News: Using the liver to make the pancreas Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 30th March 2006 02:59 PM GMT] Who would guess that it kind of makes sense to use the liver to produce beta cells, the vehicles for easing the problem of type 1 diabetes? Well, I was convinced of just that during a talk I attended yesterday at this year?s ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Sending stem cells back in time Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 29th March 2006 09:44 PM GMT] Scientists at the University of Central Florida have devised a creative way to obtain stem cells with embryonic properties -- by coaxing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to return to their roots, and display embryonic qualities. To achieve this, ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: More reprogramming clues ? maybe Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 29th March 2006 02:57 PM GMT] One of the biggest holy grails in biology involves finding a means to generate pluripotent and infinitely replicating stem cells without generating an embryo. One Japanese team presented some potent clues last night at the ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Stem cells: Ethics before science Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 28th March 2006 03:14 PM GMT] This year?s Keystone meeting on stem cells -- surrounded by the dreamy mountains of Whistler, British Columbia -- started not with science, but with ethics. ... Click to continue View comments (7) | Comment on this news story News: CMAJ earns award nom Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 24th March 2006 09:54 PM GMT] The Michener Awards Foundation has nominated the beleaguered Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) for the 2005 Michener Award for "meritorious public service ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Canadian publisher responds to mass resignations Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 17th March 2006 10:03 PM GMT] Today, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) released an Open Letter to the majority of the Editorial board members of the ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: No grizzly hunt, after all Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 10th March 2006 04:15 PM GMT] The Alberta government has decided to suspend its annual spring grizzly bear hunt for the first time in five years. Last month, we reported that conservationists had accused the province of ... Click to continue Comment on this news story

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