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A bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware and Democratic Rep. Diane DeGette of Colorado that will allow expanded research of embryonic stem cell research will be voted on next week.  Insiders believe that the vote will be a close one.
President Bush of course threatened to veto the bill if it passes saying […]

In a Forbes.com article Geoffrey Seiler from FindProfit.com recommended both Geron and Viacell as his top picks of stem cell stocks to own. Citing exciting areas of research, partnerships, and accomplishments of both companies Seiler finds that any portfolio of stem cell stocks should have Geron and Viacell as the favored stocks.  We could not have […]

In Germany, researchers found early spermatagonial stem cells, which normally turn into sperm in males, that behave much like embryonic stem cells.
The scientists were able to turn these cells into various tissue types, including neurons and cardiac cells.
This finding could make it possible to collect viable and embryonic-like stem cells from adults without the use […]

Scientists in Thailand are set to begin the country’s first official study into the use of stem cells to treat heart disease.
Patients in the study will recieve transplants of stem cells into their hearts and results are expected after one year.
The Medical Sciences Department is teaming up with Mahidol University and the Cardiac Institute of […]

Scientists at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences are researching the use of the brittlestar, a close relative of the starfish, as a model for stem cell biology.
The brittlestar can regenerate lost limbs quickly and this has attracted the scientists.  It can serve as a model for learning how stem cells contribute to regenerative pathways, especially […]

Hwang Woo-Suk, the once famous but now infamous stem cell scientist who had admitted to forging stem cell study results in south Korea was indicted on fraud charges and bioethics law violations.
The Korean auditors will not arrest Hwang just yet.  Why? who knows.  The drama surrounding Hwang and his team has been really interesting to […]

Finally, an organization is formed to overlook the ever increasingly popular cord blood banking industry. 
The new trade group, The Association of Family Cord Blood Banks (AFSB), will focus on promoting and educating expectand parents on the benefits of banking their newborns’ cord blood, and establishing industry standards.
The latter responsibility is more important as this rather, and […]

Scientists, ethicists and lawmakers from 14 countries met at a conference in Cambridge, England to draft rules and regulations by which stem cell scientists can abide by all over the world.
The guidelines call for ethical rules that any scientist conducting stem cell research should follow, but they remain voluntary.  It is the hope of those […]

The Spanish crown prince, Felipe and princess Letizia have sent their baby’s cord blood to an umbilical cord blood bank in California. 
This has ignited debates in Spain as the Health Ministry had banned private cord blood banks from conducting business, stating that cord blood should be donated to state owned blood banks for everyone’s use.
Cord […]

Christopher Thomas Scott, Executive Director of the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics Program in Stem Cells and Society (PSCS) discusses the program’s role in the stem cell debates, Hwang and the Korean stem cell scandal, and his latest book Stem Cell Now.
You can read the interview at the Stem Cells & Cloning Club.