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"Scientists eager for stem cell policy change." ... "Although [Democratic] President-elect Obama’s pledge to change federal policy on stem cell research is not likely to lead to new cures by the end of his first year — or even first term — the scientific community is eager to get moving." ... "Embryonic stem cell research is one area in which the change that Obama has promised on the campaign trail will provoke an immediate effect." ... "Once he has acted to ease the restriction on federal funding, researchers across the United States will be free to request funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to collaborate with colleagues conducting experiments with private or state-government money and those working abroad." ... "“Just with the stroke of a pen, the new president could open up new avenues of research,” said [Colorado Democratic Representative] Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.), the lead Democratic sponsor of legislation that would broaden funding for embryonic stem cell research." ... "Researchers believe embryonic stem cells can be made to replicate practically any human cell or tissue, thus leading to treatments for countless ailments." -By Jeffrey Young -TheHill.com 
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"Trust Me." ... ""You’re the Republican candidate for president and you want to fix the country's problems even though you don’t know much about the economy, you don’t know how to use the internet, you don’t know how many houses you own or what kind of car you drive, you admit you don’t think clearly when you’re tired, you make frequent gaffes on foreign policy, you think offshore drilling is a short-term solution to high gas prices, you support torture and keeping the Guantanamo prison open, you make rash decisions and statements from which you have to quickly backtrack, you have an explosive temper on a hair trigger, your idea of health care reform is 'wear more sunscreen,' you're for stem cell research except when it's done on stem cells because you consider them all American citizens, and you voted to support the policies of the worst president ever 100 percent of the time this year?"" ... ""Trust me, my friends. I was a POW."" ... "Only in Republicanland." -Bill in Portland Maine -DailyKos.com
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Cells -Massachusetts
- Wisconsin
- Political
- Religious
- Health
- "Stem
cell discovery avoids loss of embryo: Laboratory
breakthrough may ease moral, religious concerns over beginning of life."
... "Two teams of U.S. scientists have found ways to harvest stem cells
from embryos without sacrificing a viable life in the process." ... "If
these proof-of-principle experiments, which were conducted in mice, can
translate to humans, they might ease the fierce ethical and political storm
that surrounds embryonic stem-cell research." ... "Stem cells from human
embryos are considered the key to regenerative medicine. They have the
power to multiply indefinitely and grow into all the various tissues that
make up a human body. As it stands now, the only way to access these cells
is to snatch them from the inner mass of a budding embryo that is destroyed
in the process. For those who believe life begins at conception, the method
is tantamount to murder." ... "But scientists at the Massachusetts-based
biotech firm Advanced Cell Technology and the University of Wisconsin have
now demonstrated that if they pluck a cell from an embryo that is a speck
of just eight cells, the embryo can survive to be implanted in a uterus
and result in a normal pregnancy." -By Carolyn Abraham
-GlobeAndMail
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- Stem
Cells - "Frist,
Bush split on stem cell stance." ... "Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist's dramatic decision to break with the White House by
supporting expanded federal funding for embryonic stem cell research exposed
a deep split among Republicans and set the stage for President Bush's first
veto." ... ""I am pro-life, I believe human life begins at conception,"
the transplant surgeon said. "I also believe that embryonic stem cell research
should be encouraged and supported."" ... "Republican strategist Charlie
Black estimates a quarter to a third of the GOP disagree with Bush on stem
cell research. But some conservatives call Frist's reasoning contradictory
and warn that he may regret his words if, as many expect, he runs for president
in 2008." -By Andrea Stone and Judy Keen
-USATODAY
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- STEM
CELL NEWS - "House
passes stem cell research bill." ... "Ignoring President
Bush's veto threat, the House voted Tuesday to lift limits on embryonic
stem cell research, a measure supporters said could accelerate cures for
diseases but opponents viewed as akin to abortion." ... "Bush called the
bill a mistake and said he would veto it. The House approved it by a 238-194
vote, far short of the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override
a veto." -AP
via -USATODAY
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- Stem
Cells - Cloning
- "Bush
'very concerned about cloning': Vows veto on legislation
to ease stem cell research restrictions." ... "President Bush on Friday
said he would veto legislation that would loose restrictions on embryonic
stem cell research and expressed concern about human cloning research in
South Korea." ... "The president also threatened a veto of legislation
that would clear the way for taxpayer money to be spent on embryonic stem
cell research." ... "A measure by Reps. Mike Castle, R-Del., and Diana
DeGette, D-Colo., would lift Bush’s 2001 ban on the use of federal dollars
for research using any new embryonic stem cell lines. Bush said he would
veto such a measure if it reached his desk."
