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Science & Tech News tagged with stem cells

Stem Cell Therapy Doing Wonders For Aging Dogs - VIDEO
Science & Tech  (tags: dogs, stem cells, harvesting, arthritis, pets, GoodNews )

Raffi
- 97 days ago - cbs4.com
It could be a big breakthrough in treating aging dogs. Veterinarians are now using stem cell therapy, and the early results are pretty amazing. Watching 9-year-old Lola run might not seem like much to most of us, but for Lola's owner, Wendy Pun, it
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Canadians Make Stem Cell Breakthrough
Science & Tech  (tags: NewTechnology, Stem Cells, healthcare, breakthrough )

Janet
- 269 days ago - news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca
Canadian researchers have found what could be a new way to make embryonic-like stem cells, a discovery that could lead to cures for devastating conditions such as spinal cord injury and Parkinson's disease.
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Scientists Create Stem Cells for 10 Disorders
Science & Tech  (tags: stem cells, treatments, healing, Harvard, disease, heart, nerve, brain, scientists, science, disorders, genetic, study, research, humans, interesting, discovery, health, goodnews, health )

Mari
- 473 days ago - news.yahoo.com
NEW YORK - Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.
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Dental Professor Discovers Biological Clock
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, discovery, humans, health, study, dentistry, Circadian rhythm, biology, stem cells )

J.
- 597 days ago - nyu.edu
The newly discovered rhythm, like the circadian rhythm, originates in the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system.
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Stem Cells From Hair Follicles May Help 'Grow' New Blood Vessels
Science & Tech  (tags: hair follicles, research, investigation, stem cells )

Ingrid
- 606 days ago - sciencedaily.com
For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients' heads, according to new research published earlier this month by University at Buffalo enginee
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Clinic to Sell Made-to-Order Stem Cells
Science & Tech  (tags: Stem Cells, interesting )

James
- 614 days ago - news.com.au
A SYDNEY clinic will become the first company in the world to sell made-to-order stem cells produced from women's unwanted IVF embryos.
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The Delicious Charbroiled Smell of Laboratory Meat
Science & Tech  (tags: meat, cultured, grown, laboratory, stem cells, alternative, protein, engineered, substitute )

Jean
- 640 days ago - pennysleuth.com
AlterNet reports that Dutch scientists are successfully growing "cultured meat" in labs. The current price is several thousand dollars per pound--out of reach of all but the most wealthy of epicures. Their aim is to bring it down to several dollars per #.
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Scientists Make Cloned Embryos From Skin Cells
Science & Tech  (tags: Cloning, Stem Cells, research, technology, science, medicine )

Karen
- 674 days ago - cnn.com
NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists in California say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells.
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U.S. Company Claims Cloned Humans and Made Stem Cells
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, cloned humans, stem cells, technology )

Simone
- 678 days ago - reuters.com
A California company said on Thursday it used cloning technology to make five human embryos, with the eventual hope of making matched stem cells for patients. Stemagen Corp. in La Jolla, California, destroyed the embryos while testing to make sure
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Embryos Survive Stem Cell Harvest
Science & Tech  (tags: stem cells )

Michael
- 682 days ago - sciam.com
It made big headlines two years ago, even though it wasn't quite ready for prime time. Now researchers say they have made good on the promise of generating stem cells from embryos without destroying the latter in the process.
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2007: Year of the Stem Cell
Science & Tech  (tags: stem cells, research, science, technology, study, humans, discovery, future, GeneticEngineering, interesting )

Kristy
- 700 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Just earlier this month a different team announced it had cured sickle cell anemia in mice using stem cells derived from adult mouse skin. "This is truly the Holy Grail: To be able to take a few cells from a patient -- say a cheek swab or few skin cells
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Skip Tooth Fairy, Send Baby Teeth to Stem Cell Bank
Science & Tech  (tags: humans, stem cells, teeth, regenerative medicine, bone )

Eduardo
- 716 days ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
Researchers have formed a primary tooth bank to use tooth stem cells in regenerative medicine and to enable their use in bone fracture and other treatments. primary teeth contain high-density stem cells with high proliferating ability.
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Scientists Cure Mice With Sickle Cell
Science & Tech  (tags: mice, therapy, stem cells, reprogrammed, skin cells, sickle cell anemia, genetic disease )

Eduardo
- 719 days ago - usatoday.com
Scientists have the first evidence that those "reprogrammed stem cells" that made headlines last month really have the potential to treat disease: They used skin from the tails of sick mice to cure the rodents of sickle cell anemia.
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Japan Will Fund Stem Cell Research of Human Skin, NHK Reports
Science & Tech  (tags: Japan, research, stem cells, human cells, scientists )

Sky Bird
- 722 days ago - bloomberg.com
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A Japanese government agency decided to allocate funds for research to scientists who discovered how to convert human skin cells into stem cells, public broadcaster NHK reported, without citing anyone.
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Reprogramming The Debate: Stem-Cell Finding Alters Ethical Controversy
Science & Tech  (tags: stem cells, reprogramming, ethics, skin cells, U.S., science )

Eduardo
- 735 days ago - sciencedaily.com
When University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers succeeded in reprogramming skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, they also began to redefine the political and ethical dynamics of the stem-cell debate, a leading bioethicist says.
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