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Stem Cell Technique Wins U.S. Funding, Fuels Debate (Update2) Bloomberg.com Tue, 08 Jan 2008 5:51 PM PST Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists have begun competing for the first U.S. government grants to investigate a stem cell breakthrough that may lead to new treatments for diabetes, heart disease and brain disorders and avoids destroying human embryos. Stem cell injections may be giving a blind child in Va. beach some sight. Fox 43 Hampton Roads Tue, 08 Jan 2008 7:34 PM PST 4-year-old Amaya Tyler was born with something called Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. Her doctors said there was no cure, but her mother read stem cell transplants in China were helping some children with ONH see. The family traveled to China over Christmas. U of R Medical Center receives $1 million for stem cell research News 10 NBC Rochester Tue, 08 Jan 2008 2:37 PM PST Good news for the U of R Medical Center and the Rochester community, the state is handing over a $1 million dollars to help fund stem cell research... ACT lands NIH grant for stem cell purification BizJournals Tue, 08 Jan 2008 8:06 AM PST Advanced Cell Technology Inc., a developer of stem cell treatments, reports it has won a small-business research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Roswell Park, UB to get state stem-cell grants The Buffalo News Tue, 08 Jan 2008 3:56 AM PST ALBANY — Two local institutions will get a part of $14.5 million from the Spitzer administration in the first awards under a fledgling state program to fund stem-cell research. Archdiocese funds adult stem-cell research National Catholic Reporter Tue, 08 Jan 2008 7:01 AM PST SYDNEY, Australia -- Cardinal George Pell of Sydney has announced that his archdiocese will be awarding $86,000 to support adult stem-cell research by an Adelaide-based research team. Advances don't quell stem-cell debate National Catholic Reporter Tue, 08 Jan 2008 7:01 AM PST By MICHAEL HUMPHREY Kansas City, Mo. If headlines turn out to be prophetic, Nov. 20, 2007, was a historic day in the decade-long ethical debate over embryonic stem-cell research. Cornell Gets Money For Stem Cell Research WENY-TV Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:53 AM PST ITHACA -- New York State has awarded almost $15 million in grants to 25 institutions to promote stem cell research, a million of which is going to Cornell. State gives $14.5M for stem cell research Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Tue, 08 Jan 2008 1:04 AM PST State officials announced $14.5 million in grants to medical institutions — including $1 million for the University of Rochester — for stem-cell research, the first allocation of a planned $600 million in aid to expand the research in New York.

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