-AP via -MSNBC
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- Cloning
- Stem
Cells
- "Stem-cell
research surges ahead of lawmakers: Researchers announce
a significant breakthrough as US House is about to consider reversing a
stem-cell ban." ... "In what many are calling a breakthrough, an international
team of scientists for the first time has produced human embryonic stem
cells genetically matched to specific people diagnosed with diseases. They
hope the advance will one day lead to growing replacement tissue to treat
specific maladies." ... "The technique, which involves cloning, will find
its most immediate use as a powerful research tool, scientists say. An
enormous amount of work remains to be done to determine if embryonic stem
cells can be used to treat injuries or illnesses." -By
Peter N. Spotts -CSMonitor
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- Cloning
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Cells
- Genetics
- "Scientists
Clone Stem Cells From Human Patients." ... "South
Korean scientists have surmounted a key hurdle in stem cell research, reporting
today that they have produced 11 human embryo clones of injured or sick
patients and harvested individualized stem cells in a process that could
be used to treat patients with their own genetically matched tissues."
... "The technique, reported by the same team that produced the first human
embryo clones last year, also produced the stem cells with a much higher
level of efficiency than in the past, boosting the technology well into
the realm of medical therapy." ... "If the technique can be replicated
in other labs, scientists said they could create individualized lines of
stem cells to produce tissues suitable for transplants without running
the risk of rejection." (1, 2)
-By Karen Kaplan-LAtimes
- "Stem
cell therapy safety boosted: A new way of growing
human embryonic stem cells in the laboratory will reduce the risk that
their use in therapy could go wrong, say scientists." ... "At present the
cells are cultured using live animal cells which carries the risk of contamination
with viruses and other harmful agents." ... "Researchers at Advanced Cell
Technology in Boston have developed a method which avoids the use of animal
cells." ... "The Advanced Cell Technology team has developed a way to replace
the use of animal cells with a sterile protein matrix." ... "Tests on stem
cells cultured using the new technique for six months showed that they
retained their ability to form different tissues." ... "Dr Stephen Minger
of King's College London, who created the first embryonic stem (ES) cell
line in the UK, said the new work was a step forward." ... "However, he
said that the culture medium was still derived from animal sources." ...
""This might be cell free and serum free, but it is not animal free.""-BBC
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- CLONING
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- "Cloning
of human embryos achieved." ... "South Korean scientists
have succeeded in creating clones of human embryos, a major breakthrough
for the promising field of stem-cell therapy — and for the far more controversial
endeavor of cloning a human being." ... "The achievement, to be published
this week in the journal Science, was hailed by many scientists because
it brings closer the possibility that replacement tissues might one day
be grown to treat medical conditions such as diabetes, spinal-cord injuries
and Parkinson's disease." ... "The study was conducted by a team of scientists
at the Seoul National University, Mizmedi Hospital, Hanyang University,
Gachon Medical School and Sunchun National University." -LAtimes
and -WashingtonPost via
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- CLONING
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- "Human
cells cloned, South Korean researchers claim." ...
"The researchers, who will publish their work today in the online edition
of the journal Science, placed genetic material from a Korean volunteer
into a human egg cell and coaxed it to develop into a blastocyst, a cluster
of about 100 cells that is substantially more advanced than any embryo
previously known to have been created in a human-cloning experiment." ...
