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After unusual stem cell transplant, Coppell toddler comes home from hospital Dallas Morning News Mon, 11 Feb 2008 8:14 PM PST Caden Ledbetter's stem cell transplant in December was a test of modern medicine. The six weeks of blood transfusions, fevers and fits that followed, all in an isolated hospital room, was a test of the Coppell toddler's spirit. In the latter battle, Caden came out a winner Monday. UCLA stem cell scientists reprogram human skin cells into embryonic stem cells EurekAlert! Mon, 11 Feb 2008 2:10 PM PST UCLA stem cell scientists have reprogrammed human skin cells into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells without using embryos or eggs. UTMB gets grant for stem cell research Galveston County Daily News Mon, 11 Feb 2008 9:56 PM PST GALVESTON — A $500,000 grant from the Cullen Foundation will support neurological stem cell research at the University of Texas Medical Branch by funding the purchase of an advanced microscope and supporting a postdoctoral fellow who assists in the studies to optimize stem cell therapy. Stem cell research could be on Nov. ballot The Hillsdale Daily News Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:37 AM PST Michigan voters may have to decide in November whether to legally allow embryonic stem cell research to be conducted. A statewide group now is circulating petitions to get the needed 380,126 signatures by July 7 to put the measure on the November ballot. Human stem cell tests could begin this summer CNN Money Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:12 PM PST The first experiments using human embryonic stem cells in human subjects could begin within a few months, the chief executive of biotech Geron said Monday. Human Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Embryonic Stem Cells Science Daily Mon, 11 Feb 2008 6:23 PM PST Stem cell scientists have reprogrammed human skin cells into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells without using embryos or eggs. The implications for disease treatment could be significant. Reprogramming adult stem cells into embryonic stem cells could generate a potentially limitless source of immune-compatible cells for tissue engineering and transplantation ... Cryo-Cell reports loss St. Petersburg Times Mon, 11 Feb 2008 8:32 AM PST Cryo-Cell International Inc. in Oldsmar reported that losses widened last year while revenues remained nearly flat. The stem-cell storage company, which is under court orders to hold a new board election, lost $5-million, or 43 cents a share, on revenues... Hulshof, Steelman share views on stem cells Columbia Daily Tribune Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:32 PM PST The two Republican candidates for governor share an antipathy to abortion and opposition to a 2006 ballot initiative that banned the General Assembly from curtailing federally allowed stem cell research. Cord Blood Registry Reports A Significant Increase In Number Of Children Needing Access To Their Own Cord Blood Stem ... Medical News Today Mon, 11 Feb 2008 2:17 AM PST Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the world's largest and most experienced cord blood stem cell bank, announced today that for the second year in a row, a record number of cord blood stem cell collections stored at CBR have been needed for medical use by the individual child from whom they were collected (also called self-use or autologous use). UCLA study opens new stem cell route Daily Breeze Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:56 PM PST Researchers at UCLA have become the first in the state to successfully create skin cells that can be used to treat a number of fatal or debilitating conditions without the use of human embryos or eggs.

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