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Stem Cell Trouble Slows Healing of Aging Muscle iVillage Total Health Mon, 13 Aug 2007 3:07 AM PDT Poor stem cell communication causes the slow, incomplete muscle healing associated with aging, a new study suggests. Religious Group Sues Granholm Over Web Link To Stem Cell Reseach Petition Michigan Technology News Mon, 13 Aug 2007 8:03 AM PDT LANSING - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm can support stem cell research, but not using her official gubernatorial website, the Thomas More Law Center said in a federal lawsuit announced Friday. While the governor has not said she agrees, she has taken down the link that spawned the lawsuit, officials said Friday. Newly created cancer stem cells could aid breast cancer research EurekAlert! Mon, 13 Aug 2007 9:09 AM PDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (August 13, 2007) —In some ways, certain tumors resemble bee colonies, says pathologist Tan Ince. Each cancer cell in the tumor plays a specific role, and just a fraction of the cells serve as "queens," possessing the unique ability to maintain themselves in an unspecialized state and seed new tumors. A glimmer of hope; Breakthrough in stem cell research could help scientists treat people with MS St. Catharines Standard Mon, 13 Aug 2007 3:02 AM PDT Janet Driessen gestures with enthusiasm as she talks about her disease, stopping only to calm her hyperactive aid dog, Detour, as he bounds around the room. New cancer stem cells could aid breast cancer research News-Medical-Net Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:24 PM PDT In some ways, certain tumors resemble bee colonies, says pathologist Tan Ince. Each cancer cell in the tumor plays a specific role, and just a fraction of the cells serve as "queens," possessing the unique ability to maintain themselves in an unspecialized state and seed new tumors. These cells can also divide and produce the "worker" cells that form the bulk of the tumor. Politics keeps researcher here Boston Globe Mon, 13 Aug 2007 1:25 AM PDT Prominent Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientist Kevin C. Eggan says he would consider moving to a Kansas City, Mo., research center. Eggan's Harvard lab is supported by the same donors who built the Missouri research center, and his funding contract leaves open the possibility of relocating his lab to Kansas City "if the political situation improved," he said, confirming a New York Times story ...

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