tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post1562919755927041690..comments2024-02-21T19:56:57.057-08:00Comments on California Stem Cell Report: Media Coverage: Political and Research Implications of hESC RulingDavid Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-72822224326082134452010-09-07T16:16:33.773-07:002010-09-07T16:16:33.773-07:00Here is the link to the technique of picking-off-a...Here is the link to the technique of picking-off-an-ESC-without-destroying-the-embryo:<br /><br />http://www.advancedcell.com/news-and-media/press-releases/act-uniquely-positioned-as-one-of-few-sources-of-es-cells-that-could-qualify-for-federal-funding/<br /><br />"ACT May Be Uniquely Positioned as One of Few Sources of ES cells That Could Qualify for Federal Funding Under Federal Court Ruling<br />Blastomere Technique Which Does Not Require Destruction of Embryos May Not Be Subject To Temporary Ruling<br /><br />MARLBOROUGH, MA –August 24, 2010 (Business Wire). Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (“ACT”; OTCBB:ACTC) commented today on yesterday’s federal court ruling, temporarily blocking federal funding for embryonic stem cell research involving the destruction of embryos. The company believes that this will add to the pressure on the NIH to find appropriate sources of human ES cells that can be funded in the context of this preliminary injunction. It is notable, then, that ACT’s proprietary “embryo-safe” Single Blastomere technique for deriving human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), documented in Nature and CELL Stem Cell magazines and elsewhere, does not require destruction of the embryo and as a consequence may not be directly affected by this ruling. ACT does not rely on government funding for any of its research or product development. Accordingly, there is no current impact on the company’s business."richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169117149491667026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-80255454093725039542010-09-07T16:15:42.982-07:002010-09-07T16:15:42.982-07:00Here is the link to the technique of picking-off-a...Here is the link to the technique of picking-off-an-ESC-without-destroying-the-embryo:<br /><br />http://www.advancedcell.com/news-and-media/press-releases/act-uniquely-positioned-as-one-of-few-sources-of-es-cells-that-could-qualify-for-federal-funding/<br /><br />"ACT May Be Uniquely Positioned as One of Few Sources of ES cells That Could Qualify for Federal Funding Under Federal Court Ruling<br />Blastomere Technique Which Does Not Require Destruction of Embryos May Not Be Subject To Temporary Ruling<br /><br />MARLBOROUGH, MA –August 24, 2010 (Business Wire). Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (“ACT”; OTCBB:ACTC) commented today on yesterday’s federal court ruling, temporarily blocking federal funding for embryonic stem cell research involving the destruction of embryos. The company believes that this will add to the pressure on the NIH to find appropriate sources of human ES cells that can be funded in the context of this preliminary injunction. It is notable, then, that ACT’s proprietary “embryo-safe” Single Blastomere technique for deriving human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), documented in Nature and CELL Stem Cell magazines and elsewhere, does not require destruction of the embryo and as a consequence may not be directly affected by this ruling. ACT does not rely on government funding for any of its research or product development. Accordingly, there is no current impact on the company’s business."richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169117149491667026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-35553005705664998282010-09-04T05:50:50.565-07:002010-09-04T05:50:50.565-07:00The is a proposal on the GeronTalk website on a po...The is a proposal on the GeronTalk website on a possible way to derive ESC without destroying a viable embryo:<br /><br />http://www.gerntalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1250.msg4420;topicseen#msg4420<br />" <br />"New way to generate ESC without destroying viable embryos<br />« on: 08/30/10 12:39:00 am Eastern Daylight Time » <br />Here is a new way to generate ESC without destroying viable embryos, that may or may not be acceptable to the Catholics and RR.<br /><br />Once in a while, a young woman carrying a new embryo dies in accidents like car crashes. It is not often, but often enough. Currently, there are no attempts to save embryos from these dead women, so that these embryos die with the mothers. It is very difficult and very expensive to mount a program to save these dying embryos in dying people to be implanted in surrogate mothers to save them. The RR may be against using surrogates also, making saving these embryos impossible currently. Thus, these embryos are doomed to die, when their mothers die. However, it is not too expensive to save some of these dying embryos for ESC medical treatments.<br /><br />Unlike the fertility clinic embryos that are destined to be discarded, which the RR are against fertility clinics to begin with, these dying embryos occur as a result of natural accidents.<br /><br />Just a thought. Don't know how the RR will consider it."<br /><br />================<br /><br />This coupled with using the ACTC (Advanced Cell Technology Company) method of picking off a single cell from the embryo that will not hurt the embryo, as the embryo can replace the single picked off cell and keep on growing, according to a medical procedure of picking off a single cell from the embryo to test for genetic defects.<br /><br />Thus, the process does not destroy embryos, and it does not involve "unnatural" fertility clinic actions. It is more akin to the transplant donor program of drivers.richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169117149491667026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-54050701704989672452010-08-25T10:16:21.784-07:002010-08-25T10:16:21.784-07:00fyi:
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-was-stun...fyi:<br /><br />http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-was-stunned-collins-doing-his-best.htmlLawrence B. Eberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616776187293753324noreply@blogger.com