• Private and state money is still available, and Harvard University has just announced it will clone human embryos. (breakpoint.org)
  • While some observers disagree with any use of embryos for scientific research, the overall position taken by the Assisted Human Reproduction Act seeks to maintain respect for human life and its transmission," she says in her conclusion. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Embryonic stem cells are derived from early embryos and have the ability to differentiate into any cell type. (spiked-online.com)
  • For example, the same technology used to eliminate disease-causing genes or to clone embryos may eventually be deployed to produce genetically engineered children. (ssrn.com)
  • If "possible people" like "embryos" means that they can be mutilated and destroyed in destructive experimental research for "the greater good of society", then what's wrong with using adult "possible people" for such purposes too? (lifeissues.net)
  • TORONTO (CNS) - The international scientific body governing stem cell research is abandoning the absolute 14-day limit on culturing human embryos in the laboratory, putting pressure on Canada's law prohibiting the practice. (thetablet.org)
  • On May 26, the International Society for Stem Cell Research said it was relaxing the 14-day rule, which prohibited experiments on human embryos past 14 days of development in the lab. (thetablet.org)
  • Recent experimentation that has cultured lab-grown monkey embryos for up to 20 days and the possibility of creating human-monkey chimeras - beings that contain genetic codes from two different species - has further pushed the envelope on embryonic stem cell research. (thetablet.org)
  • Scientists announced this week that they have successfully produced embryonic stem cells by transferring the DNA of human skin cells into unfertilized human eggs to produce embryos, a technique the Church considers to be an abuse of human life. (womenofgrace.com)
  • It is further speculated that those who support human embryonic stem cell research are also seeking human embryos for the purposes of human cloning. (all.org)
  • Chinese scientists at various research institutions have reported successful experiments in human cloning, including the production of human-rabbit hybrid embryonic stem cells, according to the claims of Professor Lu Guangxiu at Xiangya Medical College, who told the Wall Street Journal in March of 2002 that researchers at the College had been successfully cloning embryos for two years. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Japan subsequently enacted legislation in late 2000 criminalizing the cloning of human embryos for reproductive purposes. (publicintegrity.org)
  • China enacted regulations early this year to allow the cloning of human embryos for research, and South Korea enacted similar legislation to allow research days ahead of the February announcement. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Most human embryos reproduced by most human cloning techniques would actually be genetically unique -- i.e., having never existed before. (lifeissues.net)
  • Some prohibit only cloning for reproductive purposes and allow the creation of cloned human embryos for research, whereas others prohibit the creation of cloned embryos for any purpose. (who.int)
  • 2 Furthermore, the National Cancer Institute commissioned a study lead by Dr. Janet Daling, an abortion supporter, and her colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center which found a link between abortion and cancer: "among women who had been pregnant at least once, the risk of breast cancer in those who had experienced an induced abortion was 50% higher than among other women. (lifenews.com)
  • Public funding of abortion or embryonic stem cell research. (iowacatholicconference.org)
  • They highlighted five "non-negotiable" items for voters to consider: abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem call research, human cloning and gay marriage. (americamagazine.org)
  • Do you exclude advocates of abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell research or cloning as commencement speakers or recipients of honorary degrees? (thomasaquinas.edu)
  • A House Democrat has filed an amendment to the state budget that would bar the use of Department of Corrections funds for abortion, cloning or stem cell research. (missourinet.com)
  • The House has given first round approval to legislation meant to allow medical workers in Missouri refuse to participate in certain procedures including abortion, human cloning and stem cell research if they have a religious or moral objection to them. (missourinet.com)
  • The way I vote now is to look at the issues, starting with the five non-negotiables: Abortion, Euthanasia, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Human Cloning, and Same-Sex Marriage. (lifesitenews.com)
  • Bush proudly noted that he signed into law a ban on partial-birth abortion, protection for unborn victims of violence and survivors of abortion, signed an executive order banning financial support for overseas abortions and limiting federal funding on embryonic stem cell research. (theinterim.com)
