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Opinion: Stem Cell News -- Hype Over Science
By Michael Fumento - AOL News(Oct. 14) -- "First Patient Treated With Stem Cells," blares one headline. "First Patient Treated in Stem Cell Study," shouts another. They're bogus. It was actually the first human trial using embryonic stem cells, or ESCs. Their Cinderella stepsister, adult stem cells, or ASCs, have already seen thousands of human clinical trials and are treating scores of diseases. But it's the kind of hype you can expect in the wake of Geron Corp.'s ballyhooed experiment, which, while it's unlikely to do much to advance health, could do a lot for Geron's financial prospects. On Friday, doctors injected a ...
Menstrual Blood Stem Cells Could Repair Stroke Damage to the Brain
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Sept. 30) -- Stem cells derived from menstrual blood are hitting the laboratory, with researchers speculating that a woman's period might be a boon for recovering stroke patients. A collaboration between researchers at the University of South Florida, along with a stem cell company and a biotech firm, will investigate the efficacy of transplanted menstrual-blood-derived stem cells in repairing brain damage incurred by a stroke. Blood vessels and neurons in the brain are both needed to help repair the brain after a stroke, and stem cells would spur the growth of both vital components. In ...
Obama Leaves Beltway Bubble to Visit Ordinary Americans; The Trip Was Short
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyWith all the partisan bickering going on in Washington, it seems only natural that President Barack Obama -- like so many other presidents before him -- would yearn to get beyond the Beltway and hear the concerns of ordinary Americans. On Monday, the commander in chief did just that -- sort of. The president chose as his getaway the Fairfax, Va., home of John Nicholas and Nicole Armstrong, who live with their two children in leafy enclave of Mantua. The residence is beyond the Beltway, but only just so -- about 14 miles from the White House. "You're in a bubble when you're president," Obama ...
Appeals Court Allows Temporary Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA federal appeals court ruled Thursday that federal funding of embryonic stem cell research can go ahead while it considers a judge's decision that had temporarily blocked the government money. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said it would allow a temporary administrative stay of the earlier ruling so it would have more time to consider the Obama Administration's appeal, The Wall Street Journal reported. Written arguments in the case are to be submitted by Sept. 20. In a blow to the White House's plan to expand stem cell studies, U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled last ...
Court Puts Stay on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Ban
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 9) -- A federal appeals court decided today to temporarily lift the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research while it considers an emergency motion filed by the Justice Department. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled last month that government funding of embryonic stem cell research violated the Dickey-Wicker amendment, which prohibits federal funding of any research that destroys a human embryo. The decision threw a major wrench into ongoing research projects nationwide and stopped others in their tracks. When Lamberth refused to stay his ruling earlier this week, ...
Government Appeals Ruling Blocking Stem Cell Research Funding
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Obama administration filed papers Tuesday to block a court ruling preventing use of government funds for embryonic stem cell research. "The government is seeking a stay of the court's injunction to prevent the irreparable human and financial harm that could occur if these life-saving research projects are forced to abruptly shut down," Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler told CNN. The motion to stay was filed with U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth, who last week granted the injunction pushed for by opponents of research in which embryos are destroyed. Justice Department ...
Feds Appeal Ruling on Stem Cell Research Funding
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 31) -- The Obama administration on Tuesday asked a federal judge to lift a restraining order that it says could undercut federally funded embryonic stem cell research. The Justice Department filed its request with U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth only days after he blocked government funding of embryonic stem cell research. Medical researchers value stem cells because they are master cells that can turn into any tissue of the body, and they expect the research to eventually lead to cures for spinal cord injuries, Parkinson's disease and other ailments. Stopping the ...
Opinion: Science Shoved Aside in Stem Cell Ruling
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 25) -- Federal funding for stem cell research is once again being held back by politics. Monday, a federal court, in granting an injunction against federally funded human embryonic stem cell research, allowed a vocal minority to hold science hostage to a narrow political agenda. Judge Royce Lamberth's injunction was issued on the grounds that the guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research "clearly violate" the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, which prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from using appropriated funds for the creation of human embryos for research purposes ...
Stem Cell Ruling to Be Appealed; Some Work to Stop
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 24) -- The government will quickly appeal a court ruling that undercut federally funded embryonic stem cell research, the Obama administration declared Tuesday, but dozens of experiments aimed at fighting spinal cord injuries, Parkinson's disease and other ailments probably will stop in the meantime. The White House and scientists said Monday's court ruling was broader than first thought because it would prohibit even the more restricted stem cell research allowed for the past decade under President George W. Bush's rules. The Justice Department said an appeal is expected ...
Government: Some Stem Cell Work OK Despite Court Ruling
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 24) -- The government says dozens of stem cell experiments will continue, despite a judge's ruling blocking taxpayer funding of the work, because the money already is in scientists' hands. But National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said dozens more studies of promising stem cell therapies - about $54 million worth - will have to stop because of the court ruling that temporarily forbids any additional money from being granted. A federal judge ruled on Monday that the stem cell research violated the will of Congress in prohibiting the destruction of human ...
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