The Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation is proud to announce that I. Glenn Cohen, JD will join the facutly as this year’s dinner speaker. Cohen is an assistant professor at Harvard Law School, and co-director of the Petri-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics. Prof. Cohen is currently working on projects relating to reproductive…
We are proud to post the 2009 line-up of speakers: (Please see the full program here) Dr. Laura Grabel “From Embryonic Stem Cell to Neuron, with Stops Along the Way” Dr. Ren He Xu “A Neglected Role of bFGF in Supporting Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells” Dr. Haifan Lin “Stem Cells, Small RNAs, and…
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This is a call for your help to support human embryonic and parthenote stem cell research. The deadline for action is Tuesday May 26. Here’s a link to the most up to date version of the draft guidelines: 2009 Draft Guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research A. The Problem: On March 9, 2009 President Obama charged…
Read More›MASSACHUSETTS SCIENTISTS MAKE STEM CELL DISCOVERY Cell Multiplication Controlled by a Surprising set of Genes (download PDF) (Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics) Stem cell researcher Dr. Ann Kiessling announced today the discovery of cell characteristics that may explain important differences between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. Scientists have for years been frustrated…
Read More›The New York Times As director of Stanford’s Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education, Renee A. Reijo Pera, 49, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, works at ground zero of the controversy over human embryonic stem cells. She uses human embryos to create new cells that will eventually be coaxed into becoming…
Should the U.S. government support the creation of new lines of embryonic stem cells? by Ann A Kiessling, PhD The answer to that question is not simple. The rancorous US debate about embryonic stem cells bespeaks a healthy society with genuine concern about each and every member, the tiniest and the sickest. Everyone, on both…
Read More›Harvard Magazine The Moral Status of the Embryo Is a blastocyst—an early-stage human embryo—a person? As part of the University’s efforts to encourage public dialogue about stem-cell research, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), in conjunction with Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and the Boston Theological Institute, sponsored a March 14 forum, “Religious Perspectives on Stem-Cell…
Read More›Jeffrey E. Horvitz STEM CELL WARS THE CULTURAL AND IDEOLOGICAL BASES WARS OF RELIGION Why has stem cell research been singled out of many stunning advances in this, the Golden Age of biology and medicine? Why is there such a tempest in a Petri dish? The stem cell fight is a footnote to what looks…
Read More›Connecticut History was made in Connecticut this week. Nearly three dozen stem cell scientists were awarded public funds to conduct embryonic stem cell research. This puts Connecticut in a leadership position in stem cell research in the U.S. In 2005, Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell and the Connecticut Legislature committed 100 million dollars to embryonic stem…
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