Stem Cell Report – September/October 2000
Embryonic stem cell development falls short of previous advance made with adult stem cells Science magazine reports one of the few successes using embryonic stem cells: the apparent conversion of mouse...
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Clinical successes in cancer treatment again show versatility, pluripotent abilities of adult stem cells. Clinical use for adult stem cells have shown positive results in treating metastatic...
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Embryonic stem cells prove disappointing… Researchers continue to show scant success in moving embryonic stem (sometimes termed human pluripotent) cells closer to clinical trials. Noting recent...
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Embryonic stem cell development falls short of previous advance made with adult stem cells Science magazine reports one of the few successes using embryonic stem cells: the apparent conversion of mouse...
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First successful human stem cell treatment for heart disease uses adult stem cells The first reports of successful treatment for heart disease using the patient’s own adult muscle stem cells after...
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As the Administration Moves Forward on Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Adult Stem Cells and Other Alternatives Move Forward on Treating Disease Note: On August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush announced...
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Adult Stem Cells Can “Be Cultured and Expand Indefinitely” Confirming numerous previous reports, a new report in the journal Blood shows that human adult bone marrow stem cells can be grown in culture...
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In Humans Treating Parkinson’s with Adult Stems Cell and Other Alternatives Using adult neural stem cells, Dr. Michel Levesque, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, reports a total...
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Adult Skin Cells Reprogrammed Without Cloning A team of scientists from Norway has succeeded in coaxing one type of adult cell to start behaving like a completely different type of adult cell. The...
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“Therapeutic” Cloning No Longer Needed, Says Leading Embryonic Stem Cell Scientist Alan Trounson, Australian embryonic stem cell expert and a leader in the field worldwide, says that stem cell research...
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