Stem cell cure hope for MS patients Channel 4 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:02 PM PDT Stem-cell treatment could be used to help reverse the effects of multiple sclerosis within 15 years, a leading expert on the disease has said. | Panelist says stem cell debate not black and white Wausau Daily Herald Tue, 22 Apr 2008 7:38 PM PDT The argument over embryonic stem cell research has produced some strange bedfellows, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of law and bioethics said Tuesday at a panel discussion in Wausau. | Stem Cell Research Conference WAOW Wausau Tue, 22 Apr 2008 3:00 PM PDT WAUSAU -- As time goes by, technology and medicine grow more complex and sometimes those complexities can turn to debates. One medical issue, right now, is stem cell research and whether or not it's ethical. | Mature B Cells Reprogrammed To Stem-Cell-Like State BioresearchOnline Tue, 22 Apr 2008 8:15 AM PDT mature, differentiated B cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the use of an egg according to a study published in the April 18 issue of Cell | A stem cell type supposed to be crucial for angiogenesis and cancer growth does not exist? News-Medical-Net Tue, 22 Apr 2008 2:03 AM PDT It is widely believed that tumor angiogenesis and cancer growth critically depend on circulating endothelial precursor cells, mobilized from the bone marrow. The recent study from researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Stanford University, US, now suggests that a stem cell type supposed to be crucial for blood vessel formation and cancer growth does not actually exist. | | |
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