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Medical News Today: 'Cord Blood May Help Repair Children's Heart Defects'
December 5, 2008
Includes the recent issue of Stem Cells Under the Microscope which covers cord blood stem cells in the use of congenital heart defect.
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Europeans Announce Pioneering Surgery
November 19, 2008
The New York Times reports today that European physicians have successfully transplanted a human windpipe using the recipient's own bone marrow stem cells to reline a donor trachea, thus preventing its rejection by her immune system. Using a new technique developed in Milan, physicians incubated stem cells removed from the patient's bone marrow, growing them into “a large population” which was then used to “seed” the donated windpipe. This is yet another interesting use of autologous stem cells, demonstrating their quickening pace of use in regenerative medicine.
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Entrepreneurs Balance Profit, Social Good
September 26, 2008
The SF Business Times published an article highlighting CBR's Wendy Grant as the founder of the nation's first cord blood bank and as the creator of an industry.
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Stem Cell Therapy Lessens Damage Caused By Stroke
September 16, 2008
In recent studies, researchers at Tulane University have found that injecting human stem cells into the brains of stroke-induced mice triggers immune cells to produce chemicals that protect nerve cells, thereby reducing swelling and scarring. They hypothesizes that stem cells actually change the genetic instructions given out by brain cells in response to injury, reducing brain swelling that would otherwise occur. The lead investigator thinks this area of study is more promising than in developing new drugs to treat this condition, because stem cells have “a marvelous ability to sense and adjust to their environment,” which is a statement that holds true for cord blood stem cells. Read More

Stem cells: Small wonders
September 12, 2008
A front-page article published today about Chloe Levine and the progress she made since an infusion of her own cord blood stem cells to treat cerebral palsy.Read More

About Stem Cells
September 12, 2008
A side article published that clarifies the different types of stem cells and variety of stem cell therapies.Read More

Cochlear Repair After Transplant Of Human Cord Blood Cells May Make Hearing Restoration Possible
September 12, 2008
Study provides hope for a potential treatment for the repair of hearing impairments with the use of cord blood blood stem cells.Read More

For Stem Cells, a Role on the Battlefield
September 9, 2008
The article reports about the use of embryonic stem cells to create red blood cells. The article also notes that bone marrow and cord blood stem cells can be used to make red blood cells. Read More

Umbilical cord a lifeline for 2 kids
September 6, 2008
An article published about a local girl who underwent a sibling cord blood transplant to treat leukemia, following an unsuccessful search for a bone marrow donor. This was the first sibling cord blood transplant in Hawaii. Read More

Curing Blood Diseases: How Cord Blood Saves Lives, Lifetime Health Corner
April 27, 2008
Lifetime Health Corner, a health program on the Lifetime cable network, aired a segment about cord blood banking. The segment emphasizes the difficulty that ethnic minorities face when searching for a bone marrow donor within the public system. Dr. Jeffrey Thurston, a Texas based ob-gyn, states ethnic minorities and those of mixed ethnicity should have particular interest in storing their childrenıs cord blood in a family bank.
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Can child's umbilical-cord blood be used to treat his own cerebal palsy?
April 7, 2008
The Los Angeles Times published a story about Dallas Hextell and the use of autologous cord blood stem cells to treat cerebral palsy.
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Amazing Recovery Attributed to Cord Blood
March 11, 2008
The NBC Today Show featured a segment about the Hextells, a family whose son Dallas underwent treatment for cerebral palsy using his own cord blood stem cells through a program at Duke University Medical Center.
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Saving Cord Blood
March 03, 2008
The Trenton Times published an article about the importance of cord blood education for all expectant parents.
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Creating a Cord-Blood Lifeline
February 26, 2008
TIME.com posted an article about cord blood preservation options and the current and future applications of cord blood stem cells.
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Cord Blood Stem Cells And Cardiovascular Disease
February 20, 2008
Medical News Today, the largest independent health and medical news Web site on the Internet, posted the content from CBRıs Stem Cells: Under the Microscope on the subject of cord blood stem cells and cardiovascular disease.
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Stem Cell Hope for Bone Fractures
February 18, 2008
UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells. They are developing a "bioactive scaffold" to protect the stem cells and encourage them to grow into bone or cartilage when placed in the body.
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After Receiving Unusual Stem Cell Transplant, Coppell Toddler Comes Home from Hospital
February 12, 2008
The Dallas Morning News published a follow-up story today about Caden Ledbetter, a local toddler who recently underwent an autologous cord blood transplant to treat neuroblastoma.
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A "Holy Grail" Of Healing, CBS Evening News
February 07, 2008
CBS Evening News aired the second segment in its two-part series about regenerative medicine, focusing on the regeneration of human fingers and limbs.
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Grow Your Own Repalcement Parts, CBS Evening News
February 06, 2008
CBS Evening News aired the first part in a two part series about regenerative medicine yesterday evening, focusing on the work of Dr. Anthony Atala at Wake Forest University.
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Docs Should Tell All About Cord Blood Banks; New guidelines say differences between nonprofit, for-profit banks should be explained,
January 31, 2008
HealthDay News issued an article about the ACOG cord blood guidelines, advocating for physicians to provide patients with information about the option to donate cord blood or save it in a family bank.
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Stem Cell Transplants 'May Benefit Stroke Victims'
January 28, 2008
Two separate studies published today in the journal Cell Transplantation concluded that stroke victims could see their condition improve after receiving stem cell transplants.
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Cord Blood May Preserve Insulin Production in Newly Diagnosed Children With Type 1 Diabetes
December 18, 2007
A diabetes health Web site posted an article about the ongoing trial at the University of Florida using childrenıs own stem cells to treat type 1 diabetes.
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Cord Blood Registry Sees Strong Growth in Charitable Banking Program to Help Family Members Who Need Stem Cell Transplant
November 27, 2007
Business Wire (11/27) - CBR issued a press release today announcing that the Designated Transplant Program, the first charitable cord blood banking program of its kind, has achieved record growth in 2007. The release indicates the company ended the third quarter of 2007 with the highest revenues and largest cash reserves in its history and that the strength of its core business enables the company to give back to those in need.
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Baby Boy Treated for Cerebral Palsey with His Own Cord Blood Stem Cells
November 21, 2007
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Just 5 days after the procedure, Dallas said his first word "momma". That was quickly followed by learning to wave and even laughing. Three months after the treatment, the little boy who didn't have the muscle control to crawl is now scooting all over without using a walker. He also looking at his parents when they talk to him. Cord blood stem cells are now being used to treat dozens of medical conditions from heart disease to leukemia. But banking cord blood is not cheap. The cost is about $2,000 initially and then $100 every year after that in storage costs.
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World Think Tank on Type 1 Diabetes Meets in Miami to Share Findings On Use of Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells
November 6, 2007
On World Diabetes Day, November 14, 2007, leaders in type 1 diabetes research will present their findings to the media via teleconference. Dr. Michael Haller will share how cord blood is being tested to treat type 1 diabetes, and Dr. Massimo Trucco of the University of Pittsburgh will provide an update on the use of adult stem cells in the reversal of type 1 diabetes. To register for the media teleconference, contact Sarah Bakka at sbakka@mmgct.com or 301.348.1685.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs SB962 to Create a System to Collect and Store Umbilical Cord Blood
October 15, 2007
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed a package of bills intended to improve care for California's 77,000 foster children by extending benefits to kids with disabilities when they reach age 18 and improving access to health care and mental health services.
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Dan Berger Umbilical Cord Blood Program
October 12, 2007
When she considered ways to honor the memory of her husband, Daniel, Carol Berger thought about a lecture or scholarship. But she and her family finally settled on a novel effort to promote the use of stem cells in treating disease.
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Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Provide Hope for Life Threatening Diseases
September 27, 2007
Now the miracle of medical science can save more lives. A new born baby's cord blood stem cell can be used as a resource to treat life threatening diseases.
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Cord Blood Registry Achieves Industry-Leading Stem Cell Recovery With New Automation Technology; Collaboration with GE Healthcare and ThermoGenesis (R) Enhances CBR's Proprietary CellAdvantage(TM) System
PR Newswire (U.S.)
7 February 2007
SAN BRUNO, Calif., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Cord Blood Registry(R) (CBR) today announced that it has completed initial validation testing of the company's proprietary CellAdvantage(TM) system using new automation technology for cell processing, developed by ThermoGenesis and distributed by GE Healthcare. The new technology, called the AXP AutoXpress(TM) Platform (AXP(TM)), is the industry's first functionally-closed, automated cord blood stem cell processing technology.

Foetal Stem Cells Offer Hope for Stroke Victims
Press Association National Newswire
05 December 2006
British scientists hope to repair the damaged brains of stroke patients using stem cells from aborted foetuses, it was reported today.

Cardiovascular Research; Adult pig stem cells show promise in repairing animals' heart attack damage
Stem Cell Week
04 December 2006
2006 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have successfully grown large numbers of stem cells taken from adult pigs' healthy heart tissue and used the cells to repair some of the tissue damage done to those organs by lab-induced heart attacks.

Researchers Uncover Colon Cancer Stem Cells
Voice of America Press Releases and Documents
27 November 2006
Scientists have found that a small number of stem cells appears to be responsible for the growth of colon cancer. Stem cells are master cells that can be coaxed to grow into any tissue in the body. But in the case of some cancers, small numbers of stem cells might be the reason why some tumors grow out of control. VOA's Jessica Berman reports.

Stem Cell Research; Researchers Turn Cord Blood into Lung Cells
Stem Cell Week
20 November 2006
2006 NOV 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time, coaxed umbilical cord blood stem cells to differentiate into a type of lung cell.

Colon cancer appears to arise from cancer stem cells, mice study shows
The Canadian Press
19 November 2006
TORONTO (CP) _ Canadian scientists say they have evidence that shows colon cancer arises from stem cells specific to the tumour, a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments to prevent recurrence of the disease.

Shown to Ease Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs
Canada AM
17 October 2006
O'REGAN: There is promising new research out of Italy where stem cells have worked well at easing symptoms of muscular dystrophy in a group of golden retrievers, a result that experts call a significant step toward treating people. To talk about the new findings, Dr. Robert Worton of the Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research joins us from Ottawa.

$20 Million Gift to Establish Cancer Stem Cell Research Center at Stanford
Business Wire
14 November 2006
STANFORD, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - The Stanford University School of Medicine has received a $20 million gift to establish a new world-class research enterprise to study cancer stem cells, which are believed to be at the heart of most cancers.

US Success Raises Fresh Hope of a Vaccination for Cancer
The Times
9 November 2006
MICE vaccinated with stem cells have proved to be resistant to lung cancer.

New York Blood Center Receives $3 Million in Federal Funding to Help Build National Public Inventory Of 150,000 Cord Blood Units ; Allocation of Funds Will Help Make Life-Saving Stem Cell Therapy Available to More Patients
U.S. Newswire
7 November 2006
NEW YORK, Nov. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- New York Blood Center (NYBC) announced today that it will receive $3 million of a $12 million federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) award as allocated by Congress, to help establish a national cord blood inventory. The funding will be used to help build a national public inventory of 150,000 high-quality cord blood units, thereby increasing transplant opportunities for patients suffering from various blood diseases, who before the use of cord blood, had relied strictly on bone marrow transplantation for treatment and survival.

Adult Stem Cells Show Potential for Diabetes Solution, Say Tulane University Researchers
U.S. Newswire
6 November 2006
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Adult stem cells increase insulin production in mice with type 2 diabetes, demonstrating the potential of adult stem cells to address diabetes, say Tulane University gene therapy researchers. The article is published online this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.

Stem cell research targets Parkinson's: Top researcher fears politics may hamper progress
The Atlanta Journal - Constitution
17 October 2006
More than a millon Americans who suffer from the debilitating neurological disorder Parkinson's disease are likely to be among the first to benefit from promising advances in embryonic stem cell research, unless political controversy keeps slowing down the process, scientists said Monday.

Stem cells could be used to reverse symptoms of motor neurone disease
By Steve Connor Science Editor
16 October 2006
The prospect of treating motor neurone disease and other forms of severe paralysis has come a step closer with a study showing that it is possible to alleviate symptoms with the help of stem cells.

Woman ponders IVF baby to save son
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers
11 October 2006
A MOTHER is considering having a child by IVF so its stem cells can save her son's life.

Discovery offers hope of increased survival for leukemia patients
The Canadian Press
26 September 2006
TORONTO, Sept. 26 /CNW/ -- TORONTO, Sept. 26 /CNW/ - The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) today congratulated Dr. John Dick of the University Health Network for his discovery, supported with research grants from all four organizations, that offers hope of increased survival for leukemia patients.

Targeting stem cells suggests way to cure leukemia, mice study shows
The Canadian Press
24 September 2006
TORONTO (CP) _ Canadian scientists are investigating a novel way of treating a deadly form of leukemia: By targeting the stem cells that allow the cancer to return after chemotherapy has resulted in apparent remission.

First stem cells to be used to treat fatal brain disease
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
22 September 2006
The first clinical trial to transplant stem cells to treat a brain disease is set to get underway this year.

Saving umbilical cord blood may end up being a lifesaver
Triad Classifiedsdeasomeseneral News
21 September 2006
In a hopeful new initiative, Womens Hospital of Greensboro joins a growing number of medical facilities offering mothers the option of donating umbilical cord blood to a public storage bank free of charge.

Stem Cells in Blood May Spur Treatments
Orlando Sentinel
20 September 2006
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A University of Missouri-Columbia researcher working with pigs has succeeded for the first time in isolating a rare type of adult stem cell circulating in the blood. The stem cells are capable of growing into the cells that form nerves, blood vessels and other tissues.

Frog clue to diabetes cure
Daily Telegraph
13 September 2006
SCIENTISTS are closer to developing a cure for diabetes after studying the embryos of frogs.

Princess Kiko allows cord blood to be taken, donated to blood bank
Kyodo News
6 September 2006
TOKYO, Sept. 6 -- Princess Kiko, who gave birth Wednesday to the Japanese imperial family's first male heir in nearly 41 years, showed willingness to donate umbilical cord blood to a blood bank, according to her doctor.

Blood `insurance' Bank
Caulfield Glen Eira/Port Philip Leader
14 August 2006
A ST KILDA Rd business is charging parents thousands of dollars to store their babies' umbilical cords in a laboratory fridge, in case their child develops leukemia.

Blair Meets with Biotech Execs; BRITISH PM SAYS EXPANDING FIELD IS `FUNDAMENTAL'
Mercury News
01 August 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair conferred with Bay Area biotechnology executives Monday about everything from the promise of stem cells to the price of drugs, before heading to Los Angeles to unveil a global warming pact with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Revolutionary Stem Cell Transplant in Athens a World First
Athens News Agency
26 July 2006
Revolutionary stem-cell transplant in Athens a world first A baby-girl born in Athens last week will become the donor of stem cells taken from the umbilical cord that will be transplanted to her 4-year-old brother suffering from chronic granulomatous disease, a congenital heterogeneous immunodeficiency disorder resulting from the inability of phagocytes to kill intested microbes, resulting in increased susceptibility to severe infectionsthat ultimately leads to early death.

EU funds stem cell research
Sydney MX
25 July 2006
European Union ministers agreed today to permit limited use of EU funds for research involving human embryonic stem cells, provided it does not entail destroying embryos.

Cord-blood storage: Is it worth it?
The Bradenton Herald
22 July 2006
Does your baby's umbilical cord hold a miracle?

Bush Veto Draws Line on Stem Cells
St. Petersburg Times
20 July 2006
WASHINGTON - Announcing the first veto of his presidency, President Bush said he rejected a popular bill on stem cell research Wednesday because it "crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect."Bush struck a defiant tone, saying the bill would have forced taxpayers "to fund the deliberate destruction of human embryos. And I'm not going to allow it."

Rep. Capps Denounces President's Stem Cell Research Veto
Hindustan Times
19 July 2006
WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif. (23rd CD), issued the following press release:

Brave girl's flight of hope to China
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers
19 July 2006
A five-year-old girl with a rare disease is to have pioneering stem cell surgery in China.

Physicians Strongly In Favor of Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Overwhelming Majority Support Increased Federal Funding
Business Wire
18 July 20066
FLEMINGTON, N.J. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - July 18, 2006 - A new national survey of 737 physicians revealed that a strong majority (83%) support medical research that uses stem cells from human embryos.

Brownback Highlights Successful Adult and Cord Blood Stem Cell Treatments
States News Service
17 July 20066
The patients joining me today show how adult and cord blood stem cell research delivers real results, said Brownback. Adult and cord blood stem cell research has yielded 72 peer-reviewed treatments for conditions ranging from spinal injuries to leukemia.

American Diabetes Association: Embryonic Stem Cell Research Offers Most Promise for Americans With Diabetes; H.R. 810 Alone - More Than Any Other Legislation - Would Advance the Search for a Cure and Better Treatments for Diabetes
PR Newswire (U.S.)
17 July 2006
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- On the eve of the Senate's vote on stem cell research, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) -- the nation's leading voluntary health organization supporting diabetes research, information and advocacy -- today urged Senators that there is no acceptable alternative to the passage of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (H.R. 810).

Stem Cells May Avert Amputation
Indianapolis Star
11 July 2006
Using a patient's own stem cells, Indiana University doctors are pioneering a new way to prevent amputations in people with severe peripheral arterial disease. Known as PAD, it is a vascular disorder that affects the blood circulation in the feet, legs, kidney, stomach and arms.

Hope Stem Cells will Help Heart Patients
The Advertiser
11 July 2006
SUFFERERS of Australia's number one killer - cardiovascular disease - are being offered new hope of treatment by world-first stem cell research in Adelaide.

Experiment Could be Male Infertility Breakthrough
Reuters News
10 July 2006
LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - In a breakthrough that could help improve the treatment of male infertility, scientists have produced mice using sperm grown in the laboratory from embryonic stem cells.

Senate Sees Progress on Stem-cell Funding ; Agrees to Vote on Research Bills
The Washington Times
30 June 2006
The Senate last night reached an agreement that paves the way for the chamber to vote on House-passed legislation to allow federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells beyond what President Bush permitted under a 2001 order.

Our Little Builders
The Advertiser
29 June 2006
Stem cells have the potential to repair just about any part of the body.

Cord Blood; Findings from the United States in Cord Blood Provide New Insights
Blood Weekly
29 June 2006
2006 JUN 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Reports from the United States highlight recent research in cord blood.

Harvard Announces Stem Cell Research with Human Embryos
The Christian Century
27 June 2006
Describing an ambitious, privately funded study using human embryonic stem cells, Harvard University researchers announced an ethically charged, long-term project that could produce treatments for a variety of diseases.

Stem Cell Research Holds Cow Promise
Weekly Times, The
27 June 2006
STEM-cell research could provide the answer to a range of problems that have plagued the Australian dairy industry since it began, according to Monash Institute of Medical Research senior scientist Paul Verma.

Baby Sister's Gift of Life
Caulfield Glen Eira/Port Philip Leader
26 June 2006
In that one day the Bentleigh mother learned her two-year-old daughter Kristen had acute lymphocytic leukemia and gave birth to Kristen's saviour sister Emily, whose umbilical cord blood was used in a stem cell transplant four years later.

Treatment that Allows Brain to 'heal itself' May Aid Stroke Victims
Belfast Telegraph
26 June 2006
Scientists have discovered a new way to make the brain repair itself after a stroke, according to research published yesterday.

Umbilical Cord Blood Provides a Lifesaving Solution
By Christina Vanoverbeke
25 June 2006
Freckle-faced Brandyn Orr thinks a lot about his future. At age 12, he would like to be a computer programmer, or a repairman, or maybe even an artist. While his three younger brothers defy gravity on the trampoline at the familyıs Mesa home, Brandyn sits at an old picnic table in the front yard, rattling off all the things he knows about fixing cars and patching up homes.

Waverly Teen Travels to D.C. for Stem-cell Press Conference ; Rabon, Senator Promote Research into Adult Cells
The State Journal-Register
21 June 2006
WASHINGTON - Jacki Rabon spent her first trip to the nation's capital sightseeing - and advocating adult stem cell research.

Mother's Joy as Hospital Harvests Stem Cells
The Irish Examiner
16 June 2006
SCIENTIST Catherina McCauley is now enjoying having her newborn baby daughter at home, after banking precious stem cells that can be used to treat an illness she may suffer in the future.

Science: How stem cells can turn back the biological clock: Breakthrough discovery by Edinburgh researchers: Finding offers hope of replacing damaged organs
The Guardian
15 June 2006
British scientists have discovered a secret ingredient which gives stem cells the power to grow into any tissue in the human body.

Priest's Selfless Gift of Stem Cells Saved Kentucky Woman
The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY
14 June 2006
"Really, what words can you say other than, 'You saved my life?'"

Debate Focuses on Stem Cells Duckworth Wants Restrictions Loosened; Roskam Says Other Research is Better
Chicago Daily Herald
14 June 2006
The question of using embryonic stem cells for medical research is proving another litmus test in the 6th Congressional District.

UW Scientists Make Headway with Stem Cells
Associated Press Newswires
13 June 2006
SEATTLE (AP) - Scientists at the University of Washington are optimistic that they've made what they call meaningful progress toward learning how to repair damaged human livers with stem cells.

Stem Cell Research; Injecting Stem Cells from a woman's Own Muscle May Effectively Treat Urinary Incontinence
Gastroenterology Week
12 June 2006
2006 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the first clinical study of its kind in North America, women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) were treated using muscle-derived stem cell injections to strengthen deficient sphincter muscles responsible for the condition. Results of the study, led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, suggest that the approach is safe, improves patients' quality of life and may be an effective treatment for SUI.

Type 1 Diabetes; Study Reveals Signaling Pathways Required for Expansion of Pancreas Stem Cells
Diabetes Week
12 June 2006
2006 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has published a new study of important signaling pathways required for the expansion of pancreas stem cells, work that may lead to strategies to prevent or reverse insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).

Diabetes Victim Sides with Democrats on Stem Cells
Green Bay Press-Gazette
09 June 2006
David Strom struggles with a cruel irony of diabetes that happens when neuropathy leaves his hands partially limp, but with enough life in them to feel extreme pain.

Stem Cell Funds Draw Interest Of 77 Scientists
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
7 June 2006
Jun. 7--More than 70 Connecticut scientists plan to ask for more than $60 million to study stem cells, a committee charged with divvying up grant money was told Tuesday.

Cord Blood Bank Account; Parents plan for stem cell cure-alls
The Orange County Register
3 June 2006
It's a question posed every day to expectant parents through brochures and advertisements planted in doctors' offices and pregnancy magazines.\

Stem Cells Offer Promise for Region
The Journal
31 May 2006
Stem cell research, like everything to do with bioscience, is so very complicated that many find it difficult to understand.

Cord Cells a Gift, Says Doctor
The Newcastle Chronicle & Journal
31 May 2006
Expectant mother Kathleen Scougall has backed the use of stem cells from umbilical cords.

Cord Blood; Researchers from the United States, Iran and Japan Report Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Cord Blood
Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
30 May 2006
2006 MAY 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cord blood data are the focus of recent research from the United States, Iran and Japan.

Stem Cells Used to Repair Damage of Breast Surgery
The Daily Telegraph
27 May 2006
THREE women have had breast cancer surgery in which their stem cells were implanted to help grow new tissue to repair the damage.

Stem Cell Study Seeks to Prevent Congestive Heart Failure
Associated Press Writer
25 May 2006
MINNEAPOLIS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - May 25, 2006 - Researchers at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation have launched a study to examine whether administration of stem cells to first time heart attack patients can prevent the development of congestive heart failure (CHF).

