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Stem cells extracted from human embryo

American researchers have extracted stem cells from a human embryo produced using cloning technology for the first time. Ref. Source 2

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Company Halts First Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Trial

This is gigantic news that should be on the front page but is instead relegated to the business section. (I am telling you. You want accurate stem cell news without all the hype? Read the business news.) Geron, the California company that was the first to get FDA approval for human trials with cells derived from embryonic stem cells has decided to shut down the trial and leave embryonic stem cells behind. From the New York Times:

The company conducting the world's first clinical trial of a therapy using human embryonic stem cells said on Monday that it was halting that trial and leaving the stem cell business entirely.

The company, Geron, said that its move did not reflect a lack of promise for the controversial field. Rather, it said, with money scarce, it had decided to focus on its experimental cancer therapies, which are further along in development.

"I deeply believe in the promise of stem cells," John A. Scarlett, the chief executive of Geron, said in an interview. "I don't think that promise is in any way, shape or form changed by what we"re doing."

Still, the move is expected to be widely seen as a setback for the field, because of Geron's central role. Ref. Source 5

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Top-grade stem cells seen boosting research trials (Reuters)
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Reuters - British scientists have made the first human embryonic stem cells of a high enough grade to use in patients and deposited them in a public stem cell bank for development in human trials by drug companies and researchers by 2014.
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The U.S is Backward on Embryonic Stem Cell Research

I am beginning to believe that it is true that Americans in general have no idea about how things really are in the rest of the world. For example, I am sure that many in the "Occupy" crowd have no idea that they are among the richest people in the world. Ref. Source 9

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Adult Stem Cell Studies in Mice Combat Aging Effects

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from muscle of young mice can improve the health and extend the life of aged mice. Ref. Source 3

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Court: Obama Can Force Taxpayer-Funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research

A federal appeals court has determined a federal judge was right to throw out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's decision to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research.

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a decision throwing out a lawsuit challenging the funding, which President George W. Bush stopped and Obama allowed just months after entering office. The bringers of the lawsuit argued Obama's executive order forcing taxpayer funding violated the 1996 Dickey-Wicker law that prohibits taxpayer of any scientific research that results in the destruction of human embryos, unborn children at their earliest days of life. Ref. Source 9

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Court: Gov't can fund embryonic stem cell research
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A federal appeals court on Friday refused to order the Obama administration to stop funding embryonic stem cell research, despite complaints the work relies on destroyed human embryos.
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Cloning and Stem Cell Discoveries Earn Nobel in Medicine


The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced Monday in Sweden to two scientists: John Gurdon of England and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan. The two will share the prize for their landmark work on stem cells. These cells hold great promise for treating human disease but they are also a source of controversy.
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