Two Studies Bolster Stem Cells&#39; Use
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The prospect of using human embryonic stem cells to treat disease appears a small step closer as the result of two new experiments with the cells, which are mired in political controversy because they are derived from human embryos.
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New research is casting doubts on the usefulness of the human embryonic stem cells available under the White House&#39;s research policy.
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Embryonic stem cells may not have to actually grow replacement body parts to be useful. New research suggests these cells also secrete healing molecules powerful enough to reverse a lethal birth defect in mice.
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Microscopic embryonic stem cells might hold the answer to afflictions from baldness, wrinkles, and age spots to the most intractable diseases.
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If a new method works, scientists could derive embryonic stem cells -- without destroying embryos -- from more than 3,000 cells discarded annually at fertility clinics. In Bodyhack.
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Stem cells have been used to save mice embryos from a lethal heart defect.
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David Prentice, a senior fellow with the Family Research Council, appeared before a Senate committee this fall to share some good news about stem cells.
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Scientists have discovered a new type of embryonic stem cell in mice and rats that should speed up research into regenerative medicine and help in the hunt for cures to a range of diseases.
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UK researchers are pioneering tests of the use of adult stem cells which could reverse cirrhosis of the liver. London&#39;s Hammersmith Hospitals team will use a patient&#39;s own bone marrow stem cells to treat the disease.
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Researchers at a U.S. company trying to push the margins of stem cell research said on Friday they had grown human embryonic stem cells using a non-controversial method that did not harm the embryos.
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Science & environment: Hopes boosted by experiments showing that human embryonic stem cells could be turned into a variety of brain cells
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Human egg cells can be tweaked to give rise to valued stem cells that match the tissue types of many different groups of people, U.S. and Russian researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Scientists yesterday suggested that they could within a few years help cardiac patients repair and regenerate their hearts by using stem or parent cells from their own organs.
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The panel of experts that advises President Bush on bioethical issues heard descriptions Friday of two new laboratory techniques that may provide a way to get large numbers of medically promising stem cells without creating or killing human embryos.
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Stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood can help reduce stroke damage, claims a study by scientists at the Medical College of Georgia and the University of South Florida.
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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.
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Stem cells taken from muscle tissue can be used to build new blood vessels for transplants, researchers reported on Friday.