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Divide and Conquer A look at Stem Cell Research
By Nicky Pilkington

Stem cells could be the beginning of the end for deadly diseases, by allowing medical science to form custom-made tissues and organs that would replace or repair damaged ones.

Scientists haven't yet mastered the process of creating specialized cells that form body parts. But they have come a long way since the 1800s when pathologist Rudolf Virchow pioneered the idea that disease starts at the cellular level in his Berlin laboratory.

Embryonic stem cell research got its start in the U.S. in November 1998 when James Thomson, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, was the first to successfully remove cells from spare embryos at fertility clinics. He establ...
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Stem-Cell Funding Ban Upheld While Government Appeals
The Obama administration can’t continue to fund embryonic stem-cell research while appealing a ban on government support for any activity using cells taken from human embryos, a federal judge ruled. Read More ...

Stem-Cell Funding Ban Upheld During U.S. Government's Appeal, Judge Rules
The Obama administration can’t continue to fund embryonic stem-cell research while appealing a decision banning government support for any activity using cells taken from human embryos, a federal judge decided. Read More ...

Stem cell work in limbo awaiting court’s decision
By John A. Hawkinson NEWS EDITOR Many stem cell researchers have been left uncertain about their own future and the future of their field as they wait for a federal judge to decide whether to allow the NIH to fund human embryonic stem cell research, within and without of its walls. Read More ...

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