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Milking Cancer

In ALL ARTICLES on September 29, 2009 at 11:57 pm

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Eli Lilly is now the sole manufacturer of rBGH — the artificial growth hormone given to dairy cows that increases people’s risk of cancer. Eli Lilly also manufactures breast cancer treatment medications and a pill that “reduces the risk” of breast cancer. Eli Lilly is milking cancer. Tell them to stop making rBGH.

more about “Milking Cancer on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod

Stem Cell Stock Analysis

In BUSINESS OF STEM CELLS on September 29, 2009 at 12:32 pm

WHAT ARE ALL OF THE STEM CELL STOCKS DOING?

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thanks to the The Stem Cell Stock List.

Stem cell hope for childhood motor neuron disease

In ALL ARTICLES on September 29, 2009 at 12:18 am

Stem cell hope for childhood motor neuron disease

* 22:00 22 September 2009 by Andy Coghlan

A form of motor neuron disease that affects children has been treated in mice with injections of stem cells into the spinal cord. The treatment extended the lives of the mice beyond and kept them more mobile, giving hope that similar approaches might help people.

The treated mice were bred to have a form of motor neuron disease called spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1, or SMARD 1, which affects 1 or 2 in every 100,000 children.

Diaphragms of infant children with the disease stop working, so they need mechanical ventilators to stay alive. Nerves in muscles of the extremities are also affected, gradually limiting movement of hands and feet.

“At present there is no cure for this disorder, besides ventilation and prevention of infections,” says Giacomo Comi of the University of Milan, Italy, who led the research…

via Stem cell hope for childhood motor neuron disease – health – 22 September 2009 – New Scientist.

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