem-cells-restore-hearing-in-toddler-abc-news</guid><category>blood</category><category>hearing</category><category>toddler</category><category>in</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>cord</category><category>restore</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:13:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62B3315FC2-A4C4-0E22-66EF-2B3549E2C9C5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62B3315FC2-A4C4-0E22-66EF-2B3549E2C9C5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PepsiCo denies accusations on link to aborted fetal cells</title>
<description><![CDATA[So far, researchers using aborted fetal cell lines haven&rsquo;t been able to cure paralysis or reverse the effects of Parkinson&rsquo;s disease, but they may be able to make diet sodas taste better.
PepsiCo has come under intense pressure from pro-life groups for contracting wi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></source><link>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10944937-pepsico-denies-accusations-on-link-to-aborted-fetal-cells</link><guid>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10944937-pepsico-denies-accusations-on-link-to-aborted-fetal-cells</guid><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>pepsi</category><category>flavor</category><category>enhancement</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-9F45309E3-6983-2206-9A8C-82B71992035D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-9F45309E3-6983-2206-9A8C-82B71992035D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Virginia delegate introduces &quot;personhood&quot; bill</title>
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Del. Bob Marshall filed legislation Monday that states that human life begins at fertilization, and that Virginia's laws should grant rights, privileges and immunities to what the bill calls "unborn children.''
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[LordFluffy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LordFluffy]]></source><link>http://lordfluffy.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/22/8954349-virginia-delegate-introduces-personhood-bill</link><guid>http://lordfluffy.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/22/8954349-virginia-delegate-introduces-personhood-bill</guid><category>unborn</category><category>marshall</category><category>abortion</category><category>child</category><category>human</category><category>right</category><category>rights</category><category>virginia</category><category>stem</category><category>cell</category><category>us-news</category><category>bob</category><category>fetus</category><category>amendment</category><category>personhood</category><category>delegate</category><category>zygote</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:26:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nullC247F3E5-76CB-4402-E897-F231FC0B93EA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="105" width="140" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nullC247F3E5-76CB-4402-E897-F231FC0B93EA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Studies: Stem cells reverse heart damage - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[On a June day in 2009, a 39-year-old man named Ken Milles lay on an exam table at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A month earlier, he'd suffered a massive heart attack that destroyed nearly a third of his heart.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[saver1980]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[saver1980]]></source><link>http://younglove.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/14/8805235-studies-stem-cells-reverse-heart-damage-cnncom</link><guid>http://younglove.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/14/8805235-studies-stem-cells-reverse-heart-damage-cnncom</guid><category>health</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>heart</category><category>robert</category><category>dr</category><category>bolli</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:51:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Geron's exit symbolic ding for stem cell research</title>
<description><![CDATA[Geron Corp. is exiting the field it pioneered in a calculated business move that underscores the long, costly path embryonic stem cells face to become real-world products.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Perrone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Perrone]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/14/8805080-gerons-exit-symbolic-ding-for-stem-cell-research</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/14/8805080-gerons-exit-symbolic-ding-for-stem-cell-research</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>stem-cells</category><category>health</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>geron</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:39:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/19af237b-9135-44bd-aa0f-4cabaa93d6e5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/19af237b-9135-44bd-aa0f-4cabaa93d6e5.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Aug. 10, 2001 file photo, shows the exterior of stem cell research leader Geron Corporation, a biotechnology firm, in Melo Park, Calif. Geron Corp., a pioneer in stem cell research that has been testing a spinal cord injury treatment, said late Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, that it's halting development of its stem cell programs to conserve funds. It is seeking partners to take on the programs' assets and is laying off much of its staff. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>This is What Happens When a President Outsources Job Creation to Multinational Corporate Executives</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's so bad, if Steve Jobs came back reincarnated as an older black women, you can bet he wouldn't get a dime from these people to form a start-up.