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Search Results for 'stem cell research embryos'GetReligion, DC - 21 hours agoI’ve looked at stories that decline to mention that some stem cell research destroys embryos, Ann Rodgers’ excellent piece about Catholic outreach to women …

Corporate India bets big on stem cellEconomic Times, India - Feb 2, 2008Courtesy, the huge corporate interest to invest in the relatively nascent field of regenerative medicine, comprising stem cell therapies and tissue …Controversial stem cell treatment draws Australians to Indian clinic The Ageall 5 news articles

Don't Let John McCain Backtrack on Stem CellsWired News - Feb 1, 2008Republican Presidental candidate John McCain has long supported embryonic stem cell research, but he's under pressure from religious conservatives to drop …

Stem Cell Lines Created From Poor Quality Embryos Discarded From …Science Daily (press release) - Jan 30, 2008An embryonic stem cell line is a population of cells that can grow and divide indefinitely outside the body, providing a source of cells for scientists …

From a post on billdsue:"According to this article, UUpark intends to make Leon the next Hello Kitty, and Sequoia and SIG invested $1.5M into the company in late 2006."
And so I went to check out some clips (not bad, not great) and then found some comic diaries, like this one (translations in maroon):

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IN his laboratory here at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Dr. David W. Rowe looked at two X-rays that appeared too good to be true. The first showed a mouse that had part of a tibia removed to simulate an injury so severe as to require amputation. In the next, the mouse’s leg had [...]

James A. Thomson’s laboratory reported a way to turn human cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells.

Turning human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo could quell an ethical debate.

It has been more than six years since President Bush, in the first major televised address of his presidency, drew a stark moral line against the destruction of human embryos in medical research. Since then, he has steadfastly maintained that scientists would come up with an alternative method of developing embryonic stem cells, one that [...]

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Ministers back down on stem-cell cloning banTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 17 hours agoThe Government is to back down from introducing strict curbs on stem-cell experiments after a plea by scientists. Leading researchers expressed fears that …Scientists claim victory in blocking stem-cell law after letter in … Times OnlineHumane Biology Times Onlineall 4 news articles