Stanford University has received a $20 million grant to establish a new research center specializing in cancer-stem cell research.
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2006
Yearly Archive
Stanford University Gets $20M for Cancer-Stem Cell research
Stem Cell14 Nov 2006 09:52 am
SKorean Cloning Scientist Never Cultivated Patient-Specific Stem Cells
Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk, who falsified stem cell research data, testified Tuesday that his team had never succeeded in cultivating stem cells matched to patients.
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Stem Cell Could Prevent Heart Attack by Repairing Damaged Heart Muscles
Emergency heart attack patients will be injected with their own stem cells in a dramatic new treatment. The procedure, being pioneered by British doctors, holds out hope of a ‘cure’ as the stem cells repair damaged heart muscles.
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Stem Cell10 Nov 2006 10:53 am
Stem Cell Transplantation in Eyes Cures Blindness
A team of international researchers has transferred eye tissue from newborn to adult mice. It lets the blind adults detect light.
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Stem Cell10 Nov 2006 09:01 am
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Heads to Close Victory
Missouri voters appear to have approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that prevents state lawmakers from banning federally authorized embryonic stem cell research and treatments.
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Australia Lifts Ban on Human Embryo Cloning for Stem Cell Research
Australia’s Senate narrowly voted to end the country’s four-year ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research, ruling Tuesday that the potential for medical breakthroughs outweighed moral doubts.
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Stem Cell Fish Research Shows New Ways to Treat Damage human Hearts
New information about how the hearts of tiny zebrafish regenerate could help in developing new ways to treat heart damage in humans, say Duke University Medical Center scientists.
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Stem Cell Therapy Fixes Diabetic Ulcer and Prevent Amputation
Cord Blood Banking& Stem Cell07 Nov 2006 09:19 am
Umblical Cord Blood Banking is Coming Up Very Fast in India
A two billion dollar market worldwide, cord blood banking is fast coming up in India, with many big players foraying into collection, isolation and storage technologies for cord blood stem cells.
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Stem Cell06 Nov 2006 08:04 am
Scientists Able to Turn Stem Cell Into Lung Cells
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time, coaxed umbilical cord blood stem cells to differentiate into a type of lung cell.
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