by Stem Cell Network | Oct 1, 2010
For the second year running, mainstream media in Canada and abroad has picked up on Nobel buzz surrounding stem cell scientists James Till and Ernest McCulloch, both Senior Scientists at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto. Speculation surrounding a Nobel prize...
by Katie Moisse | Sep 17, 2010
Replacing dead or dying cells with new, healthy ones is the holy grail of regenerative medicine. Even sustaining damaged cells with toxin-mopping, growth-factor-spewing stem-cell-derived support cells would be a tremendous feat. But while clinical trials have hinted...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Sep 10, 2010
The US Court of Appeals in Washington DC yesterday suspended a recent temporary injunction issued by a federal district judge against the use of federal funds for hESC research. Read my earlier post on the injunction. The suspension is temporary, and is intended to...
by Stem Cell Network | Sep 8, 2010
This year marks the third annual Cells I See art contest, and it’s ramping up to be another hotly contested battle to see who wins the highly coveted grand prize for the best stem cell-inspired art. This year, it’s $500 cash, courtesy of contest sponsor...
by David Kent | Aug 31, 2010
This month, the food supply chain in the UK dropped the ball, and unbeknownst to the final consumer, meat from the offspring of a cloned animal ended up on dinner plates.This caused a stir in a country that has traditionally been quite wary of genetically modified...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Aug 26, 2010
On August 23, 2010, United States federal district judge Royce C. Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction that overturned President Obama’s recent reform of US federal policy on human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. The injunction — which will remain...
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