  • Many of these accurate definitions can also be used in bills and treaties concerning related issues, e.g., human embryonic stem cell research, human genetic engineering, abortion, the use of abortifacients, conscience clauses, IVF and other artificial reproductive technology research and regulation, etc. (lifeissues.net)
  • Along the same lines, a writer in the Baltimore Chronicle accused "opponents of embryonic stem-cell research" of "prolonging the suffering of millions. (breakpoint.org)
  • He labeled the president, and other opponents of embryonic stem-cell research, as an "obstacle to hope for a scientific breakthrough, a miracle. (breakpoint.org)
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, said that "opponents of embryonic stem cell research seem to have difficulty containing their glee" over the case of disgraced cloning researcher Hwang Woo-suk, who is now under investigation for fraudulent claims of human stem cell breakthroughs. (jpost.com)
  • Up to 14 days a human blastocyst - the earliest stage of fetal development - consists almost entirely of pluripotent cells, which are those that could develop into the constitutive elements of any organ in the human body. (thetablet.org)
  • A blastocyst (cloned or not), because it lacks any trace of a nervous system, has no capacity for suffering or conscious experience in any form - the special properties that, in our view, spell the difference between biological tissue and a human life worthy of respect and rights. (wikiquote.org)
  • After many divisions in culture, this single cell forms a blastocyst (an early stage embryo with about 100 cells) with almost identical DNA to the original donor who provided the adult cell - a genetic clone. (eurostemcell.org)
  • To produce Dolly, the cloned blastocyst was transferred into the womb of a recipient ewe, where it developed and when born quickly became the world's most famous lamb. (eurostemcell.org)
  • In therapeutic cloning, the blastocyst is not transferred to a womb. (eurostemcell.org)
  • Instead, embryonic stem cells are isolated from the cloned blastocyst. (eurostemcell.org)
  • There is nothing in the policy that stops researchers from using stem cells obtained elsewhere, like adult stem cells. (breakpoint.org)
  • A six-person review committee consisting of stem cell researchers, an editor from the journal Nature, and members of the Science editorial boad determined that the editors of Science followed the correct review procedures at the time the papers were published. (lifenews.com)
  • The committee said Hwang had forced two of his junior researchers to give eggs for his stem cell research, contrary to his earlier denials of forcing any of his staff to contribute eggs. (newscientist.com)
  • The stem cells could be studied in the laboratory to help researchers understand what goes wrong in diseases like these. (eurostemcell.org)
  • While an international framework to regulate cloning remains stalled in the United Nations, some Asian countries are offering more stable climates for researchers to pursue their work. (publicintegrity.org)
  • The two researchers have been working with the U.S. Office of Research Integrity, which found them to be ignorant and complacent about plagiarism in their research program at KU. (leelofland.com)
  • Researchers hope to use these cells to grow healthy tissue to replace injured or diseased tissues in the human body. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Below you can see some examples of the infrastructure for research on genes and cells, available for researchers at Lund University. (lu.se)
  • Margaret Somerville, founding director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University in Montreal, makes her case from a purely academic and secular perspective in a comment published in the National Post last week, called "The ethics of stem cells. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Research ethics and lessons from Hwanggate: what can we learn from the Korean cloning fraud? (bmj.com)
  • Dr. George Daley and correspondent Robert Bazell discuss the significance and ethics of embryonic stem cell cloning. (charlierose.com)
  • UNESCO development of national ethics committees (NECs) and also reflected on recent surveys, including the 2014 NEC establish effective mechanisms of regional harmonization survey, and the 2009 UNESCO regional Legal survey, which and cooperation to address emerging issues related to bio- covered 10 issues related to medical and genetic research in ethics. (who.int)
  • In recent decades, great strides have been made in biomedi- cal ethics, especially in the fields of education, research and legislation. (who.int)
  • Great Iranian Muslim scholars netics, stem cell research, and organ trans- laid huge emphasis on teaching and practis- plantation are some of the medical issues ing ethics. (who.int)
  • Scientists anticipate that in the future stem cell lines will provide a virtually unending supply of pancreatic cells for diabetic patients, neuronal cells for patients with neural disorders such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease, and a host of heart cells that may treat a variety of cardiac problems. (spiked-online.com)
