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In the News: Stem cell cash will run out – then what?
May 20, 2012

The State budget: What's the problem?
May 20, 2012

Health calendar
April 12, 2012

Sacramento firm gets $5 million for development of stem-cell harvesting systems
April 19, 2012

The Conversation: These cells could save lives. But when? And at what cost?
February 12, 2012

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NeoStem CEO Discusses Adult Stem Cell Therapies
May 14, 2012 | Bloomberg

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January 26, 2012 | KFOR NBC 4 Oklahoma City

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January 11, 2012 | WTVQ

Stem Cell Research Wikipedia Information

Stem cells are primal cells found in all multi-cellular organisms. They retain the ability to renew themselves through mitotic cell division and can differentiate into a diverse range of specialized cell types. Research in the human stem cell field grew out of findings by Canadian scientists Ernest A. McCulloch and James E. Till in the 1960s...

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Michael J. Fox Backs Away From Stem Cell Cure for Parkinson’s
May 23, 2012
It was not exactly a case of "Back to the Future," the hit movie starring Michael J. Fox, but it did offer a reflection on the past. It involves the actor's...

Unneeded Gov’t Agency Unable to Stop Wasting $$ Billions
May 06, 2012
Calif. stem cell research discovers white elephant By Wayne Lusvardi, CalWatchdog, 5/4/12 Now that stem cells have become [...]

Center for Genetics and Society: ‘Wrong’ to Ask for More Billions for Stem Cell Agency
April 10, 2012
IRVINE, Ca. – The Center for Genetics and Society today said it would "wrong" to ask the people of California for more money to continue financing stem cell...

California Stem Cell Agency Nixes ACT Grant Applications 15 Times
April 11, 2012
IRVINE, Ca. --The only firm in the nation conducting an ongoing hESC clinical trial has been rejected 15 times for funding by California's $3 billion stem cell...

Engineering Stem Cells on the Ballot: Chuck Winner and the California Stem Cell Agency
April 04, 2012
Chuck Winner is a name that doesn't surface often in connection with California's $3 billion stem cell research effort. Chuck Winner (left) at USC in 2006 USC...

CEO of Biotime’s Comments on Stem Cell Agency and Development of Therapies
April 13, 2012
Michael West, CEO of Biotime, Inc.of Alameda, Ca., has published the text of his prepared remarks to the Institute of Medicine panel examining the performance of...

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Letter: Adult stem cell research OK
December 02, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Your Nov. 27 republication of the Freedom News Service story on the use of embryonic stem cells in research noted a small project in the area of spinal cord injuries being...

From around the web

Are You Nuts?
May 18, 2012 | Mile High Report
Let's take a quick look at the history of stem cell research ... These advances really opened the doors for human stem cell research. Then in 1998 James Thomson, a scientist at the...

Kiss of death: Specter endorses Beltway barnacle Orrin Hatch, trashes Tea Party''...
May 14, 2012 | michellemalkin.com
And here they are in 2006 with Senate Democrats Dianne Feinstein and Tom Harkin, with whom they collaborated on a stem cell research bill vetoed by President Bush: In April 2009...

An Interview With Linus Torvalds
April 19, 2012 | TechCrunch
The finalists this year are Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, who has been contributing to the area of stem cell research, and Linux creator Linus Torvalds. ...

Ken Bode: Romney fills in the blanks
April 06, 2012 | indystar.com
Perhaps his deepest, least understandable pander to conservatives' demands is Romney's opposition to stem cell research, while his wife, Ann, suffers from multiple sclerosis...

Judge Gives Embryonic Stem Cell Research the Green Light [ Science ]
July 27, 2011 | Gizmodo
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth just ruled that funding for embryonic stem cell research does not violate federal law, clearing the way for more study. This is huge news for...

Komen Halted Funding for $ 12 Million in Stem Cell Research Like We Would not Notice
February 04, 2012 | reddit.com: what's new online
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Stem Cell Research on twitter

	RT @noor3000: Some debate the ethicality of stem cell research, we discuss whether nail polish is haraam or not. Twitter: @AzizJ
	Some debate the ethicality of stem cell research, we discuss whether nail polish is haraam or not. Twitter: @noor3000
	Why stem cell research should be supported: http://t.co/BHaTljM3 #trains Twitter: @kimogawa28
	#neurology twts: Stem Cell Research Paves Way For Progress On Dealing With Fragile X Retardation: Researchers at... http://t.co/AJTUQVpw Twitter: @Aghoury_
	EU direct democracy: Cows, texts and stem cell research http://t.co/ZxvdELzN via @bbc Twitter: @Scientists4Lab
	@ShaySonic try controversial topics.... euthanasia? stem cell research? censorship? internet piracy? Twitter: @quihieu

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