House Speaker Thom Tillis on biotechnology, education and the voter ID bill ... Triangle Business Journal (blog) Despite being at GSK to talk biotechnology growth, he couldn't get away from recent events. And Tillis didn't shy away from criticism of recent Raleigh legislation, such as abortion regulations and the voter ID bill. He defended his party, saying that ... and more »

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Broad-Scale Genome Tinkering With Help of an RNA Guide: Biotechnology Tool ... Science Daily (press release) July 25, 2013 — Duke researchers have devised a way to quickly and easily target and tinker with any gene in the human genome. The new tool, which builds on an RNA-guided enzyme they borrowed from bacteria, is being made freely available to ...

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HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, UAB to study childhood genetic ... al.com (blog) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - DNA data from hundreds of North Alabama children and their parents will soon be part of a major new genetic study of childhood diseases led by Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and including the University of ...

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Wilkes University Professor William Terzaghi of Kingston, Pa., Lectures in China Wilkes University Terzaghi flew into Beijing and delivered the first of four lectures on the topic “Studying the Molecular Basis of Hybrid Vigor” and one workshop at the Peking-Yale Joint Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Agro-Biotechnology, a division of Peking ...

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Thoughts on God's word (letter) York Daily Record The essential meaning of this revelation is contradicted by Darwin's hypothesis, which is itself lamentably deficient in evidence, and now contradicted by molecular genetics. Moreover, the symbolism of the image of God in the sexual union of man and ...

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Revealed: how exam results owe more to genes than teaching Spectator.co.uk It's no surprise really, to find out towards the end of our conversation that Plomin is not just at the cutting edge of behavioural genetics, but also at the heart of molecular genetics as well. Remember that Chinese programme I mentioned? It turns out ... and more »

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Onslaught of Autism: A Mom's Crusade Could Help Unravel Scientific Mystery Jackson Free Press For the majority of patients we know something else is going on, and that might be epigenetic changes," said Emilie Rissman, professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Many diseases have increased ...

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Party people they are not The Australian In 2009, at age 19, he received his PhD in molecular genetics and cell biology from the University of Chicago, which then awarded him a MD a year later. But the youngest ever PhD is believed to be Karl Witte, who was awarded a doctorate in philosophy ...

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“Were certainly moving in the
right direction. We're now looking at the recovery phase.”

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“A number of California institutions
have not yet been able to secure a confirmed Research Leadership
award but would benefit greatly from the recruitment of emerging or
established leaders in stem cell biology. Participation in the CIRM
program could bring additional, exceptional researchers to
California, strengthen and synergize with other efforts to build up
local sustained research communities in stem cell biology and
medicine and provide ongoing leadership at the cutting edge of
California regenerative medicine.”

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The California stem cell agency today approved
a $70 million plan to create a network of “Alpha” stem cell
clinics that is aimed at making the Golden State one of the leading
purveyors and developers of stem cell therapies in the world.

“These clinics have the potential to
revolutionize how we deliver stem cell therapies to patients. Stem
cell therapies are a completely new way of treating diseases and
disorders so we need a completely new way of delivering those in a
safe and effective manner. These clinics will help us do just that
and the clinical trials carried out in this network will fulfill the
agency’s promise of bringing new therapies to patients who need
them.” 

“Another boondoggle for some medical
schools but made to order for private operators like for-profit
cancer, dialysis, and laser eye specialty clinics that do one
procedure.  I can see each of the medical schools gifted with
one as they each were gifted with about 25 million dollars for stem
cell institute buildings.”

“The NIH at various times has tried
to organize clinical trials groups with infrastructure, like quick
reaction forces, ready to gear up for a new trial at the drop of a
hat. They mainly did nothing but suck money, kept staff employed,
because there are generally few drugs ready for early human trials
and each treatment that is brought along requires a unique contract,
ethics reviews, and different facilities, equipment and staff than
planned for.  The latest incarnation are CTSAs or CTSIs,
clinical and translational science centers funded by the federal NIH
that most if not all California medical schools already have.”

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“It was felt that more discussion
was needed before moving to a vote so another meeting is going to be
scheduled.”

“...will decide whether to approve a
grantee’s request to use a stem cell line created with paid-for
eggs on the basis of whether doing so 'will advance CIRM’s
mission.' This criterion is much too vague, and doesn’t include
consideration of the health or welfare of the women who undergo egg
retrieval. Protecting the well-being of women providing eggs is not
even mentioned (though perhaps it could be considered as an element
of the fifth of five 'factors to be considered by the ICOC(the agency
board),' 'whether the donation…was consistent with `best practices’
at the time of donation').”

The standards group also heard from a
UCLA researcher who argued on behalf of the change. Kathrin Plath
said she and her colleagues wanted to use a paid-for stem cell line
from the Oregon experiment that cloned human stem cells.

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“Clinics to conduct trials of stem
cell therapies have different needs than clinics designed to deliver
conventional therapies, DeWitt and Millan said. They need special
facilities for handling the cells safely, as well as imaging
equipment to track the cells once they're delivered into a patient’s
body.  Some of this infrastructure already exists, but other
parts of it still need to be perfected.  Establishing clinics to
house multiple trials might create the critical mass needed to get
the infrastructure in place, they said....

"Additionally, they said, CIRM
hopes that such collaboration would encourage stem cell companies to
share information -- speeding their own work and also helping out
policymakers and insurers who are trying to figure out how they'll
pay for stem cell therapies in the future.”

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“In my lab, we are ... interested in
understanding what happens to the somatically silenced X chromosome
when differentiated cells are reprogrammed by SCNT. The key question
is: are these SCNT-ESCs more similar to iPSCs or
fertilization-derived ESCs with respect to the epigenetic state of
the X chromosome. Furthermore, it has been shown in mouse
reprogramming that the active X chromosome becomes deregulated during
SCNT-based reprogramming, and we would like to address this problem
in the human system as well.

“We believe that the comparison of
the epigenetic states between fertilization-derived ESCs, SCNT-ESCs
and human iPSCs is important for a better characterization of these
cells and understanding of their epigenetic nature.”

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'Frankenstein's Cat' poses ethical questions about biotechnology South China Morning Post Here's a cheery fact: between acts of war and more diabetes, the number of human amputees is expected to grow around 40 percent by 2020. This I learned from Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes, a book I picked ...

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FAQ4 A Scientific Basis for Stem Cell Therapy
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TULSA, Oklahoma -

A controversial therapy that's not available for humans is being used on their pets. Stem cells are helping dogs and cats heal faster and get rid of pain as the animals get older.

Mandy Clinton loves her dog and she'd do just about anything for her.

"I've had her for 14 years. She's my homegirl," Clinton said about Libbi.

But Libbi has come up with a hitch in her giddy up. She tripped while walking up the stairs and tore her ACL.

Clinton was looking into surgery when she learned about stem cell therapy and its ability to help dogs heal faster and reduce pain.

"I had no idea. I had no idea. It blew my mind, but I've had Libbi for 14 years, and so I was ready to do it if it was possible," she said.

Dr. Joe Landers at Heritage Veterinary Hospital will be performing Libbi's surgery on Wednesday.

They'll harvest stem cells from Libbi's stomach, process and stimulate them, then implant the stem cells on her leg joint.

"If you've ever cut your skin, deeply with a knife or something, you've had stem cell repair," said Dr. Joe Landers, DVM.

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