Tag: Cancer

Carpenter transforms stem cells, self

Melissa Carpenter of Novocell transforms stem cells and herself. Life is transformed in the stem cell laboratories of Melissa Carpenter. "These cells are the coolest cells...

A wounded GI’s new battle

Sugar Land soldier is one of thousands returning home disabled Humvee gunner Spc. Dillon Cannon scanned left, then right. It was about 1 p.m., and his...

Why we should defend stem cell research

Stem cell research is among the most exciting but also most controversial areas of science today. It was in the news again last week...

Voters could decide future of stem-cell plan

ALBANY — As stem cell funding continues to face political hurdles at the federal level, New York's governor and lieutenant governor want to sell...

Storing stem cells at AIIMS

NEW DELHI: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) now has another first to its name — it has set up the country's first...

Stem cell research bill a go

TRENTON | After two years of political give and take, both houses of the Legislature passed a $270 million bond measure that advocates...

New stem cell technique — no embryos used

Only women could be treated with unfertilized egg method Scientists have found a way to make stem cells from unfertilized eggs, suggesting a potential alternative...

Barrow receives two grants worth a total of 900,000 from the ABRC

The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission (ABRC) recently awarded Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Arizona State University (ASU) two...

More room for rehab

Frazier tower nearly done; new programs draw patients Jen Boisvert, clad in black exercise clothes, went through some stretches in a sixth-floor gym at...

Hope for a cure found in embryonic stem cell research

Michael J. Fox‘s successful acting career might soon be upstaged by his success as a lobbyist – his stumping for stem cell research in...