Rep. Langevin Continues Push for Stem Cells
Hindustan Times
23 May 2006
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) today announced that he will be traveling to London, England, next week to learn more about that country's investments in adult and embryonic stem cell research. This bipartisan congressional trip comes on the heels of the one-year anniversary of House passage of H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which passed in May 2005 by a bipartisan vote of 238-194.

NJ Catholic hospitals to support adult stem cell research
Associated Press Writer
23 May 2006
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Lawmakers who support embryonic stem cell research and Roman Catholic officials who oppose it don't often find themselves joined in agreement, but that's what they did Tuesday to promote adult stem cell research through the state's Catholic hospitals.

(AEMSB) Positive results in stem cell treatment of heart failure
Ralph Wragg Australian Business News
22 May 2006
Sydney - Monday - May 22: (RWE Aust Business News) - Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) has had positive initial results in preclinical trials of its proprietary adult stem cells for prevention of heart failure progression following a heart attack.

Researchers Team to Create Lines of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Orlando Sentinel
19 May 2006
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The University of California at Irvine and an Orange County fertility clinic are teaming to create at least five new lines of human embryonic stem cells, becoming one of the few groups in the country to try to produce fresh lines for the study of everything from spinal-cord injuries to Parkinson's disease.

UCI team to create new lines of stem cells // Researchers will use donated surplus embryos in an effort to supply other scientists around the world
The Orange County Register
17 May 2006
UC Irvine and an Orange County fertility clinic are teaming up to create at least five new lines of human embryonic stem cells, becoming one of the few groups in the country to try to produce fresh lines for the study of everything from spinal cord injuries to Parkinson's disease.

Hatch Aids Senate Vote on Stem Cells
The Salt Lake Tribune
17 May 2006
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday he expects to bring controversial stem cell legislation to the floor this summer, more than a year after the House passed a bill to expand such federally funded research.

Parents Freeze Umbilical Cord Cells for Future Spare Part Surgery
The Sunday Times
14 May 2006
MORE than 11,000 British parents have paid to freeze stem cells from the umbilical cords of their newborn babies in order to grow body parts if their child becomes ill.

California College Gets $16 Million Donation for Stem Cell Center
AP Biotechnology Writer
11 May 2006
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sound pioneer Ray Dolby has given $16 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to start a stem cell center that will perform research without federal funds, the school announced Wednesday.

Hatch Pushing for Senate Vote on Stem Cells
Associated Press Newswires
10 May 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is pressing Senate leaders to open debate on a package of bills dealing with stem cell research in hopes that Congress could vote to expand the research by the end of May.

BioE Stem Cell First Human Cord Blood Stem Cell to Turn into Lung Cell; University of Minnesota Researchers Differentiate MLPC into Type II Alveolar Cells
Business Wire
08 May 2006
Studies Continue to Evaluate Clinical and Therapeutic Potential of Rare Cord Blood Stem Cell to Treat Respiratory Conditions

Democrats Push for Stem Cell Vote in US Senate
Reuters Health E-Line
04 May 2006
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats sought on Thursday to jump-start a long-awaited debate on legislation to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research by considering it while it debates other health measures this month.

Boost for our Adult Stem Cell Research
Manly Daily
03 May 2006
ADULT stem cell research has been given a $22 million boost by the Federal Government.

Osiris Completes Enrollment in Stem Cell Trial for Knee Repair
Business Wire
25 April 2006
BALTIMORE - (BUSINESS WIRE) - April 25, 2006 - Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has completed enrollment in the first human clinical trial of a stem cell therapy to repair tissue in the knee. A total of 55 patients were treated in the Phase I/II double blinded, placebo-controlled trial designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Chondrogen(TM), a preparation of adult stem cells formulated for direct injection into the knee.

Stem Cells From Fat Tested to Regrow Breast Tissue
Reuters News
20 April 2006
LOS ANGELES, April 20 (Reuters) - Cytori Therapeutics Inc. said on Thursday that it will begin the first clinical trial to test whether stem cells derived from fat can be used to regenerate breast tissue in Japan next month.

Researchers Regenerate Tendons, Ligaments with Stem Cells
Israel Faxx
19 April 2006
Israeli researchers are using adult stem cells to regenerate torn tendon and ligament tissue at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Adult stem cells are being used by an Israeli research team to create a new orthopedic solution to a difficult and common problem: how to heal torn ligaments and tendons.

Parents Pay for Stem Cells to be Taken From Umbilical Cord
Irish Times
18 April 2006
It is now possible to take blood at birth in the hope of creating cells later to combat future illness but is it worth it? Claire O'Connell reports

Stem-Cell Breakthrough in Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries
Irish Times
18 April 2006
Neurology: A leading British neuroscientist believes he will be in a position to treat patients with spinal cord injuries using stem cells later this year, writes Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Transplant Medicine; Unrelated Cord Blood Transplant is An Alternative for Adults Lacking HLA-matched Donor
Cancer Weekly
17 April 2006
2006 APR 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Unrelated cord blood transplantation is an alternative for adults with hematological malignancies lacking an HLA-matched donor.

Stem-Cell Rules Criticized; Researchers Say the U.S. is Falling Behind Other Countries in the Field; Federal Policies Restrict Funding
The Kansas City Star
15 April 2006
CHICAGO ‹ The scientist who once touted stem cellsı tantalizing promise on Time magazineıs cover is sounding an alarm about the future of his field.

Cord Blood Research Revived
The Atlanta Journal
15 April 2006
Women who give birth in Georgia will be encouraged to donate their umbilical cords and placentas to provide raw material for medical treatment and stem cell research under an executive order signed Friday by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

Gov. Perdue Creates Commission for Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Research and Medical Treatment
US Fed News
14 April 2006
Today Gov. Sonny Perdue signed an Executive Order creating the Governor's Commission for Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Research and Medical Treatment. The commission will establish a network of postnatal tissue and fluid banks in partnership with universities, hospitals, nonprofit organizations and private firms in Georgia for the purpose of collecting and storing postnatal tissue and fluid.

Stem Cell Research; Adult Stem Cells Improve Cardiac Function, Blood Flow in Patients with Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Week
10 April 2006
2006 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Bone marrow-derived adult stem cells administered within the heart (intramyocardial) and coronary artery (intracoronary) tissues of heart disease patients improved patients' heart function and blood flow, according to a pilot study presented during a poster session at the 2006 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Stem Cell Research; Research Into the Behavior of Leukemic Cells May Enhance Recovery from Radiation and Chemo
Cancer Weekly
10 April 2006
2006 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have uncovered new information about what orchestrates the complex balance between blood stem cells and mature blood cells, a relationship that is often disrupted in leukemia. The results, published in a recent issue of Cancer Cell, will lead to a better understanding of the behavior of leukemic cells and may have vital clinical applications for patients recovering from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow transplantation.

UW Team Chips at Barrier to Cell Therapies
The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal
09 April 2006
Many scientists are trying to convert embryonic stem cells into disease-fighting heart cells, brain cells or pancreas cells that could be injected as therapies into patients with heart disease, Parkinson's disease or diabetes.

Stem Cell Transplant Improves Stroke Damage Seema Hakhu Kachru
The Press Trust of India Limited
09 April 2006
Houston, Apr 9 (PTI) There is now a hope for patients with a neurological damage like stroke.

Determined to Walk, Injured Woman Puts Hopes on Stem Cells
The Journal News (White Plains, NY)
08 April 2006
The shelves teem with stuffed animals and photographs of smiling friends. A framed pastel drawing of Zaccagnino in the brawny embrace of her boyfriend, Army 1st Lt. Boyd Melson, hangs on the wall.

Stem Cell Transplants Reverse Neurological Damage in Animals
Hindustan Times
08 April 2006
Washington, April 8 -- A single dose of adult donor stem cells given to animals that have neurological damage similar to that experienced by adults with a stroke or newborns with cerebral palsy can significantly enhance recovery from these types of injuries, according to a new research.

HIGH HOPES FOR AIDS THERAPY / Experimental Treatment Fortifies the Body's own Stem Cells with an Enzyme that Could Block the Virus' Relentless Advance
The San Francisco Chronicle
07 April 2006
Michael DeLane is about to celebrate a rare anniversary. On Saturday, it will be one year since he stopped taking all his drugs for AIDS.

S'pore Firm Uses Stem Cells to Help Burn Victims
Straits Times
07 April 2006
A SINGAPORE company has used stem cells to help victims of serious burns and other wounds to grow fresh skin. While more work must be done to test the promise of the new treatment, the procedure has so far allowed three patients to do away with painful skin grafts.

Stem Cell Transplants Improve Recovery in Animal Models for Stroke, Cerebral Palsy
PR Newswire (U.S.)
07 April 2006
CLEVELAND, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A single dose of adult donor stem cells given to animals that have neurological damage similar to that experienced by adults with a stroke or newborns with cerebral palsy can significantly enhance recovery from these types of injuries, researchers say.

Stem Surgery Miracle - Australian Breakthrough to End Painful Bone Grafts
Daily Telegraph
06 April 2006
DOCTORS have implanted adult stem cells into a patient's broken leg in an Australian world-first experimental procedure they hope will replace painful bone grafts.

Embryonic Stem-Cell Research Spreads Despite Curbs
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
04 April 2006
For U.S. scientists studying human-embryo stem cells, it is the best of times and the worst of times.

US Doctors Use Stem Cells to Replace Organs
Special Broadcasting Service
04 April 2006
Doctors in the US are reporting increased success in using stem cell technology, to replace damaged body parts. After replicating skin and cartilage from scratch, they have now built functioning bladders, and are working towards customised blood vessels, lungs and even hearts. It is another milestone in what is called regenerative medicine. Doctors have not only grown human organs in the lab, tonight they're reporting these custom-made bladders are working well four years after being implanted in patients.

Stem-cell scientists tackle questions // Audience of 200 takes part in town hall moderated by the Register's science editor.
The Orange County Register
04 April 2006
IRVINE Top stem-cell researchers answered a variety of questions from an audience of nearly 200 Monday night at UC Irvine, some from doctors, researchers and other experts, and some from those who were simply curious.

Mesoblast Stem Cells Implanted in First Femur
Biotech Daily
03 April 2006
Mesoblast says its first orthopaedic patient had been implanted with adult stem cells.

Md. Approves Fund To Support Medical Stem Cell Research
Washington Post Staff Writer
30 March 2006
United States, 2006 Mar 30 (NB). Maryland will become one of four states that have agreed to fund stem cell research, following final passage yesterday of legislation in the House of Delegates and a pledge from Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) to sign it, despite misgivings by most lawmakers in his party.

10 Medical Breakthroughs to Watch for in the Next 10 Years
Chicago Daily Herald
29 March 2006
From lasers to nanotechnology to stem cells, rapidly advancing technology is driving the medical breakthroughs that might one day save our lives.

KGMU Catches Hold of Umbilical Cure-all
Hindustan Times
29 March 2006
NEW DELHI, India, March 29 -- IF EVERYTHING goes right King George's Medical University would soon start preserving umbilical cord blood for fighting diseases like cancer.

Scientists Discover Stem Cells Can Repair Spine Tissue
The Scotsman
29 March 2006
STEM cells can be used to repair damaged spinal tissue in rats and help them move again, researchers said yesterday.

University of Munich; Embryonic Stem Cells May Be Used to Treat Chronic Heart Failure
Biotech Week
29 March 2006
2006 MAR 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Embryonic stem cells may be used to treat chronic heart failure.

Eds:Moves General (G) and Lifestyles (L); Avoid Duplication
The Canadian Press
28 March 2006
TORONTO (CP) _ Canadian researchers have used stem cells to repair spinal cord damage in laboratory rats, restoring significant mobility in the animals and bringing the search for a human therapy another step closer.

Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy; Embryonic Stem Cells May be Used to Treat Chronic Heart Failure
Stem Cell Week
27 March 2006
2006 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Embryonic stem cells may be used to treat chronic heart failure.

INTERVIEW-Horse Racing-Stem Cells the Cure for Hobbled Horses?
Reuters News
27 March 2006
SINGAPORE, March 27 (Reuters) - Nostrils flaring, ears pricked, Solid Gold shifted nervously as the vet stroked his injured foreleg.

Democrats Place Hopes on Stem Cells
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
27 March 2006
As state Rep. Linda Stender tries to oust Republican Rep. Michael Ferguson from his congressional seat representing north-central New Jersey, she hopes the promise of embryonic stem cell research, and Ferguson's opposition to it, gives her a distinct advantage.

Stem Cell Discovery
The Sun
25 March 2006
STEM cells from human testicles could cure diseases such as Parkinson's, it was claimed last night.

Adult Cells in Mice Shown to Mimic Embryonic Stem Cells
Reuters News
24 March 2006
LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - German scientists said on Friday they had isolated sperm-producing stem cells that have similar properties to embryonic stem cells from adult mice.

Breakthrough Points to New Stem Cell Source
Press Association Newswire
24 March 2006
A scientific breakthrough may have discovered a way of creating stem cells without using human embryos, a study released today by the journal Nature has revealed.

Stem Cell Faithful
San Jose Mercury News
23 March 2006
Even with California's stem-cell research institute mired in legal challenges that block most of its financing, businesses in the Bay Area and elsewhere are betting their bottom lines that stem cells one day will yield staggering new medical cures and profits.

New Promise on the Horizon for Treating Orthopaedic Conditions; Experts Discuss Advanced Stem Cell, Gene Therapy and Allograft Applications
PR Newswire (U.S.)
22 March 2006
CHICAGO, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent advances in gene therapy, stem cells and other promising applications are offering new hope for patients and helping orthopaedic surgeons provide state-of-the-art treatment for various frame-related conditions.

Spinal Cord Injury; Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Improves Mobility After Spinal Cord Injury
Stem Cell Week
20 March 2006
According to a study from Spain, "Intravenously or intraspinally delivered human umbilical cord blood (UCB) cells and mesenchymal stem cells have been previously shown to improve the functional recovery of spinal cord-injured rats. Obtaining an animal model in the laboratory setting is critical for the development of experimental therapies."

Stem Cells
The Guardian
20 March 2006
The basic building blocks of the human body. Embryonic stem cells (right), the tiny cluster that develops in the first days after fertilisation of a human egg, divide and divide again to become blood, nerves and tissue as required. Scientists hope one day to find a way to direct them to become specific cells, for instance to repair the damaged myelin sheath around the nerves in people with multiple sclerosis.

Two VCU scientists to Study Stem Cells / U.S. - Approved Lines to be Used in Research on How Cancer Forms
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
18 March 2006
Virginia Commonwealth University scientists will study federally- approved human embryonic stem cells as part of the school's expanded efforts in regenerative medicine.

Fast Facts
New Straits Times
18 March 2006
* Stem cells, extracted from a newborn's umbilical cord, are used to renew and replace damaged bone marrow to provide undiseased cells to the patient's blood system.

Biosouthwest 2006 Focuses on Regional Strengths, Arizona BioIndustry Will Benefit Everyday Lives
PRWEB
17 March 2006
Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) March 17, 2006 -- BioSouthwest 2006, the premier biotech and bioscience conference with a Southwestern regional focus, is April 3 & 4 in Tucson. The region's latest crop of startups and maturing companies will be featured as they respond to the issues of our times. The consequences of an aging baby boomer generation, bioterrorism such as the Anthrax attacks post 9/11, and emerging infectious threats have all inspired diverse innovations.

Four San Diego Research Institutions Form New Stem Cell Centers
Associated Press Newswires
17 March 2006
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Four research centers said Friday they were joining forces to create a new, nonprofit institution to study stem cells.

Prostate Cancer; Prostate UCB Injection Delays Onset of prostate cancer and Improves Survival
Genomics & Genetics Weekly
17 March 2006
2006 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Umbilical cord blood injection into the prostate delays the onset of prostate cancer and improves survival.

Scientists Here Find Proteins Controlling Stem Cell Behaviour
Singapore Press Holdings Limited
15 March 2006
The three-year effort called for special technology developed by the GIS, which made the large-scale mapping of the proteins possible and allowed the scientists to determine exactly where the on-off switches were among the strings of chemical letters that make up the genome - the genetic material of a particular organism.

Adult Stem Cells Improve Cardiac Function and Blood Flow in Patients With Heart Disease, New Study Finds; NOGA(R) Cardiac Navigation System from Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis Corporation, Helped Researchers Deliver Stem Cells to the Heart
PR Newswire (U.S.)
15 March 2006
ATLANTA, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Bone marrow-derived adult stem cells administered within the heart (intramyocardial) and coronary artery (intracoronary) tissues of heart disease patients improved patients' heart function and blood flow, according to a pilot study presented during a poster session at the 2006 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session. The study also found that patients who received more stem cells experienced a higher degree of cardiac improvement.

Bill Would Establish Center for Umbilical Cord Blood
Associated Press Writer
15 March 2006
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - After losing her mother to kidney cancer, Melissa Roder-Goldschmidt wanted to donate her newborn daughter's stem-cell-rich umbilical cord blood to a public bank in hopes that it might help someone else with a similar diagnosis.

N.J. wants Newark Stem-Cell Center
GANNETT STATE BUREAU
14 March 2006
TRENTON -- New Jersey would borrow $50 million more than the original $200 million slated for stem-cell research facilities, under a bill amended by the Senate Monday that adds funds to construct an institute in Newark aimed at studying adult stem cells.

Type 1 Diabetes; Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Partners with Stemnion on Adult Stem Cell Project
Obesity & Diabetes Week via NewsRx.com
13 March 2006
2006 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation announced that it is partnering with Stemnion LLC, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based biomedical research firm, in an adult stem cell project.

Diabetes Therapy; Diabetes Researchers Show Adult Human Pancreas Stem Cells Can be Transformed into Insulin-Producing Cells
Health & Medicine Week
13 March 2006
2006 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers collaborating at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, have shown that endocrine progenitor stem cells exist in the adult human pancreas, and have demonstrated that these stem cells can be transformed into insulin-producing cells.

Japanese Scientists Discover Fast-growing Stem Cell
Daily Yomiuri
11 March 2006
A team of researchers has succeeded in engineering stem cells taken from tooth germ to quickly develop into liver or bone tissue, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology's Research Institute (AIST) for Cell Engineering said.

Scripps Dives into Research on Embryonic Stem Cells
The Palm Beach Post
11 March 2006
The Scripps Research Institute will take its first major plunge into the controversial study of embryonic stem cells as part of a consortium of three California-based bioscience institutes and a university pushing to build their state's first center exclusively for the research.

Senate Approves Stem-Cell Legislation
The Washington Times
10 March 2006
The Senate passed a stem-cell research bill yesterday that would allow for the use of embryos and adult stem cells, leaving House lawmakers to accept it or push for embryonic research only, which could kill the legislation.

Oregon Health & Science University to Try Stem-cell Shots for Child Disease
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
10 March 2006
Mar. 10--Oregon Health & Science University will be the first, and maybe only, hospital to give a risky experimental stem-cell transplant to children dying of a rare nerve-destroying disease.

Stem-Cell Test Is Set for Children With an Incurable Brain Disease
The Wall Street Journal
10 March 2006
Scientists in Oregon are preparing to begin a clinical trial in which they will test transplants of human neural stem cells as a treatment for young children with an incurable brain disease.

New Breakthrough to Help Fight Leukemia
KBS World News - English Edition
09 March 2006
A Seoul National University research team says it has developed a new technology to nurture a cell commonly used to treat leukemia.

Stem Cell Bill Passes Senate; Future Uncertain
Associated Press Writer
09 March 2006
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland Senate and House of Delegates have approved significantly different bills funding research on stem cells taken from human embryos, leaving supporters little more than a month to resolve their differences.

New Cord Blood Program Earns Praise
The News Journal
09 March 2006
"The first donation was about an hour after the press conference ," said Mary Fenimore of the Brady Kohn Foundation. The nonprofit group developed the program that offers free donation services to parents of about 7,000 babies born at Christiana Hospital each year.

Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Hailed
The News Journal
08 March 2006
Sarah Kuhl was wide-eyed and a bit startled by applause for her at a news conference Tuesday at Christiana Hospital.

Stem Cell Research Gives Hope to Diabetics
Chemistry and Industry
06 March 2006
Scientists in the US and Canada have shown that stem cells exist in the adult human pancreas and can be transformed into insulin-producing cells.

Stem Cell Research; Key Factor Discovered for Survival of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem Cell Week
06 March 2006
2006 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Human embryonic stem cells (hES) offer great hope for the treatment of some devastating diseases, but finding a way to keep enough of these cells usable and healthy for transplantation in patients has been an ongoing problem.

Guardian Weekly: International News: Royal Baby's Cord Sent to US
Guardian Weekly
03 March 2006
The Spanish crown prince, Felipe, and Princess Letizia have sent blood from the umbilical cord of their baby for preservation in the US so that it could be used in the treatment of future illnesses.

Stem Cell Research Bill Passes House of Delegates
Associated Press Writer
03 March 2006
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The House of Delegates passed a bill guaranteeing the use of state funds for embryonic stem cell research Friday after a sober and, at times, intensely personal debate on whether such work holds the promise of a better life for people with incurable diseases.

Group Successfully Improves Life of Youngest-Ever Stroke Patient to be Treated with Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
PR Newswire (U.S.)
03 March 2006
SHENZHEN, China, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Co., Ltd. has announced the successful treatment with umbilical cord stem cells of the youngest stroke patient ever to undergo such a procedure. The announcement was made following a two-month evaluation period by physicians in her native country, Hungary, to verify the positive results.

Stem Cells Might Mend Heart
Courier-Post
02 March 2006
You've survived, but your heart's struggle has just begun. Cells in areas of the heart damaged by the attack are suffocating, receiving far less oxygen than they previously did. Other cells have died. In the weeks and months after the attack, as your heart attempts to recover, your body's repairs might be imperfect. The damaged areas are swelling. Your heart isn't pumping blood as effectively as it used to. You're developing heart disease.

Stem Cell Bill Survives Challenge In MD House Of Delegates
Dow Jones International News
02 March 2006
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP)--Opponents of state funding for research on stem cells taken from human embryos failed Wednesday to dilute a bill that would provide $25 million a year to pay for research projects conducted in Maryland.

New Law, New Hope for Transplants
Bell & Howell Information
01 March 2006
New legislation provides federal funding to expand the nation's inventory of cord blood, a rich source of potentially lifesaving stem cells.

Cord Blood Cells Help Resolve Part of Stem-Cell Debate
The Columbus Dispatch
28 February 2006
Human stem cells have unique characteristics. For one, they are unspecialized in the sense that they don't perform a specific function in the body until they are stimulated to change. For example, cells that help the heart beat or produce insulin.

Stem Cell Transplantation; Transplanted Neural Stem Cells Engraft into Injured Newborn Brain
Pain & Central Nervous System Week
27 February 2006
2006 FEB 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Transplanted neural stem cells engraft into the injured newborn brain.

Tissue Regeneration; Deer Antlers May Reveal Role for Stem Cells in Organ Renewal
Stem Cell Week
27 February 2006
2006 FEB 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Research carried out by veterinary scientists at the Royal Veterinary College in the U.K. reveals that deer antler regeneration may use stem cells and involve similar mechanisms to those used in limb development. The research could move scientists toward a "holy grail" in human medicine: the ability to restore organs damaged through trauma, disease, cancer, or excision.

Reuters Summit-Stem Cell Funding Lacking Despite Calif. Plan
Reuters News
23 February 2006
LOS ANGELES, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The lack of U.S. funding for stem cells has stymied research in the field, despite efforts by states like California to provide public money for the medical research, according to industry executives.

