ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (OTCBB:BTIM) Chief Executive Officer Michael West, PhD gave a presentation at the European Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress 2008 being held May 13-15 in London, United Kingdom. This year's conference theme is "Transform - Translating stem cell research from bench to business." The...
The Human Life Foundation October 19, 2007 FAITH McFADDEN: Welcome, all, from far and near- We're overjoyed to see you here. The Human Life Foundation Welcomes you, with exultation, To an evening of celebration Honoring a Great Defender of Life Congressman Chris Smith and Marie, his wife. Thanks...
Our first look at the 110th Congress shows how every representative and senator voted on key issues, such as the minimum wage, immigration, stem-cell research, and the Iraq War. House Vote Descriptions 1 Minimum Wage. The minimum-wage increase bill (H.R. 2) would increase the federal minimum wage by...
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-controlled Congress passed legislation Thursday to loosen restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, but the bill's supporters lacked the votes needed to override President Bush's threatened veto. The 247-176 House vote marked the second time in recent weeks that Democratic leaders have...
To: FOREIGN EDITORSContact: Jarrod Longcor, Senior Director Business Development of MaxCyte, Inc., +1-301-944-1700 GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MaxCyte, Inc., a clinical stage therapeutic company and pioneer in cell loading systems, announces Madhusudan Peshwa, Ph.D., Vice President of Research & Development will be a featured speaker at the European...
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Jim Manley or Rodell Mollineau, +1-202-224-2939, both for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid WASHINGTON, April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today made the following remarks to open the 110th Congress's third work period: Mr. President, billions throughout the world celebrated the Easter holiday...
HOUSTON -- Stem Cell Innovations, Inc., or "SCI" (OTCBB: SCLL) announced today that James H. Kelly, Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer of Stem Cell Innovations SCI, Inc. will present data at the Stem Cells World Congress in San Diego describing further characterization and extension of SCI's PluriCell[TM] stem cell system. The...
* The new Democratic Congress prepared to vote on a bill to fund stem-cell research that kills human embryos. But science may be mooting the debate. According to the advocates of funding, embryonic stem cells have more promise than adult stem cells because they are "pluripotent": They can become any...
Congress and the White House begin a political science experiment today as the House prepares to vote on whether to override President Bush's restrictions on federal funding of stem cell research. In the House, voting will proceed on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007, which is identical to...
WASHINGTON AFP — The new Democrat-led Congress this week geared for battle against federal financing limits on embryonic stem-cell research set by the White House and its conservative allies on moral grounds. Democrats, who took control of Congress last Thursday for the first time in 12 years, plan to fire...
M2 PRESSWIRE-5 January 2007-Breaking News: Advanced Cell Technology's CEO, William Caldwell, Interviewed By Bloomberg TelevisionC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05012007 Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTC BB:ACTC.OB) is a biotechnology company applying embryonic stem cell technology in the emerging field of regenerative...
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader-elect Harry Reid said Tuesday he's doing away with the "do-nothing Congress" that Democrats campaigned against and plans to keep senators working long hours -- focusing first on ethics, the minimum wage and stem cell research. The Nevada Democrat said he would tackle those...
SAN DIEGO -- Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. (OTCBB:BMSN), a biotechnology company focused on stem cell cryogenics and disposable stem cell/tissue transfer instruments, announced today that they will be attending the 14th International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine and Regenerative Biomedical Technologies in Las Vegas from December 7-10, 2006. This is...
Actor Michael J. Fox urged President Bush and the newly elected Democratic Congress to work together to pass legislation backing stem cell research. Fox, 45, also called on Bush to reconsider his policy of strict limits on federal funding for the work. Bush "has acknowledged that...
For the last decade, housing advocates like Julie Spezia tried to establish a national trust fund for affordable housing, without success. But now that Democrats rule Capitol Hill, Spezia says the plan is being revived. "The likelihood that we'll make progress and get it done is so...
For the last decade, housing advocates like Julie Spezia tried to establish a national trust fund for affordable housing, without success. But now that Democrats rule Capitol Hill, Spezia says the plan is being revived. "The likelihood that we'll make progress and get it done is so...
For the last decade, housing advocates such as Julie Spezia tried to establish a national trust fund for affordable housing, without success. But now that Democrats rule Capitol Hill, Spezia says the plan is being revived. "The likelihood that we'll make progress and get it done is...
For the last decade, housing advocates such as Julie Spezia tried to establish a national trust fund for affordable housing, without success. But now that Democrats rule Capitol Hill, Spezia says the plan is being revived. "The likelihood that we'll make progress and get it done is...
OF COURSE, POLITICS IS IN THE NEWS ALL THE TIME AND SOME FOLKS have been a bit cynical about it. I grew up in Oklahoma, which is a little south of Nebraska, the home state of the New School president and former senator from Nebraska, Bob Kerry. Oklahoma is...
WASHINGTON -- Family ties on Capitol Hill are so common that the late congressman Morris Udall had no fewer than three relatives in office to support the stem cell research they say might have cured him. "I appeal to my friend President Bush in the memory of my Udall...