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Infighting clouds stem cell centre's future The Age Fri, 05 Sep 2008 7:25 AM PDT Australian Stem Cell Centre's future in doubt after Government refuses to guarantee its financial survival in response to a dramatic internal spat over its direction. TAU Researchers Create New Stem Cell Screening Tool BioresearchOnline Fri, 05 Sep 2008 7:23 AM PDT Stem cell research is the next great leap in medicine. In the future, new tissue grown in a laboratory could replace a failing heart, or new cells take the place of damaged cells in the brain. Rather than using stem cells from embryonic sources, which opens difficult ethical and complicated scientific issues, scientists have been looking to adult human stem cells, culled from a person's own body Researchers Tout Need For All Forms Of Stem Cell Research Medical News Today Fri, 05 Sep 2008 7:16 AM PDT In light of a recent breakthrough study in adult stem cell research published in Nature, a group of the world's leading researchers, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), cautions against discounting the potential benefits of all forms of stem cell research, adult and embryonic alike. The study, conducted at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute by Dr. Stem cell board resigns The Australian Fri, 05 Sep 2008 7:00 AM PDT AUSTRALIA'S bid to become a world leader in stem cell science has been plunged into turmoil by the mass resignation yesterday of the seven-strong board of the country's premier research organisation in the field. Interstate Rivalry Put On Hold By Stem Cell Research Medical News Today Fri, 05 Sep 2008 6:16 AM PDT Victoria and New South Wales have put aside their competitive interstate rivalry to collaborate on a stem cell research project, as announced by Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical Research, Verity Firth. Updated guidelines for stem cell research released EurekAlert! Fri, 05 Sep 2008 8:25 AM PDT ( National Academy of Sciences ) The National Academies today released amended guidelines for research involving human embryonic stem cells, revising those that were issued in 2005, and updated in 2007. Updated guidelines for stem cell research released PhysOrg Fri, 05 Sep 2008 8:28 AM PDT The National Academies today released amended guidelines for research involving human embryonic stem cells, revising those that were issued in 2005 and updated in 2007. The Academies originally produced the guidelines to offer a common set of ethical standards for the responsible conduct of research using human stem cells, an area that, due to an absence of comprehensive federal funding, was ... Stem-cell transplant offers Crohn's sufferers hope Niagara Falls Review Fri, 05 Sep 2008 5:44 AM PDT Less than a year ago, 25-year-old Billy Tytaneck felt as if he'd been backed into a corner. The severe case of Crohn's disease he'd been battling for half his life was becoming impossible to live with. He had run through all the medications designed to treat it, [...] Signs of Down syndrome found early in cell development CBC via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 7:18 AM PDT Down syndrome may result from early developmental changes in embryonic stem cells, according to researchers who hope the genetic findings could lead to new therapies. Research unveils earliest cell changes in Down syndrome The Jackson Sun Fri, 05 Sep 2008 2:25 PM PDT Researchers have found the earliest developmental changes in embryonic stem cells that lead to Down syndrome, a new study says.

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