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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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Bible and Theology

Depending on Source, Stem Cells Can Kill or Heal
May 29, 2013
...stem cells, the technique avoided the danger of tumor that can arise with the transplant of embryonic stem cells and related ‘do-anything’ cells.” Blood stem cells and cancer: Science Daily...
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Bible and Theology

Human Cloning Is Back
May 17, 2013
...matched pluripotent cells, called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. By adding extra copies of several genes to skin or other cells, scientists can reprogram them to behave like ES cells....
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Amazing Facts

How Intricate Patterns Grow in Flowers, Feathers
May 1, 2013
...more than they create intricate feathers themselves. They merely mean that stem cells are regulated to generate the patterns. But what tells the stem cells to differentiate according to a...
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Botany

Weekend Entertainment: Evolutionary Just-So Stories
April 21, 2013
...trichromatic color vision.” How the Killer Cells Made Humans What They Are Today: Natural killer cells were “vital” to human evolution, according to a just-so story published by Medical Xpress....
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Amazing Facts

Human and Animal Brains: Uniquenesses and Similarities
April 12, 2013
...cleaning.” All brains have stem cells lying in wait to be called on, ready to become nerve cells or brain cells “whenever and wherever you need them most.” To keep...
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Bible and Theology

Scientific Organizations Promote Leftist Social Causes
March 22, 2013
...to engage in dialogue with scientists on a host of issues, from embryonic stem-cell research and genetically modified crops to in vitro fertilization, abortion and euthanasia — and in the...
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Biomimetics

Make Like a Firefly
January 24, 2013
...according to Science Daily. A team of researchers from international hospitals designed a stretchable polymer that will allow stem cells to be positioned where needed. The abstract of the paper...
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Bible and Theology

Give Me Liberalism and Give Me Death
January 9, 2013
...is that during the interim more researchers turned to research on adult stem cells that do not raise ethical issues (5/23/2011). 2. Planned unParenthood: It’s undeniable that Democrats, liberals and...
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Amazing Facts

Red Blood Cells Are Frisbees, Tanks and Wheels
December 30, 2012
Cells as commonplace as red blood cells still keep researchers wondering how they perform their job so well. Red blood cells (RBCs), also called erythrocytes, are unique for their biconcave...
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