September 26, 2007
The unit is a multidisciplinary research centre and is based within the university‘s Centre for Biomolecular Sciences (CBS) which opened last May. CBS houses 300 scientists and is dedicated to solving the global healthcare challenges of the future. (Scenta)
September 25, 2007
Here we go again: Adult stem cells moving forward faster than we could have hoped only a few years ago. This time it is liver disease: Rats were injected with their own bone marrow stem cells helping to repair their … Read More
September 25, 2007
I have been asked whether I will comment on the Vatican’s directive regarding the application of tube-supplied food and fluids to those with a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state. I will not. That is a sectarian matter about which I … Read More
September 25, 2007
Imagine being a potential suspect for every crime committed in your country. That would be the logic if DNA from all of a country’s citizens were stored in police DNA records, claims a report published this week by the Nuffield … Read More
September 25, 2007
NeoStem, Inc. (AMEX:NBS), the first company to specialize in the collection, processing and storage of stem cells from healthy adults for personal use in times of critical medical need, has cited a growing number of publications and body of data … Read More
September 25, 2007
America may be the land of Mickey Mouse and Goofy, but the US isn’t exactly the happiest place on Earth. Antidepressants are the most commonly popped pills in the country, accounting for 227 million prescriptions filled last year alone. (Wired)
September 25, 2007
Acupuncture – real or sham – is more effective at treating back pain than conventional therapies, research suggests. (BBC)
September 25, 2007
Prosthetic advancements range from complex, thought-controlled devices to the simple, yet elegant design that has allowed sprinter Oscar Pistorius of South Africa to become famous as the fastest man on no legs. (CBCnews)
September 25, 2007
AUSTRALIANS who download a video about euthanasia campaigners making a suicide pill could be breaking internet laws. (Courier-Mail)
September 25, 2007
A judge on Monday rejected a bid by abortion opponents to halt New Jersey’s plans to ask voters whether the state should borrow $450 million to fund stem cell research for 10 years. (Houston Chronicle)
September 25, 2007
Michael Moore’s new film, Sicko, which is out next month, contrasts the US’s privatised healthcare system with Britain’s free NHS. It shows Americans without insurance dumped in the street; children refused life-saving treatment because their parents can’t pay; hospitals run … Read More
September 24, 2007
Stem cell scientists in Germany are accusing a clinical researcher of making unscientific claims about an adult stem cell transplant therapy in an attempt to boost public opposition to embryonic stem cell research as the country’s parliament prepares to debate … Read More
September 24, 2007
The New York “all the news we see fit to print” Times has a clueless editorial out today about human/animal hybrid cloning. Here are a few tidbits: Stem cell research in the United States has been hobbled for years by … Read More
September 24, 2007
With his own party sidelined, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is working with Democrats to produce a bill that would extend health insurance to everyone in the nation’s largest state if voters approve new taxes to pay for it. (Washington … Read More
September 24, 2007
Stem cell research in the United States has been hobbled for years by severe and misguided restrictions on federal funding. But now a vexing additional problem is slowing even privately financed research. There are distressingly few women willing to donate … Read More
September 24, 2007
Scientific celebrities like James Watson and Craig Venter are making their genetic information public knowledge. Will you be able to keep yours private? (Boston Globe)
September 24, 2007
The UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has given permission to a fertility clinic to test a couple’s embryos for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, a genetic condition that can manifest from the age of 35. (BioNews)
September 24, 2007
Bush has attacked the compromise bill because it would expand coverage to some middle-class families instead of retaining the plan’s original focus on those with low incomes. The bill could lay the groundwork for government-run national healthcare, he has said. … Read More
September 24, 2007
THE CREATOR of Dolly the sheep has predicted that treatments using stem cells could become as common as antibiotics. (Sunday Herald)
September 24, 2007
Children with sickle cell disease were cured following umbilical cord blood transplants from their siblings, according to findings reported Thursday in Washington, D.C., by doctors from Children’s Hospital Oakland. (San Francisco Chronicle)
September 22, 2007
The media can’t get enough of this man’s pontificating, but they don’t look at his history to see that what he says should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism. For example, Wilmut wrote in his book The Second … Read More
September 21, 2007
The Harris Poll I referenced in the last post also shows wide support for embryonic stem cell research, 57-19 percent. I think the support is about right, but the opposition is too low. The reason for this (in my view) … Read More
September 21, 2007
A new poll has just come out from Harris demonstratingas I suspected–based on all of the the non mass demonstrations, the non mass letter writing campaigns, and the near complete absence of politicians running for office on the issue–assisted suicide … Read More
September 21, 2007
A recently discovered cell survival switch could be key to increasing longevity. Cranking up an enzyme in a cell’s powerhouse–the mitochondria–makes the cell resilient to stress and death, according to a study published today in the journal Cell. The findings … Read More
September 21, 2007
New study reveals why restricting calories may lead to longevity. Scientists have known for more than 70 years that the one surefire way to extend the lives of animals was to cut calories by an average of 30 to 40 … Read More
