Down to earth explanation of stem cells and stem cell research. Here are some of their charts: Read the article via How Stuff Works here.
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Spanish Parliament and embryonic stem cells
I received this interesting note from Spain, Spanish Parliament Lifts Some Restrictions on IVF Treatment, Allows Varying Usage of Excess Embryos [Feb 21, 2006] Spain’s Parliament on Thursday approved a measure that would lift restrictions on the number of embryos that can be implanted into a woman undergoing in vitro fertilization and would allow couples…
GVHD predictable!
The first time I talked about graft versus host disease (GVHD) here was around November 8th, 2004. GVHD is the donors cells attacking the patient after transplant.. The story at Reuters reports that a person with elevated levels of the protein called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) around day seven is most likely to develop GVHD…
Promoting PGD for child’s gender
A reproductive clinic in North Carolina is promoting PGD for gender selection… The $13,000 procedure, which isn’t always successful, involves stimulating a woman’s ovaries to produce numerous eggs — 10 on average — that are then fertilized, he said. After the embryo is grown in the laboratory for three days, a cell is tested to…
Eating at hospitals may be bad for your health @ Boston Globe
I received this article from Liz Kowalczyk / Boston Globe. She reports that Children’s Hospital Boston serves its french fries at the cafeteria with 1.9 grams of trans fat. While we were there.. I ate salads and pizza.. no fries.. Eating at hospitals may be bad for your health By Liz Kowalczyk | February 13,…
Greetings Floridians
We were on TV in Florida! I just found out that FOX News WSVN TV Miami, Ft. Lauderdale ran the “Little Lifesaver” story two days ago. Don’t ask me how did Fox News end up with the story… I don’t have a clue.. When a child is sick, most parents will go to great lengths…
Former volunteer arrested at Children’s @ CBS News
A man arrested at Children’s caught inside the ICU….And he used to be a volunteer! WOW… CBS4) BOSTON A Malden man, arrested in December for allegedly dropping his pants inside a New Hampshire mall, is in trouble with the law again. Boston Police arrested 52-year-old Richard Mullen Sunday morning after he was caught inside the…
Designer babies is ‘pie in the sky’ @ FT
Pie in the sky = A fanciful notion or ludicrous concept, broadly or extravagantly humorous, absurd, inviting ridicule.. A very good article at the Financial Times. Here’s what is happening: The press writes a lot about designer babies (sample of some articles I’ve found about designer babies) and some people read that and think that…
Concern over ‘spare part’ babies @ BBC News
I’m OK with ‘saviour sibling’… I call her that way all the time. I’m more or less OK with ‘designer baby’… It can get controversial.. But I’m NOT OK with ‘spare part baby’… I don’t like that. Concern over ‘spare part’ babies Children created as so-called “saviour siblings” to aid a sick brother or sister…
The more the better
I received this article from Gareth Cook @ the Boston Globe about a way to multiply blood stem cells. The article cites Dr. Eva Guinan (we met her Oct. 30th 2004) who was one of the attending physicians during Andy’s stem cell transplant at Children’s Hospital Boston. This is something that umbilical cord stem cell…