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Stem cell trial 'success' Daily Telegraph Thu, 24 Apr 2008 6:20 PM PDT A man who suffered a heart attack just eight days ago has said he is feeling "practically 100 per cent" after taking part in a pioneering stem cell programme. Embryonic stem cell debate trips up Ohio cloning bill WKYC Cleveland Thu, 24 Apr 2008 4:39 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Some Ohio lawmakers have proposed a ban on human cloning, saying it's unethical and unnecessary. But the proposal is meeting resistance from scientists and the medical community because they say it could shut down research on a promising area of stem-cell research. Coronary victim '100%' after stem cell trial The Herald Thu, 24 Apr 2008 2:31 PM PDT A heart attack victim taking part in a pioneering stem-cell programme spoke yesterday of his recovery. Robin Marston suffered an attack a week ago while packing his car following a trip. VistaGen Collaborates with Canadian, U.S., and British Researchers To Isolate Earliest Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived ... Centre Daily Times Thu, 24 Apr 2008 6:09 PM PDT Joined by scientists from VistaGen Therapeutics here, a team of leading Canadian, American and British medical researchers have used embryonic stem (ES) cells differentiation cultures to successfully identify, grow and study the earliest cell destined to form the human heart. This novel cardiac stem cell is able to produce all three types of cells important to the cardiovascular system. The ... Qld opens national stem cell research centre Australian Broadcasting Corporation Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:01 AM PDT Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has opened a new centre for stem cell research in Brisbane. A Stem Cell Type Supposed To Be Crucial For Angiogenesis And Cancer Growth Does Not Exist? Medical News Today Thu, 24 Apr 2008 1:13 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. Stem cell experts: Results take time Wausau Daily Herald Thu, 24 Apr 2008 2:39 AM PDT The science of stem cell research holds real promise, but many practical applications remain far off, scientists said this week at a Wausau conference on stem cell ethics. Experts: Stem-cell research applications will take time Marshfield News Herald Thu, 24 Apr 2008 1:49 AM PDT WAUSAU -- The science of stem cell research holds real promise, but many practical applications remain far off, scientists said at a Wausau conference this week on stem cell ethics. Embryonic stem cells coaxed into key heart cells Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 24 Apr 2008 7:12 AM PDT Scientists say they have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming three of the major cell types in the human heart, and they improved cardiac function when transplanted into mice. Scientists grow heart-derived stem cells into heart muscle cells New Kerala Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:47 PM PDT Washington, Apr 24 : Dutch researchers have made a breakthrough in stem cell research by successfully growing stem cells from adult human heart into new heart muscle cells.

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