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Stem Cells

More Developments in Stem Cell Research

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on July 31, 2011

I personally think that stem cell research is the most promising research going— why not shift all the money form the Transportation Safety Administration (>$6 billion) to stem cell research? One’s odds of dying by disease are a bit greater than by terrorism…. Scientist Converts Human Skin Cells Into Functional Brain Cells ScienceDaily July 28, [...]

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Scaffolding for Heart Stem Cells After a Heart Attack

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on August 10, 2010

The scaffold is built out of a flexible, biocompatible material with pores that support the fragile cardiac cells and allow access to blood and nutrients. The scaffold for heart repair includes channels, seen here as the larger holes, where the cardiac cells can fuse into long chains. (Credit: University of Washington) New Strategy to Fix [...]

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