New Cord Blood Banking Industry Trade Organization Formed; The Association of Family Cord Blood Banks
PR Newswire (U.S.)
22 February 2006
DOVER, Del., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A new trade organization has been formed to be the voice and advocate for the family cord blood preservation industry. The Association of Family Cord Blood Banks (AFCB) is dedicated to promoting the benefits of cord blood banking for related use through high quality services and standards. This new organization is based on the collaboration of private cord blood preservation organizations.

Tulare Native Gives Gift of Life to Stranger
Visalia Times-Delta
17 February 2006
TULARE - Their quiet, soft-spoken daughter had pleasantly surprised Tulare residents Steve and Nellie Nunez so often that they were not surprised to learn in 2004 that she had registered with the National Marrow Donor Program.

Stem Cells Could Aid Alzheimer's Fight: Laval Researchers Say Bone Marrow Injection has Helped Slow Degeneration in Mice Brains
Montreal Gazette
17 February 2006
Alzheimer patients may some day be able to use their own bone marrow stem cells to fight off nerve cell degeneration that results in dementia, suggests a report in the journal Neuron.

Modified Stem Cells to be Used in Landmark Test on Lung Patients
The Ottawa Citizen
17 February 2006
Eighteen Canadians with debilitating lung disease will soon be asked to test a new medical marvel -- genetically engineered stem cells.

Science Academy Creating Panel to Monitor Stem-Cell Research
The New York Times
16 February 2006
To fill a void in federal supervision, the National Academy of Sciences is setting up a committee to provide informal oversight over research with human embryonic stem cells.

Hope for Victims of Spinal Injuries
Irish Times
16 February 2006
A pioneering US-Irish collaboration is working towards reversing spinal-cord injuries by using stem cells, writes Dr Claire O'Connell.

Interview: Christopher Scott, Executive Director of Stanford University's Center for Biomedical Ethics' Program in Stem Cells and Society, Discusses Stem Cell Research
Fresh Air
14 February 2006
Philosopher, theologian, medical ethicists and politicians are wrestling with the questions surrounding embryonic stem cell research.

Israeli-Thai Company Uses Adult Stem Cells in Effort to Heal Failing Hearts
Associated Press Writer
13 February 2006
JERUSALEM (AP) - After 61 years of pumping blood, Marie Carty's heart was failing her.

Blood Banking; Germ-free Closed System Developed for Clinical Banking of Umbilical Cord Blood
Health & Medicine Week
13 February 2006
According to a recently published study in the journal Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases, "Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a source of hematopoietic progenitor cells and is used as an alternative to the bone marrow or peripheral blood for treatment of several onco-hematological diseases.

Retired Professor Forms Institute for Stem Cell Research
Associated Press Newswires
11 February 2006
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A retired Michigan State University professor has formed a nonprofit that he hopes will grow to include laboratories to study stem cells and find new uses for them.

Adult Stem Cells too Vital to Pass Up
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
11 February 2006
Dr. Richard Burt met with physicians at Sarasota Memorial Hospital and then spoke to the Sarasota Kiwanis Club before going back to Chicago, where he heads up a research team at Northwestern University.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Partners with Stemnion; Research Looks to Create Insulin-Producing Cells from Amnion-Derived Cells
PR Newswire (U.S.)
10 February 2006
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation announced today that it is partnering with Stemnion LLC, the Pittsburgh-based biomedical research firm, in an innovative adult stem cell project. Through the foundation's expanding Industry Discovery and Development Partnership Program, JDRF is awarding a two-year grant to Stemnion to investigate the ability of stem cells found on the inner membrane of the amnion to differentiate into insulin-secreting cells that might be transplanted into patients with type 1, or juvenile, diabetes.

A Peek at How the State Would Award Stem Cell Funding
The Washington Post
09 February 2006
The Maryland General Assembly got its first look yesterday at how $20 million in state money for stem cell research would be awarded to scientists and private companies by the state-founded corporation that Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) wants to charge with the task.

VA SB 370, 2006-2007, Richard L. Saslaw; Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative
LegAlert
09 February 2006
A SB 370, 2006-2007, Richard L. Saslaw; Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative. Establishes the Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative as a public resource for Virginians for the treatment of patients with life-threatening illnesses or debilitating conditions, for use in advancing basic and clinical research, and, in the event of a terrorist attack, to be used in the treatment of the injured citizens of the Commonwealth

Stem Cell Research; Subpopulation of Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Have Potential to Become Neural Cells
Blood Weekly
09 February 2006
2006 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- A subpopulation within umbilical cord blood cells have the potential to become neural cells.

Umbilical Cord Studies Seen as Focus
Times Union (Albany,N.Y.) a division of The Hearst Corporation
08 February 2006
ALBANY - Health Commissioner Antonia Novello said Tuesday the Pataki administration's goal for funding biomedical research is aimed at noncontroversial umbilical cord stem cells.

CNY Umbilical Blood Bank Offers Hope vs. Diseases; Pataki Propoeses $250,000 to Study, Find Site for Cord Blood facility, in Syracuse.
The Post Standard/Herald-Journal
08 February 2006
Upstate Medical University could become home to an umbilical cord blood bank that supporters say would save lives while helping research cures for cancer and other diseases.

Stem Cell Injection Tried on Arteries
The Courier-Mail
07 February 2006
TWO Australians have had their own stem cells injected directly into their hearts in a world-first attempt to treat blocked arteries by growing new blood vessels.

Stem Cell Trials to Fix Broken Hearts
The Cairns Post
07 February 2006
ADULT stem cells have been implanted into two Australian men with badly blocked arteries in what scientists say is a world first.

Northwestern U.: Northwestern U. Study Uses Stem Cells to Strengthen Immune System
Daily Northwestern
06 February 2006
U-WIRE-02/06/2006-Northwestern U.: Northwestern U. study uses stem cells to strengthen immune system (C) 2006 Daily Northwestern Via U-WIRE

S1317 - Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Therapy and Research Act of 2005
Congressional Quarterly - All
05 February 2006
* Synopsis * S 1317 would create a national network for cord blood donations, coordinate that program with the national bone marrow donation program and establish a database to collect and maintain the treatment outcomes of patients receiving stem cell therapeutic products.

Stem Cells From Fat; San Diego's Cytori Banks on a New Process to Help Damaged Hearts
The San Diego Union-Tribune
03 February 2006
Getting rid of that spare tire around your middle could help your heart in more ways than you might expect, according to a San Diego biotechnology company.

North Carolina, Florida Inventors Develop Stem Cells Isolation Method
Hindustan Times
02 February 2006
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 2 -- Robert W. Storms and Susan M. Ludeman, both of Durham, N.C., Michael Colvin of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Clayton A. Smith of Tampa, Fla., have developed a novel reagent and a method for isolating stem cells, including human stem cells.

Putting the Grey Matter to Good Use
The Gold Coast Bulletin
01 February 2006
A QUEENSLAND professor leading the way in stem cell research says scientists have made significant progress in their fight against brain disease.

S. Korean Researchers Test Adult Stem Cells to Treat Lung Disease
Asia Pulse
31 January 2006
SEOUL, Jan 31 Asia Pulse - A group of South Korean researchers has successfully conducted animal tests that can lead to treatments for various human lung diseases, the group said Tuesday.

Stem-Cell Transplants Help Patients with End-Stage Lupus: Study
The Canadian Press
31 January 2006
TORONTO (CP) _ Rebuilding the immune system with their own stem cells can induce remission in some severely ill lupus patients who have failed to respond to conventional treatment for the potentially deadly disease, a U.S. study has found.

One's Own Stem Cells May Treat Lupus
Associated Press Newswires
31 January 2006
CHICAGO (AP) - For all of her 20s, when Edjuana Ross should have been relishing the thrill of early adulthood, she was instead in and out of hospitals, battling a disease that attacked her skin, brain and heart.

Stem Cells Miracle for Stroke Dad
The News of the World
29 January 2006
A STROKE victim has made medical history by miraculously regaining movement thanks to pioneering stem-cell treatment.

Stem Cell Expansion Observed
The Grand Rapids Press
29 January 2006
Biologists have announced a way to dramatically expand populations of blood stem cells, a discovery that could improve bone- marrow transplants and make them available to more patients.

Transplant Medicine; New Filter System is Developed for Umbilical Cord Blood Banking for Transplantation
Blood Weekly
26 January 2006
2006 JAN 26 - (NewsRx.com) -- A novel filter system has been developed for umbilical cord blood banking for cord blood transplantation.

Stem Cell Research; The Therapeutic Potential of Embryonic Stem Cells is Reviewed
Blood Weekly
26 January 2006
2006 JAN 26 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recent report focused on the therapeutic potential of embryonic stem cells.

Stem Cell Research; Data Show Hair Follicle Stem Cells Rival Embryonic Stem Cells in Regenerative Potential
Gene Therapy Weekly
26 January 2006
2006 JAN 26 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers led by a team at AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, have found that stem cells from hair follicles of mice can be used to rejoin severed nerves in mouse models.

Researchers to Investigate Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Attack Patients
Datamonitor News and Comment
24 January 2006
University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have launched a study that will examine whether transplanted stem cells can be safely used to treat damaged heart muscle in patients just after their first heart attack.

Arteriocyte Begins Stem Cell Study in Heart Disease
Datamonitor News and Comment
23 January 2006
Cleveland-based company Arteriocyte has initiated a phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety of stem cells taken from adults to treat heart disease.

Biologists Cite Way to Multiply Blood Stem Cells; Cambridge Reasearch May Aid Bone MArrow Transplant
New York Times Company
23 January 2006
Biologists announced yesterday a way to dramatically expand populations of blood stem cells, a discovery that could improve bone marrow transplants and make them available to more patients.

Stem Cell Advance
Daily Telegraph
23 January 2006
AUSTRALIAN scientists believe they have moved a step closer to developing human embryonic stem cells capable of treating disease.

House Panel Recommends Statewide Cord Blood Bank
Associated Press Newswires
17 January 2006
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A House of Delegates committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation establishing a statewide banking system for umbilical-cord blood that would aid cancer treatment and stem cell research.

Breast Cancer Breakthrough
Hobart Mercury
14 January 2006
A PUZZLING and devastating feature of many breast cancers that have been treated, apparently successfully, by chemotherapy is that they can redevelop months or even years later.

Ms Patient Claims Stem Cells Improved Condition
Derby Evening Telegraph
14 January 2006
A Woman with multiple sclerosis has noticed improvements in her eyesight and speech after a revolutionary operation.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Scientists May be Able to Use Novel Antibody to Target Specific Cells Leading to AML
Drug Week
13 January 2006
2006 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Through the use of a novel antibody, scientists may be able to target the specific cells that lead to a common form of leukemia, according to a study presented during the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

Young Scientists Get Exciting News; Nine Bay Area Students Are Chosen By Intel Science Talent Search
San Jose Mercury News
12 January 2006
Cardiac patients, take heart: Young scientists like Mahncy Mehrotra are already developing ways to unblock your arteries.

Cord Blood; Unrelated Cord Blood Transplant Successful in Children With Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Blood Weekly
12 January 2006
2006 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- Unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation is successful in children with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome.

Cord Blood; UCBT Cures Severe Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection After Double HSCT Failure
Blood Weekly
12 January 2006
2006 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- Umbilical cord blood transplantation cures severe chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection after double failure of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Saves Lives
Shanghai Daily
11 January 2006
The Shanghai Umbilical Cord Blood Bank has completed its pilot period, successfully transfusing six leukemia patients and awaits a license from the Ministry of health.

Stem Cells Treat Blood Disorder
BBC News Online
10 January 2006
Scientists in the US say they have successfully corrected a genetic mutation that causes the blood disorder sickle cell anaemia.

Good News on the Stem Cell Research Front
The Hindu
09 January 2006
Scientists have found a way to turn mouse embryonic stem cells into beating heart muscle cells -- a result that could lead to the use of embryonic stem cells in cardiac therapy, and possibly even drugs that can prompt the body to regenerate heart cells on its own.

Use of Stem Cells from Hair Follicles
Pharma Marketletter
09 January 2006
Researchers led by a team at AntiCancer in San Diego, USA, have found that stem cells from hair follicles of mice can be used to rejoin severed nerves in mouse models. Easily accessible hair follicle stem cells, which normally function to form the hair follicle that in turn form the growing hair in all mammals including man, have been shown to have great potential to produce nerve cells and many other types of cells.

Breast Stem-cell Advance Mammary Tissue Regrowth in Mice Called a Big Step that Could Change the Way Cancer is Treated
Agence-France Presse
06 January 2006
SYDNEY - Researchers in Australia have reported that they had grown new breasts in mice after discovering the stem cell responsible for mammary tissue, a find that could pave the way for new treatments for breast cancer.

University of Illinois; Flatworm Genes May Provide Insights Into Human Diseases
Biotech Week
04 January 2006
2006 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com) -- Could vital information about many human diseases be deciphered from genes inside freshwater flatworms? A definitive yes is not the answer yet, but research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has provided an important advance for pursuing both that idea and the biology of stem cells.

University of the Sacred Heart, Rome; Transplanted Neural Stem Cells Remedy Injured Spinal Cords in Mice
Biotech Week
04 January 2006
2006 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com) -- Transplanted neural stem cells (NSCs) remedy injured spinal cords (SC) in mice.

Researchers Grow New Stem Cell Lines
Newsday
04 January 2006
James Thomson, the University of Wisconsin researcher who pioneered the field of human embryonic stem cell research, and a team of researchers at a privately funded lab at the WiCell Research Institute in Madison, Wis., have created two lines of stem cells grown entirely without the influence of animal proteins. The lines were derived from donated frozen embryos.

Cord Blood; Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Effectively Treats High-risk ALL
Science Letter
03 January 2006
2006 JAN 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Umbilical cord blood transplantation effectively treats high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Transfusion of Stem Cells Seems to have Worked for Algonquin Girl
Bell & Howell Information
01 January 2006
The Algonquin couple, who hail from the suburbs - Julie grew up in Palatine and Tom in Streamwood - spent a good chunk of early 2005 in a hospital room.

This is Your Chance to Understand Stem Cells
Tribune Media Services
25 December 2005
Q. Would you please provide some information on stem cells? What are they? What can they do to cure diseases? Why are they important in research?

Search On For Way to Grow New Teeth: Growing Tissue from Stem Cells Could Be Natural Alternative
The Chicago Sun-Times
25 December 2005
It won't happen anytime soon, but the day may be coming when you go to the dentist to grow a new tooth.

Cord Blood Measure Becomes Law
CQ Weekly
23 December 2005
The House cleared a bill Dec. 17 that would promote the use of umbilical cord blood stem cells for research and treatment of disease, and President Bush signed it into law three days later.

Umbilical-cord databank set up President Bush Signs the Measure, But a Fight Looms Early Next Year Over Stem Cell Research
Orlando Sentinel
21 December 2005
WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed legislation Tuesday to create a national databank of umbilical-cord blood and bone marrow that would let doctors quickly find matches for patients needing transplants.

Ensign Attends White House Ceremony, Apllauds Signing of Cord Blood Bill
States News Service
20 December 2005
Senator John Ensign attended a White House bill-signing ceremony today and applauded the signing of the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005. The bill continues federal support for bone marrow and umbilical cord blood research as part of the effort to find cures or improved treatments for diseases including Parkinson's, diabetes and heart disease.

Hatch-Dood Cord Blood Stem Cell Bill Signed into Law
States News Service
20 December 2005
A bill coauthored by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) that advances the potential for life saving treatments using bone marrow and cord blood was signed into law today by President Bush. The Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act will help patients suffering from disease such as leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease, sickle cell anemia, and some immunodeficiencies. Bone marrow and cord blood can both be used to treat patients in need of a blood stem cell transplant, and this law will significantly increase a patient's chance of finding a suitable genetic match when faced with a grave disease.

Stem Cells Could Help Repair Heart ; UW Research in Early Stage
The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal
20 December 2005
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have demonstrated that embroynic stem cells can develop into three different kinds of heart cells to help recover from a heart attack.

President Signs Bill Establishing National Umbilical Cord Blood Program; Measure Authorizes C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program
PR Newswire (U.S.)
20 December 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- President Bush today signed into law the bill establishing a national umbilical cord blood program providing federal funding to collect and store cord blood for life-saving blood cell transplants and reauthorizing the existing national Registry for marrow donors. The combined program has been named the C. W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program

Rep. Smith's Life-Saving Stem Cell Bill Becomes Law; Establishes National Umbilical Cord Blood Bank, Promotes Adult Stem Cell Research
U.S. Newswire
20 December 2005
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Rep. Chris Smith joined President George W. Bush in a bill signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room at the White House this morning for the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (HR 2520).

Stem Cell Arthritis Cure Soon
The Advertiser
20 December 2005
SCIENTISTS have predicted a cure for the severest form of arthritis after growing human cartilage from patients' stem cells.

Stem Cells From Hair Follicles Rival Embryonic Stem Cells in Their Potential for Regenerative Medicine
Business Wire
19 December 2005
SAN DIEGO - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Dec. 19, 2005 - Researchers led by a team at AntiCancer, Inc., in San Diego have found that stem cells from hair follicles of mice can be used to rejoin severed nerves in mouse models.

Congress Approves Cord-blood Databank
Chicago Tribune
18 December 2005
Congress on Friday agreed to establish a national databank of umbilical cord blood and bone marrow that would allow doctors to find a match quickly for patients who need a transplant.

Cord Blood Bill Clears as Some Decry Lack of Action on Other Stem Cell Legislation
Congressional Quarterly - All
17 December 2005
Just two days after Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., failed to win Democratic consent to bring the bill to the Senate floor, the House cleared the measure, 413-0, sending it to the White House to be signed into law.

Rep. Hoekstra Votes to Encourage Stem Cell Research on Umbilical Cord Blood
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
17 December 2005
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich. (2nd CD), issued the following press release:

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Saving Lives, But More Needed ; Less-controversial Source Underused, Supporters Say
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
16 December 2005
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - When Shakera Neal's baby girl Aleasia was born, doctors knew she might need special help to survive because Neal's first child, Alandee, died before he was 4 months old.

Frist Disapointed By Senate's Inability to Pass Cord Blood Legislation
States News Service
15 December 2005
Cord blood technology has already begun producing cures and saving lives, and has the potential to improve the health and even save the lives of millions, particularly members of minority groups who suffer disproportionately from such diseases as sickle-cell anemia. And it is wrong to deny them hope, especially when it is within our power to act.

Hypocrisy Over Stem Cells: Senate Dems Object To Cord Blood Bill
Agence France Presse
15 December 2005
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Senator Frist called on the Senate to pass the bi-partisan life-saving cord blood stem cell bill, (HR 2520) sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith. The House bill, Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, already passed in May by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 431- 1. Incredibly, Senate Democrats objected to passing this bill.

Sweden to Create National Stem Cell Blood Bank
Agence France Presse
15 December 2005
Sweden's government on Thursday said it was planning to create a national blood bank containing stem cells from donated umbilical cords, used to more effectively treat deadly diseases like leukemia.

Progress Against Parkinson's
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
15 December 2005
Dec. 15--In a study that could lead to a therapy for people with Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders, UW- Madison researchers have used stem cells to deliver a disease-fighting protein to the brains of rats.

South Korean Doctors Successfully Restore Nerves With Stem Cells
BBC Monitoring Newsfile
14 December 2005
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UofL Achieves 'Amazing' Find with Stem Cells
Associated Press Newswires
13 December 2005
University of Louisville researchers have coaxed stem cells from adult mice to change into brain, nerve, heart and pancreatic cells - a discovery that could lead to treatments for a host of human diseases and possibly end the national debate over the use of embryonic stem cells.

Researchers Report 'Amazing find' With Stem Cells
Associated Press Newswires
13 December 2005
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - If a stem cell discovery in mice by University of Louisville scientists works with humans, it would improve disease research and treatment and could possibly end the debate over the use of embryonic stem cells.

Scientists Triple Life-Saving Stem-Cell Production
CanWest News Service
12 December 2005
A life-saving stem-cell treatment has been given a boost by Canadian scientists, who've hit on a way to enhance production of the fabled cells.

Exciting Strides Being Made in Stem Cell Research
PRNewswire
12 December 2005
ATLANTA, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Four studies presented today at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology highlight new information about the potential of stem cells, from determining the type and location of stem cells in bone marrow to controlling the differentiation of cells into desired cell types and determining how well stem cell transplants actually work in treating cancers.

Cure in Sight for Diabetes?
The Hindu
11 December 2005
Efforts on to replace damaged beta cells producing insulin with stem cells.

Stem Cells Saving Babies, Making History Making History Rare Transplant Uses Donated Umbilical Cord
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
10 December 2005
When Shakera Neal's baby girl Aleasia was born, doctors knew she might need special help to survive because Neal's first child, Alandee, died before he was 4 months old.

5 Patients Get 'New' Knees in NUH Stem-Cell Trial
Straits Times
08 December 2005
Doctors at the National University Hospital (NUH) have successfully used stem cells to repair the damaged knees of five people.

Cells Offer a Cancer Cure
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers
07 December 2005
The team at the Yorkshire Cancer Research Unit, based at the University of York, has discovered how to isolate the stem cells thought to cause prostate cancer. This breakthrough holds out hope of one day developing a new generation of treatments for a disease that claims the lives of 10,000 men every year in the UK alone.

Singer Don Ho Recovering From Stem Cell Procedure on his Heart
Associated Press Writer
07 December 2005
HONOLULU (AP) - Legendary Hawaiian crooner Don Ho was recovering in an intensive care unit at a Thailand hospital Tuesday following an experimental stem cell procedure on his ailing heart, his spokeswoman and a close friend told The Associated Press.

Private Blood Bank Here Stores Stem Cells For Future Use
The Tucson Citizen
06 December 2005
A private blood bank that stores newborn umbilical cord blood stem cells in cryogenic vaults for future medical use showed them off yesterday.

Heart Disease; U.S. FDA Approves Safety Test of Adult Stem Cells in Patients with Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Week
05 December 2005
2005 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) (Ohio) announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved plans to begin a study to evaluate the safety of using adult stem cells from bone marrow to treat chronic ischemia, a serious form of heart disease.

Cord Blood Registry Opens World's Largest Newborn Stem Cell Facility; Representative David Bradley (AZ) Expresses Support for Increased Education on Cord Blood Options
PR Newswire (U.S.)
05 December 2005
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the largest and most experienced family newborn stem cell bank in the world, along with Dr. David Harris of the University of Arizona, and State Representative David T. Bradley (AZ), kicked off the opening of the company's new state-of-the-art facility held here today.

Prostate Cancer Hope
Sunday Mail, The
04 December 2005
The breakthrough by the Yorkshire Cancer Research Professor of Molecular Biology, Norman Maitland, and Anne Collins will help the development of therapies for treating stem cells to stop them regenerating -- and may have implications for breast, colon and brain tumours.

Stroke; Cord Blood Cells May Widen The Treatment Window For Stroke
Drug Week
02 December 2005
2005 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- An experimental treatment that spares disability from acute stroke may be delivered much later than the current 3-hour treatment standard - a potential advance needed to benefit more stroke victims.

Gifts of Life From Their Umbilical Cords
Knox Leader
29 November 2005
FERNTREE Gully toddler Bailey was just minutes old when he gave his most precious gift, blood from the cord that had sustained his life for the previous nine months.

Stem Cells Able to Repair Damaged Heart Muscles
Australian Associated Press
29 November 2005
An international medical conference being held in New South Wales this week, will highlight the latest advances in stem cell research and how it can repair damaged heart muscles.

