by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | News
Her contribution to science may be the reason you are alive today. But Henrietta Lacks never knew that the cells scraped from her cervical tumor would be critical in the polio vaccine and cancer research. She was poor and had less than a high school education, and she...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | News
Making the stem cell industry grow — that’s the focus of the World Stem Cell Summit that began Monday the Renaissance Center in Detroit. Governor Jennifer Granholm told attendees that Michigan can lead in developing the cures, as part of what will become an $8 billion...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | News
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., told the opening session of the sixth annual World Stem Cell Summit at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center hotel that the upcoming November elections could be crucial in determining the future of stem cell research in the U.S. One...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | News
Attendees were shown a dramatic news clip Monday afternoon at the sixth annual World Stem Cell Summit of a patient with Lou Gehrig’s Disease telling how he was able once again to undo the buttons on his shirt following an experimental stem cell operation at Emory...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | News
It’s a tribute to Michigan’s emerging leadership in embryonic stem cell research that the World Stem Cell Summit — an international gathering of scientists, patients, policy makers and others — will open on the shores of the Detroit River this...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | News
While the fields of science and politics often clash on their views of stem cell research, leaders from both groups are gathering this week in hopes of bridging the gap between them. Nearly 1,200 researchers, lawmakers, businessmen and patient advocates from 20...
