12/26 - Kidneys May Be Made from Pig Stem Cells (AAP)

12/21 - Word War Breaks Out in Research on Stem Cells (New York Times)

12/20 - Bone Marrow Stem Cells Used to Create Brain Cells (Reuters)

12/18 - Athersys Wants to Start Center for Stem Cell Research (Plain Dealer)

12/16 - ISU Researchers Say Stem Cells Grew in Opossums (Sioux City Journal)

12/13 - Stanford to Develop Human Stem Cells, Despite White House Objections (ABC News)
- New Stanford Institute Is to Study Controversial Stem Cell Manipulation (New York Times)
- Stanford University Scientists Irked Over 'Misunderstanding' by Media (ABC News) (AP)
- U Stem Cell Rights Purchased (Minnesota Daily)
- Use of Embryonic Stem Cells Premature (Mainichi Shimun)

12/12 - 'Politically Correct' Stem Cell Is Licensed to Biotech Concern (New York Times)

12/12 - University of Minnesota Grants Rights to Develop Adult Stem-Cell Technology (Pioneer Press)

12/10 - UK: Stem Cell Project to be Biggest in World (Telegraph)
- Sickle Cell Transplants Successful (AP)

12/9 - French Doctors Say Stem Cells Can Cure Children with Sickle Cell Disease (AP) (BBC)

12/6 - Cloned Stem Cells Could 'Reboot' Immune System (Reuters)

12/2 - Senate Debating Stem Cell Laws (The Advertiser) (ABC News)

11/18 Stem Cells Treat Diabetes in Mice (MSNBC)

11/15 - Stem Cell Companies Struggle to Survive (AP)
- Shift in Government Control Raises Questions About Stem-Cell Research (Badger Herald)

11/12 - Stem Cell Transplant Saved Twin (Jamestown Sun)

11/8 - Hatching Plans for Stem-Cell Law (Wired News)

10/29 - Molecule Multiplies Stem Cells in Human Cord Blood (Reuters)

10/29 - Stem Cell Hope for Cancer Patients (BBC)

10/23 - Placenta Stem Cell Donations May Benefit Children in Return (The Advocate) (Shreveport Times)

10/17 - Pact to Have Louisiana Hospitals Save Placenta Stem Cells (The Advocate)

9/27 - Prolifers in Australia Hope Senate Will Not Pass Stem Cell Legislation (CNS News)

9/26 - Researchers Grow Teeth from Stem Cells in Mass. Lab (AP)

9/24 - White House Criticizes State Stem Cell Law (Los Angeles Times)
- Australia: NSW MP Cadman Blasts Trounson (Herald Sun)
- Embryo Donations Fuel Stem Cell Debate (Chicago Tribune)

9/20 - Adult Stem Cells Key to Diabetes Cure (Wired News)
- Immune Cells Used to Stop Severe Cancer (Washington Post) (Wired News) (BBC) (United Press International) (Reuters) (WebMD) (HealthScout) (Science Daily) (MSNBC) (AP)

9/18 - From Two Deadly Diseases, a Possible Treatment (Boston Globe)

9/10 - Hopes Raised of Using Adult Stem Cells for Treating Muscular Dystrophy (New York Times)

9/03 - Trapping a Human in a Cell (Washington Times)
- Stem Cells Are Kick in the Teeth for Dentures (IOL)

8/29 - Australia: Rat 'Error' Could Cost Research Group (Courier-Mail) (Australian Broadcasting Corp) (Canberra Times)
- UK: Churches Condemn Stem Cell Bank (The Scotsman)
- Australia: Adult Stem Cells Offer Hope to Heart Disease Sufferers (Australian Broadcasting Corp)

8/28 - Pig Cell Transplant in Humans Reduces Need for Insulin (The Star) (NPR) (BBC) (Reuters) (Science Daily) (New Scientist) (WebMD)
- New Nerves from Old (Nature)
- Australia: Anderson Questions Stem Cell Scientist's Funding (Australian Broadcasting Corp)

