February 2010 - Italian stem cell scientists challenge goverment EuroSyStem scientist Elena Cattaneo challenges Italian government - the story continues In the summer of 2009, three Italian stem celli scientists unsuccessfully challenged their government in the courts over its decision to exclude human
embryonic stem cell research from a ministerial funding call for projects on stem cell biology.
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Well it seems like Ivan can relax, Michael Peroski has just solved all of our problems: Proceeding
from ideology - driven inquiry entails starting
from an answer: «
Research on human
embryonic stem cell should be forbidden because embryos are equivalent to human lives» and working....
A very significant step away
from embryonic stem -
cell research was taken recently when a previously forthright advocate of such
research softened his stance on other ethical alternatives.
In 2005, before a Congressional hearing in the U.S., Prof. George Q. Daley of Harvard spoke forcefully and influentially about the necessity for
embryonic stem -
cell research to go ahead, and dismissed suggestions that one could work instead with «induced pluripotent
stem cells» («iPS», i.e.
stem cells reprogrammed
from some
cells of a living adult).
Less incredible, and perhaps only to be expected, is the news that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, the dynamic duo who brought The Lord of the Rings to the silver screen, have donated $ 310,000
from the movie's profits to fund human
embryonic stem -
cell research.
Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner, talked about Catholic dissent
from the Pope's hardline, intolerant opposition to liberation theology, women's rights, gay equality, contraception, fertility treatment,
embryonic stem cell research and the Pope's collusion with Holocaust deniers and appeasers.
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.
For example, a consortium of
research groups called the London Project to Cure Blindness aims to test RPE transplants
from embryonic stem cells in patients with macular degeneration this year.
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.
Research involving the derivation and use of embryonic stem (ES) cells is permissible only where there is strong scientific merit in, and potential medical benefit from, such r
Research involving the derivation and use of
embryonic stem (ES)
cells is permissible only where there is strong scientific merit in, and potential medical benefit
from, such
researchresearch.
► On Wednesday at ScienceInsider, Tania Rabesandratana reported
from Brussels that the European Commission has denied a request by a citizens» initiative to «block E.U. funding for
research using
embryonic stem cells.»
Next, the
research team will examine specifically whether these liver
cells obtained
from human
embryonic stem cells in a dish help repair injured livers in preclinical animal models of liver disease.
The
research team used mass spectrometry to compare phosphorylation of proteins
from mouse
embryonic stem cells with fully functioning GSK - 3 to
cells in which the gene encoding GSK - 3 had been deleted.
Newcastle University and the NorthEast England
Stem Cell Institute are aware that the
research paper «Derivation of Human Sperm
from Embryonic Stem Cells» by a group led by Professor Karim Nayernia has been withdrawn
from the academic journal
Stem Cells and Development.
Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on this
research after hearing a petition
from a group of advocates who argued that, contrary to the U.S. government's view,
research on
embryonic stem cells does in fact destroy embryos — action that is prohibited by legislation known as the «Dickey - Wicker Amendment» to the bill that funds the Department of Health and Human Services.
(This report, which Harvard biologist Eggan calls the «Human
Embryonic Stem Cell Misinformation Packet,» prompted a corrective letter
from Harvard biologists, who claimed that the White House misrepresented their
research for political reasons.)
Sasai was a co-author on two
research papers that claimed to produce
embryonic stem cells called STAP
from adult
cells using acid.
In 2004 Blackburn and ethicist William F. May made headlines when the Bush administration ousted them
from the President's Council on Bioethics for their strong public support of human
embryonic stem cell research.
These
stem cells, which are similar to highly sought - after
embryonic stem cells but derived
from adult
cells and then reprogrammed, could be turned into the
cell types needed for
research, including neurons and intestinal and fat
cells.
Critics argue further that
embryonic stem cell research is unnecessary because
stem cells from adults are purportedly just as promising.
In particular, opponents of
embryonic stem cell research have repeatedly pointed to the supposed power of
stem cells extracted
from the adult body, which in the hands of at least one laboratory seemed to nearly match that of
embryonic stem cells.
Scientists
from the Spanish National Cancer
Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered that NANOG, an essential gene for
embryonic stem cells, also regulates
cell division in stratified epithelia — those that form part of the epidermis of the skin or cover the esophagus or the vagina — in adult organisms.
Australian researchers have so far generated over 50
embryonic stem cell lines
from surplus embryos, and three
research groups have been licensed to attempt somatic
cell nuclear transfer.
In February 2004 Hwang and his
research group reported the first
embryonic stem cell line derived
from a cloned human embryo.
Both Obama and Clinton voted against the Hope Act and many
stem cell research supporters have criticized the bill, saying it's a distraction and diversion of funds away
from the greater promise of
embryonic cells.
Best known for his Superman films, Reeve had long advocated
research into
embryonic stem cells to repair the kind of spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed
from the neck down after a horseback riding accident 10 years ago.
One of the greatest achievements in recent biomedical
research was in 2006 when Shinya Yamanaka managed to create
embryonic stem cells (pluripotent
stem cells, induced in vitro, or in vitro iPSCs) in a laboratory
from adult
cells, via a cocktail of just four genes.
