Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

Tues 26th Aug: ALS Discussion, Dave Style? Considering that it's Tuesday Dave once again tries and fails to appear intellectual, informative and generally not a moron as he tip-toes around a bit of a controversial topic in Stem Cell... By: NerdFightersInfo … Continue reading →

ALS/Stem Cell Research Ice Bucket Challenge I tried to stay away from this but the religious right has forced me into it. By: Graham Todd … Continue reading →

Holographic plans We are a chosen generation. W are a royal priesthood. The I am is in search for the Inner you. Evolution always win. Make friends with evolution. The solution is in unified humanity. Fear not... By: don williams … Continue reading →

Stem Cell Research with Professor Francisco Figueiredo (Newcastle University) Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) with the support of the Wellcome Trust organised a lecture with Professor Francisco Figueiredo from Newcastle University about... By: DurhamUniversity … Continue reading →

2014 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - Tom Varner I was challenged to do the 2014 ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Ice Bucket Challenge. I did not donate to the ALS Association because of their support of embryonic stem cell research. Instead, I... By: tvtv3 … Continue reading →

Stem Cell Research with Professor Francisco Figueiredo (Newcastle University) Q A Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) with the support of the Wellcome Trust organised a lecture with Professor Francisco Figueiredo ... By: DurhamUniversity … Continue reading →

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - Why I'm Not Doing It [COD: Black Ops 2 MSMC Streaks] A video explaing why I'm not doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. I'd encourage you to find organizations that don't use embryonic stem cell research: Mayo Clinic and John Paul II Research... By: JudgmentAwaits … Continue reading →

Scientists who hoped to replicate the results of potentially groundbreaking stem-cell research have been unsuccessful to date, researchers at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, said Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Detailed in two papers published in the journal Nature in January, the research was initially heralded as a breakthrough in the field of stem-cell biology, but was later met with skepticism after other institutions attempts to mirror its results failed. The authors of the papers and Nature retracted them in June. Now, the center behind the papers says its recent efforts to confirm certain aspects of the research have failed. Researchers have conducted 22 experiments thus far, but we could not confirm the emergence of cells in the conditions described in [lead researcher Haruko Obokatas] papers, Riken said in a statement cited by Agence France-Presse. The center anticipates it will continue trying to confirm certain aspects of the research until next March, AP said. The two papers published in Nature described a simple process for producing stem cells using an acid-based solution. Researchers said they successfully created pluripotent embryonic stem cells -- cells that can be grown into any kind of cell, including human organ … Continue reading →

InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 TOKYO - Researchers in Japan said Wednesday they have been unable to replicate experiments that were hailed earlier this year as a "game-changer" in the quest to grow transplant tissue, amid claims evidence was faked. In a scandal that rocked Japan's scientific establishment, Riken -- the research institute that sponsored the study -- launched an independent experiment in April to verify research published by scientist Haruko Obokata and her colleagues earlier this year. But the failure to replicate the experiment casts further doubt on the existence of stem cell-like cells, what the researchers called Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency (STAP) cells. "Researchers have conducted 22 experiments thus far, but we could not confirm the emergence of cells in the conditions described in (Obokata's) papers," Riken said in an interim report issued Wednesday. Obokata since July has been trying in tandem with independent teams to reproduce her own results. The researchers will continue their experiments under more diverse conditions while also considering data obtained by Obokata herself, Shinichi Aizawa, a special adviser at Riken, told a lengthy press conference. Obokata was feted after unveiling findings that appeared to show a straightforward way to re-program adult … Continue reading →