"In another first, the team also extracted embryonic stem cells, powerful
cells with the ability to become any other kind of cell, from the cloned
blastocyst." -By Gareth Cook -Boston/Globe
via -StarTribune.com
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"South
Korean researchers cull stem cells from cloned human embryo."
... "Researchers in South Korea for the first time have cloned a human
embryo and then culled stem cells from it, marking an important step toward
one day growing patients' own replacement tissue to treat diseases." ...
"This is not cloning to make babies. Instead it's called therapeutic cloning,
in which embryos that are the genetic twins of a particular patient are
grown in a test-tube to supply master stem cells that can grow into any
tissue --without being rejected by that patient's immune system." -By
Lauran Neergaard -AP
via -SFGate.com
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- GENETICS
- "Sperm
from stem cells fertilize egg: Lab-grown reproductive
cells could lead to fertility treatments." ... "Mouse sperm grown from
stem cells have successfully fertilized eggs. Laboratory-grown human sperm
could follow." ... "The achievement follows the production of fertile eggs
from stem cells earlier this year. It could lead to alternative ways to
help infertile couples conceive by in vitro fertilization. Such cells could,
for instance, help parents who have genetic defects to give birth to normal
children." -By Helen R. Pilcher -Nature.com
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- "Debating
stem cell 'safe haven': Mass. lawmakers weigh
the benefits, ethics of endorsing research in state." ... "Supporters of
a bill that would make Massachusetts a ''safe haven'' for embryonic stem
cell research yesterday urged lawmakers to pass the measure quickly. But
at a legislative hearing, a handful of opponents warned against crossing
an ethical boundary." ... "In written testimony, Robert Lanza, vice president
of medical and scientific development at Advanced Cell Technology Inc.
of Worcester, said the company is ''exploring the possibility of relocating
to California,'' which has passed a measure similar to that being considered
in Massachusetts. The company previously threatened to move overseas."
-By Jeffrey Krasner
-Boston/Globe
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- CLONING
NEWS
- "Stem
cell advance may fuel cloning dispute." ... "Scientists
in the US and France have used stem cells from mice to form eggs capable
of being fertilised, an advance likely to fuel controversy over stem cell
research and cloning." ... "The technique, if successfully applied to humans,
would raise the possibility of using stem cells for fertility treatment.
Eggs produced by stem cells could be fertilised by donated sperm, creating
new life." -By Victoria Griffith
-FT.com
- "Self-Mended
Heart: Boy’s Own Blood Used for First-of-Its-Kind
Stem Cell Transplant." ... "In the first operation of its kind [20030217],
doctors used stem cells from a 16-year-old Almont, Mich., boy's own blood
to repair his heart after he was accidentally shot in the heart with a
nail gun and subsequently suffered a heart attack." ... "It is hoped that
the stem cells will repair and regenerate Dimitri Bonnville's damaged heart
and its blood vessels. When the teen was first brought to the hospital
after the Feb. 1 construction accident, surgeons immediately removed the
three-inch-long nail and repaired the hole in his heart."
-ABCNEWS.com
- STEM
CELL NEWS
- "Nancy
Reagan Fights Bush Over Stem Cells." ... "Mr. Bush
sharply limited such research. At 81, the former first lady is obliquely
but persistently campaigning — through friends, advisers, lawmakers and
her own well-placed calls and letters — to reverse the president's decision."
... "Mrs. Reagan believes that embryonic stem cell research could uncover
a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease that has wiped out her husband's memory.
She was dismayed, friends say, when the White House took issue on Monday
with a new California law that encourages embryonic stem cell research."
... ""A lot of time is being wasted," she told a friend last week who was
given permission to pass her words on to The New York Times. "A lot of
people who could be helped are not being helped."" -By
Alessandra Stanley -NYTimes
via -Google-News
- "Calif.
