MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'fetal stem cells'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:42:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653658&cid=t_220731_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D206 A few months ago, funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research were loosened.  Earlier this month, the National Institute of Health announced new guidelines for federal funding.  The creation of new cell lines may not be federally funded, but the restrictions have been loosened with regard to what constitutes an existing cell line.  New cell lines may be created, just not with federal funds.  Once a line is created, federal funds may be used for further research. The Minnesota Daily, the newspaper from the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota, recently ran an article discussing how these federal changes will affect research conducted at the university.  It also discusses different stem cell developments that have taken place at the university. Learn more about the... Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653658 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:38:33 +0100 2653658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200383&cid=t_220731_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Ffetal-stem-cells-cause-tumors-in-human.html This story is disturbing and raises questions about whether the FDA's license to Geron to conduct human embryonic stem cell experiments should be suspended pending further studies. In Israel, a child treated with fetal stem cells developed tumors four years after receiving fetal stem cell treatments. From the story: The boy, now 17, received the stem cells in 2001 at a Moscow hospital and four years later scans showed brain and spinal tumours, PLoS Medicine reports. Israeli doctors removed the abnormal growth from his spine and tests suggest it sprouted from the stem cells...The boy in question was treated for a condition called Ataxia Telangiectasia--a genetic disease that attacks the brain region controlling movement and speech. He received three courses of foetal stem cell injections to... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200383 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:37:00 +0100 2200383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200625&cid=t_220731_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F6hZf_SGbMRc%2F The potential and safety of using stem cells to treat diseases suffered a setback with the news of a botched experimental treatment of a human being. A teenage boy who received fetal stem cells developed brain cancer four years after the transplant, reports PLoS Medicine this week. The patient suffered from a recessive genetic disorder called ataxia telangiectasia (AT), an incurable rare disease that causes degeneration of the part of the brain that controls movement and speech. When the boy was 9 years old, his parents took him to Moscow to have experimental stem cell therapy. Russian researchers injected the boy with transplants of neural stem cells taken from the brains of aborted fetuses. Four years later, the donor stem cells inside the boy’s brain differentiated into a cancerous... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200625 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:57:22 +0100 2200625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2084604&cid=t_220731_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D78 Michael A. Werner, MD, the clinical director of M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories has put together a white paper defining the different types of stem cells, as well as the current and potential uses for treatment.  Read the stem cell white paper here. Enjoy, (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2084604 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:32:01 +0100 2084604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668426&cid=t_220731_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D3884 Yesterday the mother of a patient who has quadriparesis after a motor-vehicular accident asked me if injections with “animal fetal cells” will cure her son. The sub-cutaneous injection will apparently cost her RM60,000. I told her that evidence of such “treatment” should be in the form of rigorous randomised controlled clinical trials which have been published in peer reviewed journals. As far as I know, there have been no such human studies. I am aware that some people are making claims that there are studies in the non-English literature but I am curious if such therapy is really “effective”, why are they not also published in respectable journals? Is there anything to hide? I am shocked that the Ministry of Health allows such treatment to be conducted... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668426 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1668426