by APFLI | Jun 22, 2004 | Stem Cell - Archive
COMPARATIVE STEM CELLS STUDIES Researchers at the Univ of MN will begin first-ever human clinical trials next year (2005) using both adult and embryonic stem cells. The university is raising private funds for the human embryonic stem cell research. A legislative...
by APFLI | Jun 22, 2004 | Stem Cell - Archive
Researchers are engaged in a “stem-cell war,” a deliberate effort to downplay the proven value of adult stem cells to attract more attention to the potential of embryonic stem cells. It’s a war being fought partly over ethics, but mostly over money....
by APFLI | Jun 3, 2004 | Regenerative Medicine
Scientists Advance Destructive Research Despite Adult Stem Cell Success — Despite the fact that embryonic stem cell research offers little chance of success, researchers around the world are apparently prepared to gamble on it, according to a survey conducted by...
by APFLI | May 17, 2004 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
A team of American and Argentinian researchers has proved that adult stem cells can significantly improve damaged heart tissue. [American Association for Thoracic Surgery in Toronto, 25Apr04] The patients’ own stem cells injected into the damaged areas...
by APFLI | May 12, 2004 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical)
Skeletal muscle has a remarkable capacity to regenerate following exercise or injury and harbors two different types of adult stem cells to accomplish the job: satellite cells and adult stem cells that can be isolated as side population (SP) cells. A certain...
