The Scientist : NewsBlogs: January 2008

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[Entry posted at 18th January 2008 06:05 PM GMT]

A British regulatory agency this week granted two universities permission to develop human-animal hybrid embryos for stem cell research. Scientists intend to use the embryos, developed from ... Click to continue

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Race drug marketing dropped

Posted by Kerry Grens

[Entry posted at 16th January 2008 04:49 PM GMT]

The company that sells BiDil, the first drug to be marketed specifically for one race of patients, is pulling its marketing and sales ... Click to continue

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True neural stem cells?

Posted by Kerry Grens

[Entry posted at 14th January 2008 10:01 PM GMT]

Researchers have identified a distinct group of early-stage neural stem cells, called neural rosette cells, that can form more types of neural cells than typical neural stem cells, reports a study ... Click to continue

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Embryo biopsy harmless -- really

Posted by Kerry Grens

[Entry posted at 11th January 2008 05:48 PM GMT]

In findings that confirm previous ones ultimately dismissed as hype in 2006, scientists have shown that it is possible to create stem cells from an embryo without destroying it.

In a ... Click to continue

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