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Anti-embryonic stem cell research group criticizes Carnahan BizJournals Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:34 AM PDT A coalition opposed to a form of embryonic stem cell research that it calls "cloning" has until Friday to challenge what it terms "an inaccurate rewrite" of its proposed November 2008 ballot summary. AUB tests stem-cell therapy on patients The Daily Star Lebannon Thu, 18 Oct 2007 2:27 PM PDT Scientists at the American University of Beirut (AUB) began a pioneering clinical trial earlier this month to test bone-marrow stem-cell therapy on up to six individuals suffering from advanced Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a neurological disease with potentially debilitating effects. The trial is among the first being carried out in the world. SA lagging in stem cell research Adelaide Now Thu, 18 Oct 2007 7:45 AM PDT SOUTH AUSTRALIA will be the last state to debate laws allowing for stem cell research, leading to claims SA is being left behind in the lucrative bio-medical field. New Service Allows IVF Couples To Use Surplus Embryos For Creation Of Stem Cell Lines Medical News Today Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:15 AM PDT California-based StemLifeLine on Monday at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., presented a pilot study of its service in which couples who have undergone in vitro fertilization pay for stem cell lines to be created from surplus embryos, London's Guardian reports. [click link for full article] NIH Director Zerhouni Suggests Expansion Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Medical News Today Thu, 18 Oct 2007 8:15 AM PDT NIH Director Elias Zerhouni in the summer edition of the magazine Medicine Plus, published by NIH and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine, suggested that human embryonic stem cell research be expanded, the Washington Post reports (Akers, Washington Post, 10/17). [click link for full article] Backers of stem cell initiative report lackluster fundraising Jefferson City News Tribune Thu, 18 Oct 2007 5:49 AM PDT KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - As financial support trickles in for an initiative to ban a form of embryonic stem cell research in Missouri, opponents of the proposed constitutional amendment are reporting a much brighter picture. Research director lectures on benefits of stem cell studies Daily Northwestern Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:34 PM PDT Dr. Sean Morrison, director of the University of Michigan Center for Stem Cell Biology, spoke about the controversial topic of using stem cells for research to a full house at Pancoe-ENH Abbott Auditorium on Wednesday. "I feel like we're living in the trenches," he said. NeoStem Spotlights Projected Multibillion-Dollar Adult Stem Cell Therapeutics Market in Latest Investor Video Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 18 Oct 2007 3:30 AM PDT NEW YORK----NeoStem, Inc. , a leading-edge healthcare company which seeks to capitalize on existing applications and anticipated breakthroughs in the burgeoning field of stem cell therapeutics, has released a new investor video detailing the promise of the hundreds of adult stem cell clinical trials currently underway to treat many of the world's most intractable diseases. New stem cells by reprogramming News-Medical-Net Thu, 18 Oct 2007 9:02 PM PDT Researchers are discovering new ways to help 'de-program' specialised cells so that they can be re-programmed to form a range of different types of tissue, an international meeting of stem cell biologists was told. Regenetech Achieves A 60-Fold Increase Of Adult Stem Cells Through Its cellXpansion™ Process Medical News Today Thu, 18 Oct 2007 7:16 AM PDT Regenetech, Inc., the adult stem cell company which has built upon NASA licensed technology, announced that the Company has significantly augmented its cell multiplication capabilities for CD34+38- peripheral blood progenitor cells (adult stem cells). [click link for full article]

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