SCINET • WORLD TRADE SYSTEM ® Automatic Commercial Operations • Import-Export • On-line Payment Systems • More than 20 million classified companies in 245 countries • 60 million goods, products and services • Production Mini-plants in mobile containers SCiNet Associates 24Hours consulting service 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.   Stem Cell Research News From Medical News Today Ability To Track Stem Cells In Tumors Could Advance Cancer Treatments Using noninvasive molecular imaging technology, a method has been developed to track the location and activity of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the tumors of living organisms, according to researchers at SNM's 55th Annual Meeting. This ability could lead to major advances in the use of stem cell therapies to treat cancer. Cytori Selected By Fraunhofer Society To Develop New Stem And Regenerative Cell-Based Treatments For Stroke Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CYTX) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI) formed collaboration to develop adipose-derived stem and regenerative cell-based treatments for ischemic stroke. The Fraunhofer Society will commit $425,000 over two years in support to Cytori's already planned research and development. The goal of the collaboration is to advance adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells into clinical trials for ischemic stroke. Gladstone And Izumi Bio In Partnership In Regenerative Medicine And Cardiovascular Disease iZumi Bio, Inc. and The J. David Gladstone Institutes, an independent non-profit biomedical research organization, have announced a major research collaboration and licensing agreement to focus on applications for induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. U.S. Bishops Issue Statement Rejecting Embryonic Stem Cell Research In its first formal statement exclusively on human embryonic stem cell research, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday explicitly opposed the research, AFP/Google.com reports. Key Developmental Pathway Activates Lung Stem Cells Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that the activation of a molecular pathway important in stem cell and developmental biology leads to an increase in lung stem cells. Harnessing this knowledge could help develop therapies for lung-tissue repair after injury or disease. The investigators published their findings online last week in advance of print publication in Nature Genetics. Ohio Governor Vetoes Stimulus Package Provision Prohibiting Use Of Funds For Stem Cell Research Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) on Thursday signed an economic stimulus package (HB 554) into law but line-item vetoed a provision that would have prohibited $100 million in state biomedical funds from being used for research on human cloning, the Adult Stem Cells Improve Fracture Healing Adult stem cells improve healing of broken bones and could eventually serve as a new treatment for the 10 to 20 percent of fractures that fail to heal, according to a new study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, by Froilan Granero-Molto, PhD, research associate of the University of North Carolina. Old Muscle Given New Pep By Stem Cell Researchers Old muscle got a shot of youthful vigor in a stem cell experiment by bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, setting the path for research on new treatments for age-related degenerative conditions such as muscle atrophy or Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.In a new study published in an advanced online issue of the journal Nature, researchers identified two key regulatory pathways that control how well adult stem cells repair and replace damaged tissue. Molecule That Nudges Nerve Stem Cells To Mature Created By UT Southwestern Researchers Inspired by a chance discovery during another experiment, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created a small molecule that stimulates nerve stem cells to begin maturing into nerve cells in culture.This finding might someday allow a person's own nerve stem cells to be grown outside the body, stimulated into maturity, and then re-implanted as working nerve cells to treat various diseases, the researchers said. La. House Approves Ban On Funding For Research Involving Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer The Louisiana House on Wednesday voted 89-1 to pass a Senate-approved measure (HB 370) that would prohibit the use of state or federal funds for research involving human somatic cell nuclear transfer, sometimes referred to as therapeutic cloning by supporters, the Wealth Of Genomic Hotspots Discovered In Embryonic Stem Cells In a paper published in Cell, Singapore scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveil an atlas that showing the location of "genomic hotspots" of essential protein "switches" (transcription factors) that are critical for maintaining the embryonic stem (ES) cell state.Using advanced high throughput sequencing technology, the scientists discovered over 3,000 hotspots. Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence With Stem Cells Reported From The Annual Meeting Of The American Urological Association ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Rodriguez discussed use of stem cells for treating SUI (Stress Urinary Incontinence). A stem cell is embryonic, adult, or engineered. Embryonic stem cells come from the blastocyst which is totipotent or pluripotent. These cells are immortal, identical clonal cells with long-term self renewal. Controversies include possible tumor formation, the difficulty maintaining cell cultures and ethical issues. Mechanism That Prevents Cells From Transforming Into Cancer Cells MRC scientists have discovered a mechanism that prevents cells from transforming into cancer cells. As cells age they enter a state called senescence, a kind of suspended animation that allows a cell to keep functioning but prevents it from changing. This state can also be triggered by what's called an 'insult' to the cell, for example a signal from a cancer-initiating gene. Cardiogenesis Announces Preliminary Clinical Results With The PHOENIX System Combining TMR + Stem Cells Cardiogenesis Corporation (Pink Sheets: CGCP), a leading developer of surgical products for cardiac revascularization, today announced a scientific presentation that describes the use of the PHOENIX delivery system combining transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) with autologous bone marrow derived stem cells. Spine Surgeons At Pine Creek Medical Center Take The Lead In Utilizing Stem Cell Technologies In Surgical Procedures Spine surgeons at Pine Creek Medical Center in Dallas have established themselves as the leaders of a cutting-edge surgical procedure that utilizes a patient's own adult stem cells to regenerate tissue. Doctors Douglas Won, Michael Rimlawi, and Francisco J. Study Yields Clues Into Different Leukemia Forms And Possible Therapeutic Targets Research led by scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has revealed new clues into what causes different types of a particularly aggressive group of blood cancers known as mixed lineage leukemias (MLL) and how the disease might be treated, according to a study in Cancer Cell. Mixing And Matching Genes To Keep Nerve Cells Straight With fewer than 30,000 human genes with which to work, Nature has to mix and match to generate the myriad types of neurons or nerve cells needed to assemble the brain and nervous system. Keeping this involved process on the straight and narrow requires a clever balance of promotion and inhibition, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears in the current edition of the journal Developmental Cell. Stem Cell Discovery Sheds Light On Placenta Development Researchers studying embryonic stem cells have explored the first fork in the developmental road, getting a new look at what happens when fertilized eggs differentiate to build either an embryo or a placenta. Brazil's Biotech Firms: From Imitators To Innovators In Health-Related Products Brazil is in the midst of a transition from imitator to innovator in health-related products, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date of barriers and opportunities facing that country's health biotech industry.In the third study of its kind, the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health (MRC), says South America's largest and most populous country has the scientific and market capacity to emerge as a major global player. When Forming Opinions About Stem Cell Research The Public Largely Ignore Scientific Information When forming attitudes about embryonic stem cell research, people are influenced by a number of things. But understanding science plays a negligible role for many people.That's the surprising finding from a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison communications researchers who have spent the past two years studying public attitudes toward embryonic stem cell research. News updated on 2008/07/06 SCiNet Cloning News is feeding this zone from Medical News Today®, focused on the latest developments in Science and Technology. SCINET CORPORATION SCiNet Corporation • Science Network | The World Trade System SCiNet International Office | 24 Hour support service Info and Questions | Phone: (+34) 91-476-7000 | Fax: (+34) 91-388-3203 © 2008 SCINET CORPORATION. All rights reserved Legal Information. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form