Here are links to some recent, interesting news stories or other items related to California stem cell issues.
Hwang and Prop. 71 – Patent attorney Lawrence Ebert in Ezine.com -- "Eggs will be needed to carry out embryonic stem cell research, and the potential for abuse, and disregard of that abuse, in obtaining eggs is a major, foreseeable, problem. Because the abuse in Korea occurred in the face of strong laws, the assertion that CIRM has adopted strong standards as to egg donation is not the final answer to this issue. Pressure on researchers to obtain significant results can lead to fraud. The Hwang matter involved independent frauds by at least two researchers, and does not fit neatly into the 'one bad apple' box."
Orange County stem cell lines – Writer Gary Robbins in the Orange County Register -- UC Irvine and West Coast Fertility Clinics are teaming up in a $100,000 annual effort "to create at least five new lines of human embryonic stem cells, becoming one of the few groups in the country to try to produce fresh lines for the study of everything from spinal cord injuries to Parkinson's disease."
David Baltimore and stem cell climate – Writer David Epstein in Insidehighered.com – A look at the Washington, D.C., environment for federal stem cell research. CIRM Oversight Committee member Baltimore quoted on the need for a change.
Human embryo cloning – Emily Singer in Technology Review – Overview of human embryo cloning including look at California. "Scientists who had planned to collaborate with Hwang had spent months thinking seriously about what they could do with cloned stem cells, from creating new tools to shed light on the diseases they had studied for decades to investigating new treatments. The excitement those possibilities aroused, along with new influxes of cash from state and private sources, made many unwilling to wait on the sidelines any longer. (Evan) Snyder, a (California) pediatric neurologist and neonatologist who wants to develop new treatments for his patients, is now considering starting his own cloning program."
Note that the journal Science has been conducting a review of how it handled acceptance of the Hwang papers on embryonic stem cells.
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http://ezinearticles.com/?Do-You-Ever-Wonder-How-Hwang-Woo-Suk-Tricked-The-World-About-Embryonic-Stem-Cells?&id=202951
Separately, note the ISCF had stated that conditions for egg donation for IVF should be distinguished from conditions for egg donation for embryonic stem cell research. This is counter to the thinking of some American researchers.
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http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/05/journal-science-mentions.html
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