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The Texas Medical Board on Friday approved new rules on experimental stem cell therapies such as the one Gov. Rick Perry underwent during back surgery last year, despite objections they don't do enough to protect patients and could led to an explosion of doctors promoting unproven, expensive treatments.
The creation of California's stem cell agency in 2004 was greeted by scientists and patients as a turning point in a field mired in debates about the destruction of embryos and hampered by federal research restrictions.
The Food and Drug Administration has received a complaint against a company that stored adult stem cells from Texas Governor Rick Perry for use in an experimental procedure to treat his back pain.
The Health Ministry ordered unapproved stem cell treatments stopped Tuesday as China tries to bring under control its growing but loosely regulated industry.
The Texas State Medical Board voted Friday to delay until next year final approval of new stem cell therapy rules that could restrict — or even block — procedures such as the one Gov. Rick Perry recently underwent on his aching back.
The European Union's top court ruled Tuesday that scientists cannot patent stem cell techniques that use human embryos for research, a decision some scientists said could threaten major medical advances if it prevents biotech companies from turning a profit.
A prominent Las Vegas-area pediatrician pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges that he and a man who falsely claimed he was a doctor conspired to implant chronically ill patients with stem cells harvested from human placentas.
For only the second time, the U.S. government has approved a test in people of a treatment using embryonic stem cells — this time for a rare disease that causes serious vision loss.
An attempt to lighten up the heavy subject of stem cells through poetry has backfired on the California agency that manages the state's $3 billion research fund.
Geron Corp. has begun testing an embryonic stem-cell treatment on a patient with spinal cord injuries, marking the first time such a medical therapy has been used on a human in a government approved study.
The White House says federally funded stem cell research should continue and is exploring how to respond to a judge's order halting it.
The Obama administration's expansion of stem cell research has suffered a significant setback with a judge's ruling that blocks important work on treating life-threatening conditions, say private groups pushing for scientific breakthroughs in medicine.
Scientists are making progress in testing stem cells to treat a variety of diseases, but they're warning about clinics that push unproven treatments.
Consumer groups challenging a key patent covering embryonic stem cell research pioneered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have won an appeal overturning an earlier rejection of their claims.
A leading University of Michigan researcher said Tuesday the school now can accept private donations of unused human embryos for creating new stem cell lines.
A showdown is shaping up in some of the nation's most conservative states over embryonic stem cell research, as opponents draw language and tactics from the battle over abortion to counter President Barack Obama's plan to ease research restrictions.
Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims. The Web sites in the study generally portrayed their therapies as safe, effective and ready for routine use, but published research doesn't support that "overoptimistic" picture, the study authors said.
A television ad created by opponents of a ballot measure that would allow embryonic stem-cell research in Michigan likens such work to the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study.
The University of Minnesota has concluded that falsified data were used in a 2001 article published by one of its researchers on adult stem cells. The school is asking that the article be retracted.
Supporters of a ballot measure that would loosen Michigan's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research took a big step toward placing it on the November ballot.
A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego that would open by 2010.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has upheld a second and a third University of Wisconsin-Madison patent covering embryonic stem cell research at the school.
A federal agency has upheld a patent that covers embryonic stem cell research, rejecting a challenge from critics who say the patents are hindering research. An examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled this week that one of three patents can stand. A challenge to two other patents remains pending.
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The Skin GunSpraying burn victims with a solution of their own stem cells to regenerate new skin within days! How cool is that? The guy in the video went from this ------> To normal looking skin in 4 days.
One Of Last Surviving 9/11 Rescue Dogs Gets New Chance At Life With Stem Cell Therapy | Fox News" A special dog used to help people is getting some much-needed help of her own at a Virginia clinic."
Stem Cells Discovered in Ovaries May Yield More EggsA new study suggests that the stem cells located in human ovaries might be able to produce new eggs. The findings were published in the journal Nature Medicine and could potentially mean an end to IVF procedures.
9/11 rescue dog's stem cell therapy complete A four-legged veteran from Thompson's Station was honored Friday with a groundbreaking medical treatment intended to improve her quality of life.