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8287548-this-is-what-happens-when-a-president-outsources-job-creation-to-multinational-corporate-executives</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8287548-this-is-what-happens-when-a-president-outsources-job-creation-to-multinational-corporate-executives</guid><category>politics</category><category>stem</category><category>obama</category><category>g-e</category><category>offshore-outsourcing</category><category>h-1b</category><category>jeffrey-immelt</category><category>corporate-control-of-politics</category><category>labor-arbitrage</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:11:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null1A4C0D35-E399-3C57-271E-1ADF26132B50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null1A4C0D35-E399-3C57-271E-1ADF26132B50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Opinion: Don't fear the cloned human stem cells</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is nothing like an advance in human cloning to grab everyone's attention. So Wednesday’s news that scientists at the  have  and produced apparently viable stem cells has the whole world watching.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8171373-opinion-dont-fear-the-cloned-human-stem-cells</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8171373-opinion-dont-fear-the-cloned-human-stem-cells</guid><category>new-york</category><category>health</category><category>health-care</category><category>cloning</category><category>eggs</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>cell</category><category>embryos</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>so-wednesday�s</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Oct 2011 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Stem cells created from cloned human embryos</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists for the first time have derived thriving colonies of embryonic stem cells from human embryos created using cloning technology. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Alexander]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Alexander]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8170169-stem-cells-created-from-cloned-human-embryos</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8170169-stem-cells-created-from-cloned-human-embryos</guid><category>new-york</category><category>today</category><category>health-care</category><category>cloning</category><category>eggs</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>cell</category><category>embryos</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:08:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>1,000 Scientists</title>
<description><![CDATA[
After disturbing news earlier this week (Texas Plans Shutdown of Nearly 100 University Physics Programs), I was encouraged to come across a program designed by Scientific American with their parent company, the Nature Publishing Group, as part of a Change the Equation initiative&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/27/7993916-1000-scientists</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/27/7993916-1000-scientists</guid><category>science</category><category>stem</category><category>scientific-american</category><category>1000-scientists</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:43:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-drich1315BC496D-67B2-8F2E-D4FE-C5A2BF13B3F7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="366" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-drich1315BC496D-67B2-8F2E-D4FE-C5A2BF13B3F7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Physicist-retired in the laboratory&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Opponents of stem cell research appeal court loss</title>
<description><![CDATA[Opponents of President Barack Obama's stem cell policy who lost a lawsuit aimed at stopping the research are appealing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/19/7844098-opponents-of-stem-cell-research-appeal-court-loss</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/19/7844098-opponents-of-stem-cell-research-appeal-court-loss</guid><category>us</category><category>science</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:03:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Perry pushed bill that could boost doctor's firm</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who recently underwent an experimental injection of his own adult stem cells to relieve back pain, pushed a bill through the Legislature in June that paves the way for a company co-owned by his doctor to become the first state-approved "bank" to store and cultivate such cells for medical treatment, according to internal emails and corporate records obtained by NBC News. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7569180-perry-pushed-bill-that-could-boost-doctors-firm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7569180-perry-pushed-bill-that-could-boost-doctors-firm</guid><category>business</category><category>health</category><category>safety</category><category>stem</category><category>cell</category><category>perry</category><category>adult</category><category>eller</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:50:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Opinion: Perry's stem cell 'treatment' sends wrong message</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas Gov. Rick Perry went far outside mainstream medicine last month  — an irresponsible choice that endangered himself and anyone who might follow his lead. He underwent a procedure where stem cells, made from fat taken from his body, were put into his bloodstream to see if they might find their way to help heal the bones in his back.