Sentences with phrase «by human stem»
Project: Pre-clinical Assessment of Human Retinal Ganglion Cell Neuroprotection by Human Stem Cells: Efficacy and Mechanism.
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A glomerulus - on - a-chip lined by human stem cell - derived kidney cells could help model patient - specific kidney diseases and guide therapeutic discovery
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ESCR scientists are mounting a furious political assault against the lawsuit, currently back in Royce Lamberth's court urging that human embryonic stem cell research continue to be funded by the Feds, hoping to pressure the judge to see it their way.
«Motivated in large part by their religious traditions of protecting the vulnerable and serving «the least of these,» as Jesus instructed his followers to do in the Gospel of Matthew,» writes Eric Marrapodi, «World Relief and other Christian agencies like the Salvation Army are stepping up efforts and working with law enforcement to stem the flow of human trafficking, which includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking.»
-- Offer support FIRST to those who have suffered the abuse that stemmed from or was abetted by troublesome theology (whether it be formal volunteering, donating money or goods or even just validating that a victim is not crazy, not sinful and is a worth human being and that their abuser was in the wrong.
The dropping of the atomic bomb, however, and the killing of birdlife by DDT, documented by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, introduced a new problem: the presence of totally unpredicted (and probably unpredictable) harmful effects on the environment and on human life stemming from actions taken specifically to produce certain benefits.
Stem cell research using human embryos might mean new mornings for people like these — people you and I know by name.
The ANT - OAR proposal represent a scientifically and morally sound means of obtaining human pluripotent stem cells that does not compromise either the science or the deeply held moral convictions of those who oppose the destructive use of human embryos for research» which is a creative approach that can be embraced by both the anything - goes camp and the nothing - goes.
As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.
Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of child protection laws in America by Christians, for so called faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety at risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.
In both cases individual members may exercise some dominance over others, in particular by altering the patterns guiding further growth and development, but the social coordination stems from basic patterns embodied in the genetic makeup of the plant cells and in the laws and traditions of human culture.
This question has been the topic of considerable legal and social debate over the years since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision» debate that has only been intensified by the recent controversies over human embryonic stem cells and human....
He decreed that the case brought by researchers Drs James Sherley and Theresa Deisher, along with a number of Christian groups including the Christian Medical Association, should be heard; and ordered an injunction temporarily blocking federal funding allocated for human - embryonic - stem - cell research.
This way of understanding the human person, which stems from the unique dignity of the person created in the image and likeness of God (Gen 1:26 - 27) and called to eternal redemption in Christ, is rooted in revelation, but it can be appreciated or grasped as true even by those who do not share our faith, on the basis of natural moral law.6
America's exceptional history as the only nation in the world with two centuries of political continuity stems from its people's love for individual rights, which they hold to be inalienable because they are granted by a power that no human agency dare oppose.
The field of PTSD growth potential, stemming from positive psychology, offers a much needed perspective of the resiliency of the human spirit to not only survive trauma, but to somehow transform the adversity encountered by the event, into self - growth.
One of the best talks of this conference was given by Dr. Renee Reijo Pera, Professor and Director of the Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research at Stanford University.
The Human Rights Activist maintained that the State PCRC was ready to give needed support and cooperation to the State Police Command by serving as helping hands in stemming the tide of insecurity and other forms of illegality.
Frankenbunnies Embryos made by Chinese researchers who fused human skin cells with rabbit eggs, hoping to create a source of stem cells.
Members interested in this area of work develop human rights ‐ related activities and services for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) community to build the commitment and capacity of professional associations to engage meaningfully in human rights by leveraging the experience of their members.
Elsewhere, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), which funds a wide array of STEM programs, would be reduced by $ 119 million or 13.6 percent below last year enacted, with a particularly sharp cut to graduate research fellowships.
Faced with an often - hostile Congress, Obama enacted many of his signature policies by executive order — from reversing restrictions on research with human embryonic stem cells to helping communities prepare for climate change.
Geron was bigger and better funded than ACT, and it was the first company to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to test a therapy in humans based on embryonic stem (ES) cells.
They recoated the insides of the blood vessels by flowing human stem cells through the tubes attached to the artery and vein.
Oliver Brüstle, director of the Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn, Germany, who had a patent on a method for generating neurons from human embryonic stem cells rejected by the court, called the ruling «the worst possible outcome», and «a disaster for Europe».
