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Politics and Ethics

Secularists Adrift with Embryonic Ethics
July 2, 2014
...cells are better than iPSCs. The researchers claim that embryonic stem cells are the gold standard; cloned cells (somatic cell nuclear transfer), “in which genetic material from an adult cell...
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Genetics

Sperm Cells Gain Respect
June 4, 2014
Millions of tadpole-like sperm cells rush to fertilize one egg. They deserve more respect than they often get. They look kind of adventurous in a way– sperm cells, like marathoners...
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Politics and Ethics

Secular Scientists Continue to Push Leftist Agendas
May 31, 2014
...made men what they are? Embryonic stem cells: Both Science Magazine and Nature were happy about a vote by the European Union to block a large contingent of citizens who...
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Health

Adult Stem Cells Continue to Offer Hope
May 19, 2014
...phrase “somatic cell nuclear transfer” used to wave red flags about the tainted practice of putting nuclei from embryonic cells into body cells (somatic cells), thereby initiating a process of...
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Cell Biology

Your Cells Work for You
April 11, 2014
...bacteria know how to survive. (Live Science) Surprise: those precious multipotent stem cells scientists want from embryos are already present in many of your body tissues. (PhysOrg) A student discovered...
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Cell Biology

Stem Cell Revolution Leap Forward? Debunked!
January 30, 2014
...for renewed discussion of the uses of stem cell technologies. We should make a clear-eyed start on it now. Most stem cell articles mention that work with embryonic stem cells...
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Human Body

Things You Didn't Know About Your Body
January 28, 2014
...skin intact. Science Daily reports, “interactions between skin stem cells — the cells responsible for the constant renewal of skin — maintain the architecture of this organ,” the largest organ...
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Mammals

Life Keeps Quality Time
October 26, 2013
...“Circadian Rhythms in Skin Stem Cells Protect Us Against UV Rays,” Science Daily announced. A researcher explained, “Our study shows that human skin stem cells posses an internal clock that...
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Health

Induced Stem Cells Get Faster, Better, Cheaper
September 24, 2013
Scientists have not only made the production of induced pluripotent stem cells much more efficient, but also have made them just as capable as embryonic stem cells of being able...
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Politics and Ethics

Ethical Stem Cells Can Be Used Unethically
September 1, 2013
...embryonic stem cells. Embryonic and fetal stem cells continue to be played with in some labs, though. UC Davis used them to produce myelin, Science Daily reported. Medical Xpress headlined,...
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Cell Biology

Stem Cell Science Can Proceed Ethically
August 19, 2013
...cells in the wrong place or time that might result in cancer. Understanding embryonic stem cells: Scientists are trying to understand the expression of embryonic stem cells – in mice....
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Health

Amazing Cures from Adult Stem Cells
July 29, 2013
...on advances in treating blindness with stem cells. In studies described as a “significant breakthrough” and “huge leap forward,” lab work with mouse embryo cells showed that stem cells can...
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Politics and Ethics

Stem Cell Wars Continue
July 14, 2013
...the article whether embryonic stem cells, as opposed to iPS or adult stem cells, were required for the success. Liver vs die-er (iPS): A different organ was grown with induced...
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Politics and Ethics

Mad Scientists Poised on the Slippery Slope
June 30, 2013
...differentiated adult cells can be directly reprogrammed to a stem-cell-like state called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells was a more significant breakthrough for this research field. iPS cells can be...
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Cell Biology

Brain Cells Have a Twist-Open Gate
June 25, 2013
The structure of an important potassium-ion gate in the membrane of brain cells has been found to open like a camera iris. In Nature, Eitan Reuveny described a paper in...
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