NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry
Stem Cells
First stem cell lines approved under Obama
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins Wednesday announced the first 13 human embryonic stem cell “lines” approved for federal research funding, under new rules put forward by the Obama Administration this year. “What we are announcing today is just the beginning,” Collins said at a Wednesday briefing. Approval of the lines was “open…
The moral/ethical dilemma comment posted at my Thrive post.
Comment: Does anyone else see the moral/ethical dilemma of creating and destroying 35 viable human embryos to save 1 human? Even the argument that the two embryonic lines might lead to cures for disease down the road is on shaky ground due to the fact that embryonic stem cell research has yet to produce a…
Boston gets first public cord-blood bank
“It’s a great way to use a biological resource to give people hope for the future,” said Barbieri. “It’s a gift of life.” Donating cord blood to a private bank can be a waste of both money and an important biological resource that is more likely to be used if donated rather than stored in…
RGI – 300 stem cell lines – 250 savior siblings
In an unimposing brick building located in the heart of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, lives a repository of information that could lead to the cures for Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, Diabetes, spinal cord injury and a host of other diseases. In early March, when President Obama cleared the way for federally funded stem cell research,…
Mechanical forces play a role in shaping development
FOR BLOOD STEM CELLS, THE FORCE IS STRONG Blood flow, nitric oxide boost production of stem cell Blood stem cells grow with the flow, two new studies show. The studies, led by independent groups at Children’s Hospital Boston, report that an embryo’s heartbeat and blood circulation stimulate the growth of blood stem cells. The discovery…
Stem Cell Executive Order and Scientific Integrity Presidential Memorandum
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary______________________________________________________________________________FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 9, 2009 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Signing of Stem Cell Executive Order and Scientific Integrity Presidential MemorandumWashington, DCMarch 9, 2009 Today, with the Executive Order I am about to sign, we will bring the change that so many scientists…
Via 41 sources – Vatican forbids designer babies
I’m a siner? The 41 sources via Google News The document “Dignitas Personae” can be found here. Vatican affirms ‘dignity of human embryo’ 8 hours ago VATICAN CITY (AFP) — The Vatican on Friday reopened ethical questions surrounding stem cell research and techniques such as cloning with a document affirming the “dignity of the human…
Via NY Times – Parents Torn Over Fate of Frozen Embryos
I find this ridiculous. December 4, 2008 Parents Torn Over Fate of Frozen Embryos By DENISE GRADY For nearly 15 years, Kim and Walt Best have been paying about $200 a year to keep nine embryos stored in a freezer at a fertility clinic at Duke University — embryos that they no longer need, because they are finished…
Cool tissue-engineering protocol
This is what they did: Reoved cells and MHC antigens from a human donor trachea, which was then readily colonised by epithelial cells and mesenchymal stem-cell-derived chondrocytes that had been cultured from cells taken from the recipient (a 30-year old woman with end-stage bronchomalacia). This graft was then used to replace the recipient’s left main…