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New Technology Solidus Biosciences is one of several new companies that are out to commercialize new chip technology that can do away with the need to sacrifice thousands of rats and mice each year Read more...

The latest revelations on new sources of versatile adult stem cells like that found in amniotic fluid are likely to become a major bone of contention among conservative lawmakers lining up against a new Democratic initiative aimed at changing the restrictive policies of the federal government when it comes to underwriting stem cell research. The Dems want to make federal funding available to groups obtaining embryonic stem cells from …

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Scientists working in a U.S. government lab have developed a new way to identify the work of destructive enzymes that are linked to a variety of diseases. Atrix metalloproteinases, or MMPs, are linked with arthritis, metastasis and more. Their identification can play a role in diagnosis as well as monitoring the efficacy of a therapy. Report

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The UK's stem cell bank will start providing stem cells for research for the first time at the end of this month. The bank will provide embryonic as well as adult stem cell lines. The lack of stem cells has thrown big obstacles up in front of researchers, who have had to either buy them--a process considered unethical in many countries--or beg for them from fertility clinics or other sources. This new stem cell bank will create a source which requires neither buying nor …

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