Scientists Can Grow Bacon From Stem Cells
18 January 2010
Well, at least they are headed in that direction. To make meat production more humane, and to help slow global warming due to livestock over-farming, scientists from Denmark have developed a way to grow edible meat in the lab, from the stem cells of pigs. The petrie dish meat doesn’t yet taste or look very [...]
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LifeShare Blood Centers Promoting Cord Blood Collection
12 January 2010
LifeShare Blood Centers will continue promoting a cord blood bank pilot program and step up efforts to register bone marrow donors this year. LifeShare partnered with Women’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, where 14% of all Louisiana babies are born, in 2008 for the pilot program. Umbilical cords contain stem cells that can be used in transplants [...]
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Embryo Ruling Good For Stem Cell Research
04 January 2010
A ruling from the Irish Supreme Court has reignited that country’s debate over the legal status of human embryos, confirming the legality of research with human embryonic stem cells but leaving such work in a regulatory limbo that may not be resolved soon. On 15 December, the court ruled that human embryos outside the womb [...]
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Stem Cells Can Kill HIV-Infected Cells
30 December 2009
Researchers at the AIDS Institute at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently announced that they have found a type of stem cells that could fight against HIV. The cells can be activated so that they immediately start looking for and attacking all cells that have been infected with the HIV retrovirus. [...]
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Pfizer Acquires Stem-Cell Therapy From Athersys
23 December 2009
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer recently announced that it was buying the rights to a controversial cell therapy from Athersys, a biotech company. This is all part of the corporations plan to become more involved in the ever-growing interest in stem cell therapies and research. The acquisition will give Pfizer rights to develop Athersys’s cells to [...]
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Cord Blood Stem Cells Market Will Hit US$15 Billion By 2015
16 December 2009
According to the report “Cord Blood Stem Cells: A Global Market Overview” available at http://www.reportbuyer.com/go/INX00004 umbilical cord and placenta, once considered medical waste have emerged to be a valuable source of stem cells. The cord blood stem cells show the potential to treat fatal diseases such as leukemia, cardiac attacks and debilitating diseases including Alzheimer’s [...]
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