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- Stem cell therapy: hope or hype? Braude, Peter; Minger, Stephen L.; Warwick, Ruth M. // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);5/21/2005, Vol. 330 Issue 7501, p1159
Presents an editorial on how the safety and quality of stem cell therapy must be assured before the treatment can benefit patients. Potential of stem cell therapy to fight degenerative disorders, such as diabetes and heart disease; How the number of human embryonic stem cell lines increased...
- Bioterrorism, Embryonic Stem Cells, and Frankenstein. Guinan, Patrick // Journal of Religion & Health;Dec2002, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p305
The stem cell controversy raises a fundamental question for humankind. Does science have a right to pursue knowledge whatever the cost? Our Enlightenment culture says yes. However, human history and literature are sending warning signals. Ethical issues impact the �knowledge for its own...
- Chinese fusion method promises fresh route to human stem cells. Dennis, Carina // Nature;8/14/2003, Vol. 424 Issue 6950, p711
Biologists in China have reprogrammed human cells by fusing them with rabbit eggs emptied of their genetic material. And they have extracted stem cells, which have the potential to form a wide array of different cell types, from the resulting embryos. The researchers, led by Huizhen Sheng of...
- MAKING STEM CELLS FROM SKIN. Wenner, Melinda // Popular Science;Oct2008, Vol. 273 Issue 4, p54
The article reports that scientists have discovered how to make stem cells from skin, potentially solving the ethical problems associated with obtaining stem cells from embryos. Scientists led by Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University in Japan discovered four genes which turned human skin cells...
- Repository of human embryonic stem cell lines and development of individual specific lines using stembrid technology. Verlinsky, Yury; Strelchenko, N.; Kukharenko, V.; Shkumatov, A.; Rechitsky, S.; Verlinsky, O.; Kuliev, A. // Reproductive BioMedicine Online;Oct2006, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p547
A human embryonic stem cell (HESC) line repository has been established, containing HESC lines with normal and abnormal genotypes, providing the source for studying the primary mechanisms of genetic disorders at the cellular level. Because the outcome of HESC transplantation treatment depends on...
- When science outruns the law. McGovern, Celeste // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;11/30/98, Vol. 25 Issue 50, p31
Reports on genetic experimentation as two research teams working announce the isolation of embryonic stem cells. Potential of stem cells; The American Life League, a pro-life organization, calling for a ban on stem-cell research; Public funding as a means of holding researchers to an external...
- Modern minotaur. Cohen, Philip // New Scientist;11/21/98, Vol. 160 Issue 2161, p14
Focuses on research at Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) of Worcester, Massachusetts that has successfully harvested embryonic stem cells from cross-species embryos. Why ACT chief executive officer Michael West decided to go public with the research; Brief description of research done by Jose...
- Stem Cell Course in the Middle East: Science Diplomacy and International Collaborations During the Arab Spring. Sarkadi, Balazs; Schatten, Gerald // Stem Cell Reviews & Reports;Mar2012, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p87
In April 2011, an international advanced course and workshop entitled 'Frontiers in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells' and an International Congress on Fertility and Genetics () was held in Amman Jordan hosted by the Jordanian Society of Fertility and Genetics under the auspices of the International...
- Who but a fiend would cross pigs with men? Hunter, Ian // Report / Newsmagazine (National Edition);11/18/2002, Vol. 29 Issue 22, p24
Discusses genetic research with reference to advances in crossing humans and pigs. Mention of the American company Biotransplant and the Australian company Stem Cell Sciences; Statement that U.S. President George W. Bush put a ban on reproductive and research cloning; Discussion of moral and...
