2001 News Archives
December 20
- Should Companies Market Benefits from Umbilical Cord Stem Cells? (Wired)
December 18
- Scientists Seek Ways to Rebuild the Body, Bypassing the Embryos (New York Times)
- Use of Cloning to Tailor Stem Cell Treatment Has Big Hurdles (New York Times)
- Controversy Over Cloning Reignites in Congress (New York Times)
- In Tiny Cells, Glimpses of Body’s Master Plan (New York Times)
December 14
- Human Cloning May Be Impossible and Therapeutic Stem Cell Cloning May Be Unnecessary (Cordis)
December 13
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplants Not Rejected (BBC)
December 10
- ‘Parthenotes’ Expand the Debate on Stem Cells (Washington Post)
December 07
- Bone Marrow Stem Cells May Present Alternative Treatment For Heart Attack Victims (American Society of Hematology)
December 05
- Severed Optical Nerves Can Be Made to Grow Again (New Scientist)
December 03
- Osiris Earns Stem Cell Patent (Baltimore Business Journal)
November 01
- Human Cord Blood Cells May Improve Brain Function After Stroke (American Heart Association)
- Adult Stem Cells (Technology Review)
August 24
- Intracoronary, Human Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation For Myocardial Regeneration Following Myocardial Infarction (National Library of Medicine)
August 20
- High on the Future: Already Saving Lives, Stem-Cell Research May Soon Be in Full Swing (Seattle Times)
August 10
- Bush’s Stem Cell Decision Wins Mixed Reviews (BBC) (Washington Post) (New York Times) (CNN) (Wired)
July 27
- Navy Cures Radiation Sickness with Adult Stem Cells (Human Events)
July 25
- Adult Stem Cells May Help Treat Kidney Disease (CNS News)
- Adult Stem Cell Talents Grow (New Scientist)
July 23
- Pope to Bush: Don’t Fund Embryo Research (Washington Post) (Wired) (San Francisco Chronicle) (Mississippi Clarion-Ledger) (Bucks County Courier- Times) (Savannah Morning News)
- The Debate Over Using Stem Cells Harvested From Embryos Has Been Complicated By the Discovery That Adult Stem Cells Are Found Throughout the Human Body (San Francisco Chronicle)
July 16
- Brownback Prominent in Stem Cell Debate (Topeka-Capital Journal)
July 09
- German Scientists Condemn Stem Cell Furor (Frankfurter Allgemeine)
July 08
- Study Highlights Dangers of Human Cloning; Casts Doubt on Stem Cell Research (Forbes) (ABC News) (BBC) (Washington Post) (MSNBC) (Toronto Star) (Freeport Journal-Standard)
June 27
- The Stem-Cell Senators: A True Faustian Bargain (National Review)
June 21
- Stem Cell Debate Continues (NPR Audio) (New York Times) (San Francisco Chronicle)
June 18
- Nerve Stem Cells Help Repair Brain Damage (China People’s Daily)
June 15
- Transplanted Pig Islet Cells Keep Diabetic Baboon Off Insulin (Duke University Medical Center)
June 12
- Stem Cell Pioneers Scold Overly Optimistic Politicians (Frankfurter Allgemeine)
- Truth and Stem Cells (National Review)
June 08
- New Poll: Americans Oppose Destructive Embryo Research, Support Alternatives (NCCB)
- Send in the Ban (National Review)
June 07
- Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Human Cloning (NCCB)
June 04
- ‘Research Always Runs the Risk of Getting Out of Control’ – An Interview with Erwin Chargaff (Frankfurter Allgemeine)
- Stem Cell Therapy May Cure Incontinence (UVentures) (WebMD)
May 29
- Stem Cells Help Regenerate Tissue Damaged From Heart Attack (Science Daily)
May 23
- The Potential of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (The Scientist)
May 22
- Stemming the News Flow? (VitalSTATS)
April 21
- Bush Administration Order Halts Stem Cell Meeting (Washington Post)
April 11
- Company Says it Can Derive Stem Cells from the Placenta (New York Times)
April 10
- Human Fat May Provide Stem Cells (Washington Post) (New York Times) (CNN) (Wired)
April 2
- Rebuilding Hearts (ABC)
March 30
- Adult Stem Cells May Repair Heart Damage (New York Times) (Wired) (BBC) (NIH Press Release)
March 23
- Sibling Bone Marrow Transplant Done with Stem Cells (UniSci)
March 14
- Should US Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research? (Christian Science Monitor)
March 09
- Suit Seeks to Stem Research (Wired)
March 08
- Parkinson’s Research Is Set Back by Failure of Fetal Cell Implants (New York Times)
March 01
- Cell Switch Stems Stem Cell Snit? (Wired)
February 28
- Limitless Source of Repair Cells Comes From Fat (Wired)
February 26
- The Truth About Stem Cells (National Review)
February 25
- Clinics Full of Frozen Embryos Offer a New Route to Adoption (New York Times)
February 17
- Adult Stem Cells Repair Stroke Damage (BBC)
January 30
- Scientists Clear Ethical Barrier: Adult Stem Cells Reproduce in Lab as Much as Embryonic (The Globe and Mail)