Princess Mary's Baby's Stem Cells Saved
Australian Associated Press
27 November 2005
Stem cells from the umbilical cord of Australian-born Princess Mary's baby son have been preserved in a Denmark hospital.

Stranded Hospital's Other Crisis 'Patients' New Orleans Team Fought in Flood to Save Stem cells That Might Later Save The Ill
The Dallas Morning News
26 November 2005
With the last of the patients evacuating, Janet Krane had one final task before she could leave the flooded Memorial Medical Center in uptown New Orleans.

Students Learn About Stem-cell Research From Peers
Courier-News
24 November 2005
WARREN -- Hoping to make the Garden State the stem-cell research capital of the nation, the New Jersey Stem Cell Research and Education Foundation took its message about the healing potential of stem cells on the road with a presentation Wednesday to the senior class at Watchung Hills Regional High School.

Jesse's Journey and Stem Cell Network fund $1.8M project to fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Canada NewsWire
23 November 2005
CALGARY, Nov. 23 /CNW/ -- CALGARY, Nov. 23 /CNW Telbec/ - The Stem Cell Network will contribute $760,000 to a $1-million investment by Jesse's Journey, a London, Ontario- based charity, to fund research to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Hair Follicle Stem Cells Repair Nerve Damage: Study
Xinhua News Agency
22 November 2005
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (Xinhua)-- Tissues differentiated from hair follicle stem cells have helped mice with severe sciatic nerve damage walk again, US and Japanese scientists reported on Monday.

Health Buzz
Clarion-Ledger
22 November 2005
Researchers report the successful use of stem cells to treat heart attack tissue damage in pigs - a breakthrough that is paving the way for human trials.

Take Heart A Bangkok Company is Using Stem-cell Therapy to Give hope to Heart Patients Deemed Incurable
Time International Atlantic Ed.
21 November 2005
When Bob Grinstead landed in Bangkok in March with his wife and daughter, he might have been mistaken for a typical tourist. But the 70-year-old retired computer salesman from Atlanta wasn't in any shape for sightseeing. Since suffering a massive heart attack in 1990, he'd undergone two bypass surgeries and two dozen angioplasties.

Spinal Cord Injury; UCB Transplantation Improves Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
Pain & Central Nervous System Week
21 November 2005
2005 NOV 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Umbilical cord blood transplantation with brain-derived neutrophic factor improves functional recovery after spinal cord injury.

Parkinson Disease; Stem Cell Implantation Shows Beneficial Effect on Parkinson Disease
Pharma Business Week
17 November 2005
2005 NOV 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI), announced that the company's scientific collaborators at Tel Aviv University had successfully implanted human bone marrow derived stem cells into animal models of Parkinson disease and observed improved motor function within just 2 weeks of implantation.

Stem Cell Therapy Helps MS Woman
BBC NEWS
17 November 2005
A young Inverness woman with multiple sclerosis has said she is able to walk for the first time in years only days after revolutionary stem cell therapy.

Promising Results Reported in First U.S. Clinical Trial Investigating the Use of Adult Stem Cells for Severe Coronary Artery Disease; Principal Investigator from Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston Presents Data at American Heart Association Annual Meeting
PR Newswire (U.S.)
16 November 2005
DALLAS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from three major academic medical centers reported promising results gleaned from the initial phase of the first U.S. clinical trial investigating the benefit of using a patient's own (autologous) selected adult stem cells, called CD34+ cells, to treat coronary artery disease.

Stem Cells Used to Grow New Cartilage
The Evening Standard
16 November 2005
SCIENTISTS in London have successfully grown human cartilage cells from embryonic stem cells for the first time.

Panel Recommends Statewide Cord Blood Bank
Associated Press Writer
16 November 2005
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A legislative study committee recommended Tuesday that the General Assembly create and finance a statewide umbilical cord blood banking system to aid cancer treatment and stem cell research.

Normal Movement Restored and New Neurons Formed in Model of Parkinson's
PrimeZone Media Network
15 November 2005
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Two weeks of local administration of sNN0031, a compound under development for Parkinson's disease, normalized movement and restored dopamine balance in a rat model of the disease.

Heart Attack Patients Treated with Own Stem Cells
Monterey County Herald
15 November 2005
Heart attack patients who were treated with their own stem cells a few days after being hospitalized had significantly improved heart-pumping ability, according to the largest, most rigorous clinical trial to date of the controversial therapy.

Use of Stem Cells to Cure Diseases Hailed
Irish Times
15 November 2005
Stem cell technology has great potential to cure diseases and improve medical treatments, according to a leading Irish researcher in the field.

Patients Use Own Stem Cells to Heal; Therapy Appears To Speed Recovery from Heart Attack
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
14 November 2005
Dallas Heart attack patients who were treated with their own stem cells a few days after being hospitalized had significantly improved heart pumping ability, according to the largest, most rigorous clinical trial to date of the controversial therapy.

Cord Blood Cells May Widen Treatment Window for Stroke
University of South Florida Health
12 November 2005
Preclinical findings presented at Society for Neuroscience meeting Tampa, FL (Nov. 12, 2005) -- An experimental treatment that spares disability from acute stroke may be delivered much later than the current three-hour treatment standard ­ a potential advance needed to benefit more stroke victims.

From Hairy Arm to Wholesale Cure
The Northern Echo
11 November 2005
Human stem cells could one day provide us with a 'repair kit' for our bodies. Health Editor BARRY NELSON met North-East scientists who are working in this fascinating area of research.

Florida State University Researcher's Device Provides A Major Boost to Adult Stem Cell Research
Hindustan Times
10 November 2005
A single cell with the potential to repair damaged heart muscle tissue regenerate injured bone create new cartilage or skin even reverse nerve damage. Human stem cells offer tremendous hope for the development of revolutionary medical treatments for these and a variety of other human health problems.

Anemic Boy Recovering Well From Stem-cell Blood Transplant
Yonhap English News
10 November 2005
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean doctors have set a new record by transplanting stem cells into a 4-year-old boy using blood taken from his own umbilical cord to treat his anemia, a local medical company said Thursday.

Babies Provide Lifelines; Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Aid in Transplants for Leukemia Patients, Others
Charlotte Observer (NC)
07 November 2005
One minute after his birth this year at Detroit's St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Dr. Carl Buccellato collected the blood from Peter's umbilical cord for a public cord blood registry at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.

Repairing Spinal Cord Injuries: Geron Wants to Test Stem Cell Injections
San Jose Mercury News
07 November 2005
Scientists have made stunning progress helping paralyzed rats and mice walk again by injecting them with stem cells. Now researchers at Geron of Menlo Park want to take the next step -- in people.

Stem Cells Brought Into HIV Fight Scientists Hope That Synthetically Engineered Piece of DNA Can Make AIDS Virus Harmless
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
06 November 2005
SAN FRANCISCO -- Nearly 10 years after the development of antiviral drugs to treat HIV and AIDS, scientists are poised to attack the deadly virus with a new weapon: stem cells.

Cell Therapy May Counter Effect of Radiation Damage
The Baton Rouge Advocate
06 November 2005
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Stem cells may soon play a role in the U.S. campaign to be better prepared for a terrorist attack. A Bay Area biotech company is working on a cell therapy that could be used to help victims survive exposure to radiation from an attack or accident.

Finance; Grants Will Fund the Study of Cell Therapy Research for the Treatment of Heart Attacks
Heart Disease Weekly
06 November 2005
2005 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cryo-Cell International, Inc., (CCEL) announced that its affiliate, Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc., has been awarded two grants to study the effects of cord blood stem cells for the treatment of myocardial infarction, commonly known as heart attack.

Scientists Prepare to Use Stem Cells in AIDS Battle
Knight Ridder Newspapers
04 November 2005
SAN FRANCISCO -- Nearly 10 years after the development of anti-viral drugs to treat HIV and AIDS, scientists are poised to use a new weapon: stem cells.

Scientists Tout Stem Cells' Use to Battle HIV
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
03 November 2005
Nearly 10 years after the development of anti-viral drugs to treat HIV and AIDS, scientists are poised to attack the deadly virus with a new weapon: stem cells.

Stem Cell Research; University of Minnesota Researchers Use Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Kill Cancer Cells
Gene Therapy Weekly
03 November 2005
2005 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- For the first time, stem cell researchers at the University of Minnesota have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to create cancer-killing cells in the laboratory, paving the way for future treatments for various types of cancers (or tumors).

Cord Blood Banking Nets Keen Interest
Herald-Sun
02 November 2005
Over the past four years, the donations have led to 58 blood transplants, curing illnesses from leukemia to immune disorders and severe anemias.

Tapping the Potential of Adult Stem Cells
Saturday Evening Post
01 November 2005
The Stem Cell Mediated Anglogenesis Study is an FDA-approved Phase I clinical trial to examine how safe and effective adult stem cells are for stimulating the development of new blood vessels in the legs of patients with severe peripheral vascular disease-a painful condition that, according to the American Heart Association, affects approximately 12 million people.

Rebuilding Heart Muscle With Stem Cells
The Spokesman-Review
01 November 2005
It's pretty much accepted wisdom that once heart muscle dies after a heart attack, it's gone. The rest of the heart muscle works a little harder and with any luck, the damage isn't bad enough to have a major impact on the unlucky victim's future quality of life.

NEWS
The Herald
31 October 2005
German doctors gave 18 patients infusions of their own bone marrow cells up to eight years after a heart attack, with the result that their capacity to exercise increased, the function of their left ventricle improved and the area of heart muscle damage shrank. Until now, such complaints have been untreatable.

Scientists Discover Stem Cell Trigger
The Sunday Times
30 October 2005
According to reports yesterday they have discovered the chemical trigger that causes stem cells from embryos to start developing into organs, raising the possibility of parts of the body being able to repair their own damage.

Getting The Brain to Repair Itself
Straits Times
28 October 2005
STEM cells persist in specific areas of the adult brain. By understanding how and why these cells produce new brain cells or neurons, scientists hope to use the same mechanisms to help the brain repair itself.

Age Could Matter in Stem Cell Implants
Straits Times
28 October 2005
Results from a University of Southern California study, presented here yesterday by professor of gerontology and neurobiology Caleb Finch, could have far-reaching implications for the use of stem cell technology to treat diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Strides Made on Radiation Cure
Knight Ridder
27 October 2005
Stem cells may soon play a role in the U.S. campaign to be better prepared for a terrorist attack. A Bay Area biotech company is working on a cell therapy that could be used to help victims survive exposure to radiation from an attack or accident.

Stem Cell Transplantation; Findings in Stem Cell Transplantation Provide New Insights
Cancer Weekly
25 October 2005
"Lymphoma patients who require high dose chemotherapy are 'rescued' by reinfusion of stem cells to repopulate their bone marrow and minimize the risk of fatal infections or hemorrhage.

Medical Hope in Umbilical Cord Blood; Researchers Find its Healing Powers May Provide Cures for Many Deadly Maladies
Chicago Tribune
23 October 2005
Her red and white cells are the result of an umbilical cord blood transplant she had at 3 weeks of age. The transplant from an unrelated donor repopulated her bone marrow with stem cells, the wellspring of her new blood supply.

FDA Approves First Brain Stem Cell Transplant
The Associated Press
20 October 2005
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal regulators on Thursday approved what would be the first transplant of fetal stem cells into human brains, a procedure that if successful could open the door to treating a host of neural disorders.

Leukemia Girl Undergoes Stem Cell Transplant
Shanghai Daily
20 October 2005
A 7-year-old leukemia patient underwent a stem cell transplant operation yesterday at Shanghai No. 1 People's Hospital, which conducted the city's first double-sample umbilical cord blood transfusion.

U of T Boosts Stem Cell Growth; Discovery Will Aid Adults with Blood Cancers More Cells Harvested from Umbilical Cord Blood
The Toronto Star
20 October 2005
Blood stem cells are primarily used to treat cancers such as leukemia, but by deriving the cells from umbilical cords - a previously unused source because they yield such low counts - scientists can dramatically broaden their therapeutic use.

Stem Cells Gets OK for Brain Cells Study
Associated Press Newswires
20 October 2005
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - StemCells Inc. said Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration cleared it to start a human trial using transplanted human neural stem cells, the first time the agency has approved such a study.

Doctors and Nurses Donate Stem Cell to Cut Shortage
Shanghai Daily
19 October 2005
More than 800 doctors and nurses from Zhongshan Hospital registered with the Shanghai Stem Cell Donor Bank yesterday, to help solve the shortage of samples at the bank and encourage more people to register and donate stem cell.

Expert Touts New Stem-cell Method ; Procedure Seen As Way to 'Break the Impasse' on Research Involving Embryos
The Grand Rapids Press
18 October 2005
GRAND RAPIDS -- A bioethics expert who spoke here Monday is at the center of national media attention over a new method of creating stem cell.

Korean Researchers Win U.S. Stem Cell Patent
The Korea Herald
18 October 2005
A Korean biotechnology research team obtained the patent rights in the United States for a procedure used to harvest human embryonic stem cells using surplus frozen-thawed embryos.

Codey Plan Will Bank New Supply of Stem Cells
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
18 October 2005
Oct. 18--New Jersey is turning to newborn babies to advance stem cell research.

The Nation; No Embryos Lost to New Stem Cells
Los Angeles Times
17 October 2005
Scientists say they have created viable embryonic stem cell lines without destroying any embryos -- a development that could clear ethical barriers that have sharply restricted federal funding for the controversial research.

Stem Cell Breakthrough Opens Way to 'Spare Part' Tissue Banks
Times Newspapers Limited
17 October 2005
STEM cells have for the first time been harvested from embryos without killing them, using a technique that could eventually provide children with a personal store of spare part tissue for treating diseases later in life. The successful experiment in the United States paves the way for scientists to create and "bank" master cells that are genetically identical to children before they are born.

Stem Cell Strategies Showing Promise
USA Today
17 October 2005
The techniques are in early stages of research and have been tested only in mice. But they "raise promising possibilities" and will open up a new dialogue in the national debate over stem cell research, says William Hurlbut, a professor at the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford University and member of the President's Council on Bioethics.

New Routes to Stem Cells Found
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
17 October 2005
Scientists say they have created viable embryonic stem cell lines without destroying any embryos -- a development that could clear ethical barriers that have sharply restricted federal funding for the controversial research.

Cord-Blood Bill Awaits Senate Action; Cells From Childbirth Would be Stored to Treat Cancer, Other Serious Diseases
The Modesto Bee
16 October 2005
To kill the cancer, Francesca's body would have to be irradiated and injected with chemicals so toxic that they would destroy her ability to replenish her blood. To restore her health, she would need a transplant of the cells that can regenerate blood: stem cells.

Legacy to Fund New Alzheimer's Research
The Citizen
15 October 2005
Joan Philips, of Tidenham, left £150,000 to the Gloucester and district branch of the Alzheimer's Society when she died aged 91 three years ago. The three-year research programme will look at the effectiveness of using stem cells to combat the condition.

Stem Cells Save The Sight of Blinded Girl
Associated Newspapers
15 October 2005
AFTER a freak accident, student Rachel North was told she might never see again.

Stem Cell Helps Fight Leukaemia Relapses Stem Cells May Help Prevent Leukaemia Relapses
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
14 October 2005
Stem cells are taken from the marrow of a donor, treated and then infused into the patient.

Stem Cell Types
The Daily Oklahoman
13 October 2005
There are several types of stem cells:

Stem Cell Fights Cancer Tumors in U Research; By Boosting the Body's Natural Killer Cells, the Researchers Hope Eventually to Find New Ways to Treat Cancer Cells
Star-Tribune
12 October 2005
The research at the Stem Cell Institute doesn't offer an immediate cancer treatment, but the findings suggest that stem cells eventually could be used to boost the body's ability to fight tumors.

Stem Cell Turn Cancer Killers!
Hindustan Times
12 October 2005
They generated "natural killer" cells from the human embryonic stem cell. As part of the immune system, natural killer cells normally are present in the blood stream and are play a role in defending the body against infection and against some cancers.

Stem Cell Hope For Heart Victims; Daily Mail Reporter
Daily Mail
12 October 2005
A HEART disease victim given pioneering stem cell treatment abroad unveiled an ambitious project yesterday to bring the same hope to others.

Umbilical Cord Blood Provides a Source for Vital Stem Cells
Post-Crescent staff writer
11 October 2005
The Medford boy was just 10 when he was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, a type of blood cancer where the bone marrow makes defective white blood cells.

California Maps Strategy for Its $3 Billion Stem Cell Project
The New York Times
11 October 2005
EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- In a nondescript temporary office across the bay from San Francisco, Zach W. Hall is about to lay the groundwork for the largest biomedical venture since the Human Genome Project.

Hope for Fixing Birth Defects; New Technique Uses Custom-Made Tissue Grown from Unborn Child's Own Fetal Cells
The Globe and Mail
10 October 2005
U.S. surgeons have pioneered a new technique to repair birth defects with custom-made tissue grown from an unborn child's own fetal cells.

UMass Team Finds Surprising Final Step in Cell Division
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
10 October 2005
WORCESTER - UMass Medical School scientists studying cell division have discovered remarkable activity in an overlooked cellular structure that may unlock secrets to aging, cancer and stem cells.

All About Cord Blood
Buffalo News
09 October 2005
Blood obtained from the umbilical cord of a baby minutes after birth can be used in transplant procedures for as many as 80 diseases. It can be saved for research or private purposes. It is a safe, quick procedure with no risks to mother or baby. The blood can be stored for at least 10 years, perhaps longer. It's preferable to bone marrow for transplants because there's less of a need for it to be a perfect match. It carries a lower chance of rejection by the recipient and a lower risk of contamination.

Grant to Aid Stem Cell Work at UC Davis
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
09 October 2005
The money comes with the university's designation as one of two new Centers of Excellence in Translational Human Stem Cell Research. The award, from the National Institutes of Health, is part of a much larger federal commitment to support stem cell research.

Researchers Develop Technology to Reproduce Cord Blood Stem Cells
Kyodo News
08 October 2005
A health ministry team has developed technology to safely and effectively reproduce stem cell from umbilical cord blood, sources close to the matter said Saturday.

Bone Marrow Stem Cells Prop Up Failing Livers
New Scientist
08 October 2005
THE old philosophy of "body heal thyself" has been given a new high-tech twist with a treatment for liver failure that uses bone marrow stem cells from the patient's own blood.

Newborns Give the Gift of Life
Detroit Free Press
08 October 2005
Peter Bernard Storm started life as a big contributor. Someday, he may save a life.

Stem Cell Research was Discussed at LCCC
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
07 October 2005
Oct. 7--CHEYENNE -- Stem cells aren't a recent scientific discovery, only a recent public discovery.

Stem Cell Hope for Liver Patients
Science Correspondent
06 October 2005
PATIENTS with liver failure have been successfully treated using their own bone marrow stem cells, it was reported yesterday.

Rep. Smith, Dr. J Urge Passage of Cord Blood Bill
Associated Press Newswires
06 October 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - New Jersey Republican Rep. Chris Smith teamed up Thursday with former Philadelphia 76ers star Julius "Dr. J" Erving, calling for the passage of a bill that would increase stem cell research by using umbilical cord blood.

Stem Cell Research; Researchers Isolate Adult Muscle Stem Cells for Skeletal Muscle Repair in Mice
Blood Weekly
06 October 2005
2005 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have succeeded in isolating muscle stem cells displaying a high potential for muscle repair.

Neuroscience; Researchers Detail New Studies and Findings in the Area of Neuroscience
Gene Therapy Weekly
06 October 2005
According to recent research from the United States, "murine embryonic stem cells were induced to differentiate into neural lineage cells by exposure to retinoic acid. Approximately one million cells were transplanted into the lesion site in the spinal cords of adult rats which had received moderate contusion injuries 9 days previously."

Grant Helps UCD Study Stem Cells; The $6 Million Federal Award Will Pay for Three Laboratory Projects.
The Sacramento Bee
05 October 2005
The federal government has awarded $6 million to the University of California, Davis, to explore the use of human embryonic and other stem cells in the search for possible treatments for childhood diseases, university officials announced Tuesday.

Thailand's Piyavej Hospital Invests in Stem Cell Research
Thai News Service
04 October 2005
Section: Corporate News - Piyavej Hospital has established a stem cell research lab, Krungthep Turakij reported.

Stem Cell Bank to Have Half of Lines Available for Federal Funds
Newsday
03 October 2005
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The nation's first bank of embryonic stem cells will initially distribute half of the cell lines available for use in federally funded studies, officials said Monday.

Banking on Cord Blood How to Decide if you Should Save Your Newborn's Umbilical Fluid
Newsday
03 October 2005
To save or not to save? That is the latest question expectant parents are being pounded with these days, as they decide whether to bank their newborn's umbilical cord blood for possible medical use later in life.

WORTHY CAUSE: A New Way to Fight Sickle-Cell Anemia
Essence
01 October 2005
When you have a baby, you can also save someone's life. For years doctors have known that the blood present in the umbilical cord and placenta-tissues that are routinely discarded-are rich in stem cells.

University of Wisconsin to House National Stem Cell Bank
Associated Press Writer
30 September 2005
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin-Madison will house the nation's first bank of embryonic stem cells, Gov. Jim Doyle's office said Friday.

Adult Stem Cells Aid Recovery in Animal Model of Cerebral Palsy
Chemical Business NewsBase
29 September 2005
Adult stem cell therapy quickly and significantly improves recovery of motor function in an animal model for the ischemic brain injury that occurs in about 10% of babies with cerebral palsy, researchers report. Within two weeks, treated animals were about 20% less likely to favour the unaffected side of their bodies and experienced about a 25% improvement in balance, compared to untreated controls, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.

Public Workshop Will Address Stem Cell Issues; It's Tailored to a General Audience, and People on Various Sides of the Debate Are Urged to Participate.
The Sacramento Bee
27 September 2005
Have questions about stem cells? Confused by what's real and what's exaggerated in the stem cell debate? Dr. Mark Zern has a workshop for you.

A Life-Saving Gift
Straits Times
26 September 2005
A BABY girl is born, and within days, saves the life of her leukaemia-stricken brother through a transplant of a tiny amount of blood from her umbilical cord.

NSW: Tabitha Celebrates After Life-saving Cord Blood Transplant
Singapore Press Holdings Limited
26 September 2005
SYDNEY, Sept 26 AAP - Almost two years after a cord blood transplant saved her life, three-year-old Tabitha Ellem was back at Sydney Children's Hospital today.

Life Line
Singapore Press Holdings Limited
24 September 2005
New parents these days face the dilemma of deciding whether to store their baby's cord blood as a safeguard against future diseases. CHEAH UI-HOON reports IT used to be that before their child was born, parents-to-be only had to rack their brains over such questions as what to name him or her, followed by a few logistical details such as hiring a nanny or a maid, and which set of parents-in-law should get involved in the babysitting.

Just The Facts About Stem Cells; UW Researcher's Talk Downplays Ethics Debate
The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal
20 September 2005
Pioneering UW-Madison researcher James Thomson gave a rare talk Monday night at the Overture Center that was more like an upper- level college seminar on embryonic stem cells.

COVER STORY: How Michiganders Are Aiding Stem Cell Research; 4 Local Projects Target Everything from Myeloma to Kidney Failure
Detroit Free Press
20 September 2005
As in gold rush days, California is capturing headlines. This time, though, the riches are from stem cells, perhaps the body's most versatile component because they can change into any type of cell and take on a range of repair jobs.

Cord Blood Collection
Detroit Free Press
20 September 2005
What is it: Blood obtained from the umbilical cord of a baby minutes after birth can be used in transplant procedures for as many as 80 diseases.

