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This is an older post from a conversation that happened back in February. But since it’s so interesting, and I did the work of translating it, I thought I’d post it now, months later. Enjoy.
MIT professor Henry Jenkins post on China’s Digital Mavens, which was translated into Chinese and then responded to on [...]

Girl undergoes stem cell treatment in China in hopes of being able …Daily News Transcript, MA - 12 hours agoBlue Springs South High School wrestling coach Doug Black and his 6-year-old daughter Lydia spent five weeks in China for her to receive a special stem cell …

Transcriptional Network Provides 'Treasure Map' to Stem Cell SecretsGenomeWeb News (subscription), NY - 14 hours ago“By targeting these hotspots, we may be able to reconnect the wiring in non-stem cells and jump-start the stem cell program in them. …

All American Patriots (press release)

Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Signs $1 Billion Embryonic Stem Cell …LifeNews.com, MT - 14 hours agoDeval Patrick signed a $1 billion embryonic stem cell research bill on Monday. The measure is meant to provide the controversial research with more taxpayer …Massachusetts to spend $1 billion on biotechnology Reuters$1 billion life sciences plan now law [...]

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center claim to have made a small molecule that stimulates nerve stem cells to begin maturing into nerve cells in culture. The researchers hope that someday their work might open the door for a potential new technology to grow a person’s own nerve stem cells outside the body, stimulate them [...]

A debate over a hypothesis that cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells could affect the path of research.

After years of searching, Shinya Yamanaka found a way to turn adult skin cells into the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells without using an actual embryo.

The stem cell research is moving up in a fast way despite restrictions from various sides. The restriction comes especially from the religious groups. One major problem comes with the embryonic stem cell research. Some groups protest it as they think embryonic stem cell research involves the human embryo. The issue has led to [...]