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Stem Cell Controversy: The Ethics of Research with Human Eggs

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Over-Regulation of Parthenotes Stifles Valuable Scientific Research

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Why I Support Stem Cell Research

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Testis Stem Cell Project Update

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Progress in Circadian Rhythms And Stem Cells

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

BSCRF scientists have derived two unique lines of stem cells that may lead to a breakthrough...

The 2011 Fall / Winter Newsletter

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

You Say Embryo, I Say Parthenote

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Janet Rossant to be keynote at 2011 Activated Egg Symposium

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Bedford presents Post Vasectomy Semen Analysis test kit at Mass Innovation Nights

Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Video: Dr. Ann A. Kiessling receives first Alumni Achievement Award

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The First Five Days of a Mouse in GEM, Protein-Free Culture Medium

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Q & A with the Director about Stem Cell Research at the Foundation

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Evidence for the cure of HIV infection by CCR5 - 32 stem cell transplantation

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Timing is Everything in the Human Embryo - Article from Nature Biotechnology

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The History of the Dickey-Wicker Amendment

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Preliminary Injunction against Federal Funds for Stem Cell Research: What does it mean?

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Renee A. Reijo Pera Talk Posted!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

2010 ISSCR: a remarkable lack of new clinical trials for stem cell therapy announced

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Curing HIV Disease With Stem Cell Therapy

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Day Two of the Int'l Conference: Reports from the Front Lines of Stem Cell Therapy Around the World

Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Day One: Int'l Conference of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Early Human Embryos Make �Mistakes� as a Matter of Survival, Could Be Key to Understanding Stem Cell

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Patient-Specific, Pluripotent Stem Cells - Testis is a New Source

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The State of the Stem Cell

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Too many choices?
As we enter a new decade of this new millennium, stem cell science is in a state of confusion.

Can stem cells cure HIV?

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A promising new case report of stem cell therapy for leukemia re-opens the possibility of curing HIV infection with stem cell transplantation.

Dr. Ann A. Kiessling honored with the Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award for Biotechnology and Medicine

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

BSCRF awards Representative Daniel E. Bosley with a Certificate of Appreciation

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Stem Cell scientists from major universities attend a conference of 100-scientists and invited guest

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Friday, Nov 6, 2009: Discussions will include estimates of time to develop new stem cell based therapies for degenerative diseases, including diabetes, Parkinson�s disease, spinal cord diseases, AIDS and heart failure.

Stem Cell scientists from major universities meet for a small, focused conference in Weston, Massach

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Leading experts in basic science and clinical care discuss barriers to a

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

To identify and address these barriers, leading experts in neuroscience and stem cells recently came together for the one-day workshop at the University of Georgia. �The concept of this workshop grew out of a need for better communication between stem cells scientists, who dared to use the term �cure� for spinal cord injury, and care providers, who are worried about raising �false hopes� and setting unrealistic goals for people with spinal cord injury,� says Ann Kiessling, Ph.D., associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and director of the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation, which organized the second annual gathering in cooperation with Shepherd Center. �Both groups clearly have the patient�s best interest at heart, but were not hearing each other�s concerns.�

Gary Stein, PhD, Director of Massachusett's new stem cell bank joins the Symposium

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Professor I. Glenn Cohen Joins the Symposium Faculty

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

2009 Activated Egg Symposium Speakers Posted

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

New Symposium website 2009!

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

NIH Stem Cell Research Guidelines - Urgent Response Needed

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deadline: Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The NIH has already received over 10,000 letters opposing embryonic stem cell research. Your voice is urgently needed!

