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“When a volunteer from our community is identified as a match for a patient, our center guides the donor through every step of the donation process”
The Cooperative Appalachian Marrow Program will hold a volunteer marrow and blood stem cell donor recruitment drive on Saturday, Oct. via Newport Plain Talk

A voter-approved expansion of stem cell research in the state has run into political and financial roadblocks, putting the future of the research in doubt.

California’s $3 billion stem cell research program appointed an interim president, Richard A. Murphy, while it continued a longer-than-expected search for a permanent chief. Mr. Murphy recently retired as president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. The previous stem cell program president, Zach Hall, announced his retirement in December and left [...]

A Korean scientist who was found to have fabricated much of his work did achieve a scientific first, though not the one he claimed.

Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona said that Bush administration officials tried to weaken or suppress health reports.

The move effectively pushed the debate surrounding the research into the 2008 presidential campaign.

By pairing the veto with a new scientific initiative, the White House clearly hopes to blunt the inevitable criticism that President Bush will face for vetoing the embryonic stem cell measure.

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Stem cell issue ripe for debateNews-Leader.com, MO - 13 hours agoOnce again, political forces fighting over placing a constitutional amendment about stem cell research on the Missouri ballot are proving the point we made …Ballot Proposal Language To Modify Missouri Amendment Protecting … Kaiser network.orgHuman embryo research may help leukaemia patients ABC OnlineDire warnings of animal-human hybrids [...]

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Stem cell research good fit in Bay StateThe Republican - MassLive.com, MA - 17 hours agoIf the Romney restrictions were to be retained, the Bay State would find itself losing the best and the brightest stem cell researchers to states where …Mass. Health Panel Unanimously Votes To Overturn Regulations on … Kaiser network.orgStem cell sanity Berkshire [...]

Group renews battle to bar stem-cell voteCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - Oct 13, 2007Proponents of stem-cell research say the borrowing is meant to spur research that could lead to cures for a variety of illnesses, not clones. …Planned stem-cell referendum up in air The Star-Ledger - NJ.comall 4 news articles