Sentences with phrase «given stem cell line»
Last week the National Institutes of Health (NIH) cancelled its planned meeting of the panel that is supposed to determine whether a given stem cell line was derived in accordance with NIH's ethical guidelines (ScienceNOW, 3 April).
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The differences between Bush's «Executive Order Expanding Approved Stem Cell Lines» (June 20, 2007) and Obama's Executive Order overturning it are striking especially given the popular mischaracterization of both.
The year's most prominent science issue, federal support of embryonic stem cell research, is so controversial that the sons of Ronald Reagan gave dueling speeches at the opposing party conventions; Michael Reagan backs President George W. Bush's policies, including the ban on funding for research on new stem cell lines, while Ron supports Senator John Kerry's promise to lift restrictions.
The final guidelines on research with human embryonic stem cells issued on Monday by the National Institutes of Health set out criteria for determining which ES cell lines can be used in federally funded experiments and give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don't meet stringent modern ethical requirements.
In the original agreement, WARF gave Geron exclusive rights to develop diagnostic and treatment products in six types of stem cell - derived cell lines: pancreatic, heart muscle, nerve, blood, bone, and liver.
«The use of nonhuman oocytes for SCNT is currently the only ethically justifiable option given the large numbers of eggs required to derive cloned human stem cell lines,» he said.
Recent studies have shown how to reprogram adult cells into non-embryonic stem cell lines called induced pluripotent stem cells — «pluripotent» meaning that they could give rise to almost any category of cell.
The really important questions are whether this therapy can be given safely; early in the disease course; and as second - line treatment, replacing an autologous stem cell transplant.
Boost your collagen, which fills in these lines and gives skin more plumpness, with products containing ingredients like peptides, growth factors, and stem cells, she says.
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