fertility

CellCura could start an invasion of stem cell firms

... Assisted Reproductive Technology , which involves fertility treatments. CellCura has been working closely with scientists at Madison's WiCell Research Institute for the last several months, and cited the need to be in close proximity to WiCell. The institute houses 13 of the 21 federally funded stem cell l...

Wisconsin researchers defend stem cell company

...m cell lines from early cells - including existing fertility tests that are used to check for disease or genetic deficits. The method, while still unproven, had enough potential for the WiCell Research Institute , an arm of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation , to enter into a tentative licensing agree...

Fact and friction: Putting election-year stem cell claims under the microscope

...ryos that otherwise would have been thrown away by fertility clinics. Gov. Jim Doyle says U.S. Rep. Mark Green , his Republican opponent , voted to " outlaw " human embryonic stem cell research. Is that true? Technically, it's not true. There haven't been votes on bills to "outlaw" ...

Senate approves bill to expand stem cell funding

... in-vitro fertilization clinics for the purpose of fertility treatment. The bill stipulates that the embryos used would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded, and that individuals seeking treatment donate surplus embryos with written informed consent and receive no financial or other i...

Doyle urges Senate to loosen stem cell restrictions

... in-vitro fertilization clinics for the purpose of fertility treatment, and that were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking the treatment The bill also stipulates that the embryos used would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded, and that individuals seeking treatment don...

Stem cell debate in Washington grows hotter as summer recess nears

...ing only embryos that would have been discarded by fertility clinics, Thomson and other UW researchers develope...cell is removed from a days-old embryo created for fertility purposes and coaxed to become a self-replicating colony of stem cells, leaving the rest of the embry...

With ethics guidelines, political consensus emerging on stem-cell research

...ing only embryos that would have been discarded by fertility clinics, Thomson and other UW researchers develope... any financial benefit. Researcher should not ask fertility doctors to create more embryos than necessary for reproductive treatments. Human embryos used for r...

Wisconsin aims to keep up in changing stem-cell world

...m cells since they are taken from human embryos at fertility clinics, destroying the embryo in the process. Researchers argue that the cells have tremendous potential for curing conditions like Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, while religious and moral groups see the process as ethically wrong. "It...

Bill would deny tax credits to firms creating stem-cell cultures

...over the destruction of human embryos left over at fertility clinics, which Bush's 2001 measure was meant to address. The amended AB 206 passed the Assembly immediately after the amendment did, both in partisan votes: The amendment: 60-36 in favor. 54-4 among Republicans, 4-32 among Democrats. The bill...

House may vote soon to relax stem-cell restrictions

... in-vitro fertilization clinics for the purpose of fertility treatment and were "in excess of the clinical need...sidered and after talking with the persons seeking fertility treatment, it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would be disca...

Madison bishop with stem-cell views elected to national ethics group

...nents point out, the embryos are extras taken from fertility clinics and will be destroyed anyway, regardless of whether they are used for their stem cells. Nevertheless the research has become a hot-button issue in the larger disagreement over when life begins. Another side to the debate is whether stem cell...

Massachusetts stem-cell plan reflects status quo for Wisconsin research

...ing only embryos that would have been discarded by fertility clinics, Thomson and other UW researchers develope...e embryo. Those embryos can come from two sources: fertility clinics that have leftover embryos from in vitro fertilization and embryos created solely for the pu...

California stem cell initiative should wake up Washington and Madison

...d don't equate using donated, surplus embryos from fertility clinics with aborting a fetus. The chief opposition in California didn't come from those who argued against human embryonic stem cell research on moral grounds, but from people who said the state was crazy to borrow more money when it's already deepl...

James Thomson plans to stay in Madison to study genesis of stem cells

...oponents respond that the embryos, which come from fertility clinics, would be destroyed anyway as they are no longer needed for implantation. An audience member asked whether stem cells could be derived while leaving embryos with enough cells to be viable. Thomson said they could, but the practice would be m...

Stem-cell support from Schwarzenegger could shake Wisconsin leadership

... a main source for the cells is human embryos from fertility clinics. Stem cells taken from adults have not shown the same potential. I am a supporter of stem cell research. ... Research that we do now holds the promise of cures for tomorrow, Schwarzenegger said in a press release on Monday. The creativity an...

Dividing stem cells along partisan lines isnt a good experiment

...rtilized eggs that would otherwise be discarded by fertility clinics, where childless couples undergo in vitro fertilization. Unless those eggs are implanted in the womb of a woman, however, they cannot grow to become a human being. In August 2001, President Bush bowed to the ethical concerns of some pro-life...

Gov. Doyle comments on unlocking the power of power of stem cell research

...opment of new stem cell lines, based on cells from fertility clinics that would otherwise be discarded. This would give our researchers access to enough stem cells to move the science forward. It is time for the federal government to make a much stronger commitment to this research. President Bush wants to ...

The passing of Ronald Reagan, and other Americans, is a reminder of the promise of stem-cell research

...m cell research are donated by couples who undergo fertility treatments to have babies, and that none of those leftover cells could survive or grow into a person unless implanted in a womans womb. If these cells werent used for research, they would be thrown away. Three years ago, Bush permitted research usin...

UW-Madison scientists find a key to cell division

...w drugs to prevent cancer and birth defects, treat fertility and neurological disorders, or aide in wound healing, for example. During the cell cycle, the genetic information the cell contains is copied and segregated into two new cells. During normal division, the outer membrane of the cell pinches in, formi...

Lifting federal limits on stem cell research would speed search for cures

...rtilized eggs that would otherwise be discarded by fertility clinics, where childless couples go to undergo in ...annot grow to become a human being. For 25 years, fertility clinics have served a societal good by helping people have babies. And, for 25 years, the vast major...