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| Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a multi-cellular organism that is genetically identical to another living organism. Sometimes this can refer to "natural" clones made when an organism reproduces asexually, but in common parlance the clone is an identical copy by some conscious design. The word was coined by the British geneticist J. B. S. Haldane in 1963, and is derived from the Greek word for "twig", klon. |  |
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| Lawsuit Filed To Block Alaska Ballot Initiative Declaring Fetuses 'Legal Persons' The Alaska Civil Liberties Union is supporting a lawsuit filed last week by plaintiffs that include Vic Fischer, a former Democratic legislator and delegate to the state constitutional convention, to block a proposed ballot initiative that seeks to codify that "all human beings, from the beginning of their biological development as human organisms, including the single-cell embryo, ... |
| New Source Discovered For The Generation Of Nerve Cells In The Brain Until only a few years ago, neurogenesis the process of nerve cell development was considered to be impossible in the adult brain. The textbooks asserted that dead nerve cells could not be replaced. Then researchers discovered regions in the forebrain in humans in which new nerve cells can be generated throughout life... |
| New Stem Cell Technology Developed At Hebrew University - Leads To Better Treatment For Complicated Bone Fractures A novel technology involving use of stem cells, developed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, has been applied to provide better and rapid healing for patients suffering from complicated bone fractures.. The technology, involving isolation of the stem cells from bone marrow, was developed by Dr. Zulma Gazit, Dr. Gadi Pelled, Prof... |
| Adult Stem Cells Safe, Promising In Treating Heart Attack Patients An FDA-approved clinical trial is the first to show that treating patients with adult stem cells after a heart attack is safe and that it appears to repair damaged heart tissue. Results of the study are published in the December 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The trial, lead by Joshua M. Hare, M.D... |
| Stem Cells Heal Lungs Of Newborn Animals - Proven By Physician-Scientist Dr. Bernard Thébaud lives in two very different worlds. As a specialist in the Stollery Children's Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, he cares for tiny babies, many of whom struggle for breath after being born weeks before they are due. Across town, in his laboratory in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta, Dr... |
| The Birth Of New Neurons Boosted By Polyphenols And Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) researchers have confirmed that a diet rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids, patented as an LMN diet, helps boost the production of the brain's stem cells -neurogenesis- and strengthens their differentiation in different types of neuron cells... |
| Univ. Of Nebraska Board Of Regents Votes To Maintain Current Embryonic Stem Cell Policy The University of Nebraska Board of Regents last week voted 4-4 not to restrict embryonic stem cell research policy beyond current federal and state limits, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the tie vote defeats a "rare effort" at a university system to curtail stem cell research beyond state and federal law... |
| Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant May Help Lung, Heart Disorders Two separate studies published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (18:8), - now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct - have shown that transplanted human-derived umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells transplanted in an animal model had positive therapeutic effects on specific lung and heart disorders the animal models... |
| Versatility Of Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that stem cells found in amniotic fluid meet an important test of potential to become specialized cell types, which suggests they may be useful for treating a wider array of diseases and conditions than scientists originally thought. Reporting in Oncogene, a publication of Nature Publishing Group, the research teams of Anthony Atala, M.D... |
| New Discovery About The Formation Of New Brain Cells The generation of new nerve cells in the brain is regulated by a peptide known as C3a, which directly affects the stem cells' maturation into nerve cells and is also important for the migration of new nerve cells through the brain tissue, reveals new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy published in the journal Stem Cells... |
| New Discovery About The Formation Of New Brain Cells The generation of new nerve cells in the brain is regulated by a peptide known as C3a, which directly affects the stem cells' maturation into nerve cells and is also important for the migration of new nerve cells through the brain tissue, reveals new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy published in the journal Stem Cells... |
| Beyond Genomics, Biologists And Engineers Decode The Next Frontier A team of Princeton biologists and engineers has dramatically improved the speed and accuracy of measuring an enigmatic set of proteins that influences almost every aspect of how cells and tissues function. The new method offers a long-sought tool for studying stem cells, cancer and other problems of fundamental importance to biology and medicine... |
| Advanced Cell Technology Files IND With FDA For First Human Clinical Trial Using Embryonic Stem Cells To Treat Eye Disease Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB:ACTC) announced that it filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I/II multicenter study using embryonic stem cell derived retinal cells to treat patients with Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy (SMD)... |
| Burns Patients Awaiting Skin Grafts: Human Embryonic Stem-Cells Could Be Used To Generate Temporary Skin A study in this week's edition of The Lancet reports that the use of human embryonic stem-cells (hESCs) is a promising alternative for producing temporary skin substitutes for patients awaiting skin grafts after, for example, serious burn injuries... |
| Is Hepatic Differentiation Of Embryonic Stem Cells Induced By Valproic Acid And Cytokines? Embryonic stem (ES) cells, known for their capacity to proliferate indefinitely and differentiate into almost all types of cells including hepatocytes, have raised the hope of cellular replacement therapy for liver failure... |
| International Event At Queen's Focuses On Male Infertility Male infertility and tackling falling birth rates across Europe will be among the topics addressed at this year's British Andrology Society's annual conference at Queen's University in Belfast... |
| NC State Researchers Advance Understanding Of Stem Cells Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons. The research is a significant advance in understanding the development of the nervous system, which is essential to addressing conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders... |
| Transplanting People's Own Stem Cells Into Heart Lessens Pain, Improves Ability To Walk The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. The transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn't receive stem cells... |
| Vitrolife Receives Research Grant From VINNOVA For Development Of The Clinical Stem-Cell Media Of Tomorrow VINNOVA announced in a press release yesterday that they are going to provide support of SEK 3.6 million for Vitrolife's research project for optimized culture media to enable the clinical use of stem cells. "It is very pleasing news and will enable more intensive work in an area that we very much believe in for the future", says Magnus Nilsson, Vitrolife's CEO... |
| Cancer-Fighting Drugs Delivered Right To The Tumor An encapsulation breakthrough by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology may enable doctors to deliver anti-cancer drugs directly to tumors over extended periods of time, while preventing the systemic side effects of chemotherapy and other current cancer treatments... |
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