  • There are those in the government and scientific community who say more money must be spent on human embryonic stem cell research because it holds the most promise for helping people with conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. (all.org)
  • Alzheimer's researcher Ned Potter said, however, that human embryonic stem cell research would not help the Alzheimer's patient at all. (all.org)
  • In Alzheimer's, it is the degeneration of the nerve cells that cause the problem because they lose their ability to connect with each other. (all.org)
  • For example, stem cells could be generated using the nuclear transfer process described above, with the donor adult cell coming from a patient with diabetes or Alzheimer's. (eurostemcell.org)
  • But there's so much just scientifically that's happening now whether it's embryonic stem cell research, even in vitro fertilization, cloning. (wgbh.org)
  • Egg harvesting and Embryonic Stem-cell Research Pose Serious Threat to Women's Health A congressional hearing last Thursday raised awareness on the risks to women's health and fertility by in vitro fertilization (IVF), human cloning, embryonic stem-cell. (physiciansforlife.org)
  • … "human clone" means an embryo that, as a result of the manipulation of human reproductive material or an in vitro embryo, contains a diploid set of chromosomes obtained from a single - living or deceased - human being, fetus, or embryo. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1996. (thetablet.org)
  • Cloning, or somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), is the technique used to produce Dolly the sheep, the first animal to be produced as a genetic copy of another adult. (eurostemcell.org)
  • Several western scientists have been conducting their research in Asian countries in the past few years, including Cibelli, formerly of Advanced Cell Technology, an early U.S. pioneer of embryo research, as well as Alan Colman, now located in Singapore, one of the scientists who helped create the first mammalian clone, the sheep Dolly. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Although many species produce clonal offspring in this fashion, Dolly, the lamb born in 1996 at a research institute in Scotland, was the first asexually produced mammalian clone. (who.int)
  • Somatic-cell nuclear transfer, the technique by which Dolly was created, was first used 40 years ago in research with tadpoles and frogs. (who.int)
  • The most famous clone was a Scottish sheep named Dolly. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The science fiction definition of "clone" suggests that the cloned organism would be an exact genetic copy of another creature-human or beast-created in the laboratory by any of a number of means. (all.org)
  • There are differences-so much so that despite the "exact copy" claim, the cloned organism is actually unique genetically. (all.org)
  • XI - embryonic stem cells: embryonic cells that are capable of modifying the cells of any organism tissue. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • … "embryo" means a human organism during the first 56 days of its development following fertilization or creation, excluding any time during which its development has been suspended, and includes any cell derived from such an organism that is used for the purpose of creating a human being. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • These stem cells are genetically matched to the donor organism, holding promise for studying genetic disease. (eurostemcell.org)
  • Scientists were initially interested in somatic-cell nuclear transfer as a means of determining whether genes remain functional even after most of them have been switched off as the cells in a developing organism assume their specialized functions as blood cells, muscle cells, and so forth. (who.int)
  • Cloning describes the processes used to create an exact genetic replica of another cell, tissue or organism. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A clone is an organism that is a genetic copy of an existing one. (who.int)
  • Evidence the fate of stem cells has broad ramifications for biomedical suggests that during development or differentiation, cells make science from elucidating the causes of cancer to the use of very precise transitions between apparently stable ``network stem cells in regenerative medicine. (lu.se)
  • They instead refer to the embryo as a "clump of cells" or as "potential human life," Somerville says, "despite the fact that they are, given the right conditions, human life with the potential to go on living for years and years, just like all of us. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • I have been asked to comment on the latest news that scientists are now able to harvest embryonic stem cells without killing the embryo. (christianliferesources.com)
  • Specifically, two new procedures are being reported in an effort to avoid the ethical offense of killing the embryo when extracting stem cells. (christianliferesources.com)
