Adult Stem Cell Doc Blog

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents last week voted 4-4 not to restrict embryonic stem cell research policy beyond current federal and state limits, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the tie vote defeats a "rare effort" at a university system to curtail stem cell research beyond state and federal law.

Two separate studies published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (18:8), - now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct - have shown that transplanted human-derived umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells transplanted in an animal model had positive therapeutic effects on specific lung and heart disorders the animal models.

Two separate studies published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (18:8), - now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct - have shown that transplanted human-derived umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells transplanted in an animal model had positive therapeutic effects on specific lung and heart disorders the animal models.