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Stem-cell treatment could be used to help reverse the effects of multiple sclerosis within 15 years, a leading expert on the disease has said. Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, the director of a groundbreaking MS research centre in Edinburgh, said the treatment could be used to halt the decline of patients suffering from the debilitating nerve condition.
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There is an East-West divide over stem-cell research and genetic engineering.

As a result of the work in monkeys, some researchers say, cloned human embryonic stem cells seem more feasible.

In New Jersey, supporters of a failed $450 million bond issue for stem cell research say that they were undone by spending too little time and money trying to defeat a coalition of well-organized opponents.

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Army Applies Stem Cell Research to Regrowing ExtremitiesDailyTech, IL - 14 hours agoStem cell research is one of the most promising medical treatment modalities to be discovered and utilized in modern medicine. The problem for many when it …

A Stem Cell Type Supposed To Be Crucial For Angiogenesis And …Science Daily (press release) - 14 hours agoThe recent study from researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Stanford University now suggests that a stem cell type supposed to be crucial …Inflammation Triggers Cell Fusions That Could Protect Neurons … Science Daily (press release)all [...]

Health ministry awaiting certificate to approve stem cell drugJamaica Observer, Jamaica - Apr 21, 2008THE Health Ministry could soon approve a stem cell drug - StemEnhance - believed to have the ability to boost the body's capacity to fight off diseases. …

Fazlur Rahman: Stem cell research is key piece of global scienceDallas Morning News, TX - Apr 21, 2008This time, a successful stem cell transplant – done at UT Southwestern Medical Center – enabled him to return to a productive life. …

A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego that would open by 2010.
Although funding still is being lined up, the San Diego Consortium for Regenerative Medicine proposes constructing a 23,740-square-foot building housing laboratories and support space.
The facility would be located on more than 7 acres [...]

“The real ethical issue at the moment is to ensure that the important scientific research can continue”
A scientific technique that could allow same-sex couples to create their own biological child in a laboratory should be allowed under law, a group of influential scientists said on Monday. via Free Republic