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/19/7419565-opinion-perrys-stem-cell-treatment-sends-wrong-message</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/19/7419565-opinion-perrys-stem-cell-treatment-sends-wrong-message</guid><category>texas</category><category>health</category><category>science</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>perry</category><category>creationism</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>cloning-and-stem-cells</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:56:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suit against federal stem cell research dismissed</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/27/7178942-suit-against-federal-stem-cell-research-dismissed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/27/7178942-suit-against-federal-stem-cell-research-dismissed</guid><category>us</category><category>stem-cells</category><category>politics</category><category>science</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:24:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Opinion: Stem cell clinics ripping off patients</title>
<description><![CDATA[No one likes a bully. Intimidation is a rotten way to get what you want. Yet, incredibly, that is exactly what some in the stem cell therapy industry are trying to do to a group of scientists trying to speak up about the often fraudulent nature of their business.There has been a lot of publicity about stem cells in biomedical research over the past few years. Only a few days ago a was given an artificial windpipe made from a synthetic scaffold that had been seeded with his own stem cells. Yankee pitcher Bartolo Colon, who suffered from a series of arm and shoulder injuries that sidelined him for more than a year, found his way to a little-known clinic in the Dominican Republic to pursue an emerging treatment. He had stem cells, made from his fat and bone marrow, . This highly experimental procedure has been shown to work so far in race horses. Colon has been back pitching and doing well.Yet despite the promising trachea transplant and the more fringe adventures of the Yankee star, stem cell transplants of any]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/18/7104829-opinion-stem-cell-clinics-ripping-off-patients</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/18/7104829-opinion-stem-cell-clinics-ripping-off-patients</guid><category>business</category><category>diseases</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>marrow</category><category>cell</category><category>dominican-republic</category><category>clinics</category><category>patients</category><category>breaking-bioethics</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:19:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Method for Creating Brain Cells from Stem Cells in Mass Quantity Described</title>
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"This method of deriving neuronal progenitors from embryonic stem cells offers a safe, highly scalable and efficient process for both therapeutic and commercial use.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/08/6812039-method-for-creating-brain-cells-from-stem-cells-in-mass-quantity-described</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/08/6812039-method-for-creating-brain-cells-from-stem-cells-in-mass-quantity-described</guid><category>stem-cell</category><category>study</category><category>illness</category><category>health</category><category>medical</category><category>disease</category><category>injury</category><category>research</category><category>treatment</category><category>doctor</category><category>stem</category><category>cell</category><category>medicine</category><category>diabetes</category><category>brain</category><category>virus</category><category>mental</category><category>genes</category><category>genetics</category><category>gene</category><category>biology</category><category>neuron</category><category>neurology</category><category>alzheimers</category><category>mind</category><category>biological</category><category>skin</category><category>als</category><category>parkinsons</category><category>brain-injury</category><category>adult-stem-cell</category><category>neurodegenerative-disease</category><category>embryonic</category><category>spinal-muscular-atrophy</category><category>heal</category><category>synapse</category><category>plos-one</category><category>huntingtons</category><category>embryonic-stem-cell</category><category>lou-gehrigs-disease</category><category>spinal-cord-injury</category><category>hescs</category><category>neurologist</category><category>sma</category><category>artherosclerosis</category><category>journal-nature</category><category>stanford-university-school-of-medicine</category><category>technology-science</category><category>amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis</category><category>pluripotent</category><category>delaware-corporation</category><category>institute-for-stem-cell-biology-and-regenerative-m</category><category>bioscientists</category><category>transdifferentiation</category><category>neruon</category><category>california-stem-cell</category><category>neuronal-progenitor</category><category>neuronal-progenitors</category><category>neuronal-drug-discoveryneuronal-drug</category><category>reeve-irvine-research-center</category><category>hnps</category><category>human-neuronal-progenitors</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Jun 2011 14:03:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjcatom2F6812004.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjcatom2F6812004.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Researchers Transform Human Skin Cells Into Working Neurons</title>
