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Reid: Democrats Fight For Stem Cell Research

WASHINGTON, May 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democrats believe stem cell research should be a part of any health care debate, but Bush Republicans in the Senate are preparing to wrap up their "health week" having accomplished nothing and having refusedWASHINGTON, May 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democrats believe stem cell research...

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Research articles 2006-05-11

U.S. BioDefense Files for Stem Cell Research Center of Excellence with National Institutes of Health with Research Collaborators from Los Alamos, CHOC, UCLA, and UCI and Liver Regeneration Technology from UCL Biomedica University College London

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. -- U.S. BioDefense, Inc. (OTCBB:UBDE) CEO David Chin is pleased to announce today that the company has filed a proposal in response to an RFA: `Center of Excellence in Translational Human Stem Cell Research' with the National Institutes of Health. NIH components participating organizations include the...

Tags: health care, stem-cell, University of California at Los Angeles

Research articles 2005-03-30

Advancements in health care.(Special Report; Michael Clarke, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Ann Arbor)

Byline: Katie Merx Michael Clarke, M.D. Physician and professor of internal medicine University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Ann Arbor Michael Clarke is a stem-cell biologist and cancer researcher at the University of Michigan whos Byline: Katie Merx...

Tags: health care, stem-cell, therapy, University of Michigan

Research articles 2003-08-25

Democrats Demand Stem Cell Action During Republican 'Health' Week

WASHINGTON, May 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Releasing a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist signed by 40 Democrats, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Senators Ted Kennedy, Tom Harkin, and Dianne Feinstein today called on the Republican Leader to brWASHINGTON, May 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Releasing a letter to...

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Research articles 2006-05-04

Additional Resources

Sparks fly in congressional debate in Tracy

TRACY -- The political chasm widened further between Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and GOP challenger Dean Andal of Stockton in the candidates' first and only face-to-face showdown. Before a packed and vocal crowd perched on folding metal chairs in a middle school gym Saturday night, the 11th...

Articles 2008-10-12

WebMD Highlights Presidential Candidates' Views on Health Care

WebMD Visitors Submit Health-related Questions for Tonight's Presidential Debate NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebMD, the leading source of health information, today features in-depth coverage of the presidential candidates' proposed health care policies, located at http://www.webmd.com/. The report looks at the candidates' stance on health insurance,...

Articles 2008-10-07

Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Receives 'No Objection Letter' From Health Canada for Its Traumatic Brain Injury Trial

Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SSS) ("SCT") is pleased to announce it has received a No Objection Letter NOL from Health Canada for the Company supported, investigator led Phase IIa single centre, open label study to characterize the safety of human Chorionic Gonadotropin hCG & Erythropoietin EPO in severe...

Articles 2008-09-15

A Peek at Tomorrow's Top 10 Technology Trends

Investors predict what's ahead in medicine and information TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES THAT HELP improve health care, enhance data security and make communi- cation cheaper and more accessible, were among the most favored by venture capital investors at an event last week in Livingston. The New Jersey Technology...

Articles 2008-09-15

Health care policies

Health care policies. Ed. by Linda A. Bartlette and Ida F. Lawson. Nova Science Publishers 2008 156 pages $63.45 Hardcover RA393 Excerpts from reports of the Congressional Research Service review factors that either foster...

Articles 2008-09-01

Biological applications of microfluidics

Biological applications of microfluidics. Gomez, Frank A. John Wiley & Sons 2008 517 pages $125.00 Hardcover TJ853 Gomez (chemistry and biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles) covers most topics within the study of microfluidics,...

Articles 2008-06-01

New Jersey is a leading liberal state

Paid family leave. The abolition of the death penalty. An apology for slavery. Any way you look at it, New Jersey appears to be forging a new path for liberal public policy-making nationwide. "What New Jersey has enacted into law, I think, puts us in the forefront of states," said...

Articles 2008-04-11

A RAY OF HOPE

Blood from an umbilical cord is injected into the spine. In a matter of weeks, or even days, children who were born sightless report being able to see more light and make out shapes. It sounds as if it could be the latest treatment offered at...

Articles 2008-02-17

PR View

It's a reflection of our times: if you're in healthcare you must also have political smarts. Issues like Medicaid, access to care, FDA and NIH funding and stem cell research are all political footballs. So, as this political season heats up, we should be mindful of the trends that feed...

Articles 2008-02-01

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (WBGH): The future is stem cells

WBGH celebrates its 20th year of performing open-hem surgery and is recognized for excellence in care quality for coronary artery disease and heart failure. "As of December 20, we've completed 9,274 open-heart procedures - that's more than anyone else in the region," says Kevin McDonald, senior marketing associate for Wyoming...

Articles 2008-02-01

G-spot.(Brief article)

Connecticut's Roman Catholic bishops made the right choice in favor of protecting women's health. In October, the bishops issued a statement that Connecticut's four Catholic hospitals will comply with a new state law requiring all hospitals to dispense emergency contraception EC to rape survivors. Hospitals' refusal...

Articles 2008-01-01

Massachusetts Mitt Meets Right Wing Romney on Meet the Press

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Damien LaVera - +1-202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- On the same day the LosAngeles Times cited former colleagues who criticize his style atBain Capital as "grasping and greedy," smooth talking Mitt Romneyfumbled to explain his crassly calculating flip-flops today on NBC'sMeet the Press. [Politico.com,...

Articles 2007-12-16

Monmouth Medical Center, in Partnership with LifebankUSA®, Launches Program for Placental and Cord Blood Stem Cell Banking

LONG BRANCH, N.J. -- Monmouth Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, today announced that its Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has established a partnership with LifebankUSA, a New Jersey-based stem cell banking service, to establish the Monmouth Medical Center-LifebankUSA Placenta*Cord Banking Program. The new program,...

Articles 2007-12-12

What’s Next In Medicine

The pace of change in medical science is breathtaking. Big breakthroughs, like last month’s announcement about stem cells derived from genetically engineered adult skin cells, often seem like business as usual. Of course, the essential irony of modern medicine is that we need all the new weapons we can come...

Articles 2007-12-10

San Diego Company Formed around Breakthrough in Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Embryonic Stem Cells Generated Without Use Of Embryos Or Retroviral Vectors To Add Exogenous DNA To Host Cells SAN DIEGO -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: SAN DIEGO COMPANY FORMED AROUND BREAKTHROUGH...

Articles 2007-11-28

UnitedHealth Buy to Build on PacifiCare Gets Scrutiny

UCI Research Finds Stem Cells Help Memory; Valeant Ends Patent Suit With Generic Makers HEALTHCARE UnitedHealth Group Inc., which bought Cypress-based PacifiCare Health Systems for more than $9 billion back in 2005, is getting some regulatory heat over another acquisition. The American Medical Association is...

Articles 2007-11-12