Carly Fiorina's connection to Merck (Al Jazeera America exclusive)

Al Jazeera has learned that Fiorina has ties to a drug company that was using stem cell lines from aborted fetuses.
https://youtu.be/av4xHVSGsJ8

Scientist stripped of doctorate over stem cell scandal

I'll remember this every time I hear a Catholic Church representative state we don't need embryonic stem cell research because we can get all we need from adult stem cells...
Japanese university revokes PhD awarded to Haruko Obokata in latest twist in row that has rocked the scientific world... Read more

Stem-Cell Dental Implants Grow New Teeth Right In Your Mouth

Dr. Mao's technique not only eliminates the need to grow teeth in a Petri dish, but it is the first to achieve regeneration of anatomically correct teeth by using the body's own resources...
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And Now the Good News #122: 2/3/2015

http://youtu.be/635iXMse6HY

Knights of Columbus: How One Religious Organization Bankrolls America’s Social Conservative Movement

Millions of their charitable dollars have funded a very socially conservative ideological agenda: opposing abortion, LGBT rights, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and pornography, while supporting public funding for religious organizations. ... Read more

Paul Allen donates $100 million to start cell research institute

"He said the Allen Institute for Cell Science will investigate and model the complex workings of cells in a way that scientists have not been able to do previously, creating a visual database and animated models of cell parts. It will bring together information from both the cellular and molecular sciences.
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Religious Right Group Opposes Ebola Vaccine Projects Over Stem Cell Research

A “pro-life” group wants the government to stop fast-tracking two potential vaccines to fight the Ebola virus, citing concerns that the vaccine development includes stem cell research.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/religious-right-group-opposes-ebola-vaccine-projects-over-stem-cell-research

Stem Cell Blast Returns Sight to the Legally Blind

"...Embryonic stem cells can be turned into any type of human cell, and in this case, researchers made them into the type of cells that had been lost...." "http://www.newser.com/story/197267/stem-cell-blast-returns-sight-to-the-legally-blind.html

Cure for Type 1 diabetes imminent after Harvard stem-cell breakthrough

Professor Elaine Fuchs, of Rockefeller University, described the findings as "one of the most important advances to date in the stem cell field".
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Cancer stem cells identified. Theory of small subset of cancer cells that are solely responsible for driving the growth and evolution of a patient's cancer possibly confirmed

The gene mutations driving cancer have been tracked for the first time in patients back to a distinct set of cells at the root of cancer -- cancer stem cells. The international research team studied a group of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes -- a malignant blood condition which frequently develops into acute myeloid leukemia. The researchers say their findings offer conclusive evidence for the existence of cancer stem cells.

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Cloning Approach Makes Diabetes Stem Cell Advance

NEW YORK (AP) — In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA o... Read more

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dna-diabetes-stem-cells

Impact of Science Policy on Subfields of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

"In this research, we examine how restrictive policy influenced performance in human embryonic stem cell research (hESC) between 1998 and 2008..."

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086395