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In a critical first step toward treating nervous system disorders and other degenerative conditions, researchers at Stanford have for the first time transformed human skin cells into functioning neurons.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/31/6757163-researchers-transform-human-skin-cells-into-working-neurons</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/31/6757163-researchers-transform-human-skin-cells-into-working-neurons</guid><category>stem-cell</category><category>study</category><category>illness</category><category>medical</category><category>disease</category><category>injury</category><category>research</category><category>science</category><category>treatment</category><category>doctor</category><category>stem</category><category>cell</category><category>medicine</category><category>diabetes</category><category>brain</category><category>virus</category><category>mental</category><category>genes</category><category>genetics</category><category>gene</category><category>biology</category><category>neuron</category><category>neurology</category><category>alzheimers</category><category>mind</category><category>biological</category><category>skin</category><category>parkinsons</category><category>brain-injury</category><category>adult-stem-cell</category><category>embryonic</category><category>heal</category><category>synapse</category><category>embryonic-stem-cell</category><category>neurologist</category><category>artherosclerosis</category><category>journal-nature</category><category>stanford-university-school-of-medicine</category><category>technology-science</category><category>pluripotent</category><category>institute-for-stem-cell-biology-and-regenerative-m</category><category>bioscientists</category><category>transdifferentiation</category><category>neruon</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 21:23:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjcatom2F6757133.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjcatom2F6757133.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Research shows setback for lab-made stem cells</title>
<description><![CDATA[New research suggests that laboratory-created stem cells might not be a solution to all the ethical problems created by stem cells from embryos, as many as hoped.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Bazell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert Bazell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6638497-research-shows-setback-for-lab-made-stem-cells</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6638497-research-shows-setback-for-lab-made-stem-cells</guid><category>for</category><category>research</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>diabetes</category><category>embryos</category><category>cloning-and-stem-cells</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 18:21:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Appeals Court Overturns Ban On Stem-Cell Funding</title>
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A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the federal government can continue to fund research involving human embryonic stem cells, a significant legal victory for the Obama administration.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/29/6557352-us-appeals-court-overturns-ban-on-stem-cell-funding</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/29/6557352-us-appeals-court-overturns-ban-on-stem-cell-funding</guid><category>us</category><category>bush</category><category>stem-cell</category><category>drug</category><category>evolution</category><category>stem-cells</category><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>surgery</category><category>medical</category><category>clinton</category><category>patient</category><category>disease</category><category>nature</category><category>research</category><category>treatment</category><category>genetic</category><category>stem</category><category>medicine</category><category>united-states</category><category>treatments</category><category>obama</category><category>embryo</category><category>heart-disease</category><category>trials</category><category>animal-testing</category><category>genes</category><category>genetics</category><category>gene</category><category>biology</category><category>adult</category><category>hope</category><category>nano</category><category>cure</category><category>biological</category><category>patients</category><category>coronary</category><category>department-of-justice</category><category>procedure</category><category>als</category><category>emory-university</category><category>spinal-cord</category><category>treat</category><category>biologist</category><category>embryonic</category><category>neurosurgeon</category><category>heredity</category><category>adult-stem-cells</category><category>evolutionary</category><category>clinical-trials</category><category>embryonic-stem-cells</category><category>therapeutic</category><category>lou-gehrigs-disease</category><category>biologists</category><category>hereditary</category><category>injected</category><category>geneticist</category><category>neurosurgery</category><category>technology-science</category><category>geneticists</category><category>human-trials</category><category>clinical-results</category><category>fetal-stem-cells</category><category>neuralstem</category><category>cellular-therapy</category><category>judge-royce-lamberth</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:46:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjcatom2F6557362.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="304" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjcatom2F6557362.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Appeals court won't halt stem cell research funds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Opponents of taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research lost a key round Friday in a federal appeals court ruling that gives support to the Obama administration's expansion of the promising but disputed approach to finding disease cures.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/29/6556003-appeals-court-wont-halt-stem-cell-research-funds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/29/6556003-appeals-court-wont-halt-stem-cell-research-funds</guid><category>us</category><category>stem-cells</category><category>science</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>us-stem-cells</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:49:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>International Stem Cell (ISCO.OB) Completes Successful Trial Launch of Lifeline Skin Care Technology</title>
