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>Translating Thomson’s “Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells”
>Yu, Thomson, and all, from Wisconsin published their paper on reprogrammed induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells from adult cells online in Science Express online, yesterday, just after the Yamanaka/Takahashi team from Japan published theirs in the journal, Cell. (The Thomson paper was not scheduled to go live online until the 22nd.) As discussed on this … Continue reading
On the power of Naming (iPS and Art Caplan’s Off the Wall Question)
Art Caplan, Ph.D., is one of the pseudoeditors over at the Journal of American Bioethics blog, bioethics.net and a founding member of the “Progressive Bioethics Initiative,” along with Robin Alta Charo, the subject of one of yesterday’s posts. Dr. Caplan writes a regular “Breaking Bioethics” column for MSNBC. Art took the liberty of renaming the … Continue reading
“I want” ethics reigns, even with good stem cell news
I found someone willing to admit that she’s not happy with today’s news on the production of embryo-like stem cells without the destruction of embryos or harm to women from donating eggs. Robin Alta Charo is a lawyer who, as part of the Clinton administration’s National Bioethics Advisory Commission, helped fabricate the policy to allow … Continue reading
>Science Magazine on "Race" to Stem Cell Breakthrough
>The Thomson article is online (abstract is free, article is behind a pay wall), but I haven’t had a chance to read it. In the meantime, Science Magazine has a news article on both the publication from Wisconsin’s Thomson and the previously discussed Takahashi/Yamanaka article in Cell. Be sure and read the last sentence!!!! Now … Continue reading
>Translation of "Induced Pluripotent (Human) Stem Cells"
>Please see the revised version of this post, published November 30, 2007.
>Reprogramming Stem Cells – Links to Articles
>I got the authors backwards. Here’s the corrected version: Takahashi et al. (including Yamanaka), Cell Online, free pdf. There’s a “Preview” article in pdf here.Still waiting for Science to post Thomson’s report online.
>Embryonic Stem Cells from Patient’s Own Adult Stem Cells
>Well, they did it! From Reuter’s, UK: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two separate teams of researchers announced on Tuesday they had transformed ordinary skin cells into batches of cells that look and act like embryonic stem cells — but without using cloning technology and without making embryos. Their breakthroughs could make possible the long-sought goal of … Continue reading
Dolly’s Dad: Cloning, embryos and eggs not needed
10 years after the world learned about the cloning of Dolly the sheep, the scientist responsible for her birth announces that cloning is passe’. Just after the announcement that a US lab has managed the first confirmed cloning of primate (monkeys, not human) embryos using adult cell donor DNA, Ian Wilmut made statements to the … Continue reading
>Cutting Edge Juvenile Diabetes Adult Stem Cell Research
>Interrupting our discussion on State force and conscience, but this news is just too cool to postpone:Regenetech, the company that has the license agreement with NASA for the “Intrafuge” that processes cord blood cells and bone marrow cells for the production of embryonic-like and select stem cell treatments, has announced a two year agreement for … Continue reading
>Previous review Texas Cancer and stem cell research
>Here’s a link to a post from last January on HB 14, and House Joint Resolution 90, the Bills which became Proposition 15, the Legislation for $3 billion in cancer research bonds and the Texas Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. The original article is no longer available on the Austin American Statesman site, … Continue reading
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