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A new and potentially better source of platelets for transfusion has been identified by Japanese researchers.

Using a new technique to reprogram cells, scientists are growing neurons from people with Lou Gehrig’s disease, a possible first step in understanding how the deadly illness develops.

Seoul - South Korea will not allow disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk to resume human stem cell research, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.

Cytori selling stem-cell system in SingaporeCNNMoney.com - 12 hours ago… which develops technology to preserve and develop stem cells, said Monday it will sell one of its stem-cell systems to Astrea International for an …

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Mich. Board Sets Hearing To Decide If Measure Loosening Stem Cell …Medical News Today (press release), UK - 15 hours ago21 meeting to review signatures submitted for state ballot initiatives, including a proposal to loosen state restrictions on human embryonic stem cell …Michigan Panel to Decide This Month on Human Embryo Research Proposal LifeNews.comall 2 news articles

5 stem-cell lines’ consent forms questionedMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Aug 3, 2008By ELIE DOLGIN Nearly one-quarter of the human stem cell lines approved for federal funding by the Bush administration may have serious ethical problems, …

This is the first time scientists at Harvard and Columbia universities reported that skin cells from a chronically-ill patient have been reprogrammed into a stem cell-like state, and then coaxed into the specific cell types that would be needed to understand and treat the disease.
The research, conducted by scientists from Harvard University and Columbia [...]