<description><![CDATA[International Stem Cell Corp., a biotechnology company focused on therapeutic and research products, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lifeline Skin Care Inc.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PJ-3143780]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PJ-3143780]]></source><link>http://pj3143780.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/07/6211264-international-stem-cell-iscoob-completes-successful-trial-launch-of-lifeline-skin-care-technology</link><guid>http://pj3143780.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/07/6211264-international-stem-cell-iscoob-completes-successful-trial-launch-of-lifeline-skin-care-technology</guid><pubDate>Mon, 7 Mar 2011 17:17:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>benefits of therapeutic cloning</title>
<description><![CDATA[These are the benefits of Therapeutic Cloning :
1. The pluripotent embryonic stem cells can be specialized into 220 types of body cells. Therefore they have a wide potential to replace any damaged cells and tissues in human body.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[svitko]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[svitko]]></source><link>http://svitko.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/25/5713170-benefits-of-therapeutic-cloning</link><guid>http://svitko.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/25/5713170-benefits-of-therapeutic-cloning</guid><category>health</category><category>cloning</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><category>therapeutic-cloning</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:28:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What 'Pine' Cones Reveal About the Evolution of Flowers</title>
<description><![CDATA[New research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides new insights into angiosperm genetic origin, an evolutionary innovation that quickly gave rise to many diverse flowering plants more than 130 million years ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[lepidoptera]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[lepidoptera]]></source><link>http://lepidoptera.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/15/5653653-what-pine-cones-reveal-about-the-evolution-of-flowers</link><guid>http://lepidoptera.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/15/5653653-what-pine-cones-reveal-about-the-evolution-of-flowers</guid><category>evolution</category><category>science</category><category>stem</category><category>diversity</category><category>genes</category><category>genetics</category><category>flower</category><category>pollen</category><category>carpel</category><category>petal</category><category>stamen</category><category>angiosperm</category><category>gymnosperm</category><category>sepal</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:41:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Researchers Turn Stem Cells Into Intestinal Tissue</title>
<description><![CDATA[The authors used two types of so-called "pluripotent" stem cells -- cells that have the chameleon-like ability to differentiate into any one of about 200 distinct cell types.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/13/5641514-researchers-turn-stem-cells-into-intestinal-tissue</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/13/5641514-researchers-turn-stem-cells-into-intestinal-tissue</guid><category>stem-cell</category><category>study</category><category>illness</category><category>health</category><category>disease</category><category>research</category><category>doctor</category><category>stem</category><category>cell</category><category>diabetes</category><category>brain</category><category>mental</category><category>genes</category><category>genetics</category><category>gene</category><category>biology</category><category>neuron</category><category>alzheimers</category><category>mind</category><category>skin</category><category>parkinsons</category><category>adult-stem-cell</category><category>embryonic</category><category>synapse</category><category>embryonic-stem-cell</category><category>artherosclerosis</category><category>journal-nature</category><category>stanford-university-school-of-medicine</category><category>technology-science</category><category>pluripotent</category><category>cincinnati-childrens-hospital-medical-center</category><category>institute-for-stem-cell-biology-and-regenerative-m</category><category>bioscientists</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:24:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Embryonic stem cells used on patient for first time - USATODAY.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, surgeons have injected a spinal cord injury patient with human embryonic stem cells in a federally approved experiment, a biomedical firm said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tibbs Jr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tibbs Jr]]></source><link>http://michaeltibbsjr.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/11/5274873-embryonic-stem-cells-used-on-patient-for-first-time-usatodaycom</link><guid>http://michaeltibbsjr.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/11/5274873-embryonic-stem-cells-used-on-patient-for-first-time-usatodaycom</guid><category>health</category><category>stem</category><category>cells</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:20:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>