Embryonic Stem Cells: European Human Trial for Child Blindness GreenlightedSurgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London will inject cells into the eyes of 12 patients with an incurable eye disease called Stargardt's macular dystrophy, one of the main causes of blindness in young people. More Seeds :: JCAtom
First trial of embryonic stem cell treatment in Europe gets green light | Science | The Guardian British surgeons are to take part in the first trial in patients of a human embryonic stem cell therapy to gain approval from regulators in Europe. Surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London will inject cells into the eyes of 12 patients with an incurable eye …
Fifteen Interesting Facts You May Not Know About Stem Cell ResearchStem cell research is often criticized and opposed, with the concern that it will degrade the human lives it is supposed to be saving. As with any new science, there is always opposition.
Rick Perry's back surgery included experimental stem cell therapy | The Ticket - Yahoo! NewsWhen Rick Perry had spinal surgery last month, the Texas governor and potential 2012 hopeful played down his "little procedure," which was aimed at remedying a recurring back ailment. What Perry didn't disclose, as the Texas Tribune's Emily Ramshaw reports, was that he underwent …
Judge dismisses suit on federal stem cell research"A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was dismissed 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."
In Medical First Two Patients Undergo Stem-Cell Blindness TreatmentIn a bid to harness the potential of embryonic stem cells, surgeons in California have implanted lab-grown retinal cells into the eyes of two patients going blind from macular degeneration.
Lab-made organ implanted for first time..For the first time, a patient has received a synthetic windpipe that was created in a lab with the patient's own stem cells and without using human donor tissue, researchers said
Drug Primes Hearts to Repair Themselves After a Heart AttackThe researchers at University College London looked at a group of cells which are able to transform into different types of heart tissue in an embryo. In adults epicardium-derived progenitor cells line the heart, but have become dormant. Scientists used a chemical, thymosin bet …
Method for Creating Brain Cells from Stem Cells in Mass Quantity Described"This method of deriving neuronal progenitors from embryonic stem cells offers a safe, highly scalable and efficient process for both therapeutic and commercial use.
Researchers Transform Human Skin Cells Into Working NeuronsIn 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.
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US Appeals Court Overturns Ban On Stem-Cell FundingA 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. More Seeds :: JCAtom
Never Tell Me The Odds: One Man, One Disease, One BattleOver the years, I have often shared important personal events through my writing. When I recently wrote a little piece about my son William, Disney World and the nature of Christmas miracles, I was already aware that my family desperately needed another one.
Researchers Turn Stem Cells Into Intestinal TissueThe 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.
Fetal Stem Cell Trial Starts for Stroke Patients, Spinal Cord Patients up NextThe United States is still bogged down in uncertainty over which stem cell science the government can and can't fund, but that doesn't mean the march of research has ground to a halt. This week brought news of two new human stem cell treatments that are going forward.
The Great 'Tea-Party' Fear: Pollution of The White 'Stock' The Strange Sexual Obsessions Driving the Tea Party Movement: The great white fear of interracial "pollution" has found its most acute expression with Obama as president. He is the offspring of not simply an interracial relationship, but an international coupling as well.
Scientist at Center of Stem-Cell Storm Once Made Science Her GodHuman embryonic stem-cell research is more attractive commercially because the cells are patentable. A patent-owning drug company will be able to charge $50,000 to $500,000 per patient for individual treatments.
Stem-Cell Research Ban Suspended by Appeals CourtPresident Barack Obama's administration can fund embryonic stem-cell research while it appeals a decision banning government support for any activity using cells taken from human embryos, an appeals court said.
Upsetting the stem cell applecartHave two US presidents and a raft of agencies been misinterpreting a federal law for nearly ten years? A judge says Yes.
Human Rights for Human Embryos: No to Deadly Embryonic Stem Cell ResearchA human embryo is not distinct in kind from a human being, but a human being at an early stage of development.We must speak for human embryonic Life as we speak for all human life.
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