2004 News Archives
December 27
- Stem Cells Developed Into Red Blood Cells (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
December 26
- Texas Firm Develops Adult Stem Cells (Houston Community Newspapers)
December 23
- Umbilical-Cord Blood Uses (WNDU)
December 22
- South Dakota: Bill Would Set Up Cord-Blood Donation System (Rapid City Journal)
- Stem Cell Transplant Procedure Improved (Belleville News Democrat)
December 21
- Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis? (Post Gazette)
December 20
- After Baby’s Grim Diagnosis, Parents Try Drastic Treatment (New York Times)
December 17
- Stem Cells From Fat Used to Repair Skull (AP)
December 16
December 13
- Scientists Try To Heal Heart With Stem Cells (Baltimore Sun)
December 10
- Retinal Stem Cell Transplants Help Mice See (Reuters)
- Neural Crest Stem Cells In Skin Could Provide Alternative To Embryonic Stem Cell Use (Medical News Today)
- Bone Marrow Stem-Cell Miracle Thriving (The Gazette)
December 09
- Marrow Stem Cell Implant Effective in Treating Cerebral Infarction (The Korea Times)
December 08
- Cord Blood Works Well In Adults, Kids (AP)
- Cord Blood May Offer Medical Grail (London Free Press)
December 07
- New Hope for Paralyzed Woman–Non-Embryonic Stem Cells (Telegraph)
December 02
- Successes From Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research Mount (BP)
November 30
- Muscle-Derived Stem Cells To Cure Incontinence (BBC)
- Illinois: Plastic Surgeons Reveal Wrinkles In Hynes’ Stem Cell Research Plan (Illinois Leader)
November 29
- Paralyzed Woman Walks Again After [Umbilical Cord] Stem Cell Therapy (AFP) (The Korea Times)
[Editor’s note (01/23/06) — Recent news reports have
cast doubts on the veracity of this story’s claim. See also:
Hwang myth’ spurs dubious stem cell tests (International
Herald Tribune)] - Adult Stem Cells to Fix the Heart (Fortune)
November 22
- Non Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Allows Paralyzed Brazilian To Walk, Talk Again (AFP)
- New Technique Eyed In Stem-Cell Debate (Boston Globe)
November 19
- Muscle Stem Cells Seen As Potential Source for Fresh Nerve Tissue (AFP)
- Illinois Embryonic Stem-Cell Research Bill Turned Down (Chicago Tribune)
November 15
- Bioengineer Enhances Adult Stem Cell Utility (Contra Costa Times)
- Stem Cell Research: Hope or Hype? (Foster’s)
November 12
- UK: Liver Patients Sought For Adult Stem Cell Research (Medical News Today)
November 11
- Scientists Seek Adult Stem Cell Pacemaker (BBC)
November 09
- Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope For Cardiac Patients (NetDoctor)
November 03
- Scientists Tout Method of Attacking Tumors With Mesenchymal Stem Cells (AP)
October 13
- Stem-Cell Debate Said to Distract from Other Moral Issues (CNS)
October 12
- Illinois Seeks Donations of Umbilical-Cord Blood (The Dispatch)
October 4
- To Find Stem Cells, Scientists Focus On Fat (MSNBC)
September 30
- Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Reduce Stroke Damage (HealthDay)
September 29
- Trial Adult Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Combo May Fight Genetic Disorders (HealthDay)
September 17
- Researchers Working On Using Bone Marrow Stem Cells To Make Living Glue To Secure Artificial Joints (Canadian Press)
- Bone Marrow Stem Cells Save Vision in Mice with Retinal Malady (Reuters)
September 9
- Non Embryonic Stem Cells Arrest Brain Damage (BBC)
August 30
- Texas Surgeon Televises Own Liposuction To Promote Adult Stem Cells (San Francisco Chronicle)
August 27
- Mesh Cage, Growth Chemical, and Bone Marrow Stem Cells Used to Grow New Jaw Bone (AP)
August 26
- Adult Stem Cells Put Woman’s Arthritis in Remission (Reuters)
August 25
- Umbilical-Cord Stem Cells Infuse Kin With Hope (Denver Post)
- Myeloma Institute Gets $18 Million Grant for Bone Marrow Stem-Cell Transplants (AP)
August 23
- New Poll: Americans Prefer Funding Stem Cell Research That Does Not Require Destroying Human Embryos (USCCB)
- Pancreas Stem Cells for Diabetes (BBC)
- Las Vegan in Stem Cell Study (Las Vegas Review Journal)
August 20
- Researchers Turn To Adult Stem Cells (Washington Post)
- Stem Cell Debate May Be Far Ahead of Science (Houston Chronicle)
August 18
- Ailing Lawyer Wins Stem Cell “Lottery” (New York Lawyer)
- Stem Cell Transplant Likely For Kailee Wells (AP)
- Adult Stem Cell Research Targets Cerebral Palsy (EurekAlert)
August 16
- Expert On Stem Cells Exhorts St. Louis Catholics To Understand Issue (St. Louis Review)
July 29
- Bone Marrow Stem Cell Procedure Stimulates Cartilage Growth to Heal Knees (IBS)
- Adult Stem Cells Treating MS (NBC5.com)
- Ron Reagan’s Speech to Dems on Stem Cell Research Deceptive, Dangerous, Ethicists Say (BP)
July 28
- Science Cloudy on Reagan’s Stem Cell Stand (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- Adult Stem Cell Therapy Offers Promise in Treatment for Radiation Sickness, Other Life-Threatening Conditions (Business Wire)
July 22
- Non-Embryonic Stem Cells: Healing for Broken Bodies (Florida Baptist Witness)
July 21
- Adult Stem Cell Industry Experiences Rapid Growth, Clinical Successes (LifeNews)
July 09
July 07
- Researchers Hunt for New Stem Cell Sources (HealthDay) (Reuters) (Boston Herald)
June 24
- Paralysis Patients Tout Adult Stem Cells (WebMD)
June 10
- Embryonic Stem Cells An Unlikely Therapy for Alzheimer’s (Washington Post)
- Bush Opposes Using Embryos for Research (AP) (Reuters) (CNN)
June 02
- Bone Marrow Stem Cells Can Convert to Liver Tissue, Help Restore Damaged Organ (Science Blog)
June 01
- German Doctors Say They Create New Stem-Cell Method (Reuters)
May 27
- International Adult Stem Cell Retraining Project Starts (News-Medical.net)
May 24
- Pennsylvania Woman Treated for Lupus with Own Stem Cells May Go Home Soon (Chambersburg Public Opinion)
May 12
- Regeneration of Injured Muscle From Adult Stem Cells
(Medical News Today) - Adult Stem Cell Transplant a Success in Rats
(Newsday)
May 08
- White House to Discuss Stem Cells With HouseĀ (Washington Post)
May 07
- Stem Cells from Human Fat Turned into Bone Cells (AP)
- Great Transformations: Adult Stem Cell Successes at Tulane U.
