U. Mich. awarded $6.8M in grants for stem cells

The University of Michigan has received 13 federal stimulus grants worth $6.8 million for stem cell research — a sign of the state's growing clout since voters last year eased restrictions in the emerging field that seeks treatments and cures for numerous diseases.

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Sen. Reid: Ethics, Stem Cells Top Agenda

Ethics reform, a higher minimum wage and more money for stem cell research are the top items on the Senate agenda next year, incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press.

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Warner Lends Name to Anti-Stem Cell Ad

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner says his deep Christian faith led to his decision to appear in a television ad opposing a proposed constitutional amendment in Missouri.

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Is 'Minnesota Nice' Dead?

Minnesota news items from the past year give one pause when one considers that the natives have long prided themselves on being 'Minnesota Nice'. Minnesota is supposed to be a place where the whole state is just like the fictional Lake Woebegone of National Public Radio fame.

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Women who have undergone a mastectomy may be able to regrow their breasts in the future with a new stem-cell approach, the Guardian reported today.

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Consider. Roughly half of scientists are religious, but fewer than 10% are conservatives.

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After eight years of doing research (in the words of the former NIH director), with one hand tied behind their backs, scientists now have ethical guidelines for embryonic stem cell research that will channel federal support to the science that makes the United States a leader in  …

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In a break from established ethical consensus, the state of New York has decided that women can be paid for donating eggs for research. The move should boost research into "therapeutic cloning", which aims to derive stem cells matched to individual patients.

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A Faith Based Initiative for Your Consideration (satire)

There are arguments raging across America about whether our country is in the middle of a "Culture War." Some agree with the founding fathers and the US Constitution that it is a bad idea to mix church business with government business.

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Stem cell injections are available for patients worldwide, but not yet in the United States. The FDA discourages going out of the country, and the results are debatable.

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The Vatican said Monday that President Barack Obama was clearly looking for some common ground with his speech at the University of Notre Dame about abortion.

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It would be judging Barack Obama by a pretty low standard to give him credit just for showing up to give the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame. But it's also a mistake to dismiss Notre Dame President Fr.

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Protesters are angry about the school's decision to give President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research, an honorary degree at Sunday's commencement.

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An international team led by the Scripps Research Institute in California said on Thursday it is the safest method yet found to transform ordinary skin cells into what are called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells. More Articles

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The Obama administration today is announcing guidelines for government-sponsored embryonic stem cell research but the draft regulations would limit federal funding of work on human embryos donated at fertility clinics.

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The former vice president is funding an alternative stem cell research that doesn't involve embryos. Bravo, says Kathleen Parker. The letter began: "As a scientist, I must say that you are an idiot."

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Several companies that I've been following have been redirecting their stem-cell research that they originally developed to help injured horses to help people recover from debilitating Achilles tendon injuries.

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The British researchers discovered that the new auditory cells produced from the fetal cells, performed identically to existing cells in developing ears. Researchers are also studying the use of embryonic and adult stem cells for their studies on restoring hearing loss.

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When George W. Bush accepted the invitation in 2001, there were no boycott threats from the clergy or alumni despite the executions carried out while he governed Texas.

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"I just think it's immoral to create life and destroy it in the name of science," said Georgia State Sen. Ralph Hudgens. "In Nazi Germany they did experiments with human beings. I don't want to see that done here."

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Obama's decision to lift the ban on stem cell research showcases his true core, and this reversal of a Bush policy should come as no surprise to anybody. Obama is pro-abortion, supporting even the most heinous form, that being partial-birth abortion.

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President Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001).

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The Bishop of Phoenix in Arizona has written a straight-talking column responding to President Barack Obama's executive order providing federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

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Since the isolation of human embryonic stem cells, or hESCs, in 1998 (see the timeline: A Brief History of Stem Cell Research), scientists around the country have made significant strides laying the groundwork for clinical treatments.

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When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop.

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Funny Glenn Beck on his show yesterday talked about ending the ban on certain kinds of stem cell research a with eugenics he had plenty to sa y exa: "This is what bothers me.

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If they are otherwise to be destroyed, then does not the good that can be done to heal disease outweigh protecting a non-existent potential? Theologians must advise the bishops that there is a difference between metaphysical potentiality and this specific case. More Articles

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