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Finding the positive in the hype about stem cells

“Stem Cells Make Aging Mice Young Again” – ABC News  “’Factor X’ — Have we finally found the fountain of youth?” – Fox News  “Stem cells, the secret to eternal youth?” – Euronews.com Headlines like these are all too common and underscore how the news...

Stem cells: The quiescent issue in US elections

[pullquote]How will Romney’s opinion change in light of papers, which describe healthy mice being created from iPS cells?[/pullquote]As 2012 slowly creeps on we can finally see November’s Presidential Election in the United States on the horizon marking the end of a...

Q: So what’s up with research? A: It’s complicated.

It seems to me that the number of media stories on stem cell clinical trials (not just preclinical work) is on the increase. Take, for example, news last month of a new clinical trial to test cord blood stem cells as a treatment for autism. This particular...