The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund: Promoting Stem Cell Research and Cures

Nature and Validity of Contracts in Stem Cell Therapeutic Research

One of the most influential scientific approaches in the twentieth century has been discovering stem cells and their therapeutic effectiveness. On the one hand, countless diseases are considered incurable through valid scientific treatments and on the other hand, the hope for new treatments has been considered a promotor of the medical studies in research centers. Throughout such research piece...

Promoting life?: Embryonic stem cell research legislation.

Stem cell research.

Stem cells were first discovered in 1995, and have been the subject of continuous research ever since. Stem cells have been a very popular topic in the field of medicine for the last couple of years and can be related to every branch of medicine. They hold the promise of cures for those suffering from a wide range of diseases. By manipulating stem cells, cell-based therapies may develop into th...

Stem Cell Research Summary

At the time this policy was created, the literature consisted almost entirely of review articles describing the potential of stem-cell therapy for orthopedic applications in humans, along with basic science experiments on sources of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), regulation of cell growth and differentiation, and development of scaffolds. (3) Authors of these reviews indicated that the technolo...

Stem cell research.

Recent actions by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) involving human embryonic stem cell research have rekindled debate over the difficult ethical and social issues surrounding embryo and fetal tissue research. Embryonic stem cells, which have the ability to develop into virtually any cell in the body, may have the potential to treat me...