X-Prize Foundation is offering $10m for the first private team that can decode 100 human genomes in 10 days. It is said to be the largest medical prize in history. Rapid genetic sequencing along with stem cell therapeutics are science's next great frontiers. Rapid genetic sequencing is expected to usher in a new era of personalised medicine, allowing doctors to determine patients' susceptibility to illness and the genetic links to diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's.

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I have to warn you that the song is not suitable for minors, (some) republicans and prudes. It is NSFW if you use speakerphones to listen at work. It is absolutely hilarious. It beautifully summarizes and compares the Presidency of George Bush (so far) & Bill Clinton. He covers all the bases including my favorite - stem cell research. So now sing along for a blast.

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Dr. Charles Hux, MD, high risk Ob/Gyn and a geneticist, commented on the stem cell veto by US President Mr. Bush and the impact of stem cell research. If you read one article today, read this. Full article (259 words) »

I was looking at some strange advertisements which appear on my stem cell research site and realized something always in front of us and yet startling on realization.

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Executive Summary: There aren’t any.

The first potential alternative is a promising breakthrough in the biotech world of stem cell research with the news that Harvard scientists reported taking skincells to generate embryonic stem cells.

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A Korean husband-and-wife scientist team has made headway in adult stem cell research by discovering a gene in charge of differentiating the parent cells in human bodies.

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The US-based Cryo-Cell International (CCI), a family cord blood bank, has announced that it has processed and cryogenically preserved cord blood stem cells for over 100,000 clients and the company believes that it is the first and only family cord blood bank in the world to achieve this milestone.

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In recent years, cord blood transplants, peripheral blood stem cell transplants and bone marrow transplants have become mainstream treatments for patients with certain life-threatening blood, genetic or immune system disorders.

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A new type of cell discovered in umbilical-cord blood promises to overcome the ethical and legal dilemmas surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells. International researchers who discovered the cells - called cord-blood-derived-embryonic-like stem cells, or CBEs - have found a way to mass produce them.

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With stem cell research legislation still making its way through Capitol Hill, U.S. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, toured local research facilities yesterday to highlight advances already made as well as the need for further federal funding.

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