Approves Stem Cell Research." ... "In a move that
runs counter to Bush administration policy, California has adopted a new
law that opens the state's doors to stem cell researchers." ... "Gov. Gray
Davis signed legislation Sunday that expressly permits the research, which
has been strongly opposed by anti-abortion groups and the Roman Catholic
church because it involves the use of fetal and embryonic tissue."
-AP via -Guardian.co.uk
CLONING
NEWS - Advanced Cell Technology Inc. announced they
have cloned a human embryo. The company was the first to publish in the
scientific literature their research in cloning a human embryo. Their
research was part of a process to advance the science of therapeutic cloning
and to harvest embryonic stem cells for what's been referred to as regenerative
medicine. -Hermit
-HavenWorks.com
- "How Bush Got There: Months of debate--and one lucky break--led to the President's compromise. The inside story" (1, 2, 3) -By Richard Lacayo -TIME
- ""We Must Proceed With Great Care" In a 21st century speech on stem-cell funding, Bush budges and finds compromise. Will it work?" (1,2) -By Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy -TIME
- "And What About The Science?" (1, 2) -By Jeffrey Kluger and Michael D. Lemonick -TIME
"The Bush Decision: What He Said" a quick overview of the facts. -By Mitch Frank -TIME
- The Wired article reports that according to a spokesman for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Sean Tipton, the "scientific literature indicates there are about six documented stem cell lines; unpublished research could bring the number up to about 15, Tipton said." Tipton expressed concern that ""The president seems to have different information about the number of stem cell lines than do the best informed scientists and medical professionals," Tipton said. "We fear that's indicative of the kind of information the president has been getting.""
- "Bush decision might not stop Congress' stem cell plans"
- "Thompson: Stem cell lines 'viable for research' ... the federal government would set up a registry for the available stem cell lines."
- "How the president made his decision"
- "Reaction mixed to stem cell decision"
- "Adult stem cells or embryonic? Scientists differ"
- ""
- "Bush facing stem cell storm"
- "Press see 'political' stem cell decision"
"Stem cell compromise angers hardliners"
- "What are stem cells?"
- "Companies cheer Bush stem cell move"
"Bush's stem cell decision: Full text"
- "Bush OKs limited stem cell funding" -By Bob Kemper and Jeff Zeleny
- "Scientists React: Researchers aren't satisfied" -By Jeremy Manier
- "Bush straddles fence, bends campaign vow on research" -By William Neikirk
- "U. of C. bioethicist will preside over council" -By Liam Ford [U.C., University of Chicago]
- Tribune editorial: "Stem cells and caution"
- "Stem Cell Research" Full coverage, special section
- "Bush Backs Partial Stem Cell Funding" -By Amy Goldstein and Mike Allen
- "Analysis: Clear Break From the Right May Be Brief" -By Dana Milbank
- "Scientists See Growth in Field, Lament Limits" -By Rick Weiss
- "Bush OKs Limited Stem Cell Funding: President steers a middle course on his most sensitive policy issue so far, saying he'll allow some U.S.-backed studies that don't destroy more human embryos."
- "On Long Road to Decision, President Searched for a 'Compromise Route': Bush focused on the ethics of stem cell research, observers say, and didn't tip his hand under intense lobbying." -By Edwin Chen
- "News Analysis: Bush Adept at Science of Compromise" -By Janet Hook and Ronald Brownstein
(Adobe Acrobat PDFs)- "Executive Summary
- "Volume I: Report and Recommendations of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (Adobe Acrobat® format, 1.75 mb)"
- "Volume II: Commissioned Papers (Adobe Acrobat® format, 1.75 mb)"
- "Statement By the President, dated September 13, 1999"
- "Volume III: Religious Perspectives (Adobe Acrobat® format, 1.25 mb)"
NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry - http://escr.nih.gov/ NIH: Stem Cell Information - http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/
Stem Cell Primer, updated September 2002 - http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/primer.htm
Embryonic Stem Cell Research at UW-Madison - http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/
MPACs - multipotent adult progenitor cells
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