(Tulanian)
May 06
- Research Center Reports Stem-Cell Breakthrough (AP)
- Cord Blood Stem Cells Saving Kids With Rare Disorder (Health Day)
May 05
- Umbilical Cord Blood Treats Rare Inherited Disorder
(Reuters)
May 04
- President’s Bioethics Chairman Says Report Misused
(CWNews.com)
May 03
- New Teeth from Own Stem Cells (Sky News)
April 30
- Study: Bone Marrow Cells Turn Into Brain Cells
(Bloomberg) (The Age) (Health Day News) (The Herald)
April 28
- Adult Stem Cells Stem Heart Damage
(Health Day)
April 26
- One’s Own Stem Cells Could Repair Heart
(BBC)
April 20
- Bone Marrow Stem Cell Trial Approved for Heart Patients
(Genome News Network)
April 15
- When ‘Switched On’ Muscle Stem Cells Morph To Resemble Nerve Cells (Science Daily) (News-Medical.net)
April 14
- When “Switched On” Muscle Stem Cells Morph to Resemble Nerve Cells
(MD Anderson Cancer Center News) - Detroit Center To Screen Spinal Cord Patients For Non Embryonic Cell Procedures (Detroit Free Press)
April 08
- Medical Miracle: Adult Stem Cell Surgery Shows Promise (Sun
Herald)
April 06
- States Are Wrestling with Stem-Cell Issues
(The Chicago Tribune)
April 05
- Aussie Scientists Get Teeth Into Stem Cell Research (Reuters) (Sunday Mail)
March 31
- Non Embryonic Stem Cells Help Attack Cancer in Mice (Reuters)
March 29
- University of Florida Stem Cell Researchers Treat Diabetes by Coaxing Cells to Change (UF News)
March 26
- Oregon Health & Science University to Study Stem Cells (The Oregonian)
March 25
- Researchers Say Adult Stem Cells Could Help Against Diabetes (WIS)
- USC to Pursue Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research (North County Times)
- Heart Attack Research Wins Prestigious Award (NZZ)
- Oregon Health & Science University Stem Cell Research Program Finds a Home (Portland Business Journal)
March 18
- Survey: Germans Back Adult Stem Cells (The Scientist)
March 15
- Researchers: Non Embryonic Stem Cells May Cure Baldness (AP)
- Scientists Trying to Make Old Cells Young (AP)
March 12
- UCI Study Identifies How New Neurons Grow In Adult Brain (ScienceDaily)
March 11
- Reprogrammable Cells From Fat Are True Adult Stem Cells (Science Daily)
- Study of Mice Reproduction Discovers Females’ Own Stem Cells Regenerate Eggs (New York Times) (USA Today) (ABC News)
- New Findings Raise Hope of Better Using Patients’ Own Cells to Attack Cancer (UPI)
March 08
- Harvard-Created Embryonic Stem Cells No Better than NIH Lines
(LifeNews.com)
March 07
- Priest Combines Religion and Science
(The Boston Globe)
March 06
- Fat Cells Boost Blood Vessel Growth
(Nature)
March 05
- Regenerating Heart Muscles
(USA Weekend)
March 01
February 24
- Cord Blood Shown to Repair Cells (News Observer)
February 18
- Cord Blood Stem Cell Help for Spinal Injury (ONE News)
February 17
- Cord Blood Stem Cells Aid Repair of Hearts
(The Telegraph) - Children Treated With Stem Cells
(BBC)
February 09
- Researchers Look to Stem Cells to Find Diabetes Cure (American Society of Hematology)
- Nanostructure May be Stem Cell Key (Baltimore Sun)
February 06
- Research Tries Adult Stem Cell Reimplantation (Boston Globe) (Press Release)
- Drug May Give Adult Cells a Fresh Start (Nature)
January 29
- Adult Stem Cells Curb Osteoarthritis in Goats (Reuters)
January 23
- New NU Stem-Cell Gel Advances Spinal Injury Research (Chicago Tribune)
- Legislation to Create a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program Passed by Congress (PR Newswire)
January 14
- California: Budget Ax Looms On Stem-Cell Research (Mercury News)
January 13
- Israel: Knesset Panel to Reconsider Ban on Cloning (Haaretz)
January 12
- Fine Print of New Jersey “Stem Cell” Bill Goes Unreported (Accuracy In Media)
January 06
- Spleen Cells Could Cure Diabetes (Nature Reviews)
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