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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”

 

• 2013 Latest Report on The Complete 2012-13 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Industry Report

  
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  The Complete 2012-13 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Industry Report Aarkstore Enterprise (India), 17th June , 2013 : Stem cell research and experimentation has been in process for well over five decades, as stem cells have the unique ability to divide and replicate repeatedly. In addition, their “unspecialized” ...
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• Harvard researchers isolate stem cells from patients with Pearson Marrow Pancreatic Syndrome

  
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  Using a difficult laboratory technique, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) physician-researchers have isolated genetically healthy stem cells from patients with Pearson Marrow Pancreas Syndrome (PS), a generally fatal infant blood disorder with less than a hundred reported cases worldwide. Children with PS experience ...
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• Stem cells may help patients with avascular necrosis (AVN)

  
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  Stem cells have long been touted as the next big thing. Well just maybe, it is here. According to Dr. Dennis Lox, some patients with a disorder of the bone called avascular necrosis (AVN), have turned to stem cell therapy for aid.  Avascular necrosis (AVN) also referred to as osteonecrosis or ischemic necrosis, ...
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• Alzheimers, Schizophrenia, and Autism can now be studied with neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells

  
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  Difficult to study diseases such as Alzheimers, schizophrenia, and autism can now be probed more safely and effectively thanks to an innovative new method for obtaining mature brain cells called neurons from reprogrammed skin cells. According to Gong Chen, the Verne M. Willaman Chair in Life Sciences and professor of ...
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• Whats in a name ... ? Why does DCMS wish to redefine the creative industries?

  
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  DCMS has contacted a number of organisations to "clarify" the reasons for its exercise to redefine the creative industries as follows:    "DCMSare  concerned that our proposals may have been misunderstood.  Thisconsultation relates to how Creative Industries are classified and measured forthe purposes of ...
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• Stem cell agency: Patient stories a “constant reminder of why we do the work we do”

  
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  Our friends over at California’s stem cell agency yesterday  shared the story of one of the speakers at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), taking place now in Boston. The speaker was Andres Trevino, father of a  little boy who was born with ...
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• Kay Koplovitz Selected to Participate in Groundbreaking British Airways Innovation Lab in the Sky

  
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  New York, NY, June 13, 2013 –(PR.com)– Koplovitz Company today announced Kay Koplovitz has been selected by British Airways and its partners to participate in Ungrounded, the company’s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Brainstorming at 30K feet: Reflections from the ‘hackathon in the sky’

  
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  July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now [Full disclosure: British Airways paid for my flight, allowing me to participate in this project.] 30,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, entrepreneurs on a chartered flight to London worked furiously to solve one of the world’s most pressing ...
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• Education | Jetting Around Like Larry Page

  
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  From San Francisco, 130 entrepreneurs, academics, and investors took over a British Airways 747 bound for London to to develop ideas around bringing science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and opportunities to a broader population around the world.        
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• Stem Cell therapy could help us grow back fingers

  
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  Mammals can naturally regenerate the very top of their fingers and toes after amputation; starting from this idea, researchers have shown the mechanism through which occurred, and explain how stem cells from nails could play a pivotal role in future regeneration of entire fingers. A study conducted on mice ...
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• Connecticut stem cell grants – Directed to adult or embryonic stem cells?

  
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  I’m not comfortable with the state using tax money to fund medical research, but it is what it is. That said, why doesn’t The Hartford Courant – or the state – let us know if the $9.8 million in grant money spread out to 23 different research projects will be used for adult or embryonic stem cell* ...
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• Programmation sang formant des cellules souches

  
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  En transférant quatre gènes dans des cellules de fibroblastes de souris, des chercheurs de l’École Icahn de médecine de Mount Sinai ont produit des cellules qui ressemblent à des cellules souches hématopoïétiques, qui produisent des millions de nouvelles cellules sanguines dans le corps humain chaque jour. ...
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• New Molecular-Level Understanding of Brain’s Recovery After Stroke

  
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  According to a new study, specific MicroRNA naturally packaged into exosomes are released by stem cells after a stroke, contributing to better neurological recovery.
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• Metabolic Molecule Drives Growth Of Aggressive Brain Cancer

  
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  Researchers have identified an abnormal metabolic pathway which drives cancer cell growth in particular glioblastoma brain cancer subtypes.
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• 16 May, 2013 – This Week in Science

  
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  (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Not So Random, Doomsday Higgs, Size Matters, Anxious Fish, Interview w/ Dr. Brian Hare About Dognition, And Much More...Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer!!!Stem cells raise the specter of cloning ...
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• Stem cells and regeneration signals from cells help regrow amputated digits in mice

  
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  Scientists have long known that children and some adults can regrow the tips of their fingers and toes after amputation. But digits can’t regenerate if more than the nail region is amputated. The digit bones can regenerate only if the amputated stump still has some nail stem cells, the researchers found. But the ...
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• [ECP] Educational CyberPlayGround: K12- Newsletter – NASA opportunities

  
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  Guidance for Education and Public Outreach Activities Under Sequestration NASA has taken the first steps in addressing the mandatory spending cuts called for in the Budget Control Act of 2011. The law mandates a series of indiscriminate and significant across-the-board … Continue reading... go to the ...
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• Northrop Grumman awards STEM grants 

  
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  &via=&related=DolcePixel"> Northrop Grumman Corp., of Linthicum, one of the largest defense contractors in the U.S., announced it awarded $50,100 in grants to 167 K-12 schools in 14 states to promote education in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. ...
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• Stem cell scientists must “remain engaged” in discussions of human cloning, say field leaders

  
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  Alan Trounson , PhD, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicin e, co-authored a comment piece  published yesterday in Nature discussing the issues surrounding therapeutic human cloning. The comments were sparked by last month’s announcement by researchers at Oregon Health and Science ...
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• June PopSugar Must Have Box: Another Great Box!

  
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  The PopSugar Must Have Box rarely disappoints, but some months are definitely better than others. This was one of the extra special months! I’ve decided that anytime they send a book in the box it’s going to be a great month. This box costs $35 per month and is the box that is usually most likely to bring a ...
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