Tag Archives: embryonic stem cells

Raising The Mammoth – Russian And Korean Scientists Set Out To Bring Back The Extinct Giant

South Korean and Russian scientists have agreed on a project right out of “Jurassic Park.” Maybe not as cool as [...]

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Embryonic Stem Cells Used To Improve Vision Of Blind Patients

Macular degeneration had left Sue Freeman, 78, legally blind. She couldn’t go for a walk by herself, she couldn’t go [...]

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FDA Approves ACT’s Embryonic Stem Cell Trial For Blindness – Should We Get Excited?

For only the second time in history, the US FDA has granted approval for clinical trials for a therapy derived [...]

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Embryonic Stem Cell Research Outlawed By Federal Judge

Stem cell research in the United States was dealt a recent blow when a US district judge ruled that public [...]

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Hans Keirstead Transforms Embryonic Stem Cells Into Retinas

Researchers at UC Irvine in California have succeeded in getting stem cells to differentiate into a retina. The work was [...]

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Watch This 5 Minute Video Explain Why Stem Cell Research Has to Take so Long.

Hans Keirstead used embryonic stem cells to help paralyzed rats walk again. His research is the basis for the first [...]

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ACT Gains FDA Approval For Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Therapy

Massachusetts based biotech company Advanced Cell Technology recently announced that the FDA has granted orphan drug status to MA09-hRPE – [...]

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Harvard Grows Heart Tissue, Watches it Beat

It’s Alive! Researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital have succeeded in taking embryonic stem cells from mice and [...]

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Artificial Blood: Coming Soon to An Artery Near You

Ask any vampire and she’ll tell you, when it comes to blood there’s nothing like the real thing. But as [...]

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Growing Mice From Stem Cells? The Real Story About The Stem Cell Breakthrough From Qi Zhou

Traditional media outlets have been tripping over each other this week with sensational titles such as “Chinese Scientists Reprogram Cells [...]

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Why Your Dog Is Getting Better Stem Cell Treatment Than You

If you like controversy there’s nothing that will bring you more joy than yelling “stem cell research” in a mixed [...]

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Researchers Produce Red Blood Cells From Stem Cells

The Short: News outlets are reporting that researchers from Advanced Cell Technology, Inc have been able to differentiate human embryonic [...]

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