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First Patient Has Experimental Stem Cell Procedure

(Oct. 11) -- A patient suffering from a spinal cord injury has become the first recipient of an experimental, and highly controversial, human embryonic stem cell treatment. Geron Corp., the biopharmaceutical group behind the phase I clinical trial, made the groundbreaking announcement earlier today. The company is the...

Opinion: A Stem Cell Victory for Patients

(Aug. 25) -- The U.S. District Court injunction that stops federal taxpayer funding of human embryonic stem cell research should make patients happy. The judge ruled that federal funding for embryonic stem cell research violates a current law, passed annually since the Clinton administration, prohibiting government...

Breakthrough Studies: Regenerative Medicine to Repair Broken Hearts

(Aug. 5) -- Heart transplants could one day be a thing of the past, as scientists are reporting the first steps toward fixing broken hearts with the body's own cells. Two studies released this week offer exciting glimpses into the future of regenerative medicine. One transforms ordinary cells into more complex cells that...

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A New Website Encourages Egg Freezing for Single Women

Brigitte Adams has chosen baby names for her future son or daughter.

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Curious Chemistry Of Traditional Treatment Gets New Explanation

Castor oil may have a bad rap among people who were force-fed spoonfuls as children, but it's no myth that the tonic has health effects.

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Marilu Henner On 'Total Memory Makeover'

Most people can't remember what they ate for dinner yesterday, never mind how they celebrated their 17th birthday or what headlined the news that day.

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Mother's Day 2012: Animal Parenting Styles, Pregnancies, And Child Rearings

While nine months may seem like forever for some human mothers, pregnancy lasts much longer for many animals.

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Love Of Pork May Be Determined By Genes, Study Says

You might have your genes to thank for it, according to a new study.

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06/01/12 Frog Embryos May Yield Secrets of Cancer Cell Migration Source: newswise mednews AMHERST, Mass. â Developmental biologists Dominique Alfandari and HÃ©lÃ¨ne Cousin at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to investigate craniofacial development in a frog model to better understand genetic control of cell migration.
06/01/12 Optical tweezers help researchers uncover key... Source: ScienceDaily ScienceDaily (June 1, 2012) By using a laser microbeam technology called optical tweezers, UC Irvine and UCLA researchers have uncovered fundamental properties of a key molecular signaling system involved with development, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
06/01/12 Optivia Wins CRO Leadership Award from Life Science... Source: Genetic Engineering News Optivia Biotechnology Inc., a leader in transporter sciences and in vitro transporter assay services, proudly announces that it has received the 2012 CRO Leadership Award from Life Science Leader Magazine, winning Productivity, Reliability, Regulatory and Accessibility award categories.
06/01/12 UCLA researchers report for the first time how cells... Source: National Cancer Institute During formation of multi-cellular organisms, cells need to talk to each other to make critical decisions as to what kind of cell to become, as well as when and where to become that cell type.
06/01/12 Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center devise... Source: National Cancer Institute Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center have devised a strategy to directly activate a natural "death" protein, triggering the self-destruction of cells.

Background on cell biology

Cell biology (formerly cytology, from the Greek kytos, "contain") is a scientific discipline that studies cells – their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death.

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