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California: Stem Cell Program Appointment New York Times Wed, 08 Aug 2007 8:55 PM PDT California?s $3 billion stem cell research program appointed an interim president, Richard A. Murphy, while it continued a longer-than-expected search for a permanent chief. Embryonic stem cell lines aren't all equal UPI Wed, 08 Aug 2007 1:25 PM PDT U.S. scientists have discovered significant variations between neurons from two embryonic stem cell lines, suggesting not all such cell lines are equal. Stem cell board names interim president The Sacramento Bee Wed, 08 Aug 2007 5:54 PM PDT The governing board of the California state stem cell institute on Wednesday tapped one of its former members, neuroscientist Richard Murphy, as interim president. Cal State, community colleges propose $31M stem cell worker program BizJournals Wed, 08 Aug 2007 2:59 PM PDT The California State University and California Community Colleges systems outlined a five-year, $30.87 million plan Wednesday to train students for jobs coming out of the state's $3 billion stem cell research program. Chemotherapy and blood stem cell transplantation results in long-term survival for amyloidosis patients News-Medical-Net Wed, 08 Aug 2007 3:09 PM PDT Researchers from the Stem Cell Transplant Program and the Amyloid Treatment and Research Program at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) have found that high-dose chemotherapy and blood stem cell transplantation can result in long-term survival for patients diagnosed with primary systemic light chain (AL) Amyloidosis. Embryonic stem cell lines aren't all equal Moldova.org Wed, 08 Aug 2007 1:32 PM PDT U.S. scientists have discovered significant variations between neurons from two embryonic stem cell lines, suggesting not all such cell lines are equal.The study -- led by UCLA biologist Yi Sun and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Thomas Sudhof at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center -- compared neurons generated from two National Institutes of Health-approved embryonic ... Scientists produce functioning neurons from human embryonic stem cells News-Medical-Net Wed, 08 Aug 2007 4:40 PM PDT Scientists with the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to produce from human embryonic stem cells a highly pure, large quantity of functioning neurons that will allow them to create models of and study diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, prefrontal dementia and schizophrenia. California Stem-Cell Institute Pins Hopes on Interim President Wired News Wed, 08 Aug 2007 5:17 PM PDT The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine names Richard Murphy, former head of the Salk Institute, as its new interim president. CIRM directors hope Murphy can quell concerns that the $3 billion institute is losing focus. USA Today Examines Relationship Between U.S. Scientists, Bush Administration Medical News Today Wed, 08 Aug 2007 9:11 AM PDT Testimony last month by former Surgeon General Richard Carmona "crystallized" the "schism" between President Bush and the U.S. scientific community, USA Today reports. Carmona testified before a House committee that HHS political appointees prevented him from discussing scientific evidence linked to embryonic stem cell research, contraception and sex education. [click link for full article] Cord Blood Registry Sets New Enrollment and Processing Records Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:13 PM PDT SAN BRUNO, Calif.----Cord Blood Registry , the world's largest and most experienced cord blood stem cell bank, announced today that it has achieved record processings and enrollments as of the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.

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