by Michelle Ly | Feb 22, 2011
As we get further into 2011, embryonic stem (ES) cells continue to be a hot topic. The ability of ES cells to differentiate into virtually any other type of cell makes them a prime avenue for research in biomedical applications. They have also been a source of great...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Feb 8, 2011
A few weeks ago I blogged about the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on the constitutional validity of several sections of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Canada’s assisted reproduction and embryo research legislation. I am currently preparing a paper for...
by David Grant | Jan 26, 2011
How do newspaper articles portray stem cell tourism? A research team at the University of Alberta recently asked this question, and their results were published last month in the journal Nature. Their conclusions were both surprising, and hopeful. The team, led by...
by David Kent | Jan 19, 2011
Banned from receiving federal funds in 2004 by the Bush administration, human embryonic stem cell research was recently embraced by the Obama administration in March 2009 — sort of, anyway. As many readers are no doubt aware, U.S. courts are currently embroiled...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Jan 13, 2011
A couple of significant updates to report on from the ethics and law arena: On December 22, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its long-awaited judgment in the Reference re: Assisted Human Reproduction Act case involving a constitutional challenge...
by Stem Cell Network | Jan 12, 2011
In an article in the Globe and Mail this past weekend, reporter Carolyn Abraham provided an interesting and under-reported glimpse into the cosmetics industry use of stem cells to market their products. She notes: “In science, ‘stem cell’ has been...
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