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New York's Empire State Stem Cell Board has $600 million in state funding for stem cell studies. The only problem? It needs more stem cells! So the board has decided to let researchers pay women up to $10,000 for the discomfort, time, and expenses involved with donating their eggs for stem cell experiments. Fans of the unprecedented plan say it removes a great obstacle to finding treatments for Read more
Today President Obama overturned President Bush's strict limits on stem cell research. Some Americans oppose studying stem cells extracted from human embryos because the embryos are destroyed in the process. Still, a majority of Americans support President Obama's decision to roll back restrictions on federal funding of the promising research method. Under Bush, scientists relied on private Read more
Get ready for this - scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of women's breasts using fat and stem cells. They basically take fat from your stomach or thigh, enrich it with stems cells, and then inject it into your breast. These stem cells act as "master" cells, which are capable of making new fat cells. Interesting. They're hoping that this method will result in a softer, Read more
Forget the tooth fairy: some baby teeth are going straight to the bank. The potentially lifesaving properties of collecting and storing umbilical cord blood are well documented, and cord blood isn't the only place to collect those miracle-working stem cells. The National Institutes of Health reported that baby and adult teeth also contain a type of stem cell. As a result, some parents are Read more
Rihanna isn't just a soulful and talented singer who gets you moving during your workouts. She's also an advocate for saving children's lives. In 2006, Rihanna founded The Believe Foundation, because she feels the only way to secure our future is to take care of children, who will become the future leaders of our world. And now, Rhianna is raising awareness about leukemia — a disease that kills Read more
First it was injecting unwanted fat into your breasts, and now a British cosmetic surgeon is in on the movement to make boob jobs less plastic; a trend that includes using stem cells to grow the additional tissue. Professor Laurence Kirwan is taking the tissue from under the breast and placing it above the nipple, creating a more natural-looking breast augmentation. He claims to have completed Read more
Two stories came out this week that show great promise for the fight against breast cancer by ridding the body of breast cancer stem cells. These stem cells have been resistant to chemotherapy treatments and remained in the breast even after the cancer went into remission. Researchers hope that if they can eliminate the stem cells responsible for breast cancer, they can control the spread and Read more