Published Study Shows First Direct Link between Human Neural Stem Cells and Restored Motor Function in Spinal Cord Injured Mice; StemCells Inc.'s Adult Human Neural Stem Cells Regenerate Protective Layer Around Nerves Following Spinal Cord Injury
Business Wire
19 September 2005
PALO ALTO, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Sept. 19, 2005 - StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEM) today announced results of a published study that demonstrates that the Company's proprietary human neural stem cells restore the lost motor function of mice with spinal cord injuries.

Stem-Cell Pioneers Awarded U.S. Prize: Might be Step Toward Nobel. Scientific Colleagues Say Recognition for Two Researchers is Long Overdue
CanWest News Service
18 September 2005
As the two Canadians who discovered stem cells are awarded the biggest medical prize in the United States, one of them cautioned that there's no guarantee that stem cells will ever meet the enormous hopes people have pinned on them.

Bone Growing Success Geelong Leads the Way
Geelong Advertiser
17 September 2005
RESEARCHERS at the Geelong Hospital are using "reprogrammed" stem cells to grow bone, paving the way for much stronger and more durable artificial joints.

Mouse Stem Cells Used to Repair Sheep Hearts
Reuters News
15 September 2005
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Embryonic stem cell research moved a step forward on Friday as French scientists reported they had used master cells from mice to repair heart damage in sheep.

Imperial College London; Scientists Make First Step Toward Growing Human Lungs for Transplant
Biotech Week
14 September 2005
2005 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have successfully converted human embryonic stem cells into lung cells, taking a first step toward building human lungs for transplantation.

Harvard University; Researchers Devise New Technique for Creating Human Stem Cells
Biotech Week
14 September 2005
2005 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have developed a new technique for creating human embryonic stem cells by fusing adult somatic cells with embryonic stem cells. The fusion causes the adult cells to undergo genetic reprogramming, which results in cells that have the developmental characteristics of human embryonic stem cells.

Kyoto University Researchers Find Stem Cells in Human Heart
Kyodo News International
12 September 2005
Stem cells have been discovered in human heart tissue and separated off, a finding which may pave the way for treating patients whose heart muscle has been damaged due to heart ailment, a Kyoto University research team said Friday.

Italy to Set Up Major Stem Cell Research Center
Xinhua News Agency
12 September 2005
ROME, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Before the end of next year the Italian central city Pisa will become the home to a major center for stem cell research and regenerative medicine, Italian local media reported on Monday.

Coronary Artery Bypass; Stem Cells With Heart Bypass Surgery Trial to Begin
Cardiovascular Week
12 September 2005
2005 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has been granted approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a clinical trial to determine the safety and feasibility of injecting a patient's own bone marrow-derived stem cells directly into the heart during conventional heart bypass surgery.

Stem Cells Found in Human Heart
Daily Yomiuri
09 September 2005
Stem cells have been discovered in human heart tissue for the first time, according to a Kyoto University research team.

Stem Cell Media Advisory: Leaders in Adult Stem Cells Derived from Fat to Hold News Conference
Business Wire
08 September 2005
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Sept. 8, 2005 - The growing therapeutic role of adult stem cells derived from adipose, also known as fat tissue, will be highlighted at a news conference to be held Monday, September 12, 2005, 12:30-1:45 pm Eastern at the 2005 International Fat Applied Technology Society (IFATS) scientific meeting in Charlottesville, VA.

Type 1 Diabetes; Researchers Make "embryonic-like" Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord Blood
Blood Weekly
08 September 2005
2005 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- A breakthrough in human stem cell research, producing embryonic-like cells from umbilical cord blood may substantially speed up the development of treatments for life-threatening illnesses, injuries and disabilities.

New Stem Cell Techniques Could Allay Bush Opposition. Researchers Arrrive for Israeli Medical Ethics Conference
The Jerusalem Post
06 September 2005
A novel way to generate new embryonic stem cells (ESCs) without using spare human embryos left over from in- vitro fertilization may overturn opposition among conservatives in the Bush administration to providing federal funds for research into the therapeutic use of ESCs, suggests a husband-and-wife team from Columbia University who have arrived in Israel.

Stem Cell Help Treat Cancer
Augusta Chronicle
06 September 2005
It seemed to Darlene Wilson as though her body were rebelling against her. Her legs and feet swelled massively to the point that they became so painful she couldn't walk. Her legs also broke out in sores and had to be swathed in bandages.

New Mothers Save Stem Cells to Protect Offspring
Independent Newspapers Ireland Ltd
05 September 2005
HUNDREDS of Irish women are now opting to freeze stem cells from the umbilical cord after giving birth as a revolutionary type of medical insurance policy in the event of their children becoming seriously ill in later life.

Adult Stem Cells from Fat Could Save Lives
Datamonitor News and Comment
05 September 2005
Scientists around the world have conducted a significant number of studies showing that adult stem cells from fat could eventually be used to treat injured or damaged tissues.

K-State Establishes New Institute to Study Stem Cells
M2 Presswire
02 September 2005
MANHATTAN -- Scientists at Kansas State University have established the Midwest Institute for Comparative Stem Cell Biology to expand research around stem cells derived from the umbilical cord matrix after birth.

Stem Cells - Umbilical Cord Offers New Hope
Medical News
01 September 2005
Scientists believe that they could produce embryonic-like stem cells from umbilical cord blood in order to treat people with diseases.

Pitt Researchers to Conduct Trial Using Patient's Own Bone Marrow-derived Stem Cells in Heart Bypass Surgery
Transplant Communications, Inc.
31 August 2005
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) have received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a clinical trial to determine the safety and feasibility of injecting a patient's own bone marrow-derived stem cells into the heart during conventional heart bypass surgery.

Stem Cells Taken from Child's Umbilical Cord
The Irish Times
31 August 2005
Stem cells have been taken from the umbilical cord of a boy born yesterday at a Co Derry hospital. They will be stored in case the baby has a serious disease later.

Cell Biology; Discarded Placentas Deliver Promising Cells Similar to Embryonic Stem Cells
Health & Medicine Week
29 August 2005
2005 AUG 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Routinely discarded as medical waste, placental tissue could feasibly provide an abundant source of cells with the same potential to treat diseases and regenerate tissues as their more controversial counterparts, embryonic stem cells, suggests a University of Pittsburgh study.

Tulane University Awarded $9.5M Grant to Study Use of Stem Cells in Treating Lung Diseases
New Orleans City Business
29 August 2005
The hardest part about being a 28-year old cystic fibrosis survivor is watching most of your friends die, says Wendy Nakka.

Evans: Government has Obligation to Stem Cell Research
The State Journal-Register
28 August 2005
When Joan Blessington Snyder saw stem cells at a lab at Bradley University in Peoria, her internal debate about using them for research was settled.

A Boon for Cord Blood
The Arizona Daily Star
25 August 2005
The recent discovery of "embryonic- like" stem cells in umbilical cord blood could be a big boost to a company that operates a cord- blood storage center in Tucson.

A Long Way To Go, But Stem-Cell News Promising
The Knoxville News-Sentinel
24 August 2005
Harvard scientists have announced a breakthrough that could short- circuit the divisive national debate over embryonic stem-cell research.

Hybrid Stem Cells Created in U.S.: Research May Lead to Rejection-Free Transplants
The Canadian Press
23 August 2005
Researchers at Harvard University have managed to reprogram adult skin and bone cells, teaching them how to revert to embryonic stem cells with all the potential for therapeutic regeneration those progenitor cells hold.

Senate Still Poised to Loosen Bush's Restrictions on Stem Cell
Associated Press Newswires
23 August 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stem cell science may be advancing, but not fast or far enough to break the standoff between President Bush and Congress over federal funding for research that destroys human embryos.

Korean Research Team Reveals Renewal Mechanism of Neural Stem Cells
Dong-A Ilbo Daily
23 August 2005
A Korean research team has revealed for the first time a genetic mechanism which will be able to revive dying neural stem cells. This discovery is expected to highly benefit the development of cures for degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.

Rep. Degette Issues Statement on Skin Cells converted to Stem Cells Research
Hindustan Times
22 August 2005
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. (1st CD), issued the following statement:

Researchers `Turn Back Clock,' Reverting Adult Cell to Embryonic Stem Cell
The Canadian Press
22 August 2005
TORONTO (CP) - Researchers at Harvard University have managed to reprogram adult skin and bone cells, teaching them how to revert to embryonic stem cells with all the potential for therapeutic regeneration those progenitor cells hold.

Largest Cord Blood Bank Highlights Recent Discovery of "Embryonic-like" Stem cells in Umbilical Cord Blood
PRNewswire
22 August 2005
SAN BRUNO, Calif., (August 22, 2005) /PRNewswire/--The recent groundbreaking finding of "embryonic-like" stem cells in umbilical cord blood could dramatically speed up the discovery of improved treatments for conditions such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, and spinal cord injury.

UPDATE: Scientists See Potential Stem Cell Breakthrough
Dow Jones International News
22 August 2005
WASHINGTON (AP)--Harvard scientists announced they've discovered a way to fuse adult skin cells with embryonic stem cells, a promising and dramatic breakthrough that could lead to the creation of useful stem cells without first having to create and destroy human embryos.

Advance Made in Stem-Cell Debate ; Cord Blood Looks Promising
The Washington Times
20 August 2005
A team of Texas and British researchers says it has produced large amounts of embryoniclike stem cells from umbilical cord blood, potentially ending the ethical debate affecting stem-cell research - the need to kill human embryos.

New Source of Stem Cells Could Mute Ethical Fight ; Researchers Use Umbilical-cord Blood
The Houston Chronicle
19 August 2005
A team of Texas and British researchers says it has produced large amounts of embryoniclike stem cells from umbilical cord blood, potentially ending the ethical debate affecting stem-cell research - the need to kill human embryos.

Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood May Solve Ethical Dilemma
The Press Trust of India Limited
19 August 2005
Houston, Aug 19 (PTI) In a significant step forward in stem cell research, scientists have produced embryonic-like stem cells from umbilical cord blood, possibly providing physicians with an ethical and reliable source of human stem cells for the first time.

Umbilical Stem Cell Breakthrough
The Australian
19 August 2005
A NEW type of cell discovered in umbilical-cord blood promises to overcome the ethical and legal dilemmas surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells.

Foetal Skin Used to Treat Burns
Evening Times
18 August 2005
SKIN from an aborted foetus has been used to treat children with burns in one of two breakthroughs in human cell technology.

STANFORD / Shaggy-haired Mice Aid Cell-aging Research / Unexpected Results Hint at New Ways of Looking at Stem Cells
The San Francisco Chronicle
18 August 2005
Stanford University biologists have created a strain of long- haired laboratory mice that suggest a surprising new role for an enzyme already linked to aging and cancer.

British Scientists Grow Stem Cells from Blood
Guardian & Observer
18 August 2005
Using technology developed for experiments on the International Space Station, British scientists have managed to grow human embryonic stem cells from umbilical cord blood, and turn them into human liver tissue.

Growing Foetus Cells Could Start Treatment
The Times
18 August 2005
STEM cells from growing foetuses can infiltrate the mother's brain and start to form new tissue, research in mice has shown.

New Technology Could Lead to Alzheimer's Cure
Dong-A Ilbo Daily
18 August 2005
New technology for mass-producing nerve stem cells, which can grow into all kinds of nerve cells, has been developed.

Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation; UCBT for Heatstroke Resuscitation Reduces Shock and Ischemic Injury
Blood Weekly
18 August 2005
2005 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Umbilical cord blood transplantation for heatstroke resuscitation reduces shock and ischemic injury.

Scottish Scientists Grow Human Brain Cells in World First
The Scotsman
17 August 2005
HUMAN brain cells have been grown artificially in the laboratory in a world first for Scottish scientists.

Brain-Cell Breakthrough
Scottish Daily Record
17 August 2005
SCIENTISTS yesterday claimed they had created the world"s first brain tissue made from human stem cells.

PALL CORP - Pall Systems Play Key Role in Landmark NIH Study on Cord Blood
Market News Publishing
17 August 2005
As cord blood increasingly takes front and center stage as a critical source of stem cells for transplants, it has driven the need for consistent quality standards to ensure the safety and efficacy of this life-saving therapy.

Johns Hopkins University; Stem Cell Therapy Successfully Treats Heart Attack in Animals
Biotech Week
17 August 2005
2005 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Final results of a study conducted at Johns Hopkins show that stem cell therapy can be used effectively to treat heart attacks, or myocardial infarction, in pigs.

Stem Cell Breakthrough Gives Hope on Brain Disease
The Evening Standard
16 August 2005
A RESEARCH breakthrough revealed today could lead to treatments for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

$9.5M Fed Grant Funds Stem Cell Research at Tulane Center for Gene Therapy
New Orleans CityBusiness
15 August 2005
The Tulane Center for Gene Therapy received a $9.5 million grant to study the use of adult stem cells for lung diseases.

Stem Cells Give Twins Hope Shots Battle Cerebral Palsy, but are Costly
The Baton Rouge Advocate
15 August 2005
LAFAYETTE - Just a little more than a year ago, 9-year-old Tyler Frye could say only two or three words at a time.

Neuroscience; Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough for Neurodegenerative Diseases Reported
Biotech Business Week
15 August 2005
2005 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI) announced a breakthrough in the development of adult stem cell therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.

Blood Stem Cells Make a Better Cure for Leukaemia
New Scientist
13 August 2005
CHILDREN with leukaemia are more likely to survive if their chemotherapy is topped up with an injection of blood stem cells.

Bill Would Make State ; Stem-Cell Research Hub
Greensboro News & Record
12 August 2005
RALEIGH -- North Carolina would join a few states in funding research on human stem cells, including those referred to as embryonic stem cells, under legislation sponsored by a Guilford County member of the General Assembly.

Top Biologist Hired to Study Stem Cells; Mac Gets Hotly Pursued Researcher
The Hamilton Spectator
11 August 2005
McMaster University has assembled the most expensive package in its history to recruit a young stem-cell researcher who was hotly pursued by top U.S. schools.

New Approach to Corneal Disorder
The Hindu
11 August 2005
Stem cells cultivated on a synthetic material for transplant.

NIH Selects Burnham Institute for Exploratory Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research; $3 Million Grant Will Support Pilot Projects, Core Facilities, Training
Ascribe News
09 August 2005
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- The Burnham Institute will receive $3 M over the next three years from the National Institutes of Health ("NIH") to develop an "Exploratory Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research".

NIGMS Funds New Stem Cell Centers Focus on Basic Biology, Training Scientists
National Institutes of Health Documents
09 August 2005
Human embryonic stem cells have properties that make them uniquely valuable for studying virtually any cellular process. Despite their promise for research and therapeutic purposes, stem cells are difficult to grow in the laboratory and scientists do not know how to reliably direct them to become a specific cell type.

Cord Blood May Help Transplant Patients
Pacific Sunday News
07 August 2005
Insurance, in the form of cryogenically frozen blood from an umbilical cord, is now an available option for more people on Guam.

Sen. Frist's Speech on Stem Cells
The Sacramento Bee
07 August 2005
Since 2001 when stem cell research first captured our nation's attention, I've said many times the issue will have to be reviewed on an ongoing basis - and not just because the science holds tremendous promise, or because it's developing with breathtaking speed. Indeed, stem cell research presents the first major moral and ethical challenge to biomedical research in the 21st century.

Possible New Stem-Cell Source
Irish Times
06 August 2005
US: Scientists looking for easier and less controversial alternatives to stem cells from human embryos said yesterday they had found a potential source in placentas saved during childbirth.

Soldier's Stem Cells Enlisted in Cancer Fight Dallas: Before Heading Back to Iraq, he Helps Fortify Sister's Defenses
The Dallas Morning News
06 August 2005
If the Army gave out medals for a brother's love, Sam Negus' uniform would sag under the weight of them.

Tulane Given Grant for Stem Cell Research ; Scientists to Develop Genetic Treatments
Times-Picayune
05 August 2005
Tulane University's Center for Gene Therapy has received a $9.5 million federal grant to develop treatments using adult stem cells for emphysema, cystic fibrosis and asbestos-related lung disease.

Option to Stem Cells Found
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
05 August 2005
Aug. 5--University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that one type of cell in the human placenta has characteristics that are strikingly similar to embryonic stem cells in their ability to regenerate a wide variety of tissues.

Diabetes Complications; Cord Blood-Derived Progenitor Cells Reverse Diabetic Neuropathy
Angiogenesis Weekly
05 August 2005
2005 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cord blood-derived progenitor cells reverse diabetic neuropathy.

Stem-Cell Bill Proposed
Orlando Sentinel
04 August 2005
TALLAHASSEE -- Under a bill the Legislature could take up next year, Florida would promote and provide money for medical research using embryonic stem cells that would otherwise be discarded.

President Unwavering on Stem-Cell Research ; Bush Upbeat About Iraq and Recent Bills Passed Before His Month Long Vacation
The Post Standard/Herald-Journal
03 August 2005
While empathizing with millions of Americans who hope embryonic stem cells will lead to cures for their diseases, President Bush refused Tuesday to back away from a threat to veto increased funding for stem cell research.

Stem Cell Research Progress in U.S.
TV World News Transcripts
03 August 2005
Doctors in the United States are reporting promising progress in attempts to repair blocked arteries in the heart and legs using injections of adult stem cells.

Stem Cell Therapy for Skin Developed
Korea Times
03 August 2005
A team of Korean scientists has developed a breakthrough technology to heal skin damage, such as a burn injuries, by transplanting skin cells enriched from stem cells.

Master Regulatory Gene Found That Guides Fate of Blood-Producing Stem Cells; Discovery May Lead to New Therapies For Leukemia, Other Blood Disorders
Ascribe News
02 August 2005
PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that a protein called NF-Ya activates several genes known to regulate the development of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), or blood-producing stem cells, in bone marrow.

U of L Study Shows Stem Cells May Help With Spinal Cord Injury
The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY
01 August 2005
Keith Becht, 43, of Floyds Knobs, Ind., was going to pick up a volleyball when he fell over a fence at a friend's house and hit the ground face-first 21 years ago.

Frist's Backing Changes Debate on Stem Cells
The Tennessean
30 July 2005
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said yesterday that he would support legislation to expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, breaking with President Bush, who told the senator to "vote your conscience" but who held to his veto threat.

What Are Stem Cells?
Gannett News Service
30 July 2005
Stem cells are the body's building blocks, root cells capable of developing into many other types of cell -- bone, muscle or nerve tissue.

Sen. Coburn Introduces Pro-Science, Pro-life Stem Cell Reseacrh Legislation
Hindustan Times
29 July 2005
WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The office of Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., issued the following press release:

Easing Research Rules Could Make Thousands of Stem Cells Available
Associated Press Newswires
29 July 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - Easing restrictions on use of embryonic stem cells for research, urged Friday by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, could free up hundreds of thousands of cells for study.

Stem Cells from Skin May Help Save Lives; U of G Scientist Awed By Finding
Guelph Mercury
29 July 2005
It may be possible to create an early stage of life using the stem cells of skin tissue, a University of Guelph scientist has discovered.

Senate's Leader Veers From Bush Over Stem Cells
The New York Times
29 July 2005
WASHINGTON, July 28 -- In a break with President Bush, the Senate Republican leader, Bill Frist, has decided to support a bill to expand federal financing for embryonic stem cell research, a move that could push it closer to passage and force a confrontation with the White House, which is threatening to veto the measure.

Sen. Leader Breaks with Bush on Stem Cells -Report
Reuters News
29 July 2005
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - In a rare break with U.S. President George W. Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will throw his support behind a bill to expand research on stem cells derived from human embryos, The New York Times reported on Friday

Sen. Brownback Highlights Versatility of Adult Stem Cells
US Fed News
28 July 2005
WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The office of Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., issued the following press release:

Study Links Stem Cells In Marrow To Fertility
The New York Times
28 July 2005
Women may possess a hidden cache of stem cells in the bone marrow that constantly replenish the ovaries with new eggs, a new study suggests.

Blood Banking; Quality Issues Found in Banked Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells for Transplant
Blood Weekly
28 July 2005
2005 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com) -- Quality issues are found in banked umbilical cord blood stem cells for transplantation.

Swedish Stem Cell Researchers Create New Brain Cells
Agence France Presse
27 July 2005
Swedish researchers have created new functioning brain cells from stem cells drawn from the brains of living adults, sparking hope that effective treatments for devastating illnesses like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's could be at hand, media reported on Wednesday.

American Diabetes Association; Diabetes Group Urges Senate Action on Stem Cell Research Legislation
Biotech Week
27 July 2005
2005 JUL 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- The American Diabetes Association (the Association) urged the U.S. Senate to take up and pass the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005" (S.471), legislation that would accelerate stem cell research by easing existing restrictions and supporting research that uses embryonic stem cells.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Study Finds Adult Stem Cells Show Same Ability to Self-Renew as Embryonic
Biotech Week
27 July 2005
2005 JUL 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- In a ground-breaking study, scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have discovered that adult, or post-natal, stem cells have the same ability as embryonic stem cells to multiply, a previously unknown characteristic, indicating that post-natal stem cells may play an important therapeutic role.

Stem Cells: Catholic Grant for Adult Cell Research Cell
ANSA - English Media Service
26 July 2005
(ANSA) - SYDNEY, July 26 - The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney said on Tuesday it would grant 100,000 Australian dollars (about 60,000 euro) towards research on the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells.

Combination Therapy Leads to Partial Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
National Institutes of Health Documents
26 July 2005
Combining partially differentiated stem cells with gene therapy can promote the growth of new "insulation" around nerve fibers in the damaged spinal cords of rats, a new study shows. The treatment, which mimics the activity of two nerve growth factors, also improves the animals' motor function and electrical conduction from the brain to the leg muscles. The finding may eventually lead to new ways of treating spinal cord injury in humans. The study was funded in part by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Gene Engineered Stem Cells Heal Rat Spines -Study
Reuters News
26 July 2005
WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - Genetically engineered stem cells can help rats' severed spinal cords grow back together, according to a study published on Tuesday.

Research May Lead to Cures for Heart Attacks and Brittle Bones
The Scotsman
26 July 2005
CURES for heart attacks, liver disease, brittle bones and other conditions are about to enter clinical trials, according to research published today.

Stem Cell Therapy Successfully Treats Heart Attack in Animals; Two Patients Enrolled in Phase I Clinical Trials at Johns Hopkins
Ascribe News
25 July 2005
BALTIMORE -- Final results of a study conducted at Johns Hopkins show that stem cell therapy can be used effectively to treat heart attacks, or myocardial infarction, in pigs. In just two months, stem cells harvested from another pig's bone marrow and injected into the animal's damaged heart restored heart function and repaired damaged heart muscle by 50 percent to 75 percent.

Safety of Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Attacks to be Tested in People
Associated Press Writer
25 July 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - A clinical trial to test the safety of treating heart attack damage with stem cells is about to get under way, following a study that showed the therapy helped in pigs.

Bangalore Hospital Finds Treatment for Blindness Through Human Foetus
Hindustan Times
25 July 2005
Bangalore, July 25 (ANI): In a significant research conducted for the treatment of blindness, a Bangalore-based Hospital has discovered means of treating blindness using stem cells derived out of aborted foetus.

Adult Stem Cells Tested as Fracture Treatment UNMC Joins a Study that Could Eliminate Painful Bone-grafting Procedures.
Omaha World-Herald
23 July 2005
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has become the fifth site in the United States participating in a clinical trial to determine whether special adult stem cells can help aid the healing of severe fractures.

