Stem Cell News

Experts: Despite setbacks stem cell promise remains undimmed
WBAY Green Bay - ST. LOUIS Scientists say the South Korean stem cell scandal has not undermined hopes for treatments for a wide variety of diseases, though it has set back researchers and eroded public trust. Scientists attending the American Association for the

Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Science Daily - Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point , campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid

Cooking the science books
Lowell Sun - President Bush talks a good game about science. His new budget proposal includes additional money to fund basic research, and train science and math teachers. But the president could use some instruction in scientific thinking himself. Too often, he

Stem cell potential said to be undimmed
Biloxi Sun Herald - ST. LOUIS - The South Korean stem cell scandal has set back researchers and eroded public trust, but it has not undermined hopes for treatments for a wide variety of diseases, scientists said Friday. "It does not dim the promise. It's just that we

Stem-cell Issue Viewed as Pitfall for Republicans
Forward - WASHINGTON Democrats are seeking to make embryonic stem-cell research a key issue in the 2006 midterm elections, in a move that is underscoring the party's closeness with the Jewish community on so-called values questions. This week, the

Stem Cell Panel Issues Decision
Hartford Courant - First dibs on $20 million in state stem cell funds should go to scientists working with human embryonic cells that are ineligible for federal funding, the state stem cell research advisory committee decided Tuesday. The committee also decided it