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Scientists have rescued visual function in laboratory rats with eye disease by using cells similar to stem cells. The research shows the potential for stem cell-based therapies to treat age-related macular degeneration in humans.
WASHINGTON - Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon, opening a new era for the potentially life-saving field. President Ba
Scientists can start using taxpayer money to study stem-cell lines that had been put off-limits on moral grounds by the Bush administration.
Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells, and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon to open a new era for the potentially lifesaving field. President Obama lifted eight years of restrictions on the master cells last spring. But $21 million-and-counting worth of new projects were on hold until the National ...
The government approved on Wednesday the use of the first 13 batches of embryonic stem cells for federally funded research under relaxed restrictions announced by President Barack Obama in March.Scores of additional batches, known as lines, should soon be available, the government said.The privately funded batches were made by two researchers at Harvard University and Rockefeller University ...
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 5:18 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 5:18 a.m. The National Institutes of Health said Wednesday that it had approved 13 new human embryonic stem cell lines for use by federally financed researchers, with 96 more under review.
Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study. Results from the Phase I study show stem cells from donor bone marrow appear to help heart attack patients recover better by growing new blood vessels to bring more oxygen to the heart.
PALO ALTO, Calif.----StemCells, Inc. announced today that it welcomes the approval yesterday by the National Institutes of Health of the first 13 human embryonic stem cell lines for use in NIH-funded research under the NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research adopted in July 2009.
Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells, most of them created by Children's Hospital Boston.
A new era in embryonic stem cell research arrived as the U.S. government approved 13 batches of the master cells for a study using taxpayer dollars, with dozens more in the pipeline.
White House approves first human embryonic stem cells for federally funded experiments
Researchers now have access to 13 new lines of stem cells, opening a wealth of possibilities...
For hundreds of scientists, embryonic stem cell research takes a step into the present.
Title: Stem Cells Repair Heart Attack Damage Category: Health News Created: 12/2/2009 10:20:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/2/2009 10:20:07 AM
Today: Google to let news providers strengthen pay walls. Stem cell companies' shares soar after approval of tax-funded research. Federal Reserve issues upbeat economic assessment. Unemployment in October in most metro areas worsened or was flat. AT&T drops suit against Verizon and its ads.
Shares of companies developing stem cell therapies surged Wednesday on news that the federal government has cleared 13 new stem cell lines for testing, bringing to a close nearly a decade of restrictions. The news from the National Institutes of Health should... Stem cell - Biotechnology - Stem cell line - Barack Obama - Government
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