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Stem Cells
Bioengineered kidneys could help alleviate organ shortage
Xavier Symons | 27 April 2013 |
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have created bioengineered rat kidneys which successfully filter blood and produce urine. If the technique works with humans, it could do away with the need for donor kidneys.
“In vitro eugenics” is coming, predicts Australian bioethicist
Michael Cook | 06 April 2013 |
an Australian bioethicist says that it will be possible to use stem cell technology to breed better humans in a Petri dish.
Valuable new stem cells discovered in breast tissue
Xavier Symons | 16 March 2013 |
Rare stem cells extracted from adult breast tissue are pluripotent and can become most cell types, researchers at the University of California at San Francisco have found.
Key stem cell guideline ignored in US
Michael Cook | 22 February 2013 |
A review of human embryonic stem cell lines in the US has raised concerns about informed consent amongst gamete donors.
Chinese scientists create brain cells from urine
Michael Cook | 13 December 2012 |
Chinese scientists have created brain cells from urine
Researchers eager to create parentless embryos with stem cells
Michael Cook | 13 December 2012 |
An international fertility conference early next year will teach participants how to create embryos with stem cells.
Japanese stem cell scientist faked credentials
Michael Cook | 21 October 2012 |
Another stem cell fraud -- this time in Japan.
A Nobel Prize for ethics?
Michael Cook | 09 October 2012 |
This year's laureates are both stem cell scientists.
Sperm precursor cells created in lab
Michael Cook | 07 September 2012 |
California stem cell institute hits jackpot… with adult stem cells
Michael Cook | 14 July 2012 |
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is rejoicing over its first big success. What went unsaid is that this approval is for treatment with adult stem cells, not human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). But the CIRM was established with a US$3 billion bond issue to deliver cures through hESCs.
Alternative stem cell source: amniotic fluid
Jared Yee | 14 July 2012 |
Stem cells from amniotic fluid can be converted into a more versatile state which is similar to human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), scientists said last week.
First stem-cell fraud case enters courts
Jared Yee | 13 July 2012 |
Stem cell tourism may be on its last legs.
Scepticism about California’s stem cell institute persists
Michael Cook | 07 June 2012 |
The dispute over 2004's Proposition 71, for setting up California's US$3 billion stem cell research institute, has surfaced again in the local media. Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik wrote a stinging critique as part of his attack on a new proposition to tax cigarettes to pay for medical research
Oh no! Not again! Not another Korean stem cell fraud!
Michael Cook | 02 June 2012 |
Korean scientists will need more than a stiff drink to recover their joie de vivre after another stem cell researcher at Seoul National University has admitted that she manipulated data for articles published in an international journal.
Crippled rats walk again with help of electrical stimulation therapy
Michael Cook | 02 June 2012 |
Swiss scientists believe that a combination of electrical impulses and drugs could help some spinal trauma victims walk again.
A dramatic shift of direction for a stem cell advocate
Michael Cook | 19 May 2012 |
Michael J. Fox has changed his mind on human embryonic stem cell research
South Korea ramps up stem-cell research
Jared Yee | 05 May 2012 |
South Korea's stem cell research is bouncing back after the disgrace caused by researcher Hwang Woo-suk, whose work with stem cells proved to be fraudulent.
Texas passes stem cell regulations
Jared Yee | 21 April 2012 |
The Texas Medical Board approved controversial regulations last Friday which are claimed to guarantee safe clinical use of stem cells and other “investigational agents”.
Vatican cancels high-level stem cell conference
Michael Cook | 29 March 2012 |
It is no secret that the Vatican and most researchers on human embryonic stem cells do not see eye to eye on much more than the time of day. So the real question about why the Third International Congress on Responsible Stem Cell Research, scheduled for 25–28 April, was organised at all, rather than why it was abruptly cancelled this week.
Bioethicist resigns from Texas stem cell company
Michael Cook | 02 March 2012 |
"Enough. I resigned from #Celltex Therapeutics on & effective 2/28/2012. I am preparing timely, lengthy, pointed comments on the whole matter." This is a Tweet this week from Glenn McGee, the embattled bioethicist who moved from the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) to a stem cell company in Texas.
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