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Stem Cell News from the Program in Cell Engineering, Ethics and Public Policy (PCEEPP)
(Updated on July 22, 2005)

National News & Commentary

Specter Threatens an End Run To Get Vote on Stem Cell Bill. The Washington Post, 22 July 2005.

Blurring the line between ape, man. The BaltimoreSun, 22 July 2005.(PCEEPP Working Group II)

No Soul, Perhaps, but This Clone Has a Skeptic's Heart. The New York Times, 22 July 2005.(This is a review of the movie The Island)

On stem cells, Specter's playing for keeps. The Los Angeles Times , 21 July 2005 .

Stem Cell Bill Stalls in Senate, Backers Vow Fight. The New York Times, 21 July 2005 .

Altered embryos offered as solution to stem-cell rift. Nature, 21 July 2005.

Effort backs stem-cell research at Scripps. Palm Beach Post , 20 July 2005 .

Senators Mull New Ways To Make Stem Cells. The Wall Street Journal, 20 July 2005.

One More Time, this Time with More Berg and Goldstein: The Stem Cell Alternatives are Baloney. The American Journal of Bioethics Editors Blog, 19 July 2005.

USDA: no pet cloning regulation. The Scientist, 19 July 2005.

Mass. AG Nixes Stem Cell Ballot Initiative. The Washington Post , 18 July 2005 .

When are the souls handed out?The Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2005 .

Research News

Effects of Telomerase and Telomere Length on Epidermal Stem Cell Behavior. Science, 21 July 2005 . (Please see attached PDF file for full article.)

Stem cell clue to birth defects. BBC News, 20 July 2005 .

World first in stem cell finding . The Australian , 20 July 2005 .

International News

State, Korean biotech firm to set up JV. Economic Times, 18 July 2005 .

South Korea to Launch World Stem Cell Research Agency. Asia Pulse , 18 July 2005 .