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Stem-cell tagging shows flaws

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The US researchers stated that biologist have overlooked problems with a decades-old technique for making cells, where their findings call into question some studies of adult stem cells. The dispute is the part of ongoing and heated debate within the stem cell extracted from one tissue, such as bone marrow, could spawn the cell types of a different tissues, and so be used to repair damage caused by disease.

Author: Pearson, Helen
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
Bone marrow cells, Stem cell research

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In search of a miracle

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Scientists are working on the spinal cord regeneration of a paralyzed person to help him to walk. Due to the positive outcome of the work done by these scientists paralyzed patients place too much faith in these preliminary inconclusive results.

Author: Pearson, Helen
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
Care and treatment, Spinal cord, Spinal cord regeneration, Paralysis

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Monkey virus may be cleared of cancer link

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Laboratory contamination has provided needless support to the contentious idea that a monkey virus causes certain types of cancer. Studies were conducted to investigate the issue and as a result two contradictory results were obtained.

Author: Pearson, Helen
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research and Testing Services, Cancer & Cell R&D, Cancer research, Oncology, Experimental, Laboratory infections

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