Stem Cells in Medicine & More for Friday, January 23, 2009

"Dr. Diego showing me brain stem cells that he is growing." image licensed under Creative Commons by Lloyd Y. Asato

Stem Cell OK Gives Paraplegics New Hope

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6714423&page=1


Green light for US stem cell work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7847450.stm

FDA allows first test of human stem cell therapy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50m2u9-us-stemcells/

FDA: 31M lbs of peanut products recalled

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_he_me/med_salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=AkAwtFIC91VYqnghi7pexnqs0NUE

Peanut product recall keeps spreading

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28749159/

Peanut popularity complicates salmonella probe

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/23/peanut.probe.salmonella/index.html

Farmers slash planting due to drought

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28808767/

Study: Western forests dying at increasing rate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_sc/sci_dying_forests;_ylt=Al8ip1lYQtlRHNEtW22lifys0NUE

Antarctica Warming More Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144049.htm

Treeline Advances In Canada’s Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122162332.htm

Whale pod stuck on sandbar dying

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7846429.stm



Where should the elephants go?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7828251.stm

Hen lays giant egg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7847172.stm

Scientists solve mystery: 3 fish are all the same

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28801960/

Cetomimid whalefish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flabby_whalefish

Novel Explanation For A Floral Genetic Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116073159.htm

Evolutionary Process More Detailed Than Previously Believed, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116142117.htm

Nigerian police detain goat over armed robbery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_nigeria_robbery_goat;_ylt=AioynFHg9u.Kjhk6wRZjDhHtiBIF

Study: Some people hard-wired to overeat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28794584/

Judge orders Illinois TB patient into isolation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_re_us/tuberculosis_patient;_ylt=ApbxgrJuzNljVGMsulsh5wKs0NUE

Vitamin D 'is mental health aid'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7845703.stm

'Warrior Gene' Predicts Provoked Aggression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121093343.htm

Baffling The Body Into Accepting Transplants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121093345.htm

Excessive Weight Loss Can Be A Bad Thing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144107.htm

Cachexia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia

Lou Gehrig's Disease In Humans Genetically Linked To Dog Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121174124.htm