Questioning the Allure of Putting Cells in the Bank
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Some experts say consumers should think twice before spending money on storing stem cells, because it is not clear how useful they will be.
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Transplants of insulin-making cells have not lived up to the promise they showed in an initial trial.
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A biotech startup receives a pile of cash to develop a technology it says can prevent people from getting diseases.
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By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 19--When the subject is stem cell research, the term embryo is not only ethically charged, but increasingly hard to define.   Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have stretched the definition even further.
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A method for producing red blood cells in the laboratory could one day help solve the shortage of donated blood.
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The prospect that âthe curseâ might be a source of stem cells to sustain life was a surprise to some experts.
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A method for producing red blood cells in the laboratory could one day help solve the shortage of donated blood. University of Paris researchers have developed a way to produce large numbers of cells.
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While some scientists try to build nano machines from scratch, others are discovering uses for single-celled organisms that are already available. By Monya Baker from Wired magazine.
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It's time to give your funds a checkup.
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Leaders of embryonic stem-cell banks in the United States and the United Kingdom pledge to work together to promote research, create standards and distribute each other's cells. By the Associated Press.
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Should you put your money where your mouth -- and heart -- are?
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Patients with few options available at home in America say they are having some success with experimental treatments in China. People suffering from varied ailments such as spinal-cord injuries, Parkinson's or blindness turn to the internet to find stem-cell treatments. But Western doctors warn that medical tourists are serving as guinea pigs.
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New methods to reprogram adult cells could create novel models of disease.
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Look at the big picture when signing up with a bank.
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First, researchers used soap to wash out most of the cells from a rat's heart. Then they injected new cells to the shell that was left and added a pacemaker to teach the cells to pump like a heart. The result was a new heart. The process -- likened to gutting and rebuilding a house -- may take scientists a step closer to offering new options to the sickest patients.
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When does it make sense to buy a high-fee fund?
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A Chinese neurosurgeon arouses controversy for using cells from aborted foetuses to help cure patients affected by spinal and brain damage.