  • It involves extracting a cell from an embryo and then stimulating that cell to produce stem cells. (christianliferesources.com)
  • The other paper claimed Hwang's team successfully cloned a human embryo to be killed for her stem cells. (lifenews.com)
  • Obtaining stem cells from a human embryo is highly unethical. (all.org)
  • There is only one way to obtain stem cells from a developing human embryo, and it involves killing the embryo. (all.org)
  • It is also our view that there are no sound reasons for treating the early-stage human embryo or cloned human embryo as anything special, or as having moral status greater than human somatic cells in tissue culture. (wikiquote.org)
  • Among the largest Asian countries, Japan was an early pioneer in regulating human embryo research, pledging international cooperation on the issue following pronouncements on the subject at a June 1997 meeting of the Group of Eight in Denver, Colorado. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Thus to use the phrase "of an existing or previously existing human being" to refer to the product of human cloning would not be a scientifically accurate description of the cloned or genetically engineered human embryo -- thus creating yet another loophole in the bill or treaty. (lifeissues.net)
  • 2. Nuclear transfer is a technique used to duplicate genetic material by creating an embryo through the transfer and fusion of a diploid cell in an enucleated female oocyte.2 Cloning has a broader meaning than nuclear transfer as it also involves gene replication and natural or induced embryo splitting (see Annex 1). (who.int)
  • General Assembly the following year,3 and the World Medical Association's Resolution on Cloning, endorsed in 1997, have confronted the issue but lack binding legal force. (who.int)
  • Banking of multiple cell lines with varying genetic spectrum that can be matched to patients is one possibility. (spiked-online.com)
  • Here, the stem cell line is created using the genetic properties of the prospective recipient via somatic cell nuclear transfer. (spiked-online.com)
  • Genetic match for the patient - you use their skin cells. (cbc-network.org)
  • Most natural cloning occurs in those species that produce their descendants asexually, that is, without combining the male and female genetic material. (who.int)
  • if it implants and the pregnancy goes to term, the resulting individual will carry the same nuclear genetic material as the donor of the adult somatic cell. (who.int)
  • However, an animal created through this technique would not be a precise genetic copy of the source of its nuclear DNA because each clone derives a small amount of its DNA from the mitochondria of the egg (which lie outside the nucleus) rather than from the donor of cell nucleus. (who.int)
  • The copied material, which has the same genetic makeup as the original, is referred to as a clone. (medlineplus.gov)
  • 5. Most countries in the African Region have no specific regulations and policies governing genetic manipulations for assisted conception, treatment and research. (who.int)
  • So the push is on to expand the pool of available research material," Redemptorist Father Mark Miller, a bioethicist and founder of Redemptorist Bioethics Consultancy, told The Catholic Register, Toronto, in an email. (thetablet.org)
  • A new controversy is brewing over government backing of Ebola vaccines that are using aborted fetal cell lines even though vaccines developed from moral alternatives are just as effective. (womenofgrace.com)
  • 1983) and the multipotent progenitor cells from fetal disease (Bjorklund and Lindvall, 2000). (lu.se)
  • WHA50.37 of 1997 argues that human cloning is ethically unacceptable and contrary to human integrity and morality. (who.int)
  • A well-respected medical ethicist from one of Canada's leading universities says Canada must not legalize embryonic cloning for any purpose, including therapeutic purposes. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Alternatively, research using eggs may point the way to methods which mimic their properties using other human cells and chemical agents. (spiked-online.com)
  • Scientists at Stanford University in California have been able to coax embryonic stem cells into becoming eggs and sperm, which could one day lead to the creation of children through entirely artificial means. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Rep. Mark Souder, Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Government Reform subcommittee on criminal justice and drug policy, said he was disturbed by reports that women in South Korea were paid to donate their eggs for the fraudulent research. (jpost.com)
  • Claims that you could clone individual treatments of human beings to treat common diseases like diabetes, suggests you need a huge supply of human eggs. (wikiquote.org)
  • The exact process of differentiation is not yet understood and although embryonic stem cells can, in principle, provide for all human tissue, scientists are some way from controlling the process. (spiked-online.com)
  • Aim: To detect the expression of molecules associated with Notch signaling pathway in stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) cultured in specific differentiation medium, namely, keratinocyte growth medium (KGM). (bvsalud.org)