Evidence Boosts Stem Cells' Promise / With Patient's Own Cells, Heart Vessels and Tissue Show Mending
Houston Chronicle
22 July 2005
Local scientists are reporting new evidence of the effectiveness of treating congestive heart failure with a patient's own stem cells.

Wealthy Indians Banking on Stem Cells
Straits Times
21 July 2005
They are forking out thousands of dollars to store cord blood as health insurance for their kids

`Future of Medicine' on Display / Teachers Get Rare Look at Stem Cells and Say They'll Take Newfound Lab Skills Back to Classrooms
Houston Chronicle
20 July 2005
Fourteen Houston-area schoolteachers got their first look ever at embryonic stem cells Tuesday as part of their weeklong laboratory skills training with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Stem Cells Offer New Hope to Sufferers
The Liverpool Daily Post
19 July 2005
STEM cells are the building blocks for every tissue and organ in the body.

Aussie Finds Stem Cells in Uterus
Australian Associated Press
19 July 2005
An Australian scientist's discovery that adult stem cells in the uterus can be used to grow bone, muscle, fat and cartilage has been hailed as a break-through.

Scientists Develop New Technology to Grow Blood Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells
Biotech Business Week
18 July 2005
2005 JUL 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- The state government of Victoria, Australia, announced that Melbourne scientists at Monash University have developed a unique technology that can grow large numbers of blood cells from human embryonic stem cells.

STEM CELLS ... Could Treat Diabetes If Coaxed Onto That Path
Biotech Business Week
17 July 2005
SAN FRANCISCO - Diabetes is one of the most promising targets of stem cell research. People with this disease have problems with insulin, a hormone in the pancreas that regulates blood sugar levels. Patients have poorly functioning or too few insulin-producing cells, known as beta cells.

Brain Power
Science News
16 July 2005
Stem cells put a check on nerve disorders

Panel OKs Using Primates in Study
San Jose Mercury News
16 July 2005
SAN JOSE, Calif. - An influential group of bioethicists has given the go-ahead to future research that would introduce human neural stem cells into the brains of our primate cousins, but the group also outlined strict ethical boundaries.

Stem Cell Research; Gene Signatures in Adult and Cord Blood-Derived Mast Cells are Different
Drug Week
15 July 2005
2005 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Gene signatures in adult and cord blood-derived mast cells are different.

Stem Cell Bank Opens In St.Petersburg
Interfax News Service
14 July 2005
ST. PETERSBURG. July 14 (Interfax) - The first stem cell bank will be created in St. Petersburg this year, professor of the St. Petersburg State Medical University Vladimir Davydenko said.

Actor Fox Makes Plea for Research; He Stumps on Capitol Hill for Bill Expanding Use of Embryonic Stem Cells
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
14 July 2005
Washington Actor Michael J. Fox brought his star power to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to tout a bill to expand federal research into human embryonic stem cells.

Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research Says Passage of H.R. 810 Critical for Patients and Science Alternative Means of Deriving Stem Cells From Embryos is Unproven and Could Delay or Set Back Benefits of Research
PR Newswire (U.S.)
13 July 2005
WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Senate passage of H.R. 810 would be the surest way to bring the humanitarian benefits of stem cell research to millions of Americans suffering from diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer, heart disease and many other serious illnesses, a non-profit coalition of 95 patient groups, medical organizations, and academic medical centers said today.

Young Lives Get a Fighting Chance ; Umbilical Cord Blood Offers Hope for Children with Rare Disorders
USA Today
13 July 2005
As her newborn sister was having groundbreaking treatment for a rare genetic disorder that also had ravaged their brother's brain, 5- year-old Katie Kristoff had one question for her parents:

Stem Cells May Protect Brain, Nervous System - Study
Reuters News
13 July 2005
MILAN, July 13 (Reuters) - Stem cells may protect the brain and nervous system against damage from tumours and conditions such as multiple sclerosis, researchers at Milan's San Raffaele Scientific Institute found.

Stem Cell Alternatives Put Forth
USA Today
13 July 2005
WASHINGTON -- The Senate heard details Tuesday of potential new ways to obtain embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos. Some scientists and others called the techniques unproven and an attempt to derail efforts at expanding federal funding into the research.

Senators Urge Change in Stem Cell Rules
Associated Press Writer
13 July 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators who want the public to pay for human embryonic stem cell studies said Tuesday that Congress must first pass legislation to lift President Bush's restrictions on such research before paying for unproven alternative methods favored by conservatives.

UCSF Sets Pace on Stem Cells
Contra Costa Times
12 July 2005
Jul. 12--SAN FRANCISCO -- In 1981, UC San Francisco biologist Gail Martin isolated some remarkable cells from a mouse embryo. She named them "stem cells" because nearly every type of cell seemed to stem from them.

$10 million Grant to Focus on Stem Cell Research
Associated Press Newswires
12 July 2005
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich issued an executive order Tuesday that directs $10 million in state money to be used for stem cell research, including embryonic stem cells.

Senate Stem-Cell-Study Backers Weigh Alternative Methods
Dow Jones International News
12 July 2005
WASHINGTON (AP)--U.S. senators who want the public to pay for human embryonic stem cell studies said Tuesday that Congress must first pass legislation to lift President Bush's restrictions on such research before paying for unproven alternative methods favored by conservatives.

Republican Senator Plans to Show His Anger Over Bush's Stem Cell Restrictions
Associated Press Writer
12 July 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican senator who is suffering from cancer said he plans to take public his anger over the government's restrictions on funding for studies on human embryonic stem cells.

Stem Cell Research; MIT Tissue Engineers Implant Viable, Vascularized 3-D Muscles
Science Letter
12 July 2005
2005 JUL 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- MIT tissue engineers implant viable, vascularized 3-D muscles derived from human embryonic stem cells.

Female Infertility; Eggs from Embryonic Stem Cells Could Benefit Sterile Women
Science Letter
12 July 2005
2005 JUL 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Australia have developed a process that causes embryonic stem (ES) cells to develop into ovarian structures containing eggs.

Singapore Biotech Firm Discovers New Source of Stem Cells
PR Newswire (U.S.)
11 July 2005
SINGAPORE, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- CellResearch Corporation in Singapore and its team of scientists, headed by Chief Scientist, Dr Phan Toan Thang, have recently made a revolutionary discovery: that the outer lining of the umbilical cord is a rich source of stem cells.

Stem Cell Research; Scientist Use Gene Therapy to Prevent Arrhythmias from Stem Cell Transplants
Cardiovascular Week
11 July 2005
2005 JUL 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins believe they have figured a way around a persistent barrier to successful adult stem cell therapy for millions of Americans who have survived a heart attack but remain at risk of dying from chronic heart failure.

Embryo Research Favored in Survey
The Daily Oklahoman
09 July 2005
A majority of Americans "58 percent" support the use of of embryonic stem cells in medical research, according to a new survey conducted by Research!America and Parade magazine.

Umbilical-Cord Blood: Lifeline or Hype?
Fort Collins Coloradoan
06 July 2005
When Debra and Mark Holmes sent their son's umbilical-cord blood to be cryogenically frozen, they banked on the life-saving promise of stem cells.

Banking on Blood Stem Cells
The Hartford Courant
06 July 2005
Congress may be divided on the merits of embryonic stem cell research, but lawmakers apparently agree on the technology's potential. The House deserves credit for passing a measure 431-1 that would set up a national registry of umbilical cord blood to make the stem cells it contains available for research and medical treatment.

Umbilical Cord New Source of Stem Cells
Hindustan Times
05 July 2005
Bhubaneswar, July 5 -- Scientists in Singapore have found a new source of stem cells used to create new tissues and treat diseases - the umbilical cord.

Tales of the Tape: U.S. Struggles To Compete In Stem Cells
Dow Jones News Service
05 July 2005
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Earlier this year, 10 patients suffering from congestive cardiac failure received injections of fetal-derived stem cells directly into their hearts at a hospital in Ecuador.

Common Ground On Stem Cells? ; Senators Seek Consensus Bill
Roll Call
05 July 2005
A group of Republican Senators is working quietly on new embryonic stem-cell legislation intended to appease scientists while also avoiding a potentially politically damaging presidential veto.

South Korean Firm Plans Hospital for Stem Cell Therapy
Agence France Presse
05 July 2005
A South Korea medical company said Tuesday it plans to open the world's first hospital exclusively providing treatment using stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood.

Cells From 'Donor Babies' Save Lives
Daily Mail
05 July 2005
DOCTORS have used stem cells from donated umbilical cords to help cure babies as young as a week old who are suffering from potentially fatal diseases of the immune system.

Stem Cells Taken to Intermediate Step
Newsday
04 July 2005
Scientists in Manhattan have found a new way to exploit stem cells, coaxing them to morph into advanced descendant cells that ultimately can be used to replace diseased tissue.

Cardiology; Small Study Shows Advanced Heart Failure Patients Improve with Stem Cell Therapy
Cardiovascular Week
04 July 2005
2005 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients with advanced heart failure significantly improved after receiving stem cell therapy, according to results of a small clinical trial presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS).

Stem Cells Changed
Townsville Bulletin
02 July 2005
A TEAM of South Korean scientists said yesterday they had developed an efficient way of triggering stem cells to transform into specialist cells that help the body repair itself.

Grey Hair Holds Hope in Skin Cancer.(Science Desk)
Alternatives Journal
01 July 2005
PARENTS MAY NO LONGER be able to blame their teenagers for those silver strands: A new study in Science has gotten to the root of greying hair.

Dog Heart Stem Cells Fix Heart Attacks
Drug Discovery and Development
01 July 2005
Researchers recently conducted a study where stem cells in the hearts of dogs were activated by a combination of growth factors to repair tissue damaged by a heart attack [K. Urbanek et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., vol. 102, pp. 8692–8697 (2005)]

Rep. Langevin Opens Stem Cells Dialogue with White House
US Fed News
01 July 2005
WARWICK, R.I., July 1 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I. (2nd CD), issued the following press release:

Repairing Damaged Eyes: Stem Cell Research is Giving Fresh Hope to the Blind
CanWest News Service
30 June 2005
For those with macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosis, stem cells hold the only hope of regaining their sight.

Health Committee Approves Reed Bill to Increase Access to Bone Marrow, Cord Blood Cell Transplants
US Fed News
29 June 2005
The Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has approved legislation introduced by Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) that will increase access to bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants and establish a scientific research database. The bill is now scheduled to be debated on the floor of the Senate.

Sen Enzi Says Approval of Cord Blood Bill Offers New Hope for Treatment of Devastating Illness
US Fed News
29 June 2005
A U.S. Senate Committee chaired by Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., approved a bill today designed to expand access to life-saving therapies for many Americans facing devastating illnesses such as leukemia.

Fund-raisers Joining with Researchers to Advance Stem Cells
The Star-Ledger
28 June 2005
Leaders of a New Jersey nonprofit foundation committed to raising funds for stem cell research said yesterday they have persuaded four institutions to join as partners, giving them the heft and research cachet necessary to attract private donors.

American Diabetes Association Urges Fast Senate Action on Stem Cell Research Legislation S. 471 Will Expand Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Help Advance Search for Better Treatment and a Cure for Diabetes
PR Newswire (U.S.)
28 June 2005
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Diabetes Association (the Association) today urged the U.S. Senate to take up and pass the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005" (S.471), legislation that would accelerate stem cell research by easing existing restrictions and supporting research that uses embryonic stem cells.

Stem Cell Debate Hits Close to Home in House, Senate
Chicago Tribune
27 June 2005
Sen. Gordon Smith, the Oregon Republican with the starched white collars and the pocket kerchiefs, is someone President Bush typically can count on.

Disease-proof Deposit: Umbilical Cord in Banks
Hindustan Times
26 June 2005
NEW DELHI, India, June 26 -- Geeta Gujral has an unusual gift for her first grandchild: the newborn's umbilical cord stem cells will be saved for use against possible future disease. Investment banker Jatin Bery too got his son's cord stem cells banked as an ultimate health safeguard for his firstborn two months ago.

Pros, Cons of Cord Blood Banking
Monterey County Herald
26 June 2005
Q: My wife is due in three months and we've seen ads and fliers for cord blood banking. Several of our friends have signed up for it. Is it really worthwhile?

North Carolina Researchers Say They Have Isolated, Expanded Stem Cells
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
24 June 2005
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine said yesterday that they have successfully isolated stem cells from human skin, expanded them in the laboratory and coaxed them into becoming fat, muscle and bone cells.

Liu Making No Bones on Marrow Need
New York Daily News
24 June 2005
AN EVER-GROWING need for bone marrow in the Asian-American community has spurred a Queens councilman to action.

Stem Cells Might Fix Damage
Knight Ridder Newspapers
24 June 2005
IRVINE, Calif. Researchers have identified the potential forr adult stem cells in the nervous system to regenerate and possibly repair damaged areas of the retina and brain.

Researchers Grow Stem Cells from Human Skin
Hindustan Times
23 June 2005
Washington, June 23 -- Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have successfully isolated stem cells from human skin, expanded them in the laboratory and coaxed them into becoming fat, muscle and bone cells.

Breakthrough Study at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Finds Adult Stem Cells Show Same Ability to Self-Renew as Embryonic
PR Newswire (U.S.)
23 June 2005
In a ground-breaking study, scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have discovered that adult, or post- natal, stem cells have the same ability as embryonic stem cells to multiply, a previously unknown characteristic indicating that post-natal stem cells may play an important therapeutic role.

Bone Tissues Grow in Mice from Human-deprived Stem Cells
The Korea Herald
23 June 2005
The stem cell-based tissue engineering, which is based on the stem cell's ability to regenerate or repair bone, blood and skin, has been wildly sought after by researchers globally, seen as holding crucial opportunities to treat various disorders.

2 Boca Teens Lobby in D.C for Stem-Cell Research
The Palm Beach Post
22 June 2005
Juvenile diabetes patients' pancreatic cells fail to produce insulin, which regulates the body's blood sugar. Medical experts are uncertain what causes juvenile diabetes, and there is no known cure. More than 1.3 million Americans live with the disease.

Stem Cells a Key to Elder Frailties
Newsday
22 June 2005
Their work, online in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the latest evidence that an age-related decline in immune-system performance is responsible for many frailties in the elderly.

Stem Cell Treatment Made Real Difference
Derby Evening Telegraph
21 June 2005
The prognosis was 12 to 18 months. But then the team treating Graham Sheard's cancer decided to draw on a powerful ally - a stem cell technique. Here he talks about his experience of the treatment and his hope that it will be developed to fight other diseases.

Campaign Urges Jews to Help Build Stem Cell Pool; Mothers Who Donate Umbilical Cord Blood Could Save Many Lives
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
21 June 2005
A stem cell donor agency in Boca Raton is launching a campaign to encourage Jews throughout South Florida to donate their newborn babies' umbilical cord blood to be used to develop treatments for some cancers and blood disorders.

Stem Cell Funds Launch a Scientific Gold Rush
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
21 June 2005
When the Bush administration imposed strict limits on government funding for human embryonic stem cell research in 2001, it sparked fear of a "brain drain" of researchers fleeing the country in search of a better climate for their work.

Baby Siblings, Medical Saviors / Oakland Hospital Takes on Clear- Cut Cases of Sick Older Kids
The San Francisco Chronicle
21 June 2005
Next month, after Eunice's first birthday, blood drawn from her umbilical cord at birth will be injected into 8-year-old Isaac's vein at Children's Hospital Oakland in the hope of replacing his ailing bone marrow and curing him of the red-blood-cell disorder that requires monthly blood transfusions and would cut short his life.

Stem Cell Transplant Succeeds in Curing Kidney Failure in Rats
Mainichi Daily News
21 June 2005
A research team led by the University of Tokyo has succeeded in curing renal failure in rats by transplanting somatic stem cells of kidneys from healthy rats.

Interview: Mary Tyler Moore Talks About Her Efforts to Get Congress to Allow the Release of More Stem Cells so that Type I Diabetes Research Can Proceed
CBS News: The Early Show
20 June 2005
Emmy Award-winning actress Mary Tyler Moore is one of America's most-beloved television stars, but besides acting she has devoted much of her time and talents to something close to her heart. For more than 20 years, she's been the international chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. And later today, she's gonna be on Capitol Hill to bring attention to that cause. And she is with us this morning.

South Shore girl, 13, to Lobby Congress; Juvenile Diabetes
The Patriot Ledger
20 June 2005
"With diabetes you never get a break," said Lauren, now 13, "I'm so sick of living with it, and I've only had it for eight years. I just want to be a kid."

Is It Worth Banking Your Baby's Cord Blood? / Doctors Say Hard Sell of Hope is Deceptive
The San Francisco Chronicle
20 June 2005
When Lisa Recker was pregnant, she was inundated with ads touting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make the "best investment" in the future health of her child and her family: preserving the blood from her baby's umbilical cord.

The Other Stem Cells
The Boston Globe
20 June 2005
BALTIMORE As Congress spent hours passionately debating the merits and ethics of embryonic stem cell research, nearly 50 Osiris Therapeutics Inc. employees here continued their quiet work on less controversial adult stem cells.

Cord Blood For A Rainy Day
BusinessWeek
20 June 2005
The science of stem cells is confusing enough. But for some parents, it's also expensive. Worried their newborn might miss out on medical breakthroughs, parents are rushing to store blood from the umbilical cord. At Cord Blood Registry, the largest private storage bank, enrollments rose 120% in May over a year earlier

National Stem Cell Bank Would Help Save Lives, Doctors Say: Meeting of Physicians, Ethicists, Researchers Aims to Kick-start Cord-Blood Program
The Ottawa Citizen
19 June 2005
The potent cells, found in umbilical cords and discarded after birth, are proving valuable in the treatment of leukemia and a growing number of blood and genetic diseases, says Dr. Armand Keating, president of the Canadian Hematology Society and chief of medical services at Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital.

Specter's Moment Has Now Arrived Sick And 75, He's Determined Not to Miss It
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
19 June 2005
WASHINGTON -- After four months of rigorous chemotherapy to treat Hodgkin's disease, Sen. Arlen Specter's physical transformation has been dramatic.

Stem-Cells-Reagan
Broadcast News
17 June 2005
WASHINGTON -- Nancy Reagan is expected to get involved when the embryonic stem-cell debate nears a vote in the U-S Senate.

Australia Scientists Make Blood from Human Stem Cells
Reuters News
16 June 2005
MELBOURNE, June 16 (Reuters) - Australian scientists say they have found a way to make blood cells in volume out of human master cells, which could eventually lead to production of safe blood cells for transfusions and organ transplants.

Senate Leader Predicts Stem Cell Vote Within Month
Reuters News
15 June 2005
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Wednesday he hoped to have a vote within a month on the controversial issue of expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

Chuck: Cord Blood Should Get The OK
New York Daily News
14 June 2005
IT'S HIGH TIME the feds take umbilical-cord stem-cell treatment off the experimental list and make it an accepted procedure, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said yesterday.

Boy Doing Well After Stem-Cell Transplant
Roanoke Times & World News
14 June 2005
An ailing Roanoke teenager told a Web audience Sunday from a hospital in North Carolina that he has successfully completed a stem- cell transplant to try to reverse a bad case of Crohn's disease

Web Site a Resource for Cord-Blood Pros and Cons, Information
Knight Ridder Newspapers
14 June 2005
The site, maintained by Frances Verter, presents medical pros and cons to banking cord blood, details diseases treated with blood stem cells and provides descriptions of types of cord-blood banks. Also covered are regulations, research, costs, news reports and lots of other information and links.

Cord Blood Checks Fatal Infant Disease
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
14 June 2005
Doctors have found a way to use umbilical cord blood as a "poor man's gene therapy" to fix a rare but deadly inherited disease that strips babies' brain cells of their protective coating and routinely kills children by the time they are 2.

Bid for Cord Blood Banks
BY RIDGELY OCHS. STAFF WRITER
14 June 2005
Rafaello, whose acute lymphocytic leukemia is in remission, was on hand with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to promote Schumer's bill calling for a $200-million federal program that would set up umbilical cord blood banks nationwide.

With Over 6300 Long Island Residents Diagnosed With Blood Cancer, Sen. Schumer Announces New Life-Saving Umbilical Cord Blood Program
US Fed News
13 June 2005
Over the past five years, over 6300 people on Long Island have been diagnosed with blood cancer and could be saved by an umbilical cord blood cell transplant, Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced today. Schumer unveiled a new sweeping federal plan to coordinate the donation of umbilical cord blood, a viable and more accessible alternative to bone marrow.

Africa to Open First Human Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank
Xinhua News Agency
12 June 2005
JOHANNESBURG, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Africa's first human cord blood stem cell bank will be open for business in the South African coastal city of Cape Town from September 1 this year, according to a statement from Lazaron Biotechnologies on Sunday.

Stem Cell Clinical Trial Proves to Be Effective
Korea Times
11 June 2005
Korean scientists have succeeded in treating cerebral infarction and other blood vessel-related diseases through stem cell therapies.

Advanced Heart Failure Patients Significantly Improved After Being Injected with Fetal Stem Cells
Transplant News
10 June 2005
The small clinical trial, which was conducted at the Luis Vernaza Hospital in Guayaquil, Equador, shows that 30 days after receiving the stem cells, patients improved an average of 41% in their hearts' pumping efficiency and the distance they could walk nonstop increased by 72%.

Brazil Begins Major Stem Cell Study To Treat Heart Disease
Dow Jones International News
10 June 2005
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP)--Hundreds of patients suffering from serious heart disease began stem-cell treatment in three Brazilian cities Friday as the government kicked off a major research project. The health ministry said the $5.2 million study, involving 1,200 patients at 33 institutions, was the world's largest clinical trial involving stem cells.

Wis. Researchers Lobby Senate on Stem Cell Research
Gannett News Service
09 June 2005
WASHINGTON -- The science of stem cell research got its start at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Now, university researchers are appealing to the Senate to lift federal restrictions they say are hampering their effort to develop stem cell therapies for deadly diseases and crippling injuries.

ONLINE
The State (Columbia, SC)
09 June 2005
- Details diseases treated with blood stem cells.
- For most parents, cord-blood donation is not an option because the number of locations served by registries is limited. You have to decide if you feel strongly enough about saving your child's stem cells to pay for private storage.

From Limitless Options to One; Bethesda Family Hopes Procedure Halts Son's Rare Wasting Disease
The Washington Post
09 June 2005
It takes Peter Interdonato 30 minutes to mix the IV cocktail of drugs his son must have every six hours: hydralazine to control his blood pressure, Reglan to help him digest, methadone for pain. Then, a separate tube of multivitamin supplements.

Umbilical-Cord Blood has Potential to Save Cancer Patients lives, but Most is Discarded After Births; More Medical Groups Getting Involved in Building National Blood Bank
Knight Ridder Newspapers
09 June 2005
FORT WORTH, Texas - In typical toddlerr fashion, 1-year-old Noah Williams squirms and pulls away when his big brother tries to give him a bear hug proclaiming, "We've got the same blood, brother!"

Sen. Smith Holds Stem Cell Hearing
US Fed News
08 June 2005
Sen. Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today held a hearing to discuss new advances in embryonic stem cell research and the potential for treating diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Profile: Study Says Stem Cells in Baby Teeth May Be a Lifesaver
NBC News: Today
08 June 2005
We're back at 8:10. Well, apparently the Tooth Fairy might be onto something. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are announcing this morning that banking your child's baby teeth could possibly be a lifesaver some day soon. Dentist and medical reporter Dr. Christine Dumas is here to explain.

