NewsBlog: UK approves chimeric embryos Posted by Kerry Grens [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 human DNA in non-human mammalian eggs, for neurodegenerative and diabetes research. According to a statement from Britain's Human Fertilsation and... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: 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 support for the drug. While the approval of the drug just for African American patients was met with controversy, the company, Nitromed, cites a "challenging capital market environment" as the reason for pulling its marketing efforts, according to a... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: 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 published today (January 14) in Genes & Development. As neural stem cells develop from embryonic stem cells, they form a radial pattern of epithelial cells, called rosettes. Scientists had seen the morphology... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: 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 study published online this week in Cell Stem Cell, scientists led by Advanced Cell Technology's Robert Lanza removed one cell from an eight-cell embryo and created viable lines of stem cells. The... Click to continue Comment on this blog

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