MedPage TodayMorning Break: Flesh-Eating Scabies; Stem Cell Heartbreak; Artisan or Professional?MedPage TodayNote that some links may require subscriptions. Headline says it all: "Former model eaten alive by scabies in Georgia nursing home." … Continue reading
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First Stem Cell Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease Approved, Applied in Japan
Alzheimer’s News Today A stem cell therapy developed by the biotech company Nature Cell and the Biostar Stem Cell Research Institute, both based in South Korea, has been formally approved in Japan and is now available there to treat mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease … |
Kaiser Health News |
Critics Slam Stem Cell Clinics As Predatory And Exploitative, But There’s Little Being Done To Regulate Them
Kaiser Health News Cases of serious health consequences after patients have trusted stem cell clinics’ promises are highlighting just how little oversight there is of the trendy businesses. In other public health news: strokes, gun control, emergency care, exercise … |
Washington Post |
What you should know about stem cells, from promising research to dubious uses
Washington Post Stem cell research is one of science’s most promising fields. Scientists believe stem cells may someday be used to repair or replace tissues and organs lost to age or disease, though they say effective therapies are still years away. Hundreds of … Stem–cell clinics spread fast but therapies mostly unprovedThe Seattle Times Which Way on Stem Cells? | City JournalCity Journal As stem cell clinics multiply, so do legal complaintsSFGate Kaiser Health News –The Market Mogul all 107 news articles » |
Genetic Literacy Project |
Boosting brain research by growing ‘mini-brains’ to model human disease
Genetic Literacy Project Made out of stem cells, in their first incarnation (back in 2001) scientists figured out how to turn them into neural progenitor cells, self-renewing cells that can develop into the cells that make up the brain, like neurons and glia, but are not yet … Ethical posersGulf Times |