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Author: Krista Conger
Happy stem cell awareness day
UPDATE: CIRM has posted the winners of the stem cell poetry contest, plus a couple of humorous non-entries that made me giggle. Check them out. …
Stanford research advances Nobel-winning IVF work
When I woke up automatically at 2:30 am this morning, I wasn't surprised. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was scheduled to be announced …
Senate hearing on human embryonic stem cell research
UPDATE 2: If you missed this morning's Senate subcommittee hearing, it's now available as an archived webcast here. * * * UPDATE: Washington Post writer …
Congress plans quick move on stem cell bill
The Denver Post reported today that U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) wants to move forward quickly with legislation to allow federal funding of human embryonic …
Request for stay of stem cell injunction denied
The Nature blog The Great Beyond is reporting that the U.S. District Court judge who issued an injunction against the use of federal funding for …
Francis Collins profiled in New Yorker
The New Yorker magazine has a fantastic profile of National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, in their upcoming Sept. 6 issue. The …
NIH intramural human embryonic stem cell research halted
In response to a judge's order last week, the National Institutes of Health today ordered an immediate halt to all human embryonic stem cell research …
Stanford stem cell expert weighs in on district court ruling
UPDATE 08-24-10: Irving Weissman also commented on the ruling in today's New York Times. *** 08-23-10: As is being widely reported this afternoon, a U.S. …
Arsenic as a cancer therapy?
If your doctor told you to open wide for your dose of arsenic, you might think about getting a new practitioner. But developmental biologist Philip …
Stanford scientists identify a melanoma-initiating cell
There's exciting news (subscription required) in the current issue of Nature. Researchers at Stanford have identified something that looks suspiciously like a cancer stem cell …
Building a new lung, one cell at a time?
Now this is just cool. Researchers at Yale University have reported success in using lung cells from a newborn rat to regrow a functional lung. …
Stanford researcher wins Outstanding Young Investigator Award from international stem cell society
I'm fortunate enough to be able to attend the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research mentioned below. (If you want to …
Public forum on stem cell tourism Tuesday
As a follow-up to my previous post on unproven or even downright dangerous stem cell therapies targeting desperate patients, the International Society for Stem Cell …
International stem cell group provides website for patients seeking stem cell treatments
Today the International Society for Stem Cell Research, or ISSCR, announced that it has launched a website dedicated to helping patients, families and doctors understand …
The "July effect" confirmed at teaching hospitals
As a graduate student in Stanford's Cancer Biology Program, I had my fair share of medical-student friends. It was always interesting to hear their behind-the-scenes …