8/27 - Bone Marrow Cells Help Mend Stroke Damage in Rats (Reuters) (BBC) (HealthScout)
- Australia: MPs 'Misled' on Embryonic Stem Cells (Australian Broadcasting Corp) (Ninemsn) (CNS News)

8/26 - Australia: Quick Decision Unlikely On Australian Embryonic Research (CNS News)
- Umbilical Cord Stem-Cell Banks Start in South Africa (Health24)

8/23 - Adult Stem Cell Gel Could Generate New Cartilage (United Press International)
- Nebraska: Former G.I. Man Heads Coalition Against Fetal Stem Cell Research (The Independent)

8/22 - Australia: Stem Cell Research Like Murder: Liberal MP (Ninemsn)

8/20 - Australia: Parliament Set for Tension-Filled Debate on Stem Cell Bill (Australian Broadcasting Corp)
- Australia: Supporters, Critics Lobby Furiously Ahead Of Embryo Research Debate (CNS News)

8/16 - Univ. of Louisville Success Shows Embryos Unneeded (Kentucky Post)
- Florida: Grant Awarded to Fund Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Studies (Business Journal)

8/15 - Australia: Brisbane Forum Condemns Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Australian Broadcasting Corp) (Canberra Times)
- New Findings Change Understanding of Adult Stem Cells (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

8/14 - Professor Warns on False Stem Cell Hopes (Australian Broadcasting Corp)

8/13 - Australia: Archbishop Pell Weighs into Stem Cell Research Debate (Australian Broadcasting Corp)

8/12 - Australia: Motive 'to Clone Humans' (Canberra Times) (The Advertiser) (CNS News)
- Australia: Anderson Rallies Against Stem Cell Research (Australian Broadcasting Corp)
- Critics Lament the State of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (CNN) (NPR) (Wisconsin State Journal)

8/09 - Stem Cells from Bone Marrow May Save Limbs (AP) (Reuters) (BBC)

8/08 - Teeth Grown from Adult Stem Cells (BBC)

8/06 - Australia: Stick to Adult Stem Cells: Anderson (Canberra Times)

8/05 - Australia: Non-Matching Blood Stem Cells Used to Treat Young Girl (Courier-Mail)
- Embryonic Stem Cells Slow Progress (Newsweek) (USA Today) (Washington Post)

8/01 - EU Delays Financing of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Reuters)

7/31 - Patients Hail Cell Transplant for Diabetes (Seattle Times)

7/30 - Mesenchymal Stem Cells Tackle Disease Before Birth (BBC) (Independent)
- Kansas: Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program Fully Accredited (Kansas City Nursing News)

7/29 - Stem-Cell Cloning Not Needed, Says Scientist (The Age - Registration required) (Australia Broadcasting Corp)
- Adult Stem Cells Grow Eye Blood Vessels (AP) (HealthScout) (Reuters) (Union-Tribune) (Nature) (Scripps) (Science Daily) (Cosmiverse)

7/26 - Hydra Bioscience, Inc. Hopes to Profit By Regenerating Human Tissue (Boston Globe)

7/25 - FDA Eases Way for Adult Stem Cells to Help Fight Cancer (Detroit Free Press)

7/24 - Scientists Say Restarting Silent Genes Could Restore Lost Body Parts, Tissue (The Blade)

7/23 - Donating Cells to... Yourself (Washington Post)

7/22 - Adult Stem Cells Save Aussie Babies (News Interactive)
- Tennessee: Baptist, Methodist Now Forming Adult Stem Cell Transplant Programs (Memphis Business Journal)

7/17 - Diabetes Adult Stem Cell Transplants Move Closer (BBC) (Science Daily) (Massachusetts General Hosp)

7/16 - Korea: Government Set to Clear Embryos for Use in Medical Research (Korea Herald)

7/15 - Australia: Stem-Cell Research Law 'Should Go Through' (Canberra Times) (News Interactive)

7/12 - Germany's Strict New Stem Cell Law Takes Effect (Reuters)