  • Notch-1, Jagged-1, Jagged-2, and stem cell marker Nanog are expressed in SHED cultured in KGM which may be involved in the differentiation into epithelial-like cells in human dental pulp tissues. (bvsalud.org)
  • Since the Notch signaling pathway molecules play an important role in differentiation of epithelial cells, it is important to identify the presence of notch signaling molecules in SHED during the process of cell differentiation. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Notch signaling pathway provides important intercellular signaling mechanisms essential for cell fate specification and it regulates differentiation and proliferation of stem or progenitor cells by para-inducing effects 3-4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Notch signaling pathway is also involved in the regulation of epithelial cell differentiation in various tissues 5-6 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Stem and progenitor cell populations are often heterogeneous, which may reflect stem cell subsets that express subtly different properties, including different propensities for lineage selection upon differentiation, yet remain able to interconvert. (lu.se)
  • A key challenge is to understand how state, but must also afford flexibility in cell-fate choice to permit the different cell-fate options confronting stem and progenitor cell-type diversification and differentiation in response to cells are selected and coordinated such that adoption of a given intrinsic cues or extrinsic signals. (lu.se)
  • Temporal multimodal single-cell profiling of native hematopoiesis illuminates altered differentiation trajectories with age. (lu.se)
  • Reproductive cloning in humans and therapeutic cloning in primates: is the ethical debate catching up with the recent scientific advances? (bmj.com)
  • Seoul, South Korea (LifeNews.com) - Leading scientific journal Science has adopted new rules following an investigation into how it could have published two misleading papers from a South Korean scientist and his research team. (lifenews.com)
  • Society has a legitimate role in regulating scientific research, Scorsone said. (thetablet.org)
  • But his fall from grace came swiftly at the end of 2005 and has been gathering momentum since the beginning of 2006 when a scientific verification panel found he had created no embryonic stem cells of any kind and that his research data was fabricated . (newscientist.com)
  • In my opinion there is no question but that the scientific information on stem cell research included in this science text book being used in Illinois schools incorporates some inaccurate scientific facts, and seems to be very partial to the use of human embryonic "stem cell" research. (lifeissues.net)
  • He acknowledged the "stupendous progress" of scientific research while issuing a grave warning that their new "domination" of the "forces of nature" was beginning to degrade the dignity of the very "transmission of life. (catholicculture.org)
  • Beyond this scientific interest, the commercial concern in animal cloning focuses on replicating large numbers of genetically identical animals, especially those derived from a progenitor that has been modified genetically. (who.int)
  • 3 The resolution recognizes the need to respect the freedom of ethical scientific research and to ensure access to the benefits of its application. (who.int)
  • The biological properties and clinical potential of stem cells elicit that are generated must not be unduly sensitive to small fluctu- continued scientific, commercial, and public interest. (lu.se)
  • Thanks to our world-class research infrastructure, Lund University is well equipped to help lead the way towards future scientific breakthroughs. (lu.se)
  • And the federal policy doesn't prohibit the use of all embryonic stem cells. (breakpoint.org)
  • General Assembly the adoption of a declaration on human cloning by which Member States were called upon to prohibit all forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life. (who.int)
  • Blastocytes obtained through nuclear transfers would be used to generate the embryonic stem cells that could be differentiated to specific tissues or organs for transfer to the nuclear donor. (spiked-online.com)
  • Human nuclear cell transfer is legal in the UK, but is liable to become a criminal act in the USA pending an upcoming vote in the Senate. (spiked-online.com)
  • If research involving human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is to achieve its potential for creating breakthrough medical therapies, additional new cell lines should be created, and therapeutic cloning--or somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)--should be employed, according to an expert panel of the National Academy of Sciences. (the-scientist.com)
  • More than 100 nuclear transfer procedures could be required to produce one viable clone. (wikiquote.org)
  • 3. Media reports on nuclear transfer are usually about one form, reproductive nuclear transfer, also known as reproductive cloning of human beings . (who.int)
