http://www.stemblog.net stem cell research Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:25:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Jonathan D. Moreno | Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Imagine a bizzaro universe in which Bush administration officials have to explain why they were so intent on paying for human embryonic stem cell research that they violated federal law to do it. In that same alternate reality, a court rules ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=228 By Jonathan D. Moreno | Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 In our shrill political climate let’s celebrate the quiet passing of a science milestone. Last week the Food and Drug Administration gave its first approval for a clinical trial of an embryonic stem cell treatment. Embryonic stem cells are special because ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=227 Turns out that the next stem cell research summit will be held in Detroit! That's appropriate, since Detroit is suffering through economic hard times and stem cell research provides good jobs, and will lead to even more good jobs when it leaves the laboratory and becomes the source of new ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=225 Scientists continue to study so-called "induced pluripotent stem cells," which are like embryonic stem cells, but appear not to have the same regenerative potential.   This is from a forthcoming article in Nature, summarized by Sue McGreevey at Massachusetts General Hospital:Better understanding of mechanisms involved should improve reprogramming of embryonic-like cells.Scientists ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=226 State Stem Cell Agency Launches On-line High School Curriculum- A Key Tool for Training Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s High-Growth JobsThe California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state stem cell agency, has launched an on-line stem cell education portal. The extensive set of course materials and activity resources will help high ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=224 We're posting this message on behalf of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR):Tomorrow in the State of Michigan, the Senate Health Policy Committee will consider a package of 6 bills that, if passed, will severely restrict stem cell research within the state.  If you have grassroots in the ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=223 An act of personal kindness can mean so much, can’t it? One touched me the other day. My printer was jammed—a sheet of paper wedged inextricably– I could only get little pieces out. Life without a printer? I knew mine was getting increasingly ancient, and would have to be replaced, ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=221 Before I met the monster on the road, I had been on my way South to Los Angeles for the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC). This was an especially important meeting at which the big disease team grants would be decided, as much as $20 million each, loans or grants. ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=220 “Breathes there a man with soul so dead, that never to himself hath said, “this is my own, my native land…?”—Sir Walter Scott. High on the side of the Hilton Hotel is a glass-walled bridge connecting to the Baltimore Convention Center: crossing it was like walking on plush carpets through ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=218 A lawsuit is being brought against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, as well as the NIH and HHS as public agencies. The suit attempts to block the new stem cell research Guidelines, and to end federal ... http://www.stemblog.net/?p=215