7/11 - Australia: Doctors Aim to Cure Paralysis with Nose Cells (BBC) (New Scientist)

7/10 - Umbilical Blood Touted as Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells (Montreal Gazette)

7/9 - New Step for Stem Cells Company Collects Umbilical Cord Blood (The Advocate)

7/9 - Baby Cord Cells Offer Leukemia Breakthrough (The Guardian)

7/9 - Umbilical Cord Blood Touted As Alternative (Montreal Gazette)

7/8 - Adult Stem-Cell Feat Lauded By Politicians Awaits Scientific Blessing (Star Tribune) (New York Times)
- UK: Pioneering Placenta and Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Operation Successful (Telegraph) (BBC)
- Doctors at Duke and Elsewhere Using Umbilical-Cord Cells to Save Children (Winston-Salem Journal)

7/3 - Muscle Stem Cells Show Promise Against Muscular Dystrophy (Niams) (Science Daily)
- New Hope for Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injury (Content Wire)

7/2 - Bioengineered Corneal Graft Could Restore Sight (Content Wire)

6/28 - Two 'Bubble Boy' Patients Recover with Gene Therapy (Reuters) (AP) (HealthScout) (Washington Post) (Boston Globe)

6/26 - Toddler Given Umbilical Cord Stem-Cell Transplant Doing Well (Dallas Morning News)

6/26 - Saving Lives Without Taking Lives: Adult Stem Cells (CBN News)

6/26 - Drug 'Helps Repair Stroke Damage' (BBC) (WebMD) (HealthScout) (PNAS)

6/21 - New Zealand: Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Gets First Deposit (Dominion)

6/20 - Stem Cell Hopes Double: Embryonic and Adult Stem-Cell Findings May Re-fuel Cloning Debates (Nature) (New York Times) (San Francisco Chronicle) (BBC) (The Guardian) (Telegraph) (VOA) (HealthScout) (Pioneer Press) (Scientific American) (Independent) (New Scientist) (Science Daily)

6/21 - Adult Stem Cells Show Versatility, University of Minnesota Researchers Find (Star Tribune) (Reuters) (Washington Post) (Washington Times) (CNS News) (MSNBC)

6/21 - New Zealand: Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Gets First Deposit (Dominion)

6/20 - Pluripotency of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived From Adult Marrow (Nature)
- Causing Injured Nerve Cells In Rats To Regenerate (UniSci)

6/18 - Australia: Cancer, AIDS Hope from Epithelium Stem Cell Study (CNN) (Reuters)

6/18 - Researchers Use Adult Stem Cells to Repair Vocal Cords (Reuters)

6/17 - Adult Liver Stem Cells May Yield Insulin (Gainsville Sun)

6/07 - Cord Blood Cells Improve Rats' Neurological Recovery from Brain Injury (Science Daily)

6/06 - Adult Stem Cells Save Another Lupus Patient (WebMD) (UniSci)

6/04 - Pancreatic Cells Formed from Liver Stem Cells (Reuters) (HealthScout) (UniSci)

6/03 - Adult Stem Cells from Bone Marrow Can Build Blood Vessels (Times-Union) (Gainesville Sun) (United Press International) (UniSci)

6/03 - Australia: Melbourne Scientists Trial Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Cancer (Australia Broadcasting Corp)

6/03 - Mature Stem Cell Transplants Linked To Treatment Of Cerebral Palsy (Science Daily)

6/03 - Fat Stem Cells Can Become Nerve Cells (United Press International)

5/29 - President's Council Bioethics Member, Robert P. George, Opposes Stem-Cell Research (Charleston Gazette)

5/27 - Stem Cell Muscular Dystrophy Promise (BBC)

5/27 - Debate Over Stem Cell Origins Continues (The Scientist)

5/24 - Adult Cells Grow in Scaffolds to Form New Blood Vessels and Organs (Content Wire)

5/15 - Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Coaxed Into Becoming Functioning Liver Cells (Science Daily) (Augusta Chronicle) (Pioneer Press)

5/9 - Liposuction a Novel Source of Stem Cells (MSNBC)

