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U.S. approves first "ethical" human stem cell lines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government approved the first 13 batches of human embryonic stem cells on Wednesday, enabling researchers using them to get millions of dollars in federal funding as promised by President Barack Obama in March.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama George W. Bush
2009-12-03
Light sentence for disgraced Korean cloning scientist
Seoul, South Korea - South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk got a light sentence Monday for faking stem-cell research in a case that scandalized the scientific community and shocked Koreans who had elevated him to the status of a national hero.
Nations:South Korea Activities:2005 Korean Cloning Scandal Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-10-26
Scientists grow mice heart muscle strip that beats
WASHINGTON - Scientists have grown a piece of heart muscle - and then watched it beat - by using stem cells from a mouse embryo, a big step toward one day repairing damage from heart attacks. Think of Dr. Kenneth Chien as a heart mechanic. "We're making a heart part and (eventually) we're going to put the part in," is how he describes the work by his team of Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers.
Source:(AP)
2009-10-16
Chinese experts grow live mice from skin cells
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese researchers have managed to create powerful stem cells from mouse skin and used these to generate fertile live mouse pups.
Nations:China Australia Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-24
First stem cell transplant on Chilean leukemia patient
SANTIAGO (AFP) - A middle-aged leukemia patient has became Chile's first patient to receive stem cells from an umbilical cord in a radical procedure that could cure the disease, health officials here said Thursday.
Nations:Chile Source:(AFP)
2009-07-24
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