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Clinton Vows To Boost Stem Cell Funding Nasdaq Fri, 05 Oct 2007 5:42 AM PDT (RTTNews) - Sen. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, pledged Thursday to rescind President Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and assailed the Bush administration for suppressing government scientists. UM resolution sparks stem-cell debate Columbia Daily Tribune Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:23 PM PDT The University of Missouri Board of Curators passed a resolution today extending support for academic freedom and research that prompted a heated debate among curators concerned they were taking a political position on stem-cell research. Stem cell chief a top scientist The Sacramento Bee Fri, 05 Oct 2007 0:08 AM PDT When Australian researcher Alan Trounson visited the San Francisco headquarters of California's stem cell agency this summer, he couldn't figure out why Bob Klein, the agency's chairman, wanted to tour an elementary school. Clinton Pledges to Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research The Christian Post Fri, 05 Oct 2007 7:12 AM PDT Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton said Thursday that if elected she would sign executive order reversing President Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell ... Stem Cell Therapy For Heart Patients Tested By UF Researchers Medical News Today Fri, 05 Oct 2007 5:28 AM PDT University of Florida doctors on Wednesday (Oct. 3) treated their first patient enrolled in a new study designed to test whether injecting stem cells into the heart helps restore blood flow to the organ by prompting new blood vessels to grow. [click link for full article] Researchers to test stem cell therapy for heart disease patients ANI via Yahoo! India News Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:44 PM PDT Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): University of Florida researchers are planning to test a therapy in which stem cells are injected into the hearts of people with severe coronary artery disease and daily chest pain, to see if it could help restore blood flow by prompting new blood vessels to grow. The patients on whom the experiment will be conducted do not respond well to traditional medications or ... Hallmark Features Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Controlled By Protein Modifications That Influence Gene Expression But ... Medical News Today Fri, 05 Oct 2007 9:12 PM PDT A human embryonic stem cell is reined in - prevented from giving up its unique characteristics of self-renewal and pluripotency - by the presence of a protein modification that stifles any genes that would prematurely instruct the cell to develop into heart or other specialized tissue. [click link for full article] Urologists study stem-cell generated 'neo-bladder' to help spinal cord injury patients Addict 3D Fri, 05 Oct 2007 9:46 AM PDT Urologists at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are studying whether a neo-bladder construct grown from a patient's own cells can improve bladder function for adult spinal cord injury patients. Democrats swarm to a showdown over veto The State Fri, 05 Oct 2007 9:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON — Sensing their best opportunity yet to overrule a White House that has stymied them on stem cell research and Iraq, congressional Democrats and their supporters have launched a massive campaign to override President Bush's veto of plans to expand the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program. With polls showing broad support even among Republican voters to expand coverage ... Clinton: Bush wages 'war on science' UPI Fri, 05 Oct 2007 9:56 AM PDT Presidential contender Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., said that, if elected, she will issue an executive order repealing the embryonic stem cell research ban.

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