Some Investors Back Stem-Cell Funding
The Wall Street Journal
08 June 2005
PHILADELPHIA -- In the looming showdown between President Bush and Congress over federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, venture capitalists are rooting for Congress.

Study Shows Stem Cells Significantly Aid Heart Failure Patients
Datamonitor News and Comment
07 June 2005
Patients with advanced heart failure significantly improved after receiving stem cell therapy, according to results of a small clinical trial presented as late-breaking news at the annual meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Ted K Promises Senate Action on Stem Cell Measure
Boston Herald
07 June 2005
How important is stem cell research?
According to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), "there is nothing more important for us (in the Senate) to do right now" than pass a controversial bill expanding federal support for research using embryonic stem cells.

SACRAMENTO / State's Stem Cell Board Opposes Proposal for Increased Oversight
The San Francisco Chronicle
07 June 2005
Directors of the California Proposition 71 stem cell program met with state lawmakers Monday in hopes of scuttling a proposal to put stem cells back in front of the California electorate as soon as November -- legislation that some fear could kill the $3 billion research initiative.

New Life Can Bring New Hope Through Umbilical Cord Blood
Chicago Sun-Times
06 June 2005
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed and sent to the Senate legislation to add 150,000 units to the nation's cord blood banks, which now store about 40,000 units. The vote was 431-1. Each unit contains cord blood from one newborn. The more units in the nation's cord blood banks, the greater the chance a patient will find a match.

The New Oral Biology; Dental Experts Report on Latest Research atAmerican Dental Association National Media Conference in New York
U.S. Newswire
06 June 2005
Imagine a world where baby teeth can be banked for stem cells, tooth whiteners can strengthen and remineralize teeth, saliva can have the potential to diagnose "high-impact" diseases and gene therapy can regenerate bony facial tissue. Dental experts gather to report the latest research on these oral health topics at the American Dental Association's national media conference in New York City.

New Study Shows Stem Cell Value for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure
Wireless News
06 June 2005
Patients with advanced heart failure significantly improved after receiving stem cell therapy, according to results of a small clinical trial presented today at the annual meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS).

'WE'LL GO SOMEWHERE'
The Palm Beach Post
06 June 2005
Gary and Judy Susser believed that they had nothing to lose when they took their blind, quadriplegic toddler from Boca Raton to Tijuana, Mexico, for a stomach injection of umbilical-cord stem cells. One year later, the 4-year-old with cerebral palsy can see (with help), walk (with help) and talk (sporadically).

U. Utah: Scientists Discover Heart Stem Cells
Daily Utah Chronicle
06 June 2005
Scientists have discovered heart stem cells, providing both an exciting new method for treating heart disease and an alternative to the use of controversial embryonic stem cells.

Renewed Hope for Patients In Need of Life-Saving Rare Blood; NY Blood Center 'Precise Match Blood Donor Program' Receives Gift
U.S. Newswire
06 June 2005
NEW YORK, June 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Last month, Davina Daniels, single mother from Springfield Gardens, Queens, was critically ill due to her continued struggle against sickle cell disease, a debilitating blood disorder affecting one in 500 African Americans.

First Stem-Cell Implant in Cerebral Infarction Patient Reported in Argentina
Global Insight Daily Analysis
06 June 2005
A team of interventional cardiologists at the Institute of Sciences for the Health of the Argentine Foundation Don Roberto FernaĦndez Via has reportedly carried out a stem-cell implant in the brain of a patient who suffered a cerebral infarction.

'I'd be Happy to Just Stand' ; Paralyzed From a Car Accident, a Waverly Teen will Undergo Experimental Procedure
The State Journal-Register
05 June 2005
WAVERLY - Jacki Rabon loved to spike volleyballs or dive to make plays. She hoped her athletic ability would help land her a college scholarship.

Potential
Charleston Gazette
05 June 2005
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - From knee replacement to heart attack treatment, stem cells promise an inexhaustible supply of cells for repair purposes, says a University of Virginia researcher who helped write legislation passed by the U.S. House to expand stem cell research.

Poster May Boost Transplants
Waikato Times
04 June 2005
Te Waiora Waetford could become a poster boy for bone marrow transplants if the Bone Marrow Registry has its way.

Hwang Seeks Joint Research with Harvard
The Korea Herald
04 June 2005
Seoul National University scientist Hwang Woo-suk said he is talking with scientists at Harvard University of the United States on combining efforts for stem-cell research.

Umbilical Cord Bank Approved
Shanghai Daily
04 June 2005
The Shanghai Red Cross and the Shanghai Blood Center have won approval from the Ministry of Health to set up a public umbilical cord blood bank for people suffering from leukemia and immunity system diseases, officials from the two organizations said yesterday.

Stem Cell Trial Break for Sport
The Newcastle Herald
04 June 2005
A RADICAL stem cell treatment to be trialled on Hunter heart disease patients could also hold the key to faster recovery times for athletes with serious injuries.

Stem Cell Research Center to be Set Up On Jeju Island
Yonhap English News
04 June 2005
JEJU, South Korea, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The Jeju municipal government plans to establish a new stem cell research center in Jeju Island, officials at the regional government said Saturday.

Stem Cell Researcher Offers Help to Nathan Brown
Australian Associated Press General News
03 June 2005
BRISBANE, June 3 AAP - Scientists who developed a technique using adult stem cells to aid bone healing have offered doctors treating injured AFL forward Nathan Brown the possibility of trialling the therapy if his broken leg fails to heal properly.

UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD LEGISLATION PROMOTED ; EASTWOOD BOY'S RECOVERY AFTER TREATMENT CITED BY SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER FOR PLAN
The Post Standard/Herald-Journal
02 June 2005
Eight-year-old Jared Saya nearly died two years ago as he waited for a bone marrow transplant to treat blood cancer.

Bill Promotes Use of Umbilical Cells
Times Union
02 June 2005
LATHAM - Mike Marshall has been looking for a bone marrow donor to help cure his leukemia for almost two years. The search has cost at least $20,000, and Marshall, 61, of Clifton Park is still without a match.

Democrats to Host Stem-Cell Rountable
The Boston Globe
02 June 2005
Hoping to use this week's stem-cell triumph on Beacon Hill to generate momentum on Capitol Hill, US Senator Edward M. Kennedy and state Democratic legislative leaders will host an event at a Cambridge biomedical firm today that will highlight the potential benefits of the research.

How little Baden Got His Life Back; Syndrome Led to Bone-marrow Transplant Now that 'He's Developing, He's a Beautiful Child
Toronto Star
02 June 2005
Doctors advised Joanne and Fred Klein to say goodbye to their infant son just before they wheeled him into surgery. They were about to put a shunt in his head to relieve pressure caused by cerebral hemorrhaging.

Stem-Cell Ethics. (TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS)
State Legislatures
01 June 2005
Virginia lawmakers have voted to fund stem cell research in the name of Christopher Reeve, but to limit the study to sources other than embryos such as bone marrow or umbilical cord blood.

Adult Stem Cell Versatility Even After Injury, No Neurons From Blood Stem Cells Found
BIOWORLD Today
01 June 2005
Adult stem cells have none of the ethical issues associated with them that make embryonic stem cells so contentious. For that reason, they often are cited by opponents as an alternative that makes embryonic stem cell research unnecessary.

Stem Cells Save Babies
Time - All Editions
30 May 2005
Almost lost in the hoopla over the stem cells cloned in South Korea was a stem-cell breakthrough closer to home for Americans-in more ways than one.

DESPERATE SEARCH FOR POLYNESIAN DONORS
Waikato Times
30 May 2005
Mr Waetford, who turns 21 on Wednesday, is part Cook Island Maori and part New Zealand Maori and was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in December 2002.

Bolingbrook Marine Making a Difference Here - And There
Chicago Daily Herald
30 May 2005
On a sweltering day at Camp Fallujah in Iraq, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Tom Kapla got an unexpected e-mail.

Cancer-Stricken US Senator Urges Expanded Stem Cell Research
Voice of America Press Releases and Documents
29 May 2005
A U.S. Senator and cancer sufferer says countless lives could be saved if the United States expanded medical research involving embryonic stem cells. President Bush has threatened to veto a bill that would broaden federal support for the controversial area of study.

Umbilical Cord Blood Saved for Future Use
Calgary Herald
28 May 2005
When Andre and Brenda Gervais showed up at Windsor Regional Hospital last month for the birth of their second child, Andre had to pop out to the cash machine for $100.

$3.25 Million goes Toward MS Research
Calgary Herald
28 May 2005
Calgary researchers are hoping more than $3 million in funding will move multiple sclerosis sufferers one step closer to clinical trials in which an affected person's stem cells are used to repair damage from the disease.

The Little Bill That Could
CongressDaily/P.M
27 May 2005
Here's a tale of how a little-noticed bill on an obscure topic passed the House and became the darling of Republican leaders. It involves a secret deal, an explosively divisive topic and plain luck:

FINDING HOPE IN HEARTACHE BOCA RATON COUPLE SAY STEM CELL TREATMENTS HELP SON
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
27 May 2005
Like most fathers, Gary Susser has big dreams for his son, Adam.

Family Finds Stem Cells Help Son
The Palm Beach Post
27 May 2005
A year ago, 3-year-old Adam Susser couldn't see, walk or talk. He was a blind quadriplegic with cerebral palsy who was shut off from his parents and twin brother.

HOUSE PASSES STEM CELL BILL; BUSH VETO LOOMS ON HORIZON.
BIOWORLD Today
26 May 2005
"This is the first victory we've had on a national, federal level," said Susan DeLaurentis, the CEO of a California organization called the Foundation for Stem Cell Research. "I think it's a huge first step, but there's a long road to go from here."

REP. CASTLE RECEIVES 'CONGRESSIONAL CHAMPION AWARD' FROM NATIONAL COALITION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
US Fed News
26 May 2005
WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Michael N. Castle, R-Del. (at-large), issued the following press release:

MANY BANKING ON STEM CELL HOPE;
Families are Saving, Storing Umbilical Cord Blood Just in Case;
ONE ZONE ONLY
26 May 2005
When Susan Hval's brother was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2001, her thoughts turned to the health of her unborn girl and to her three sons. Would they one day face the same life-threatening disease that now plagues two of her siblings?

MS Research Trying to Fool Stem Cells to Self-Repair
The Globe and Mail
27 May 2005
CALGARY -- Multiple sclerosis researchers are investigating how hormones and proteins can be used to trigger the body's own stem cells into producing myelin, the protective sheath around nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that is destroyed by the disease.

Senate Joins Stem-Cell Debate ; Bipartisan Group Backs Legislation | But Bush Veto Likely Would Hold Up
The Seattle Times
26 May 2005
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators vowed yesterday to push for a quick vote on legislation to ease restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, the second congressional challenge to President Bush on the issue in two days.

Medics Praise 'Model Patient' Mum of Twins
Aberdeen Press & Journal
26 May 2005
The young mother who astonished medical staff by giving birth to twins while being treated for leukaemia has impressed them even more with her recovery from the birth and her determination to beat her illness.

Life-Saving Cord Blood Deserves its Own National Bank
St. Paul Pioneer Press
26 May 2005
In my growing experience as a parent of small children, I can recommend a few items budget-conscious moms and dads can cross off the new baby shopping lists.

Potential Impact of Stem-Cell Research
Detroit Free Press
26 May 2005
From knee replacement to heart attack treatment, stem cells promise an inexhaustible supply of cells for repair purposes, says a University of Virginia researcher who helped write legislation passed by the U.S. House to expand stem-cell research.

U-M Researchers Get at Cell of the Problem
Detroit Free Press
26 May 2005
For a crash course in stem cells, peer inside Dr. Sean Morrison's University of Michigan laboratory.

International Stem Cell Bank To Be Established In Korea
The Electronic Times (Korea)
26 May 2005
An international stem cell bank will likely be established in Korea with a global network.

Republicans Defy Bush in Stem Cell Research Vote
Irish Times
26 May 2005
US: Defying President Bush's threat to impose his first veto, a broad swathe of US House of Representative Republicans voted with an overwhelming number of Democrats on Tuesday evening to repeal his restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and to plunge the government deeper into the controversial science that supporters say could lead to cures for debilitating diseases.

Lost Tooth? Now You Can Grow a New One
The Evening Standard
25 May 2005
Replacement teeth could be regrown within months, experts said today.

U.S. House Backs Bill to Aid Stem-Cell Study
The Globe and Mail
25 May 2005
WASHINGTON -- After an emotional debate on conflicting human values, the House of Representatives approved expanding U.S. government support of embryonic stem-cell research yesterday.

South Korean Professor Said Gathering Stem Cell "Dream Team"
BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
25 May 2005
Prof Hwang Woo-suk's successes in embryonic stem cell research are changing the face of the field, and international experts are queuing up to work with him.

US Senate Debate On Stem Cells Not Yet Scheduled
Dow Jones International News
25 May 2005
WASHINGTON (AP)--In defiance of a presidential veto threat, senators who support embryonic stem cell research are pushing for a quick vote on a bill passed by the House that would lift restrictions on such studies.

REP. DAVIS CORD BLOOD STEM CELL BILL PASSES HOUSE
US Fed News
24 May 2005
WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala. (7th CD), issued the following press release: With an interest in addressing the healthcare disparities that continue to plague millions across the nation, Rep. Artur Davis today saw the passage of bill HR 2520, "The Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005" with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 430-1.

Alternative Stem Cell Bill Added to Debate
The Washington Post
24 May 2005
With a closely divided House poised to vote today on whether to expand federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, opponents are offering fence-sitters what they say is an embryo-friendly alternative: a bill that would foster the use of stem cells from umbilical cords discarded after birth.

U.S. House Voting on Stem Cell Research Bills
Associated Press Writer
24 May 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two bills that would loosen restrictions on stem cell research take center stage in the House, with disease victims pleading for help and President George W. Bush vowing to veto legislation he says would let science destroy life to save life.

State Effects Seen in Stem-cell Fight
The Seattle Times
23 May 2005
The outcome of a renewed congressional fight over embryonic stem- cell research could affect scientific progress and business in Washington, several Seattle researchers said yesterday.

Davis Sponsors Stem Cell Proposal Touted by GOP as Alternative
Associated Press Newswires
23 May 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. Artur Davis has emerged as the top Democratic supporter of a proposal that would establish a national databank of umbilical cord blood, despite perceptions the bill is simply a rival to one calling for broader stem cell research.

Stem Cell Research in New York City Receives Pivotal Boost from The Starr Foundation; New Tri-Institutional Collaboration Aimed at Realizing the Potential of Stem Cell Research
Business Wire
23 May 2005
NEW YORK - (BUSINESS WIRE) - May 23, 2005 - Three New York City biomedical research institutions

Baby Rescue
Science News
21 May 2005
Cord blood saves infants with rare disease

Koreans Skake Up Stem Cell Creation
Iowa City Press-Citizen
20 May 2005
South Korean researchers Thursday announced the creation of 11 custom-made cloned stem cell lines, made for the first time from the skin cells of child and adult patients. The advance is considered a significant refinement of the controversial stem cell technology that opens the door wider for future treatment of such diseases as juvenile diabetes and Parkinson's.

Umbilical-Cord Blood Transfusion Appears Effective
American Health Line
19 May 2005
Infants diagnosed with Krabbe disease, an often fatal enzyme disorder, who receive a transplant of donor umbilical-cord blood soon after birth can go on to have normal cognitive development and fewer physical problems, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Raleigh News & Observer reports (Avery, Raleigh News & Observer, 5/19).

New Charity Hopes for Spinal Cure
The Press (Christchurch)
18 May 2005
A unique New Zealand charity in support of research aimed at getting spinal injury patients walking again is about to be launched with the help of a Burwood Hospital doctor.

Early Treatment Can Stem Deadly Baby Disease
Reuters News
18 May 2005
BOSTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Transplanting umbilical cord blood to seemingly healthy infants before they develop signs of Krabbe's disease can dramatically prolong the lives of children with the deadly genetic condition, researchers said on Wednesday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will Inject Stem...
Associated Press Newswires
13 May 2005
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will inject stem cells into the failing hearts of five to 10 transplant patients in one of three clinical trials approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Wharton's Jelly, Hair Follicles New Sources of Adult Stem Cells, Studies Find
Transplant News
13 May 2005
With the controversy over the use of embryonic stem cells showing no signs of abating, research on finding other sources for stem cells is yielding some surprising results.

Human Stem Cells Help Paralysed Rats to Walk
The Times
11 May 2005
SCIENTISTS have used cells from the embryos of human beings to restore mobility to rats with spinal cord injuries. The experiments show the technique's promise for treating paralysed patients.

Vic's Amazing Progress After Stem Cell Surgery
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers
11 May 2005
He can wiggle a finger, lift his foot and no longer struggles for breath - just weeks after receiving lifesaving stem cell surgery in China.

Radford U.: Radford U.-Area Child Searches for Donor
The Tartan Via U-WIRE
10 May 2005
RADFORD, Va. -- On the outside, Henry Moore is a typical 5-year-old. He spends his days playing on recreation sports teams, attends preschool and Sunday school and visits with family and friends.

Lack of Bone Marrow Donors Hurts Minorities
The Detroit News
09 May 2005
OAK PARK - For Blair Manning, it started with mysterious bruises, gums that bled every time she brushed her teeth and fatigue so bad she just wanted to sleep.

Chuck Wants Moms to Donate Umbilical Cords
New York Post
09 May 2005
Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday used Mother's Day to push his $15 million federal aid plan to create a national registry for umbilical-cord donors.

Portuguese New Moms to be Asked to Donate Umbilical Cord Blood
Agence France Presse
09 May 2005
Portugal plans to set up a public umbilical cord blood bank later this year to provide stem cells as an alternative to bone marrow transplants in the treatment of certain types of cancer, officials said Monday.

Daltons Take Cancer Fight Overseas
Sunday Star-Times
08 May 2005
A Kiwi yachtie and his son have travelled to Melbourne for radical stem cell therapy.
By DONNA CHISHOLM.

San Francisco Wins Stem Cell Institute; A $17-million package of perks helps persuade the biotech agency to establish its offices in the Bay Area. San Diego, Sacramento lose out.
Los Angeles Times
07 May 2005
San Francisco won the hotly contested race to house the headquarters of California's new $3-billion stem cell institute Friday, a decision that Bay Area officials hope will cement a leading role for their region in cutting-edge biomedical research.

Spanish Cabinet OKs Bill Broadening Use Of Stem Cells
Dow Jones International News
06 May 2005
MADRID (AP)--Spain's Cabinet Friday approved a bill that would do away with the previous government's tough restrictions on assisted reproduction and stem cell research.

Stem cells - STEM cell research has been exciting for the past ten years. Stem cells are like blank cards or pellets that can morph into the different cells of the human body. They can become muscle cells, eye cells, specialized blood or insulin producing cells. These are building blocks of the body.
Manila Bulletin
06 May 2005
Now this research has arrived at some cures, namely, heart muscle strengthening.

Classmates Join in Teen's Cancer Fight
Times-Picayune
05 May 2005
From her hospital bed at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., where she is undergoing her third round of chemotherapy and awaiting a bone marrow transplant, Courtney Vehnekamp can have no doubt that she has 1,600 friends pulling for her at home in Mandeville.

First Mature Human Eggs are Grown in Lab
The Evening Standard
05 May 2005
VIABLE human eggs have been grown in the laboratory for the first time - raising the possibility of large-scale egg harvesting for fertility treatment and research.

Have Cake and Help Others, too, for Canavan Benefit
Chicago Daily Herald
04 May 2005
Cakes and other desserts will rise to the occasion for Mother's Day weekend, to help Canavan Research Illinois bring in funds to further efforts to find a cure for the disease.

Blues Sisters Busy
Hills Shire Times
03 May 2005
THERE was a sea of women in blue at Winston Hills Shopping Centre on Friday and all for a good cause.

Stem Cell Panel Picks S.F. / Tally of Points After Weekend Site Visits Gives City Clear Edge for Friday's Full-Committee Vote
The San Francisco Chronicle
03 May 2005
San Francisco bested three competing California cities Monday in the battle to land the headquarters of the state's $3 billion stem cell program, scoring well ahead of the second-place finisher.

Stem Cell Jab Gave Me My Sight Back
Daily Mail
03 May 2005
NINE months ago, David Standivan was virtually blind in one eye. The vision in his right eye was so poor he relied solely on the left one. He had difficulty reading, had to give up playing golf and was lost without his glasses.

Stem Cell Transplant Therapy Improves Refractory SLE.(Clinical Rounds)
Skin & Allergy News
01 May 2005
NEW ORLEANS -- Patients with refractory systemic lupus erythematosus have had "substantial improvements" following autologous stem cell transplants in an uncontrolled, phase I-II study.

Pioneering Stem Cell Surgery Restores Mother's Sight: The British-Developed Procedure has Allowed a Mother to See her Baby Daughter for the First Time
Vancouver Sun
30 April 2005
LONDON -- Setting eyes on your new baby for the first time is an indescribable moment, as any parent will testify. For Deborah Catlyn, it felt miraculous.

SAN FRANCISCO / City Shows Off for Stem Cell Institute Team / Competition to Land Prestigious HQ Includes Site Visits
Chronicle Science Writer
30 April 2005
There was free Hetch Hetchy bottled water. The Giants scoreboard at SBC Park signaled a welcome. And the bus ran more or less on time.

Leukemia Won't Stop Senior's Graduation
Brent Zell
Argus Leader
29 April 2005
Tri-Valley basketball player's bone-marrow transplant, chemotherapy successful

Donor Stem Cells Restore Sight: Therapy Which 'Kickstarts' Repair Could Cut Transplant Need
The Guardian
29 April 2005
A pioneering stem cell treatment is restoring sight to patients who had given up hope of their eyes recovering from chemical accidents or disease, the surgeon behind the procedure said yesterday.

UW TO ADD STEM CELL PROGRAMS ; WILL ADVANCE SCIENCE, TEACH NEW BIOLOGISTS (FIRST EDITION); UW TO ADD STEM CELL PROGRAMS (SECOND EDITION)
The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal
27 April 2005
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has announced it will add two new stem cell programs.

Representative: Utilize Cord Blood Stem Cells
Ocean County Observer
27 April 2005
Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th, has praised the Institute of Medicine for a groundbreaking report called Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program.

Panel Issues Guidelines for Stem Cell Research; Standards Applicable to Privately Funded Study
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
27 April 2005
Concerned about inadequate regulation of privately funded human embryonic stem cell research, a panel at the National Academies issued guidelines Tuesday for American scientists, universities and private institutions.

If I Can Help ... Why Not? ; Umbilical Cord Blood Used to Fight Leukemia, Other Diseases
The Grand Rapids Press
26 April 2005
As a labor and delivery nurse at Spectrum Butterworth Campus, Tina Nolan occasionally comes across a mom-to-be who wants to donate her umbilical cord blood to the local blood bank.

Researchers Plumb Stem Cells' Mysteries; Area Institutions Toil Far from the Glare of Controversy; Material that the Scientists Use is Gleaned Mostly from Animals, Adult Humans
The Kansas City Star
26 April 2005
"We believe deep knowledge of these things will point the way to ultimate solutions for human disease."

Firm Gets Grant for Stem-Cell Research
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
26 April 2005
A startup company founded by two University Hospitals of Cleveland researchers was awarded a $1.4 million federal grant to study the use of stem cells to grow new blood vessels in damaged hearts.

Junior Scientist at Joslin Diabetes Center Earns Two Prestigious Career Development Grants to Study Stem Cells
Ascribe News
25 April 2005
BOSTON -- In addition to a highly competitive national grant, Amy Wagers, Ph.D., a young scientist at Joslin Diabetes Center, has received another prestigious career-development award.

