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Print Email Share Stem cell expert confident of diabetes cure Posted 3 hours 16 minutes ago The head of the world's richest stem cell research fund says he expects to see a cure for diabetes in little more than a decade. Professor Alan Trounson has highlighted research that has transformed human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing cells to treat diabetes in mice. He says the technique could work equally with humans. "I do think...
February, 19 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Health officials are probing the case of a Chicago plague researcher who died after contracting a rare infection which may have been caused by a weakened laboratory strain of deadly bacteria. An autopsy found the bacteria in the blood of Malcolm Casadaban, who died shortly after he was admitted to hospital on September 13, university officials said. The weakened laboratory strain is not known to cause illness in healthy adults and has been used as a vaccine to protect against...
September, 21 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves