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Researchers Of The Universite Libre De Bruxelles (ULB) Elucidate The Early Mechanism Of Cardiovascular Specification (Medical News Today)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

The mature heart is composed by different cell types, including contractile cardiac cells, vascular cells, smooth muscle cells as well as pacemaker cells. During embryonic development as well as during embryonic stem cell differentiation, the different cardiovascular cell types arise from the differentiation of multipotent cardiovascular progenitors. The mechanism that promotes multipotent cardiovascular...

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IVF and Human Cloning: the truth behind the petri dish (Mary Meets Dolly)

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Taylor) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:34:12 GMT

I love Biopolitical Times . Their blog is an absolute must read. In this entry , Jesse Reynolds exposes the shady connection between the cloning lab and the IVF clinic: Cloning-based stem cell research puts women's health on the line. It requires large numbers of fresh human eggs , whose extraction poses significant risks . The politicized and well-funded drive for research cloning...

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New Book Debates The Moral Status Of The Human Embryo With Special Regard To Stem Cell Research And Therapy (Medical News Today)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Stem cell research and the potential use of human embryonic stem cells in clinical therapy is a controversial issue which splits both scientific and public opinion. The current conflict over embryonic stem cells throughout the world deals particularly with the ethical implications of this promising, but delicate subject and the scientific manipulation of human life in its early stages of development....

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Adult Stem Cell Therapy For Erectile Dysfunction (Medical News Today)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Tom Lue discussed autologous stem cell use for ED. He discussed that ability for the planarian species to regenerate any part of its body, but the salamander can only regenerate a limb. In man there are also stem cells, which are undifferentiated cells that have potential to also regenerate. In adipose tissue there are stem cells as demonstrated by immunohistochemistry,...

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Ohio Antiabortion Advocates Voice Opposition To Veto Of Stem Cell Funding (Medical News Today)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Antiabortion advocates responded with "swift and loud" opposition to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's (D) line-item veto of a provision that would have prohibited $100 million in state biomedical funds from being used for research that involves human cloning, the AP/Akron Beacon Journal reports. Strickland recently signed a $1.

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Ohio: Governor’s veto of human cloning bill stirs abortion critics (bioethics.com)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:50:48 GMT

Gov. Ted Strickland’s first showdown with the legislature on abortion politics was an easy victory: A stroke of his veto pen allowed state spending on human cloning that the legislature had voted to ban. (Central Ohio Source)

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New Source Of Heart Stem Cells Discovered (Medical News Today)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston are continuing to document the heart's earliest origins. Now, they have pinpointed a new, previously unrecognized group of stem cells that give rise to cardiomyocytes, or heart muscle cells. These stem cells, located in the surface of the heart, or epicardium, advance the hope of being able to regenerate injured heart tissue.

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Misleading use of stem cell terminology (illinoisreview)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:41:44 GMT

by Bill Beckman The June 19, 2008 headline reads “US doctors kill skin cancer with cloned T-cells.” Does this suggest that human cloning of embryonic stem cells has been successful in treating skin cancer? Absolutely not! The details of the...

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Canadian reproductive regulation ruled too broad, violates provincial authority (JURIST)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:33:00 GMT

[JURIST] The Court of Appeal of Quebec ruled Thursday that a national law which regulates the use of human embryos and bans human cloning encroaches upon provincial authority. The court held that regulatory provisions included in the Assisted Human Reproduction Act fell within provincial authority to generally regulate health and medical research and were beyond the scope...

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Lead Into Gold: The Venture Capitalists Cometh (bioethics.com)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:35:20 GMT

There is an old saying that may be a cliche`, but it is true nonetheless: Money talks. In ESCR and human cloning research, the silence has been deafening: Venture capitalists having done their due diligence, they have widely avoided the field knowing the difference between facts on the ground [...]

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Lead Into Gold: The Venture Capitalists Cometh (Secondhand Smoke)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:35:00 GMT

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Ohio Governor Vetoes Stimulus Package Provision Prohibiting Use Of Funds For Stem Cell Research (Medical News Today)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) on Thursday signed an economic stimulus package (HB 554) into law but line-item vetoed a provision that would have prohibited $100 million in state biomedical funds from being used for research on human cloning, the Columbus Dispatch reports (Siegel, Columbus Dispatch, 6/12).

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Dear (Columbus) Dispatch Editors: (A Good Choice . . . for Ohio et al.)

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:40:00 GMT

The following is my response to two Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch Newspaper editorials both which were published on Friday, June 6, 2008. One was involved human cloning " Veto Justified " and the other dealt with politics and faith " Pray for Change ." So you approve of the Governor’s support of embryonic stem cell research including cloning of human beings? This is murder,...

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Ohio Governor Supports Cloning (NW World News Prayer Network)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:09:00 GMT

Veto of Human Cloning Funding Ban in Ohio OCA President Reacts to Governor's Veto of Human Cloning Ban MEDIA ADVISORY, June 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- In reaction to the Governor's veto of the amendment banning the use of $100 million in biomedical-related investments on human cloning, Chris Long, president of the Ohio Christian Alliance, issued the following...

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Cardiogenesis Announces Preliminary Clinical Results With The PHOENIX System Combining TMR + Stem Cells (Medical News Today)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Cardiogenesis Corporation (Pink Sheets: CGCP), a leading developer of surgical products for cardiac revascularization, today announced a scientific presentation that describes the use of the PHOENIX delivery system combining transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) with autologous bone marrow derived stem cells.

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Ohio Gov. Vetoes Ban on Human Cloning Funding (Pro-Life News)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:43:42 GMT

Gov. Ted Strickland has signed a $1.57 billion jobs bill, vetoing a ban on funding human cloning and delaying a raid on the state's rainy day fund. The Senate last month added the ban on funding for biomedical research companies...

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More Than One Kind Of Adult Stem Cell In Guts (Medical News Today)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT

A single organ may contain more than one type of adult stem cell - a discovery that complicates prospects for using the versatile cells to replace damaged tissue as a treatment for disease, according to a new study from the laboratory of geneticist Mario Capecchi, the University of Utah's Nobel Laureate.

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Will OH Gov. Strychnine Line Veto Amendment Banning Cloning Funding? (A Good Choice . . . for Ohio et al.)

noreply@blogger.com (gregjaye) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:31:00 GMT

Stop Cloning Around Governor! . The Democratic Governor of Ohio says he will use take out his poison pen to line item veto an amendment that would stop the funding of human cloning. That oozing liberal rag, the (Columbus, Ohio) Dispatch ’s lead editorial in Friday morning’s newspaper was introduced with these words (bold and underlined). My comments are inside parentheses. “ Veto...

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The Big Easy Gets it Done (The Human Future)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:52:00 GMT

It passed ! Now all that needs to happen is the Governor, Bobby Jindal to sign it into law. And of course he supports the measure. The funding of human cloning research down in Louisiana has been banned! Great news for that state and it gives us a good piece of model legislation to shop around to other states who still have some sense in them. An early piece of legislation had attached...

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Cloning Around In Japan (BioLaw: Law and the Life Sciences)

Fri, 30 May 2008 16:41:00 GMT

Nature reports that Japan may soon authorize experimental human embryonic cloning. This would overturn a 2001 Japanese ban on such research. Human cloning will have to adhere to "rigorous ethical regulations", and human reproductive cloning will still be banned. Japan's legal volta face will not go unnoticed by countries hoping to remain at, or reach, the competitive...

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