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ACT to test stem cell drugs on people BizJournals Sun, 23 Dec 2007 9:23 PM PST If Advanced Cell Technology Inc. (ACT) stays on schedule with its regenerative medicine research, the company may become the first to conduct embryonic stem cell experiments on patients. That's a lot of process for the seven-year-old California-based company, which has much of its research based in Worcester. Views shift on stem-cell research Richmond Times-Dispatch Sun, 23 Dec 2007 6:22 PM PST As scientists uncover methods that could allow stem-cell research without the use of human embryos, strong support nationwide for the controversial research is softening, a Virginia Commonwealth University poll shows. Now in its seventh year, the survey shows that strong support for the research peaked at 27 percent in 2005. This fall, less than a week after researchers announced they apparently ... Researchers get embryonic stem cells from skin Reuters via Yahoo! News Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:17 PM PST A third team of researchers has found a way to convert an ordinary skin cell into valued embryonic-like stem cells, with the potential to grow batches of cells that can be directed to form any kind of tissue. US Team Expands On Japanese Stem Cell Breakthrough -AFP Nasdaq Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:29 AM PST PARIS (AFP)--A team of U.S. scientists reported Sunday that they had widened the scope of a Japanese breakthrough in stem cells that many experts have hailed as the greatest medical achievement of 2007. U.S. scientists find embryonic stem cells from skin People's Daily Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:03 PM PST U.S. scientists reported on Sunday that they have found a way to convert an ordinary skin cell into valued embryonic-like stem cells, with the potential to grow batches of cells that can be directed to form any kind of tissue. The st ... Researchers get embryonic stem cells from skin Environmental News Network Sun, 23 Dec 2007 2:37 PM PST A third team of researchers has found a way to convert an ordinary skin cell into valued embryonic-like stem cells, with the potential to grow batches of cells that can be directed to form any kind of tissue. Their study, published on Sunday in the journal Nature, shows the approach is not a rare fluke but in fact something that might make its way into everyday use. Researchers get embryonic stem cells from skin AlertNet Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:17 PM PST Source: Reuters By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A third team of researchers has found a way to convert an ordinary skin cell into valued embryonic-like stem cells, with the ... Genzyme improves marrow transplants BizJournals Sun, 23 Dec 2007 9:16 PM PST Sometimes lost amid the controversy over embryonic stem cells is the more quiet success of using another type of stem cell to treat human diseases. For years now, these hematopoietic stem cells have been taken from the bone marrow of adults, multiplied, and transplanted into patients with immune systems ravaged by cancer. Norwood Abbey Provides Immunology Update (NAL.AX, 00799190, 20071224) Aspect Huntley via Yahoo!7 Finance Sun, 23 Dec 2007 2:31 PM PST Norwood Abbey advised that its 20% owned associate Norwood Immunology has announced increased activity on commercial activities relating to stem cells. Professor Richard Lennox Boyd, Norwood Immunology's Australian Chief Scientific Officer, has agreed to join Norwood Immunology's Board with immediate effect. He has been leading the Group's stem cell initiative and the collaborations between ...

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