Tag: Stem Cells
Cambridge Opens Embryo Stem Cell Center
LONDON - Cambridge University said Monday it will open a center for human embryonic stem cell research to develop treatments for currently incurable diseases...
Other approaches likely to trump stem cells in Alzheimer’s research, experts say
NEW YORK ---- Despite the high profile that Nancy Reagan and others have given the idea of using embryonic stem cells to treat Alzheimer's...
Senate bill raises hopes of stem cell research proponents
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A state Senate bill drafted in response to former First Lady Nancy Reagan's plea for more stem cell research has raised...
Paralysis pioneer
A Chinese neurosurgeon's experimental operation using fetal cells is giving paraplegics hope but stirring medical and ethical concerns.
Strolling briskly through the dim halls of...
Stem-cell research flourishes
Amid controversy and federal limits, study goes on in the region. New Jersey will even fund an institute, but a Pa. abortion law deters...
New Nerve Cells
Every year, thousands of people end up paralyzed when their spinal cords are injured. Right now, these patients almost never fully recover. But, as...
Chinese doctor treat paralysis with fetal cells
BEIJING - Strolling briskly through the dim halls of Chaoyang Hospital, neurosurgeon Huang Hongyun says his pioneering medical work using fetal cells to treat...
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Likely Won’t Cure Any Diseases
LifeNews.com Note: Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture....
Nasal cells key to paralysis cure
RESEARCHERS are developing a method of transplanting nose cells into the spinal cord of paralysed patients to help them walk again.
The ground-breaking Scottish research...
Human cloning for therapeutic purposes isn’t likely to pan out.
Ian Wilmut, co-creator of Dolly the cloned sheep, wants your tax dollars to pay Big Biotech and their business partners in elite university life-science...