Researchers at Geron, meanwhile, had successfully derived neurons from human embryonic stem cells and were pursuing research that would eventually look to repair the damage caused by spinal - cord injuries, a possible use for embryonic stem cells that was much touted at the time.
«Our work illustrates that this exquisite control mechanism — regulated by PUS7 and pseudouridine — is critical to adjusting the amount of proteins needed for human stem cells to grow and produce blood,» says Cristian Bellodi.
Using human fetal «mini-brains» grown in 3 - D cultures, scientists determined that a specific protein produced by the Zika virus changes the properties of neural stem cells in the developing brain of an infected fetus, potentially causing microcephaly in newborns (Ki - Jun Yoon, abstract 103.06, see attached summary).
«We've figured out for the first time how to produce these cells from human embryonic stem cells literally by the billions and billions,» Lanza says.
Some of the researchers at the centre will study the differentiation of stem cells into other cell types, one group by using human embryonic stem cell biology and another by studying early embryo development.
In a separate but related study, scientists this week also announced that they successfully reversed Parkinson - like symptoms in several monkeys by transplanting human neural stem cells into their brains.
Published in Molecular Neurobiology, the study led by Dr Elodie Siney under the supervision of Dr Sandrine Willaime - Morawek, Lecturer in Stem Cells and Brain Repair at the University, analysed how enzymes called ADAMs affect the movement and function of the human tumor cells.
The new rules state that stem cells can be used if they are part of a study approved by the federal government, or if the protocol has been approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) that provides ethical review for research involving human volunteers.
Varghese and her team showed that they could control the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into functional osteoblasts — bone - building cells — simply by adding the molecule adenosine to their growth medium.
Scientists headed by Dr. Stevens Rehen differentiated human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into neural stem cells and into further complex tridimensional structures, known as neurospheres and brain organoids.
By promoting DNA demethylation, high - dose vitamin C treatment induced stem cells to mature, and also suppressed the growth of leukemia cancer stem cells from human patients implanted in mice.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered an easy and efficient way to coax human pluripotent stem cells to regenerate bone tissue — by feeding them adenosine, a naturally occurring molecule in the body.
Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research had been backed by federal funds for more than a decade, but a surprise August injunction by a federal judge threw the field's future into question.
Then, a team led by Robert Lanza, the chief scientific officer of Advanced Cell Technology Inc. in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and his colleagues published the first results ever of a clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells.
Human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), derived from bone marrow, have become a primary vehicle for efforts to replace or regenerate cells destroyed by a variety of diseases.
To do this, they created a cellular model of Werner syndrome by using a cutting - edge gene - editing technology to delete WRN gene in human stem cells.
This event will provide an overview of the recent National Research Council report, «Successful K - 12 STEM Education,» as well as give examples of innovative research - based tools for engineering education funded by the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and Human Resources.
Suzuki and his group hope that by further manipulating the chemical environment of the spheres of stem cells, they may increase that number, further easing the path toward human treatment.
They've figured out how to turn human stem cells into functional pancreatic β cells — the same cells that are destroyed by the body's own immune system in type 1 diabetes patients.
Now comes a first rate example of how CRISPR is changing the pace of biomedical research by linking up with another cutting edge technology — human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs).
The study was supported by a Science of Human Appearance Career Development Award from the Dermatology Foundation and by grants from the Medical Research Council of the UK, the Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), New York Stem Cell Science (NYSTEM), and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in the UK (BBSRC), as well as earlier support from the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation.
The results obtained by Afsaneh Gaillard's team and that Pierre Vanderhaeghen at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in Human and Molecular Biology show, for the first time, using mice, that pluripotent stem cells differentiated into cortical neurons make it possible to reestablish damaged adult cortical circuits, both neuroanatomically and functionally.
To see whether cancer stem cell renewal involves a chain of events similar to that used by embryonic stem cells, and whether the process was affected by oxygen levels, Semenza and graduate student Chuanzhao Zhang focused their studies on two human breast cancer cell lines that responded to low oxygen by ramping up production of the protein ALKBH5, which removes methyl groups from mRNAs.
The recipe, described in Nature, allows human pluripotent stem cells to spontaneously attempt to assemble into a tiny approximation of a whole brain by making whatever brain structures the stem cells choose.
The study, «VlincRNAs controlled by retroviral elements are a hallmark of pluripotency and cancer» found that novel non-coding parts of the human genome known as vlincRNAs (very long intergenic, non-coding RNAs) triggered by ancient viruses, participate in the biology of stem cells, and in the development of cancer.