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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group that wants to loosen Michigan’s restrictions on embryonic stem cell research turned in voter signatures to state election officials Monday hoping to make the November ballot.

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Stem cell research is going on right here in our own backyard. In fact, Michigan State University has some of the most sophisticated research in the nation underway, and it could help you in the future.

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It would be a good thing if Michiganders had a chance to vote in November to end the state’s troglodytic ban on stem cell research. It’d be better if voters got rid of the ban once they have the chance.

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A campaign to amend Michigan’s constitution to end the state’s ban on stem cell research that results in the destruction of human embryos was launched this morning at a news conference at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.

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Many scientists say stem-cell research could eventually be the basis for curing a host of diseases: cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s among them. But stem cells don’t have to come from human embryos – they can be harvested easily, painlessly and without ethical debate, from the umbilical cord at birth. In the first of three reports, Ideastream health reporter Gretchen Cuda explains …

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THE package of blood from Spain would barely have filled a thimble. But for little Jordan Harden, the stem cells it contained meant the difference between life and death.

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BY TOM HESTER JR. TRENTON - An assemblyman has a plan to accomplish what voters would not approve: accelerated stem cell research with some state help.

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Cells from mice created using genetically reprogrammed cells can be triggered via drug administration to enter an embryonic-stem-cell-like state without the need for further direct genetic manipulation. This technical advancement enables creation of large numbers of genetically identical cells that can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state simply by exposure to a drug. Researchers …

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Scientists of the University of Granada, in collaboration with the University of Leon, have confirmed that stem cells from human umbilical cord blood can be an appropriate therapy for the treatment of hepatic diseases such as hepatitis, and therefore mean an effective alternative to bone marrow.

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Washington, July 4 : A new study has revealed that stem cells derived from human umbilical cord may offer a treatment option for hepatic diseases.

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