5/8 - Australian Scientists May Be Only 1 Year Away from Clinical Trials for Parkinson's Using Adult Stem Cells (News Interactive)

4/30 - Adult Cells That Reinvent Themselves (Nature)

4/29 - The Jury's Still Out on Stem-Cell Therapy (Seattle Times)

4/24 - Cells In Patients' Noses Hold Potential To Restore Function In Spinal Cord Injury (Science Daily)

4/24 - Stanford Team Prevents Tissue Rejection Without Drugs (Science Daily)

4/18 - Focus on Hematopoietic Stem Cells (Nature)

4/18 - Retinal Cell Implants Improve Parkinson's (New Scientist)

4/16 - Cloned Adult Neurons Effective Therapy for Strokes (UniSci)

4/15 - Burgeoning German Biotechnology Sector Courts Scientists (Even With Strictest Laws on Cloning and Embryo Research) (The Scientist)

4/15 - Adult Stem Cells Viable (Pioneer Press - Twin Cities)

4/11 - Autologous Neural Stem Cells Improve PD Symptoms (MedScape - registration required)

4/11 - Spinal Cord Recovery Hurdle Cleared (Nature)

4/9 - Transplant of Own Stem Cells Helps Parkinson's Patient (Reuters) (Washington Post) (New Scientist) (BBC) (UniSci) (Science Daily) (UF News)

4/9 - Australia: Catholic Church Funds Adult Stem Cell Study (Ninemsn)

4/3 - Canadian Team 'Supercharges' Adult Stem Cells (CP)

3/27 - Stem Cells and Neuropoiesis in the Adult Human Brain (The Lancet - registration required)

3/26 - Rats With Partial Parkinson's Damage In The Brain Show Complete Functional Recovery After Gene Therapy (University of Florida Press Release)

3/26 - Researcher Says Media Distorted Adult Stem Cell Studies (CNSNews)

3/22 - Human Hepatic Stem Cells Disclosed at Keystone Symposium: Incara holds license to discovery with promise of treating liver disease (Incara Pharmaceuticals Press Release)

3/15 - Experts Question Studies Suggesting Adult Stem Cells Won't Work (CNS News)

3/7 - Study: Adult Stem Cells More Versatile (New York Times) (Washington Post) (NPR) (MSNBC)

3/5 - Transplanted Stem Cells Restore Function In Stroke (Science Daily)

3/5 - Pluripotent Abilities of Stem Cells From Adult Skin Tissue (Stem Cells) 

2/26 - 2001: Innovations in Transplantation (MedScape)

2/26 - Cord Blood Transplants: Making Do With Less (MedScape)

2/26 - Gene-based Therapies for the Induction of Spinal Fusion (MedScape)

2/13 - Tufts University Researchers Engineer First "Custom-Made" Human Knee Ligaments From Adult Stem Cells (Science Daily)

2/11 - Adult Stem Cells Therapy May Grow Reconstructive Tissue (BBC)

2/1 - New Adult Stem Cell Discovered Which Could Show Great Promise (Culture of Life Foundation & Institute)

1/29 - German Churches Reject Import of Stem Cells (Frankfurter Allgemeine)

1/28 - Germany: Compromise Position on Imported Stem Cells Presented (Frankfurter Allgemeine)

1/28 - German Debate on Stem-Cell Imports Heats Up as Parliament Decision Nears (Bioresearch)

1/24 - Scientists Develop Ultimate Stem Cell; Alternative to 'Therapeutic' Cloning (BBC)

1/23 - Ultimate Stem Cell Discovered; 'Therapeutic' Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cell Research Unnecessary (New Scientist)

1/15 - Doctor Gets Grant for Adult Stem-Cell Research (Journal News)

1/14 - Germany: State Premier Urges CDU to Prevent Stem Cell Imports (Frankfurter Allgemeine)

1/3 - Human Heart Can Heal Itself (New York Medical College)

1/3 - A Tour Around Stem Cell Research (Pharmalicensing)

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