Experts call for a unified approach to U.S. stem cell research Ruarri Serpa Issue date: 3/25/08 Boston-area medical experts called for more uniform federal stem cell research policies, and said having inconsistent policies leads to less collaboration among scientists and misconceptions that give the public a negative view of
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This from Bloomberg: Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out on social issues throughout his three-year papacy. He backs a current political initiative to outlaw abortions after 90 days and encouraged Catholics to abstain from a 2005 referendum on easing restrictive laws on fertility treatments, which failed to achieve the
Tips for savvy medical Web surfing Empowered Patient, a regular feature from CNN Medical News correspondent Elizabeth Cohen, helps put you in the driver’s seat when it comes to health care. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — When Mary Ryan’s 4-year-old nephew, Nick, landed in the hospital with a serious infection,
PARIS (AFP) — A team of American scientists reported Sunday that they had widened the scope of a Japanese breakthrough in stem cells that many experts have hailed as the greatest medical achievement of 2007. In November, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University and colleagues announced they had reprogrammed human
SISTER, SAVIOR By Kate Kruschwitz Children’s Immunology chief Raif Geha, MD, and gastroenterologist Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH, struggled to bring Andy’s infections under control. Meanwhile, Jordan Orange, MD, PhD, an immuno-genetics specialist, searched for clues to Andy’s condition. Orange was conducting research on the immune system’s master switch, the
Researchers from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass. and Kyoto University in Japan used an innovative new method to reprogram adult cells to an “embryonic-stem-cell-like” state, and successfully cured mice with sickle-cell anemia. iPs = induced pluripotent stem Press Release