  • In neu- fatal neurologic disease of horses and sheep, owes rons, sometimes in glia cells, acidophilic intra- its name to the town Borna in Saxony, Germany, nuclear inclusion bodies, called Joest-Degen inclu- where a large number of horses died during an sion bodies, are occasionally found. (cdc.gov)
  • This means that critical medical treatments can be refused patients or removed from them without their consent, live organs can be removed, or, as bioethicist Dr. Richard Frye (Senior Scholar, The Hastings Center) publishes, we have a strong moral obligation to use such non-person human beings ("possible people") in purely experimental destructive research for the greater good of society IN PLACE OF THE HIGHER PRIMATES WHO ARE PERSONS. (lifeissues.net)
  • The Vatican document "Dignitas Personae" ("The Dignity of a Person") warns that certain recent developments in stem-cell research, gene therapy and embryonic experimentation violate moral principles and reflect an attempt by man to "take the place of his Creator. (thetablet.org)
  • During a recent appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show, the popular cardiovascular surgeon and television personality, Dr. Mehmet Oz, announced to a stunned audience that due to advances in adult stem cell technology, the debate over embryonic stem cells "is dead. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Regardless of how well read you are on the embryonic stem cell debate, I think you will find Brahm's treatment to be accessible and informative. (alexchediak.com)
  • Right now, the hottest area in stem cell biology is that of induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, which have the ability to develop into several different tissue types. (cbc-network.org)
  • In biology , cloning is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria , insects or plants reproduce asexually . (wikiquote.org)
  • Understanding cell-fate decisions in stem cell populations is a major goal of modern biology. (lu.se)
  • Our facilities provide the opportunity to study protein structure, molecular probes and drug design, system biology and molecular interactions in cells and tissues. (lu.se)
  • Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments ( molecular cloning ), cells (cell cloning), or organisms . (wikiquote.org)
  • Developments in biotechnology have raised new concerns about animal welfare, as farm animals now have their genomes modified (genetically engineered) or copied (cloned) to propagate certain traits useful to agribusiness, such as meat yield or feed conversion. (wikiquote.org)
  • China has reportedly been increasing its funding for cloning and other biotechnology research efforts. (publicintegrity.org)
  • These findings provide supporting evidence that enrichment for proteins involved in pluripotency is not restricted solely to malignant tumors as is suggested by the "stem cell theory of cancer", but additionally extends to common benign vascular tumors such as hemangiomas. (medscape.com)
  • And yet, all of us would be appalled at the idea of terminating their lives so we could harvest their tissues or organs in order to save others," she says, in reference to the common utilitarian argument that embryonic stem-cell research is valid in an effort to find cures that could save people's lives. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The Democratic National Convention had Ronald Reagan Jr. misleadingly talk about how embryonic stem cell research cures were just around the corner. (theinterim.com)
  • Scientists, many of whom are sold on utilitarian-based ethical analysis, try to downplay the issue of human life in stem-cell research. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • When we announced the big iPSC breakthrough on November 20th, 2007 we have continued to see more and more promise AND progress with this ethical research. (cbc-network.org)
  • Blowing past the 14-day limit opens numerous ethical challenges, said Suzanne Scorsone, research director for the Archdiocese of Toronto, who was a commission member in the 1990s. (thetablet.org)
  • Ethical concerns relate to the risk of causing physical and psychological harm, lack of respect for ethical research standards, exploitation of the poor and conflict of interest if financial interests are involved. (who.int)
  • It might be expected that the richest nation on Earth would encourage its top scientists to pursue this work with vigor rather than limiting funding opportunities, creating legal barriers and fencing off any newly developed cell lines. (spiked-online.com)
  • "PrimeGen , based in Irvine, California, says that its scientists have converted specialised adult human cells back to a seemingly embryonic state - using methods that are much less likely to trigger cancer than those deployed previously. (cbc-network.org)
  • The company also claims to be able to produce reprogrammed cells faster and much more efficiently than other scientists. (cbc-network.org)
  • Many scientists today believe it is important to find meaningful ways to include the wider public in the discourse around various research practices. (thetablet.org)
