Stem-Cell Biology: New Stem-Cell Formula
Nature, Research Highlights “Ever since Kyoto University's Shinya Yamanaka showed that cultured skin cells could be made to behave like embryonic stem cells by the addition...
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Draft Stem Cell Guidelines Please Many, Disappoint Some
Science “They are not perfect, but they're a big improvement over what scientists have been living with since 2001.” Read More »
Pfizer And University College London Announce Collaboration To Advance Development Of Stem Cell-Based Therapies
Pfizer Press Release “Pfizer Regenerative Medicine today announced that it has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with University College London focused on gaining better...
Stem Cell Compromise
The New York Times “The Obama administration took the easy political path on embryonic stem cells last week by proposing to pay for research only on stem...
NYSCF Receives Grant for Diabetes Research from Helmsley Foundation
The New York Stem Cell Foundation has received a grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Foundation to provide seed funding for the initial...
NIH announces draft stem-cell guidelines
Nature “The National Institutes of Health today released a comprehensive set of draft guidelines intended to govern federally funded human embryonic stem cell research.” Read More...
NYSCF Supports Final NIH Stem Cell Guidelines
Guidelines are major step forward; NYSCF hopes to continue dialogue for improvement of scientific advancement.
Directing dopaminergic differentiation
Nature, Editor’s Summary “Neurons that produce dopamine as a neurotransmitter control a broad variety of brain functions, including motor control, cognition, motivation and pleasure.” Read More...
Genome Canada cancels stem-cell project funding
Nature “Genome Canada, a not-for-profit organization, has pulled its support for an international stem-cell consortium.” Read More »
Vatican formalizes rules on human stem-cell research
Nature, News in Brief “The Roman Catholic Church has reaffirmed its opposition to human embryonic stem- cell research in a document that updates its 20-year-old position...
Testing time for stem cells
Nature, News “The drug industry is keener on stem-cell technologies than ever before — and not just as a source of new treatments.”Read More »
Stem Cell Fairy Tales and Stem Cell Fables
Science Progress CAP Senior Fellow Rick Weiss covered science and medicine for The Washington Post for 15 years, and now he brings his investigative eye to...
CIRM Close-Hauled, Seeks Bonds to Sustain Headway
Science “With dramatic shifts in both the economic and political landscape for stem cell research, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)”Óa state initiative set up...
Barack Obama Adviser Harold Varmus Calls for Science as Diplomacy
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Embryonic Education
Nature Editorial “Now that the US federal funding ban on human embryonic stem cells is lifted, scientists must engage the public’s concerns about embryo research.” Read...
Members of President’s Council on Bioethics Raise Objections to President Obama’s Stem Cell Policy in Bioethics Forum
The Hastings Center, Press Release “President's Council on Bioethics members Gilbert Meilaender, Ph.D., and Paul McHugh, M.D., and eight of the other 18 Council members take...
Wilson scientist: Decision opens door for research
Jackson Hole Daily “Wilson resident Zach W. Hall witnessed a bit of history Monday during a White House ceremony at which President Obama lifted Bush administration...
British Scientists to Create ‘Synthetic’ Blood
“Scientists in Britain plan to become the first in the world to produce unlimited amounts of synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells for emergency infection-free...
Monitoring and Regulating Offshore Stem Cell Clinics
Science “Traveling to another country in the hope of finding a stem cell based treatment for a disease”Ó”stem cell tourism””Óhas been the object of intense scrutiny...
Obama Executive Order: For Congress and NIH, Headaches Ahead on Stem Cells
Science “With his long-awaited 9 March executive order lifting restrictions on federal funding for stem cell research, President Barack Obama has opened the door to some...
Crossing the Line?
Modern Healthcare, March 16, 2009 Read more »
Biomedical Research: A First Step in Relaxing Restrictions On Stem Cell Research
Science “Scientists are breathing a huge sigh of relief now that President Barack Obama has put his signature on an executive order lifting the restrictions on...
By common consent
Nature “Engaging with the public helped US scientists build the consensus that finally overturned federal restrictions on human embryonic stem-cell research. That public outreach should not...
Ex-New York Health Commissioner Is F.D.A. Pick
The New York Times “WASHINGTON “Ó President Obama intends to nominate Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, a former New York City health commissioner, to lead the Food...