Adult Stem Cell Doc Blog

Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard Law School professor and "one of the most prominent Catholic conservative intellectuals" in the U.S., on Monday announced that she will not accept an award from the University of Notre Dame because of the university's invitation to President Obama to receive an honorary degree and deliver its commencement speech, the

The "next big biomedical research debate" in Congress could be about whether to allow federal funding of research into "somatic cell nuclear transfer," also known as therapeutic cloning, to produce stem cells, CQ Today reports. President Obama's executive order easing restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research directed NIH to determine

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have found that these fish are able to produce motor neurones - cells that control all muscle activity such as speaking, walking and breathing in humans - when they repair damage to their spinal cords. Researchers are now screening small molecules with a view to finding drugs that could kick-start the process of motor neurone regeneration in zebrafish, with a view to translating their findings into treatments for humans.