Archive for December, 2009

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Bioeducenter  |  No Comments »

Study traces steady declines in U.S. cancer deaths

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Improvements in cancer screening and better treatments have resulted in steady declines in cancer death rates over the past three decades, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

They said younger adults — those aged 35 to 45 years old — have experienced the steepest declines in cancer death rates, but all age groups have [...]

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Posted on December 26th, 2009 by Bioeducenter  |  No Comments »

Chemical kills tumor-making master cells

CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers get initiate a chemical that can conclusion helping somebody turning cells — a sympathetic of belligerent sign cadre that resists square handling and may justify why many cancers produce back.
Object distance to undo these cells could attain individual far easier to cure.
“There is a lot of inform to evoke now [...]

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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Bioeducenter  |  No Comments »

Embryonic stem cells, the ultimate master cell

(Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health released final rules on Monday governing federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.
Following are some facts about stem cells:
* Stem cells are the body’s master cells, the source of all cells and tissue, including brain, blood, heart, bones and muscles.
* Embryonic stem cells come from days-old [...]

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Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Bioeducenter  |  No Comments »

S.Korea seeks 4-year prison term for stem cell fraud

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors told a Seoul court on Monday they wanted a four-year prison term for disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk, whose research team has been linked to major fraud in its once-celebrated stem cell studies.

Hwang, once a scientist with rock-star like status in South Korea for his research that brought the country [...]

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