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A new paper in the journal Cell claiming to have achieved breakthrough stem cell work - using cloning to create personalized human embryonic stem cells - is coming under serious scrutiny.
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Crowd-Sourcing the Clones: A New Kind of Peer Review?
In recent weeks, editors of PubPeer were getting only about 400 unique visits a day to their post-publication peer-review website.
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Ajax woman needs stem cell transplant
Candice is fighting acute lymphoblastic leukemia and needs a stem cell donation.
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Experts: 'Minor errors' in stem cell study
Researchers managed to create embryonic stem cells through cloning, a breakthrough in the field that was announced May 15 in the journal Cell.
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Brazil Announces Funding for a Second Round of Multidisciplinary Research Centers
The SA o Paulo Research Foundation has launched a second round of Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers in Brazil.
20 hrs ago | Medical News Today
New Mouse Model Helping To Keep Stem Cells Strong
Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines ; Stem Cell Research Article Date: 24 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT When infections occur in the body, stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness.
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Boy's Stem Cells Successfully Treat Cerebral Palsy, Awaken Him From Vegetative State
Four months after receiving stem-cell therapy, a boy who had been in a vegetative state from severe brain damage was almost able to function normally.
With Renewed Vision, SBCC Graduate Robert Gutierrez Sees Bright Future
Under fluorescent lab lights, 30-year-old Robert Gutierrez was packing up papers and lab equipment, having just finished his last five-hour Organic Chemistry 2 lab.
California awards $36 million for stem cell research leaders
California's stem cell agency has awarded $36 million from the Research Leadership Awards to attract six top stem cell scientists.
Seeing Double: Errors In Stem-Cell Cloning Paper Raise Doubts
Biologist Shoukhrat Mitalipov stands outside the monkey enclosure at his lab in Oregon.
Added Control For Biological Studies Using Single-Cell Transfection Tool
Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 23 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Northwestern University researchers have developed a new method for delivering molecules into single, targeted cells through temporary holes in the cell surface.
Stem-cell cloner acknowledges errors in groundbreaking paper
A blockbuster paper that reported the creation of human stem cell lines via cloning has come under fire.
Ray of hope for toddler with rare form of cancer
An impressive A 117,000 has already been raised for the Anya Bentham Appeal in aid of two-year-old Anya, who has neuroblastoma.
Cellular Biomedicine Group Announces Enrollment Milestone for Phase I ...
To date the trial has had no Severe Adverse Effect reported. The Phase I clinical trial for TC-DC therapy for HCC, registered with NIH under number NCT01828762 is an open label clinical trial conducted with 's PLA 85 Hospital, one of the Liver Disease Centers of People's Liberation Army.
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Comprehensive stem cell article
There's a good article on stem cell research, history, and policy called "Stem Cell Research: Medical Miracle or Moral Morass?" that appears in the Gotham Gazette .
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Flatworm Gene For Stem Cell Differentiation Identified
Flatworm Gene For Stem Cell Differentiation Identified Researchers have identified a gene responsible for stem cell differentiation in a flatworm which is frequently studied for its regenerative properties.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rensselaer Polytechnic...
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced an affiliation agreement to collaborate on educational programs, research, and development of new diagnostic tools and treatments that promote human health.
Italian lawmakers approve controversial stem cell therapy
Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of stem cell therapy which has been condemned by many scientists but has given hope to families of terminally-ill children.
American Institute of Biological Scie...
AIBS book on Communicating Science primes scientists for successful media interviews
Evolution, climate change, stem cell research-Scientists are frequently called upon to provide expert information on hot button issues that pervade the daily news headlines, yet most find themselves woefully unprepared for the bright lights of the television studio or leading questions from a newspaper journalist.
Warnings about overseas treatment for cerebral palsy
EMILY BOURKE: An expert panel of scientists and clinicians is warning people against going overseas for costly and unproven stem cell treatment for cerebral palsy.