  • British scientists are hailing the recent creation of human sperm cells that they believe could revolutionize fertility treatment. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Umbilical Cord Blood Storage Company Sees Growth Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Storage Resources Arkansas House Votes to Create Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Bank Scientists Claim They Discovered Molecule That Might Help Embryonic Stem Cells Grow US Senate Vote for. (physiciansforlife.org)
  • There's no denying that research fraud is alive and well in today's universities: a recent survey from the British Medical Journal indicates that one in eight UK scientists has witnessed research fraud. (leelofland.com)
  • Two University of Kansas computer scientists, Mahesh Visvanathan and Gerald Lushington, were found to have plagiarized major portions of their research, for which they had published three articles with an international audience. (leelofland.com)
  • 1. Cloning is an umbrella term traditionally used by scientists to describe different processes for duplicating biological material. (who.int)
  • In reality, gene somatic cells to a pluripotent cell state by a handful of transcrip- expression is graded, making the potential gene expression tion factors (Takahashi and Yamanaka, 2006). (lu.se)
  • A renewable, tissue culture source of human cells capable of differentiating into a wide variety of cell types would have broad applications in basic research and therapeutic techniques. (spiked-online.com)
  • Current screening of potential new drugs is done using cell lines derived from animals or 'abnormal' human tissue such as tumor cells. (spiked-online.com)
  • Obtaining stem cells from fatty tissue, bone marrow, or the umbilical cord after the birth of a baby, on the other hand, may be done ethically. (all.org)
  • Adult Stem Cells Taken from Human Fat Tissue Used to Treat Heart Failure Sweden Company Wants To Start First Stem Cell Research Factory Leading Scientist Charges Colleagues With "Misleading" Public British Stem Cell Researcher: Benefits of. (physiciansforlife.org)
  • If there are intact cells in this tissue they have been 'stored' frozen. (wikiquote.org)
  • 2000). In *Correspondence to: Perrine Barraud, Department of Veterinary Medi- contrast, several cell surface markers have been used to cine, Neurosciences, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OES, United enrich for NSCs in the rodent CNS. (lu.se)
  • Park said Hwang's team received a total of 37 billion won in research funds over the past five years and spent 25 billion won. (newscientist.com)
  • Prosecutors have questioned co-authors of Hwang's research, while the respected US journal Science retracted his papers in January. (newscientist.com)
  • Human cloning is a reality, with human cloning experiments now being conducted-not by fictional wild-eyed rebels, but by credentialed experts working in some of the world's most respected institutions, some of which are publicly funded with tax dollars. (all.org)
  • US lawmakers debated embryonic stem cell research Tuesday in the aftermath of fabricated experiments in South Korea. (jpost.com)
  • After speaking on a 3 Aug 2005 radio show, he drew criticism for his extreme opinion that embryonic stem cell compares with Nazi deathcamp experiments. (todayinsci.com)
  • Rather, after having published analyses of dozens of state, national, federal and international legislative attempts to ban human cloning research, I simply wish to offer seriously considered suggestions for the use of scientifically accurate language and definitions to be used in such endeavors in order to prevent loopholes which would result in much human cloning not being really banned. (lifeissues.net)
  • CD133+), but are rarely codetected with the neural stem dents, very few human-specific NSC markers have been cell (NSC) marker CD15. (lu.se)
  • My research career has been unadventurous in the sense that I have remained at the same institution, Lund University in Sweden, where I started my medical studies in 1964. (lu.se)
  • Another long-term hope for therapeutic cloning is that it could be used to generate cells that are genetically identical to a patient. (eurostemcell.org)
  • Thus, the clone would be genetically identical to the nucleus donor only if the egg came from the same donor or from her maternal line. (who.int)
  • The privately-funded experiment, which took place at Seoul National University under the guidance of Korean Hwang Woo-suk and American Jose Cibelli, was only the latest in a group of announcements from research institutions in Asia in the last few years, and demonstrates that cloning research is becoming "globalized" like any other commodity. (publicintegrity.org)
  • The fact that the DNA of a fully differentiated (adult) cell could be stimulated to revert to a condition comparable to that of a newly fertilized egg and to repeat the process of embryonic development demonstrates that all the genes in differentiated cells retain their functional capacity, although only a few are active. (who.int)