Previous
research in rodent disease models has shown that transplanted oligodendrocyte precursor
cells derived
from embryonic stem cells and
from human fetal brain tissue can successfully create myelin sheaths around nerve
cells, sometimes leading to dramatic improvements in symptoms.
Since its inception, CIRM has sought to create a system
from the ground up for funding
research on human
embryonic stem cells to fill in the gaps left by federal funding restrictions (ScienceNOW, 12 April).
He predicts that the small but potent
research community of universities and biotech companies centered in St. Louis and Kansas City will benefit
from passage of the amendment — which prevents lawmakers
from barring work on
embryonic stem cells while criminalizing cloning with the goal of reproduction — as will patients.
The
research used skin samples
from five men to create what are known as induced pluripotent
stem cells, which closely resemble
embryonic stem cells in their ability to become nearly any tissue in the body.
The potential of iPS
cells to help treat everything
from damaged heart tissue to Parkinson's disease, has prompted intensive
research that has looked into the use of skin fibroblast
cells as an alternative to controversial
embryonic stem cells.
Prescinding
from the ethical questions, my own view is that there are scientifically interesting things that can come of
embryonic stem -
cell research, but that even without regulation, it wouldn't be central.
His executive order allowed funding on
embryonic stem -
cell lines derived
from embryos that had already been destroyed, but excluded funding of
research using
stem cells from embryos destroyed after August 9, 2001 (the date of his announced policy).
Many opponents of
embryonic stem cell research hail this news as an important step away
from research methods that rely on destroying embryos.
The institute is interested in pursuing
embryonic stem -
cell research, but attempts by the Missouri legislature to ban the
research have prevented the medical center
from successfully recruiting scientists.
One form of
stem cell research is conducted on
embryonic stem cells — or those extracted
from human embryos, which are destroyed in the process.
At the International Society for
Stem Cell Research 2017 Annual Meeting (June 14 - 17, 2017; Boston, USA), Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc (CA, USA) will present new 9 - month efficacy and safety data from their ongoing SCiStar Phase I / IIa trial of human embryonic stem cell - derived oligodendrocyte progenitor ce
Stem Cell Research 2017 Annual Meeting (June 14 - 17, 2017; Boston, USA), Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc (CA, USA) will present new 9 - month efficacy and safety data from their ongoing SCiStar Phase I / IIa trial of human embryonic stem cell - derived oligodendrocyte progenitor ce
Cell Research 2017 Annual Meeting (June 14 - 17, 2017; Boston, USA), Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc (CA, USA) will present new 9 - month efficacy and safety data
from their ongoing SCiStar Phase I / IIa trial of human
embryonic stem cell - derived oligodendrocyte progenitor ce
stem cell - derived oligodendrocyte progenitor ce
cell - derived oligodendrocyte progenitor
cells.
That study found that since MSCRF first began awarding grants in 2007, its pattern of giving shifted over the years
from strongly favoring projects focusing on ethically contentious human
embryonic stem cell research (hESCR) to projects focusing on ethically non-contentious adult
stem cells and other non-
embryonic stem cell research.
This finding complements previous
research from the University of Edinburgh and the National Institute for Medical Research which showed that embryonic stem cells can be coaxed into this spinal cord cells; however, the Cambridge researchers showed that the in the embryo - like aggregates, the structural organization is more robust and allows for the polarised growth of the
research from the University of Edinburgh and the National Institute for Medical
Research which showed that embryonic stem cells can be coaxed into this spinal cord cells; however, the Cambridge researchers showed that the in the embryo - like aggregates, the structural organization is more robust and allows for the polarised growth of the
Research which showed that
embryonic stem cells can be coaxed into this spinal cord
cells; however, the Cambridge researchers showed that the in the embryo - like aggregates, the structural organization is more robust and allows for the polarised growth of the tissue.
University of Wisconsin scientist, James A. Thomson, who first derived ESCs
from embryos, has said «if human
embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough.»
Tarne demonstrates that funding has moved
from grants directed primarily towards
embryonic stem cell research toward primarily ethical
stem cells research — which has been the only
stem cell research to date to result in positive treatments for illnesses.
A
research team said it has produced stratified retinal tissues
from human
embryonic stem cells for the first time in...
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David Volk of the South Dakotans for Lifesaving Cures said the initiative will ask voters to allow
research on
embryonic stem cells, but only
stem cells left over
from in vitro fertilization procedures,
cells that would have been discarded otherwise.
Organized by the South Dakotans for Lifesaving Cures, the petition drive comes eight months after President Barack Obama overturned a 2001 order by then - President George W. Bush that barred the National Institutes of Health
from funding
embryonic stem cell research beyond the existing
stem cell lines.
Because the
cells were derived
from human embryos or fetal tissue, pro-life groups condemned
embryonic stem cell research as morally wrong.
Researchers
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Stem participate regularly in discussions on the ethical reflection on scientific and medical perspectives of
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stem cells.
The discovery, by scientists at Kyoto University and the University of Wisconsin - Madison, seemed to promise a way out of the bitter debates over
embryonic -
stem -
cell research: rather than using human embryos as a source of
stem cells, produce them
from adult
cells.
Thus, all
research on lines of human
embryonic stem cells as the
cells of various phenotypes derived
from these lines should aim to lexploration mechanisms or the development and validation of therapeutic applicable to serious diseases.