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I received news from the BBC where they talk about Dr. Sheng Chinese researcher that is using human skin cells placed into rabbit eggs to create ‘human’ embryonic stem cells. Animal eggs ‘to grow stem cells’ Stem cell researchers are looking to use animal eggs as ‘hosts’ to grow

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I received this article from Duke University that describes Dr. Kurtzberg efforts toward more stem cell research. Some sentences from the article that catch my attention are: The use of blood cord stem cells for transplants in the absence of bone marrow donors has become increasingly popular since Kurtzberg

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FDA today announced the approval of immune globulin for subcutaneous injection use for the prevention of serious infections in patients with Primary Immune Deficiency. The manufacturer is ZLB Behring. Read news via FDA here. Read the product page via ZLB Behring here.

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In yesterdays The Guardian in the UK Science editor Robin McKie talks about the cloning scandal and about Hwang’s immense promise and hopes being dashed. By making cloned embryos of adult humans, they would create a source of cells that could replace damaged or lost tissue. The ravaged brains

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In today’s New York Times 36 Hours travel section Ed Morales (the reporter) offers this description: WHEN the Spaniards arrived in the Valley of Mexico in the 16th century, they found the sprawling Aztec city of Tenochtitlán, destroyed it and built a new one on top of it. But

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According to Christopher Rowland from the Boston Globe Massachusetts teaching hospitals are asking for help to Ritz-Carlton consultants. Boston teaching hospitals — known for their world-class medical care, but sometimes brusque treatment of patients — are responding to increased competition among themselves by trying to make patients feel more

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Families with children that need treatments for primary immune deficiency have to cover a lot of medical bills. A huge amount of money. Gammaglobulin infusions can cost up to $12,000 dollars, this includes the room fee & all the labs taken during the visit. Andy used to get gammaglobulin

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The Swiss National Bank launched a competition for the design of a new banknote series (10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 1000) at the beginning of 2005. The bank invited twelve artists were invited to present their designs on the theme “Switzerland open to the world”. The first prize

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Back in May there was a lot of talk about a paper from a Korean scientist that claimed he was able to make stem cells tailored to match an individual for the first time…The paper was published in the journal Science. “The resultant cells were a perfect match for

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