Stem Cells...........................................

Huge section on CNN... don't know how long this link will be alive! Lots of links to other articles.

In this newest research, to be reported in Friday's Science magazine, scientists took stem cells, manipulated them into neural cells and injected them into fetal or newborn rats with a disease in which the coating around nerve fibers is missing.

The cells had been developed into key cells of the nervous system that were able to promote the growth of myelin covering to help nerves function normally.

Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on stem cell research

Bush's no-win choice

Why the president's stem-cell decision could define his term

Bush to allow limited stem cell funding

Bush decision might not stop Congress' stem cell plans -- A day after President George W. Bush voiced support for limited federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, several members of Congress vowed to push forward legislation that goes further than Bush's proposal.

Senators dropped controversial measures on stem cell research and cloning Thursday because they were threatening to further delay work on key must-pass spending bills Congress is hurrying to approve.

National Institutes of Health: Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions

Read Chapter 8: Rebuilding the Nervous System with Stem Cells. Very interesting.

Stem cells to treat multiple sclerosis...study at University of Nebraska Medical Center

The latest research on stem cell transplants and spinal cord injury

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