http://www.bioethics.net/rss/stemcell.xml bioethics news everyday from bioethics.net/American Journal of Bioethics Copyright 2005 bioethics.net Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:02:07 EST http://www.bioethics.net/ http://www.bioethics.net/images/logo_frontpage_wht.gif 60 200 webmaster@bioethics.net newsupdate@bioethics.net en-us http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7354 Entest Biomedical Inc. announced today the creation of 3 bone marrow derived stem cell lines useful for optimizing laser intensities and wavelengths in laser enhanced stem cell therapy. The company believes these stem cell lines will assist in the progress of its stem cell therapy for COPD treatment. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:02:07 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7349 In March of 2009, President Obama lifted the ban on federal funding for stem cell research. One year later, while researchers across the country are actively pursuing that funding and available embryonic stem cell lines, some doctors say the hype has misled the public about how soon treatment could become available.
 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:36:04 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7342 Human embryonic stem cells have received Food and Drug Administration approval for testing as a treatment for a rare blindness syndrome. Olympic and Paralympic skier Brian McKeever is the best-known victim of the disease, which has no treatment. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:53:20 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7280 President Barack Obama's 2009 executive order that lifted some stem cell research restrictions should be codified into law so future lawmakers cannot undo it, a national stem cell research advocate said Saturday. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:35:11 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7255 Dr. Karen Aboody estimates that she has cured several hundred mice of a cancer of the central nervous system called neuroblastoma. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:37:52 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7230 National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins approved another 27 human embryonic stem cell lines for federal research funding Monday, but limited support to diabetes-related pancreatic cell experiments. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:01:13 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7228 A leading University of Michigan researcher said Tuesday the school now can accept private donations of unused human embryos for creating new stem cell lines. On Wednesday, Dr. Eva Feldman and other researchers will be watching the progress of proposed legislation they fear could hamper their efforts to create those lines and find cures for many diseases. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:09:25 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7221 Missouri would ban the use of public dollars for stem cell research through a constitutional amendment proposed in legislation filed this week. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:06:03 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7220 Scientists received a green light Wednesday to apply for use of 13 human embryonic stem-cell lines from an approved list developed by the National Institutes of Health, the government's prime medical research agency. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:40:23 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7207 The University of Nebraska Board of Regents cast a tie vote on human embryonic stem cell research on Friday, defeating a rare effort to limit such research at a university system beyond what state and federal laws allow. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:29:06 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7179 n an April cover story, we looked at the dilemma facing the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state agency created through Proposition 71 to fund stem-cell research: Should the landmark agency direct the remainder of its $3 billion in research funds towards "adult" stem cells -- which are closer to clinical applications, albeit for less serious ailments -- or to embryonic stem cells, which offer hope to intractable degenerative diseases such as juvenile diabetes and multiple sclerosis? Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:31:46 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7170 In a tacit acknowledgment that the promise of human embryonic stem cells is still far in the future, California’s stem cell research program on Wednesday awarded grants intended to develop therapies using mainly other, less controversial cells. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:49:12 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7153 After a three-year trial, Hwang Woo-Suk, the South Korean stem cell researcher accused of criminal fraud and embezzlement in May, 2006, was convicted today (October 26) of embezzling 830 million won ($705,000) in research funds -- money he had won based on two Science papers based on fabricated data -- and of illegally buying human eggs for his research. He will not, however, serve any time behind bars. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:41:03 EDT http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7145 Despite his research being exposed as fraudulent and unethical almost four years ago, the career of South Korean cloner Woo Suk Hwang has thrived. He has established a research institute, laid claim to a set of human-cloning patents, received a scientific excellence award, published a handful of papers and entered into a collaboration with a powerful provincial government. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:10:38 EDT http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7126 Together, James Till and Ernest McCulloch – oft dubbed a Felix and Oscar odd-couple of Toronto's scientific community – fed on each other's disparate strengths to become the fathers of stem cell science. So why didn't they win Nobel Prizes? Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:19:19 EDT