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January 27, 2012 :
Stem Cell Eye Therapy Shows Promise
from NPR Research News
Reporting inThe Lancet, researchers write that a preliminary study shows embryonic stem cell therapy in two patients with macular degeneration was safe. Results suggest the patients' vision improved slightly. Dr. Robert Lanza, Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology and co-author of the study, discusses the trial.
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December 7, 2011 :
AUDIO: Public stem cell bank opens
from BBC News | Science/Nature
KCL's Professor Peter Braude describes how British scientists have made a breakthrough in developing the first human embryonic stem cells of a high enough grade to use in patients and deposit in a public stem cell bank for development in human trials.
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December 1, 2011 :
Some Stem Cell Donors Can Be Paid, Court Rules
from New York Times Health Feed
An appeals court says a law prohibiting payment for donated organs did not apply to stem cells extracted from circulating blood.
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November 18, 2011 :
Geron To End Embryonic Stem Cell Research
from NPR Research News
Citing "capital scarcity" the Geron Corporation said it will abandon its research into using human embryonic stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries. Stem cell expert Leonard Zon discusses the announcement and what it means for the future of embryonic stem cell research.
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November 15, 2011 :
Stem cell trial halted
from BBC News | Science/Nature
The world's first official trial using human embryonic stem cells in patients has been halted by a Californian company for "business reasons".
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November 14, 2011 :
Cardiac cells 'heal heart damage'
from BBC News | Science/Nature
Stem cells taken from a patient's own heart have, for the first time, been used to repair damaged heart tissue, researchers claim.
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October 23, 2011 :
VIDEO: Growing meat in a petri dish
from BBC News | Science/Nature
Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University discusses his efforts to grow meat from stem cells under laboratory conditions.
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October 8, 2011 :
Parents warned over 'cell banks'
from BBC News | Science/Nature
Parents warned on companies' stem cell promises
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October 5, 2011 :
Researchers Advance Cloning Of Human Embryos
from NPR Research News
The embryos would not be used for reproduction, but rather for the creation of embryonic stem cells. Many scientists believe that human embryonic stem cells made this way could revolutionize medicine.
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October 5, 2011 :
Stem Cell Research Shows Promise
from New York Times Health Feed
Researchers from the New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory have, by lucky accident, found a way that stem cells can be harvested.
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