Stem Cell Research: The California Experience
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- Scientists Say They Obtained Stem Cells from Cloned Monkey Embryos. Townsend, Liz // National Right to Life News;Dec2007, Vol. 34 Issue 12, p9
The article reports that researchers at the Oregon National Primate Research Center created cloned monkeys and then destroyed them to harvest embryonic stem (ES) cells. It references a study published in the November 14, 2007 online version of the journal "Nature." According to researchers, they...
- Whose eggs? // New Scientist;11/19/2005, Vol. 188 Issue 2526, p4
This article reports that the ethical concerns of a different kind are jeopardising plans for a World Stem Cell Hub to share lines of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Plans for the hub were unveiled last month by Woo Suk Hwang of Seoul National University in South Korea, who shot to fame...
- Brave new worlds. Foreman, Colin // MEED: Middle East Economic Digest;2/10/2006, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p8
The article focuses on the status of the biotechnology industry in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The government plans to offer liberal legislation on the use of embryonic stem cells. Stem cell research centres in the region will help look for treatments for some of most pressing health issues...
- Are tissue stem cells equivalent to embryo stem cells? // Reproductive BioMedicine Online;Jul/Aug2002, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p88
Describes a study that investigated the therapeutic use of tissue stem cells. Properties of embryo stem cells; Result of the study.
- Cloning foreseen by UK Parliament a decade ago--fact, fiction? Bahadur, Gulam; Nielsen, H. Ingolf // Reproductive BioMedicine Online;May/Jun2002, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p209
Discusses legal issues on cloning in Great Britain as of May 2002. Definition of embryo in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (HFEA); Interpretation of gamete in the HFEA; Insights on impediments in embryonic stem cell research.
- Will the regulator please stand up. // Nature;11/17/2005, Vol. 438 Issue 7066, p257
Recommends the need for the South Korean government to launch an investigation about the accusation of possible impropriety in allegedly obtaining human eggs for the first experiment to derive human stem cells from a cloned human embryo. Charges against researcher Woo Suk Hwang; Efforts...
- Paying Egg Donors: Exploring the Arguments. Johnston, Josephine // Hastings Center Report;Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p28
Discusses issues regarding the procurement of eggs and embryos in South Korea for embryonic stem cell research and cloning. Concerns about the use of egg donors; Motivational factors behind bans on compensating research participants to undergo egg extraction; Social and moral aspects associated...
- Hybrid embryos fail to live up to stem-cell hopes. Ledford, Heidi // Nature;2/5/2009, Vol. 457 Issue 7230, p642
The article discusses the challenges to the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos which has been proposed as a way to generate embryonic stem-cells (SC) without having to rely on human eggs. Topics include an overview of research by Robert Lanza and colleagues, published in "Cloning Stem...
- A world of difference. Aldhous, Peter // Nature;12/20/2001-12/27/2001, Vol. 414 Issue 6866, p838
Focuses on human embryonic stem (ES) cells research. Support of Great Britain on ES-cell research; Significance of therapeutic cloning; Plans of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT).
