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Original Technorati articles tagged “stem”

• in Technology
  Computing in UK Schools is Failing Students
  Royal Society wants to drop ICT (information and Communications Technologies) from UK schools curriculum.
  by tonygallacher / on Mar 8, 2012
• in Politics
  The Increasing Drop-Out Rates of STEM Students
  Causes of Drop-Out Rates of STEM Students
  by venturealley / on Nov 10, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Gender Pay Gap in Tech Closing
  New research shows that women in STEM jobs earn just 86 cents to the male dollar.
  by cmimanagers / on Sep 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “stem”

 

• Talking Biopolitics is Back!

  
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  A series of live web-based conversations with cutting-edge thinkers on the social meaning of human biotechnologies will be kicking off tomorrow. RSVP now to join the conversations! read more
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• Stem cells 2.0

  
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  Its been a divisive issue for as long as its existed, but the topic of human embryonic cloning has been thrust back into the spotlight this week with the news that researchers in the US have successfully produced human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from adult cells for the first time. This is big news because hESCs ...
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• Scientists Use Human Stem Cells to Generate Immune System in Mice

  
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  Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, the tissue can be used to foster the development of white blood cells the body needs to mount healthy immune ...
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  Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing.  Click here for past Links I Like . How to reach people who don’t need God . Brian Howard on You’re only effective 10 hours a week, spend them well . Joe Carter on 9 things you ...
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• Human embryonic stem cells grown from skin tissue

  
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  Scientists have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body. While researchers have previously been able to make embryonic stem cells in monkeys and mice, this is the first it has been done with human cells. The results are ...
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• The Importance of Water to Your Health

  
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  Get the basics right, like eating a balanced diet, regular moderate exercise, rest and relaxation, fun and laughter, and life can be free of illness and poor health. Water consumption is one of these essential basics.
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• Can we support stem cell research?

  
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  by Brian Clowes May 20, 2013 (HLI Worldwatch) - Much of the confusion over stem cell research involves misunderstanding of terms, so let’s begin with some definitions. Stem cells are immature cells that are undifferentiated (i.e., they have not yet “decided” what kind of cell to be). A stem cell divides…
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• Heroines for the Planet: Tea Expert and Climate Change Scientist Selena Ahmed

  
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  I met Ethnobotanist Dr. Selena Ahmed at a tea and climate change event Eco-Chick attended in the fall of 2012. Selena eloquently spoke about her work and the book she co-authored with Michael Freeman: “ Tea Horse Road: China’s Ancient Trade with Tibet .”  Selena is currently a NIH TEACRS Post-doctoral ...
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• New gadget can recharge a cell phone in 30 seconds

  
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  A new device invented by Eesha Khare of Saratoga, Calif., can fit inside a cell phone’s battery and recharge it fully in less than half a minute. And the inventor of the gizmo is just 18 years old.
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• Scientists finally clone human embryos

  
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  For some time, scientists have been able to craft precise genetic copies of many creatures. Whether they are animals, or single cells, they are similarly refereed to as clones. For various technical and perceived ethical reasons, the procedures involved have been difficult to replicate for humans. A new paper ...
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• Stem Cell Skin Care Has Arrived

  
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  Scientific advancements have always been a big part of the latest breaking beauty products, but a new line of skin cell based products is taking your skin care to a new level of advancement. Stemulation Luxury Skin Care uses stem cell technology to rejuvenate your skin and claims to offer a fresh new face to ...
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• Immune System Boosted By Stem-Cell-Based Strategy In Mouse Model

  
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  Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, the tissue can be used to foster the development of white blood cells the body needs to mount healthy immune ...
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• Researchers Claim to Have Found a Cure for Baldness

  
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  A report published in The Independent states that Japanese researchers have successfully managed to grow hair on bald mice, leading to hopes for a cure for baldness in near future. Scientists from the Tsuji Lab Research Institute for Science and Technology at the Tokyo University of Science successfully ...
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• Amazing Green Macro Stems

  
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  Your browser does not support JavaScript. Update it for a better user experience. The post Amazing Green Macro Stems appeared first on OMG Amazing Pics - Most Amazing Pictures on The Internet .
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• Happy birthday Richard Feynman!

  
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  “Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesnt matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough." -Richard P. Feynman  Happy birthday to the late Richard Feynman!  Richard ...
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• @SaveTheWater Infographic: Groundwater Contamination

  
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  From the good folks at Save the Water - here is the original site. Enjoy! "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you learn why." - Mark Twain
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• Do You Have Pus On Your Mind?

  
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  !!!! WARNING !!!! Surgical Removal of Epidermoid Cyst Located Beneath the Skull May Be Considered Too Graphic for Some Viewer Discretion Advised! !!!! WARNING !!!! Perhaps this will temporarily appease your unsatisfiable appetite for all things that come in white, chunky, and pustulant in nature! A delicately ...
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• Mapping the embryonic epigenome

  
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  May 9, 2013, New York, NY and San Diego, CA – A large, multi-institutional research team involved in the NIH Epigenome Roadmap Project has published a sweeping analysis in the current issue of the journal Cell of how genes are turned on and off to direct early human development. Led by Bing Ren of the Ludwig ...
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• Image: Cells of the Rhizosphere

  
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  I have a blog post that I have been trying to write for weeks about the soil and rhizosphere. Until I can get a handle on it, here is a little image I did today to illustrate how cells initiate colonization of plant root surface. An example bacterial species would be Azospirillum brasilense, a personal […]
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• Executive Spotlight: Stephanie Hill, Lockheed IS&GS President on the Federal Budget and Becoming an Engineer

  
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  Stephanie C. Hill serves as the president of Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions’ civil product line where she oversees a team of around 10,000 people. She joined the... Read more »
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