India to Build Stem Cell Bank
Hindustan Times
22 April 2005
Bangalore, April 22 -- India plans to build a stem cell bank with the umbilical cords of newborn babies for research, treatment and regeneration of new cells and tissues.

Stem Cell Surgery Offers Hope to Ex-Coach
Albuquerque Journal
22 April 2005
Jack McCloud lies on his back, lifting his leg slowly from the knee up. He lies on his stomach, arms at his side, and elevates his legs, one at a time, a couple of inches off the bed.

India to Collect Umbilical Cords for Cell Research
Reuters News
22 April 2005
"India has a vast pool of human resources and technology. Plus the country throws away umbilical cords from 25 million births a year," Ramadoss told a biotechnology conference.

Teacher Overwhelmed by Support After Transplant ; She Underwent Bone-Marrow Operation for Leukemia
The Grand Rapids Press
21 April 2005
ALPINE TOWNSHIP -- A Greenridge Elementary School teacher says she is recovering well after a bone-marrow transplant to treat her leukemia and is basking in the community's support.

Stemming the Slide | Injected into the Heart, Stem Cells May Pump New Life into Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
The San Diego Union-Tribune
20 April 2005
Last August, Dr. Richard Schatz, a cardiologist and research director at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, injected either bone marrow stem cells or a mere placebo of salty water -- to this day even Schatz doesn't know which -- into the heart muscle of a Las Vegas man with end-stage coronary artery disease.

UW Takes `Nice Step' in Lou Gehrig's Disease Research
The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal
19 April 2005
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a way to insert healthy neural stem cells into diseased rats, and keep those cells alive.

2nd Stem Cell Operation Planned for Patient Hwang
Korea Times
19 April 2005
A second round of stem cell therapy will be conducted on a woman who walked again last year after being paralyzed for 19 years via a first-round operation.

Bulgaria's First Autologous Implantation of Stem Cells in Spinal Cord of Patient with Severe Medullary Injury Was Performed Last Week
Bulgarian News Agency
19 April 2005
Sofia, April 18 (BTA) - Bulgaria's first autologous implantation of stem sells in the spinal cord of a patient with a severe medullary injury was performed last week, the Neurosurgery Clinic of Sofia's Alexander Hospital told BTA on Monday.

Now She'll See Them Grow Up
Nottingham Evening Post
18 April 2005
Helen Stocks' life was saved by cutting edge medical technology at Nottingham City Hospital. The 38-year-old mother of two overcame an aggressive form of cancer through transplanted stem cells donated by her brother Simon. DAVID LOWE talks to her in the latest in the Post's series about pioneering treatment in Notts

Scientists Say Save Umbilical Blood
The Baton Rouge Advocate
15 April 2005
WASHINGTON - Blood saved from newborns' umbilical cords could help treat about 11,700 Americans a year with leukemia and other devastating diseases, yet most is routinely thrown away, a panel of influential scientists said Thursday in calling for a tripling of the nation's supply.

Cord Blood Donors Sought to Save Lives; U Doctor Encourages Plan to Build National Awareness
Pioneer Press
15 April 2005
Sometime after Glenda Stewart gave birth to her son, a doctor stuck a needle in the umbilical cord and drew blood. It might save a life.

Umbilical Stem Cells Targeted in Report
Panel Seeks to Increase, Improve Inventory of Blood from Cords, Used to Treat Disorders Such as Leukemia
Mercury News
15 April 2005
A treatment for more than 45 disorders, including sickle-cell anemia and some types of leukemia, can be found in an unlikely place: hospital trash containers.

Report: 100,000 Donations of Umbilical Cord Blood Needed for National Supply
Associated Press Newswires
14 April 2005
Blood saved from newborns' umbilical cords could help treat about 11,700 Americans a year with leukemia and other devastating diseases, yet most is routinely thrown away, a panel of influential scientists said Thursday in calling for a tripling of the nation's supply.

NMDP Welcomes IOM Recommendation for Fully Integrated Cord Blood System Approves of Competitive Process But Disagrees on Creation of Duplicative Structure
PR Newswire (U.S.)
14 April 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Marrow Donor Program(R) (NMDP), the largest national registry of both cord blood and adult donors, agreed with the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) recommendation today calling for an integrated national cord blood and adult donor program and applauded the recommendation to fully fund that program.

Battling for a Cure
New York Daily News
13 April 2005
Shortly after her son Jacob Sontag was born in 1996, Jordana Holovach began to feel that something wasn't quite right.

Medical Pioneer Vic Stands Again
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers
13 April 2005
CRIPPLED firefighter Vic Washby stood up for the first time in more than a year - just weeks after receiving lifesaving stem cell surgery in China.

Researchers Make Stem Cell Breakthrough
Australian Associated Press
13 April 2005
A breakthrough in stem cell research could ultimately lead to new treatments for diabetes and Parkinson's disease, scientists say.

Taking their Fight to Washington
The News-Star
11 April 2005
People with spinal cord injuries this week seek passage of Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act

The Will to Walk
Liverpool Echo
11 April 2005
A MERSEYSIDE woman is to go abroad and pay £12,800 for controversial stem cell therapy to slow her multiple sclerosis.

Lifesaving Stem Cell Blood Bank is Set for New Base in Glasgow
Evening Times
11 April 2005
AGLASGOW hospital is likely to become the home of a new lifesaving stem cell blood bank using babies' umbilical cords.

Who Gets Stem Cell Funding is the $3 Billion Question
The Oakland Tribune
10 April 2005
It's quite a feat for such a little boy, one that gives him great pride four years later.

'I HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE'
Roanoke Times & World News
08 April 2005
Fifteen-year-old Jordan Fifer of Roanoke has Crohn's disease, an incurable inflammatory bowel condition.

Sponge Full of Stem Cells a Surprise Hip Therapy
Vancouver Sun
08 April 2005
The Post A tiny sponge made of biodegradable material and stuffed with stem cells that grow human bone is being hailed by researchers at the University of British Columbia as a major breakthrough for patients who require hip-replacement surgery.

Chandigarh Institute to Set Up Umbilical Cord Bank
The Hindu
08 April 2005
The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) in Chandigarh will shortly set up a national umbilical cord bank, giving an impetus to the use of cord blood as an alternative to bone marrow in sourcing stem cells.

Minorities Needed for Bone Marrow; Program Addresses Shortage of Donors
The Philadelphia Daily News
07 April 2005
In fewer than six months, Robin Williams is getting married to her West Oak Lane sweetheart.

Darrell and Nina Hallett Could Have Remodeled...
Associated Press Newswires
07 April 2005
Instead, they spent $45,000 on a stem cell transplant for their golden retriever Comet, who is recovering from lymphoma, a type of cancer that attacks the immune system.

Youngest and Only Female Recipient
Associated Press Newswires
07 April 2005
HAVING grown up with a runny nose, paediatrician Lynette Shek remembers a childhood filled with wads of used tissues and perpetual tiredness.

Fed: Paying for Cord Blood - An Investment in a Healthy Future
Australian Associated Press General News
06 April 2005
BRISBANE, AAP - When scientist Roisin Deane gives birth later this year she will ensure someone is on hand to collect her precious umbilical cord blood.

Will Stem Cells be Able to Repair Human Hearts?
Star-Tribune
05 April 2005
Patricia Short is 57 and her heart has already failed her. It gets so little blood that even picking up her smallest grandchild leaves her gasping with pain.

Scientists Coax Blood Cells to Produce Insulin
Hindustan Times
05 April 2005
New York, April 5 -- Scientists are conducting experiments to get white blood cells to produce insulin - a medical breakthrough, they say, may help find a cure for diabetes.

Sick Girl's Parents Seek Public's Help
Albuquerque Journal
04 April 2005
As Kailee Wells' parents wait and watch their daughter's condition before deciding on a second bone marrow transplant, they are asking the public to support legislation creating a national network for cord-blood stem cells.

Fed: Parents Paying Thousands to Store Baby Cord Blood
Australian Associated Press General News
04 April 2005
BRISBANE, April 4 AAP - Some Australian parents are paying thousands of dollars to have their babies' umbilical cord blood frozen at birth as an investment in their children's future health.

Stem Cell Recipient Playing Golf
New Zealand Press Association
04 April 2005
Rotorua, April 4 - Rotorua woman Willie Terpstra has returned home from controversial surgery in China and within hours of her arrival played nine holes of golf.

Canadian Government to Fund Stem Cell Research
Xinhua News Agency
03 April 2005
OTTAWA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian government has announced 5.3 million Canadian dollars (about 4.2 million US dollars) to fund stem cell research, it is reported here Sunday.

Stem Cell Research Holds Cure to Chronic Ailments
The Hindu
03 April 2005
Stem cells can be used for various treatment modalities and extensive research has been done in this field.

Siblings Find Right Formula
Tampa Tribune
02 April 2005
NEW TAMPA -- While many students spent their spring break lounging at the beach or hanging out at the mall, the Roberts siblings prepared to take on the science world.

Stem Cells Join Fight Against Lung Illness: Clinical trials Set as Research Network Gets Funding Boost
Montreal Gazette
01 April 2005
Montreal and Toronto scientists are teaming up this summer to launch a clinical trial of humans at the Jewish General Hospital to test a novel stem-cell therapy for a rare lung disease.

Osiris Cleared by FDA to Begin Stem Cell Trial for Knee Repair; The Announcement Marks the Third Adult Stem Cell Product That Osiris Has in Human Clinical Trials
Business Wire
01 April 2005
BALTIMORE - (BUSINESS WIRE) - April 1, 2005 - Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin enrollment in the first human clinical trial for a stem cell therapy targeted at injured tissue in knee surgery patients.

Stem Cell Research Gets $5.3-million Annual Boost
Canadian Press
01 April 2005
It's hoped that stem cells, which can be found in fat, blood, bone and cells themselves, will eventually be used to repair damaged hearts, lungs and blood vessels, a news conference was told yesterday.

AABB-Accredited Cord Blood Banks Prepare for Implementation of New Standards and Regulations
U.S. Newswire
31 March 2005
Cord blood therapy presents an option for approximately 30 percent of adult and pediatric patients who need an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant but do not have a matched related donor.

Cord Blood Transplant Recipients Call on Senate to Pass Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2005
U.S. Newswire
31 March 2005
Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics has developed a novel stem cell therapy to treat Parkinson's Disease - using a patient's own bone marrow stem cells to produce the missing chemical that enables restoration of motor movement.

Israeli Therapy Uses Adult Stem Cells to Treat Parkinson's Disease
Israel Faxx
30 March 2005
Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics has developed a novel stem cell therapy to treat Parkinson's Disease - using a patient's own bone marrow stem cells to produce the missing chemical that enables restoration of motor movement.

Hair Follicles Provide Source of Nerve Stem Cells
Reuters News
28 March 2005
Stem cells found in hair follicles can develop into nerve cells and might be useful in medical treatment, U.S.-based researchers reported on Monday.

Stem Cells will not be Stopped
The Star-Ledger
28 March 2005
In an unexpected and welcome move, House Republican leaders have agreed to open a debate about loosening restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research, which may have a positive impact on New Jersey's plans to open a stem cell center in New Brunswick.

Reliance Life Sets Up Cord Blood Archive
Business Line (The Hindu)
25 March 2005
Blood taken out of the umbilical cord of a newborn, with the consent of the mother, finds its way into a cryogenic depository powered by liquid nitrogen.

Australia Scientists Grow Adult Stem Cells from Nose
Reuters Health E-Line
24 March 2005
SYDNEY (Reuters) - With the help of the Catholic Church, Australian researchers have successfully grown adult stem cells harvested from the human nose, avoiding the ethical and legal problems associated with embryonic stem cells.

Breast Implants from Stem Cells Offer Promise: Giving Cancer Patients Back their Breasts will be the Focus of U.S. Experiments
Vancouver Sun
24 March 2005
Silicone breast implants that leak, shrink and sag could be a decade or less away from being replaced by self-repairing implants that would hold their perkiness for decades and age gracefully along with their owners, American scientists say.

Brain Breakthrough After Eggs Create Nerve Cells
Bristol Evening Post
23 March 2005
Chicken eggs have been turned into factories to create human nerve cells in what could be a breakthrough for brain disease treatment, it has emerged.

Seoul Blood Bank Freezes Assets for Breakthrough Cell Therapy
Agence France Presse
23 March 2005
Han Hoon, a stem cell therapy pioneer, sweeps back his arm to show off rows of storage tanks that fill the basement of his office building in South Korea's capital.

Operation Joy for Nathan
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers
22 March 2005
A VITAL transplant to give brave Bolton youngster Nathan Howarth a new lease of life has been hailed a success by doctors - and he celebrated with his first day at home since the operation.

Operation Painless, says Stem Cell Recipient
New Zealand Press Association
22 March 2005
Wellington, March 22 - A drip inserted into the hand of Rotorua stem cell surgery recipient Willie Terpstra was the most painful part of the operation, she said in a typed message today.

Lifelines Against Leukemia Umbilical Cord Donations have Saved One Woman Twice... ... Now She is Spreading the Word About the Blood and Vital Cells the Cords Carry
Chicago Daily Herald
20 March 2005
One new mother's medical waste has become a lifeline for Donna Chovan.

Kailee's Adoption 'the Best Decision'
Albuquerque Journal
19 March 2005
Owen and Linda Wells today celebrate the seventh anniversary of adopting their daughter Kailee, now 8, whose life depends on finding a bone marrow match for a second transplant.

Bill Promoting Umbilical Cord Donation goes to Governor
Associated Press
17 March 2005
SANTA FE - Pregnant women would be able to learn about the option of donating their umbilical cord blood stem cells under a measure sent to Gov. Bill Richardson.

Doctor: Stem-Cell Center Won't be an Ivory Tower
Courier-Post
16 March 2005
The planned Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey will represent the hopes of the public, Rutgers University neuroscientist Dr. Wise Young said.

Hub Couple Donates $6M for Stem Cell Research
Boston Herald
14 March 2005
A prominent Bay State developer and his wife are giving $6 million to a Hub hospital for stem cell research, one of the largest donations ever bestowed on Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Ethics; Can Private Cord Blood Banking be Scientifically and Ethically Justified?
Blood Weekly
10 March 2005
2005 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Umbilical cord blood - the blood that remains in the placenta after birth - can be collected and stored frozen for years. It is sometimes used as an alternative to bone marrow for treating diseases such as cancer and immune disorders - the cord blood is given to siblings or unrelated recipients.

Cord Blood Registry Reports Record Growth in Revenue
PRNewswire
10 March 2005
SAN BRUNO, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the world's leading newborn stem cell bank, today announced record revenue and accelerated growth for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Possibility of Growing New Teeth Envisioned
Reuters Health E-Line
09 March 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - We may not be very far away from a time when dentists offer to help people with damaged or missing teeth grow new ones, according to new research presented on Wednesday.

Marrow Transplant Conquers Cancer
The Press
08 March 2005
A Mackenzie high country sheep farmer who suffered a bad back for years was shocked to learn the cause -- an aggressive and often fatal bone cancer.

`Brothers' Bound Together by Donation
The Daily Oakland Press
07 March 2005
The relationship between Lee Turner, 55, a retired General Motors Corp. employee, and Elwood Stith, 53, a marketing specialist for South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. in Charleston, entered a lifesaving experience three years ago when Stith donated bone marrow and stem cells to Turner.

Stem Cells Offer Hope in Fighting Diabetes
Duluth News-Tribune
06 March 2005
University of Miami researchers may have discovered a shortcut for turning embryonic stem cells into the insulin-producing cells destroyed by Type-1 diabetes.

Stem Cell Advocates Back Bill - Event Inspires Peoria Mother of Diabetes Patient
Peoria Journal Star
03 March 2005
About 300 people rallied at the Illinois State Library on Wednesday in support of House Bill 3815, which would place a referendum on the general election ballot in November 2006 to fund such research in Illinois.

Brazilian Congress OKs Stem Cell Research
EFE News Service
03 March 2005
Brasilia, 03 March 2005 (EFE).- Brazil's House of Representatives passed a law providing for, among other things, scientific research using stem cells from human embryos.

A Mother's Scrapbook Tells the Tale of a Son's Fight with a Deadly Cancer: Victoria Fraser's Friends have Organized a Fundraiser for the Family that will bring together many Who Share her Passion, Rebecca Lau Reports.
The Ottawa Citizen
03 March 2005
Cancer therapy can come in many forms, it seems. For Victoria Fraser, it has taken the form of that most pedestrian of objects -- a scrapbook.

Cord Blood Registry Files Suit Against ViaCell and Viacord for False and Misleading Advertising
PR Newswire (U.S.)
02 March 2005
SAN BRUNO, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Cbr Systems, Inc. (Cord Blood Registry), the leading provider of services for the storing and processing of newborn cord blood stem cells, announced today that it has filed a complaint against ViaCell, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Viacord, Inc. for false and misleading advertising and related unlawful conduct.

GOP Lawmakers Declare Support for State-Funded Stem-Cell Research
The New York Sun
02 March 2005
ALBANY- A small band of Republican state senators came out in support of state-funded stem cell research yesterday, narrowing a divide in the chamber that has kept New York from hopping on the funding bandwagon that followed California's decision last year to approve billions in subsidies for the emerging field.

Hadassah Lobbies State for Stem Cell Funds, Hope ; Members of the Jewish Service Organization's Local Chapter meet with Legislators in Raleigh
Greensboro News & Record
02 March 2005
Researchers say embryonic stem cell research offers hope for Michael Jacobson, whose Parkinson's disease sometimes makes it difficult simply to brush his teeth.

Kailee Out Of Hospital
Albuquerque Journal
02 March 2005
Eight-year-old Kailee Wells, who in January underwent a bone marrow transplant for a rare blood disease, has been discharged from the hospital in Milwaukee where she spent the last year.

A Gift of Life
Brian Wallheimer
01 March 2005
Relax. It's just a little pin prick. It's true. I thought that getting my name on the National Marrow Donor Program registry would be more complicated and maybe a little more painful than it turned out to be. But in the end, it took longer to drive to Voluntown from the office in Norwich than it did to fill out the paperwork and have my blood taken.

Hall Backed for Post at Stem Cell Institute | Committee will Vote Today on Interim Chief
The San Diego Union-Tribune
01 March 2005
Zach W. Hall, a neurobiologist and veteran administrator at the National Institutes of Health and two California medical schools, has been recommended to run the state's new stem cell institute.

Stem Cell Transplant to be a first for a NZER
Waikato Times
01 March 2005
A Rotorua woman is to become the first known New Zealand recipient of a controversial stem cell transplant after flying to Beijing with her family later this week.

Stem Cells Can Help New Teeth Grow
Chicago Sun-Times
20 February 2005
BETHESDA, Md. -- When he was a child, biochemist Jonathan Schuermann loved to ride roller coasters. But before every ride, he had to give his dentures to his father, who feared they would fall out when Schuermann screamed.

Stem Cell Science: Hospitals Look to Research Possibilities
San Diego Business Journal
14 February 2005
Despite extensive debate about stem cells and their use, there has been considerable confusion about what they are exactly, and what they do.

Marrow Has Cells Like Stem Cells, Tests Show
Rick Weiss, Washington Post Staff Writer, Newsbytes News Network
United States - 02 Feb 2005 - Researchers in Boston have isolated a kind of cell from human bone marrow that they say has all the medical potential of human embryonic stem cells.

Stem cell-based therapy enters clinical trials
Business Daily Update
China - 02 Feb 2005 - Chinese scientists have succeeded in moving stem cell-based therapies from laboratories to clinical trials in an effort to help leukaemia and other patients suffering from severe diseases.

Bone Marrow Stem Cell Can Heal a Broken Heart
Hindustan Times
Washington - 02 Feb 2005 - A single stem cell derived from human bone marrow can heal a broken heart, states a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

U.S. BioDefense, Inc. publishes White Paper
M2 Presswire
City of Industry, CA - 02 Feb 2005 - U.S. BioDefense, Inc. (OTCBB: UBDF) is pleased to announce today that it has released its White Paper at usbiodefense.com entitled "COLLABORATIVE STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA".

UT Receives $5 Million Donation for Stem Cell Research
Associated Press Newswires
HOUSTON (AP) - The University of Texas Health Science Center has received $5 million for cardiovascular stem cell research, the institution announced Thursday.

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group -BMXG- Anticipates Developing First Adult Oriented Stem Cell Bank
Business Wire
SAN DIEGO - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Jan. 27, 2005 - Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Inc. (BMXG) (Pink Sheets:BMXG) announced today plans to develop stem cell banks for the cryo-preservation of adult stem cells.

State Joins Stem Cell Research Pursuit
By Norm Heikens, The Indianapolis Star
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 27--Indiana's first stem cell company plans to begin operations Tuesday.

EndGenitor Technologies, backed by angel investors and housed Downtown at the Indiana University Emerging Technologies Center incubator, plans to use stem cells from umbilical cords to repair blood vessels.

Texas Preps for Stem Cell Fight
By Cindy Tumiel, San Antonio Express-News
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 27--AUSTIN -- States have become the new battleground in the divisive debate over using embryonic stem cells in medical research, and Texas lawmakers are getting ready to face the thorny issue in the recently convened legislative session.

U.S. Fertility Group Offers Embryo Stem Cells
By Maggie Fox
Reuters Health E-Line
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A human genetics clinic said on Thursday it had developed 18 new lines of disease-carrying embryonic stem cells and was offering them to researchers eager to study their potential for treating inherited diseases.

Hunt for Uncontaminated Stem Cells Invigorates Field
By Lisa M. Krieger, KNIGHT RIDDER
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
Problems with the federal government's stem cells are creating new opportunities for private companies, research foundations and state governments to build their own embryonic stem-cell collections, invigorating the nascent field.

Paralyzed Woman Walks Again After Stem Cell Therapy
World - AFP
SEOUL (AFP) - A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.

Study Finds Inflammation Triggers Work by Stem Cells
By Bruce Lieberman
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Scientists have known that stem cells restore the body's health by targeting sites of injury and disease, clearing toxins from threatened tissue and replacing dead and dying cells.

Cord Blood Stem Cells Aid Stroke Treatment
by United Press International
U.S. researchers said stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood can dramatically reduce stroke size and damage.

Actor Decries Limitations on Stem Cell Research
by Elinor J. Brecher
Michael J. Fox -- actor, Parkinson's disease patient and stem-cell-research activist -- Tuesday likened President Bush's limits on federal research funding to giving someone a car without gas.

Expert: U.S. lags in stem cell research
by W. Dale Nelson
"There is a feeling we have got to do something rapidly or we are going to be really out of the ball game," John Hopkins Medical School Professor John D. Gearhart declared in a public address at the University of Wyoming.

Democrat Emerges As Major Stem Cell Patron
by Paul Elias
"As a father you can't turn your back on something like this," Klein said. "I'm committed totally to this."

Fat Can Be a Stem Cell Source
From CBS 2, New York
Medical value? In fat? The waist product most people want to get rid of?

Actor's Death Fuels Volatile Stem Cell Debate
by Tim Harper
Christopher Reeve's death has added another layer of emotion to what already had become a volatile debate over stem cell research on the U.S. campaign trail.

Stem Cells 'Correct Heart Defect'
From BBC News
Stem cells have been used to save mice embryos from a lethal heart defect.

Researchers isolate human stem cells in the lab
From CNN
Researchers have announced that they have successfully grown human stem cells in a laboratory, a major advance that could one day help in organ transplantation, gene therapy and treatment of such maladies as paralysis, diabetes and AIDS.