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New Hampshire Middle School Students Hold Bake Sale for the Bedford Research Foundation 5/20/09 - The students of Pennichuck Middle School donated $175 to the Bedford Research Foundation for the advancement of Stem Cell Research. The students of Melanie Gelineau, named"The Purple Team Congress" raised the $175 from a bake sale designed for that
purpose. The students choose to donate the sum to The Bedford Research Foundation because "they [the students] know it could help save many lives. Several people in our school have been affected by diseases that could be helped with further stem cell research." The $175 will help the Bedford Research Foundation advance it's mission of curing currently incurable diseases. See pictures of the class and get the full story...
Stem Cell Research Guidelines posted by the National Institutes of Health The NIH released a draft set of guidelines prior to publication in
the Federal Register on April 24. As predicted (link to "President
Obama's Executive Order and Stem Cell Research" on this same front page), President Obama's Executive Order 13505 expanded the use of federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells, but those stem cells must continue to be derived by private or state funds. Click here to read guidelines as a PDF...
Bedford Research Foundation works on Project to Prevent and Cure Prostate Cancer The Bedford Research Foundation, a Massachusetts-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution, will work in conjunction with the Center for Prostate Disease Research located at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and with a private company, OncoTx, LLC, to expedite clinical trials on a fundamentally new approach to the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer. Read More About this Project.... Cell Multiplication Controlled by a Surprising set of Genes Stem cell researcher Dr. Ann Kiessling announced today the discovery of cell characteristics that may
explain important differences between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. Scientists have for
years been frustrated in their efforts to grow the trillions of adult stem cells needed for therapies, which is
why embryonic stem cells seem promising--they can multiply endlessly and also develop into any cell in
the body. (more)
President Obama's Executive Order and Stem Cell Research March 9, 2009, President Barack Obama issued an executive order that rescinded the letter of President
Bush issued August 9, 2001, that limited support of human embryonic stem cell research with Federal funds.
Although the details of exactly what human embryonic stem cell research will be supported by Federal funds
awaits "new NIH guidance on such research," to be made known by July 7, 2009, President Obama's new
Executive Order was welcomed by stem cell scientists. Many laboratories had developed elaborate
bookkeeping practices to separate "non-presidential" stem cell research from "presidential" stem cell
research which will no longer be necessary. (more)
May 2, 2008: Dr. Kiessling Speaks at Alpha 2008 Dr.
Kiessling spoke to a group of international infertility experts at Alpha
2008, Istanbul, Turkey, describing the SPAR program for HIV, and
including information on Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, and bacterial
infections in semen. (Download PDF)
March 29, 2008:The Spring 2008 One-Day Workshop
The last few years have brought remarkable advances in stem cell research. For example, recent studies have shown that embryonic stem cells can be used to effectively treat acute spinal cord injury in rats. But how are these laboratory advances translated into human cures? Are there unanswered scientific questions? Are there unanswered clinical approach problems? Are there unanswered healthcare regulatory issues?
The goal of the 2008 Spinal Workshop is to bring together the three key areas: Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Basic Science to identify the remaining barriers to curing spinal cord injury. By the end of this one-day workshop, the group will have produced a publishable list of the current barriers. The report from this workship will serve as guidelines for seeking the resources necessary to solve the problems identified.
BSCRF Winter Newsletter 2007 (PDF)
Inside this issue: Stem Cells 101 A brief overview of the science and potential The 2007 Activated Egg Symposium Keynote by Ian Wilmut, sponsored by Millipore Stem Cells from Adult Testis? BSCRF looks into alternate sources of pluripotent stem cells The Ethics of Eggs Looknig back at 6 years of supporting human egg donor programs for research
October 2007: SPAR receives the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Prize Paper Award presented at the The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 2007 Conference.(Download Presentation PDF)
April
28, 2007: Somerville
Rolls Out Biotech Welcome Mat Somerville's sale pitch has been fine-tuned with the help of Bedford
Stem Cell Research Foundation, which last summer worked with the city to establish
the Somerville Life Sciences Collaborative to encourage investment
in life sciences research.Foundation director Ann Kiessling, said
Somerville is a viable location for a laboratory to conduct independent,
non federally funded research, for example; she said Massachusetts
is at risk of seeing more of such research being conducted in California.
The collaborative would need several academic and business partners
to proceed, she added. Kiessling, whose foundation focuses on making
stem cell lines out of unfertilized eggs, has become a consultant
of sorts to the city as its primary biotech operation.
March 30, 2007: Gov. Patrick seeks to reverse
Romney's Curb on Stem Cells Governor Deval Patrick will announce
this morning that
he wants the Department of Public Health to reverse restrictions
on stem cell
research imposed by his predecessor, according to an administration
official with direct knowledge of the governor's intentions.
S.5
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act The bill would require the Secretary
of HHS to conduct and support research using human embryonic stem
cells regardless of the date
on which such cells were derived. (more
info)
Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Second Edition The second edition of Kiessling and Anderson's text, Human Embryonic
Stem Cells, continues to address the social, legal and ethical debates
resulting from the Bush Administrations restriction of federal funding
for embryonic stem cell therapy.
NPR
Fresh Air, March 29, 2007: Francis Collins on 'The Language of
God' Geneticist Francis Collins is director
of the National Human Genome Research Project. He is also an evangelical
Christian, and author
of the book The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for
Belief. "...it will be the kind of stem cells that don’t
come from the union of sperm and egg will be most useful."(more)
LEARN ABOUT STEM CELL RESEARCH
A new kind of human stem cell? Discovered by Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD at Japan's Kyoto University in 2007, these new stem cells give rise to a totally new category of pluripotent stem cell.
What
is an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell? (Watch this 2
minute video to find out)
Our
web videos explain the four kinds of pluripotent stem cells.Find out the crucial difference
between Embryonic Stem Cells, Nuclear Transplant Stem
Cells, Parthenogenic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Plus, what's
the difference between an Ovasome and an Embryo?
What is a Parthenote Stem Cell? (1 minute video)
Unlike most embryonic stem cell research, the Foundation's research
with Parthenotes does not require the use of fertilized human
eggs.
The Human Egg Donor Program
BSCRF has the first and only human egg donor program of its kind in the nation. Learn more about BSCRF's stringent ethics advisory board and the protocol that has set the standard for today's emerging human egg donor programs.
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on a book to learn about our programs.
Stem cell researcher Dr. Ann Kiessling announced today the discovery of cell characteristics that may
explain important differences between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. Scientists have for
years been frustrated in their efforts to grow the trillions of adult stem cells needed for therapies, which is 
Stem Cells 101
October 2007: SPAR receives the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Prize Paper Award
The Open letter to Senator Hatch signed by 126 stem cell scientists
at the
International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting in San Francisco,
2005
S.5
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act 
November 9, 2007: The Activated Egg Symposium welcomes Ian Wilmut