  • Such religious objections have dominated headlines on the topic, and were central to President George W. Bush's decision to restrict stem-cell research. (ssrn.com)
  • A panel discussion about President Bush's decision to allow limited federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. (charlierose.com)
  • So far, public attention to the new health care has focused on two of its methods: embryonic stem-cell research and therapeutic cloning. (ssrn.com)
  • The present report gives an overview of the terms and methods used in cloning and summarizes the debates in the General Assembly. (who.int)
  • Using the SURVEYOR nuclease assay 13 , we assessed the ability of each Cas9-sgRNA complex to generate indels in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293FT cells through the induction of DNA doublestranded breaks (DSBs) and subsequent nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) DNA damage repair (Online Methods). (cdc.gov)
  • Research on risk mitigation strategies during the last three decades has emphasized methods to reduce densities of the primary vector in eastern North America, the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis). (cdc.gov)
  • In sexual reproduction, clones are created when a fertilized egg splits to produce identical (monozygous) twins with identical genomes. (who.int)
  • Hwang became a national hero in South Korea after he claimed to have cloned the first human stem cell line in 2004, and stunned medical experts in 2005, claiming to have created 11 patient-specific human stem cell lines. (newscientist.com)
  • Scientist holding a petri dish with a brain scan illustrating research into dementia, alzheimers and other brain disorders. (masterfile.com)
  • RNA was reverse-transcribed to obtain the cDNA and then proceeded with PCR using specific primers for the Notch signaling pathway molecules (Notch1, Jagged-1, Jagged-2 and, Hes1) as well as stem cell marker (Nanog). (bvsalud.org)
  • The term applies not only to entire organisms but also to copies of molecules (such as DNA) and cells. (who.int)
  • Our facilities provide the opportunity to study molecules, cells, organs and entire organisms. (lu.se)
  • The "stem cell theory of cancer" states that a subpopulation of cells with stem cell-like properties plays a central role in the formation, sustainment, spread, and drug resistant characteristics of malignant tumors. (medscape.com)
  • Recent studies have isolated distinct cell populations from infantile hemangiomas that display properties equivalent to aberrant progenitor cells, suggesting that, in addition to malignant tumors, benign tumors may also contain a stem cell-like component. (medscape.com)
  • The risk is increased 1000-fold for squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, and fibrosarcoma and is increased 10-fold to 20-fold for other tumors. (medscape.com)
  • Resolving the Pathogenesis of Anaplastic Wilms Tumors through Spatial Mapping of Cancer Cell Evolution. (lu.se)
  • Federally funded research can be conducted using stem cell lines that were already available in August 2001. (breakpoint.org)
  • The United States currently has no comprehensive law, and legislation that would have banned both research and reproductive cloning has failed to reach a vote in the Senate after approval in the House of Representatives in July 2001. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Elaboration of an international convention against reproductive cloning of human beings has been under consideration in the United Nations since December 2001 when the subject was included in the agenda of the fifty- sixth session as a supplementary agenda item at the request of France and Germany. (who.int)
  • 5. In 2001, France and Germany requested the United Nations General Assembly to develop international conventions on human reproductive cloning, therapeutic cloning and research on stem cells. (who.int)
  • There are major obstacles to overcome before a stem cell line is liable to reach clinical trials. (spiked-online.com)
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world's first human clinical trial of a therapy involving embryonic stem cells, a move that has been condemned by the Vatican as "unacceptable. (womenofgrace.com)
  • He said no human clinical trials or therapeutic applications using human embryonic stem cells currently exist. (jpost.com)
  • Objective: To make active surveillance available for patients with LRPC using a research framework and to compare patient characteristics and clinical outcomes between those who receive active surveillance vs radical treatments at diagnosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Therefore, it is speculated that those who support human embryonic stem cell research are clamoring loudly for taxpayer dollars because private companies know human embryonic stem cell research is neither worth their time nor their money. (all.org)
  • A judge in Jefferson City has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group known as the Missouri Roundtable for Life which is attempting to prevent taxpayer dollars from being spent on certain forms of stem cell research. (missourinet.com)
  • 1995) and subsequently in primary cells (Heyworth et al. (lu.se)