A conversation with Renee A. Reijo Pera: Using Embryos to Put Fertility First

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Moral Status of the Embryo

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Is a blastocyst�an early-stage human embryo�a person? As part of the University�s efforts to encourage public dialogue about stem-cell research, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), in conjunction with Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and the Boston Theological Institute, sponsored a March 14 forum, �Religious Perspectives on Stem-Cell Research,� which centered on this fundamental question. Moderated by Philip Clayton, a visiting professor of science and religion, the forum featured four panelists representing the three Abrahamic faiths: Eric Cohen, executive director of the Tikvah fund (a foundation devoted to Jewish ideas and culture) and a consultant to the President�s Council on Bioethics; Omar Sultan Haque, a Muslim theologian currently studying at HDS and Harvard Medical School (HMS); professor John Davis of the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, an evangelical Christian theologian ordained in the Presbyterian church; and the Reverend Doctor Llewellyn Smith, B.D. �67, of Andover Newton Theological School, a Congregational minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC). (HSCI faculty members M. William Lensch and Jerome Ritz attended as well to provide scientific input and clarification.)

Stem Cell Wars: The Cultural and Ideological Bases

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Originally published, October 19, 2006 Why has stem cell research been singled out of many stunning advances in this, the Golden Age of biology and medicine? Why is there such a tempest in a Petri dish?

Connecticut Legislature committed 100 million dollars to embryonic stem cell research

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

History was made in Connecticut this week. Nearly three dozen stem cell scientists were awarded public funds to conduct embryonic stem cell research. This puts Connecticut in a leadership position in stem cell research in the U.S.

New Battle Lines Are Drawn Over Egg Donation

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The issue of whether to pay women to be stem cell research donors has split feminists, causing some to align with Christian conservatives. Ann Kiessling, director of the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation in Massachusetts, said banning it was no guarantee that women wouldn't be exploited. "They're only going to be protected by good medical care and fully informed consent," she said. "How well they're cared for is independent of whether they're going to be compensated."

City seeks to lure stem cell labs

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

With the encouragement of a little-known stem cell research lab, Somerville�s going all-out in its bid to attract more cutting edge biotech companies. "The mayor said, �What, you�re kidding?" said Ann A. Kiessling, the director of Davis Square-based Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation, when she recently told him they exist. "Now�s the time. Everything has now fallen into place." Kiessling, a Harvard-affiliated researcher, has maintained the Bedford Foundation�s location on Elm Street, not far from Redbones, Starbucks and The Burren, since 1998. Since 2000, Kiessling and fellow researchers have been successfully replicating monkey, cow and mouse eggs trying to eventually use unfertilized eggs to develop human stem cells.

Donor Payments and Stem Cell Research

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Now some scientists here are worried that new restrictions on payments to egg donors in Massachusetts may make local stem cell research more difficult.

Ethics, Eggs and Embryos

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Exploring the ethics of egg donation and the use of embyos for stem cell research....

Dr. Kiessling Interviewed on NPR

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

BOSTON (2005-03-31) In the debate on stem cell legislation, there's been little discussion about the impact on the women who donate eggs for research.

The Stem Cell Research Discussion

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The science and politics of embryonic stem cell research. A complex, biological, ethical and medical issue has now become political. We�ll find out what�s being said. And, behind all the rhetoric, how much promise this research may � or may not - hold. Laura's guests are Ann Kiessling, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation and Eric Cohen, Consultant to the President's Council on Bioethics, Editor of The New Atlantis and Director of the Biotechnology and American Democracy Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington.

Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation PSAs

Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

View two PSAs that the Foundation aired in Massachusetts this past summer and fall.

Dads Against Diabetes TV Telethon 2005

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The Houston based organization Dads Against Diabetes (D.A.D) is planning to host a TV telethon in 2005. Their goal is to raise 2.5 million dollars to recruit researchers for the study of adults and children with type I diabetes.

Open Letter from the Foundation Director

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Addresses the question of the necessity for obtaining new lines of Human embryonic stem cells.

THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE - Stem Cell Research Gains Political Life

Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Kerry criticizes Bush's limits on the science. And as polls show voters favor less restrictive policies, the president aims to recast his stance.

Highlights from the Dateline NBC broadcast

Sun, 25 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Dateline reporter Josh Mankiewicz interviewed Foundation director, Dr. Ann Kiessling, about why human embryonic stem cell research is so controversial. Dr. Kiessling�s responses were based on the following information...

BSCRF Spring and Summer Newsletters

Sat, 03 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Book

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

An Introduction to the Science and Therapeutic Potential