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5 stem-cell lines' consent forms questioned Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sun, 03 Aug 2008 6:19 PM PDT Nearly one-quarter of the human stem cell lines approved for federal funding by the Bush administration may have serious ethical problems, according to a report by University of Wisconsin-Madison bioethicist Robert Streiffer. NY Stem Cell Foundation Plays Critical Funding Role In Major New ALS Research Medical News Today Sun, 03 Aug 2008 1:12 AM PDT In a breakthrough discovery, Dr. Kevin Eggan, Chief Scientific Officer of The New York Stem Cell Foundation and Principal Faculty Member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, has produced human stem cell lines from the cells of patients afflicted with a version of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Stanford Fruit-Fly Study Adds Weight To Theories About Another Type Of Adult Stem Cell Medical News Today Sun, 03 Aug 2008 1:12 AM PDT It turns out that an old dog - or at least an old fruit-fly cell - can learn new tricks. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that mature, specialized cells naturally regress to serve as a kind of de facto stem cell during the fruit-fly life cycle. Pet stem-cell therapy comes to Montrose Montrose Daily Press Sun, 03 Aug 2008 3:29 AM PDT MONTROSE — Local pet owners now have the option of stem-cell technology to help heal their soft-tissue injured and arthritic animals. Research Team Creates Human ALS Motor Neurons: First Disease-Specific Stem Cells From Human Skin Cells Medical News Today Sun, 03 Aug 2008 1:12 AM PDT A team of researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Columbia University, in a collaboration catalyzed by the Project A.L.S./Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem Cell Research, has demonstrated that pluripotent stem cells generated from a patient with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) can be directed to differentiate into motor neurons - the very brain cells destroyed by ALS. STEVE KOLOSKUS - A TWO-TIME CANCER SURVIVOR'S ROCKY ROUTE TO RIDE THE ROCKIES Advertising and Marketing Review Sun, 03 Aug 2008 8:52 PM PDT One year ago, Denver ad agency Owner STEVE KOLOSKUS was confined to an antiseptically-clean room in the bone marrow transplant unit of PS/L St. Luke's hospital, his immune system destroyed. And he was about to undergo stem cell replacement therapy.

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