Archive for March, 2011

UCSF researchers identify promising new treatment for childhood leukemia

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

An experimental drug lessens symptoms of a rare form of childhood leukemia and offers significant insight into the cellular development of the disease, according to findings from a new UCSF study. The mouse model research could spearhead the development of new leukemia therapies and paves the way for future clinical trials in humans. See the [...]

Crashing Roman’s Van: disability community fights on

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/crashing-romans-van-disab_b_841645.html Please share this widely as you can—April 5th is the life-or-death hearing for AB 190, which will fund the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act—or not. Roman’s van crashed… read the following from Huffington Post, please. Don C. Reed Sponsor, California’s Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999 Crashing Roman’s Van: [...]

Stem Cells In Heart Form Scar Tissue After Heart Attack

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

In a finding that has implications for the treatment of heart failure, new research shows that in a heart attack, fibroblasts – special repair cells that form a scar after injury – come from a… This is a content summary only. Visit our website for full links, other content, and more! Thanks! Stem Cell Research

Press Release

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Press Release Emerging Healthcare Solutions Inc. Posted on:28 Mar 11 Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (PinkSheets: EHSI) announced today that training has been completed on use of the NASA-developed bioreactor. Read more on PharmiWeb Calgary stem cell drive draws Chinese donors Organizers of a stem cell drive targeting Calgary’s Chinese community are calling the initiative a [...]

What Is At Issue In the Hosanna-Tabor Case?

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC. (See prior posting.) The petition for certiorari described the Question Presented as follows: The federal courts of appeals have long recognized the “ministerial exception,” a First Amendment doctrine that bars most employment-related lawsuits brought against religious organizations by employees performing religious functions. The circuits are [...]

Judge: Caltrans May Award Contracts Based on Race

Monday, March 28th, 2011

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) developed a plan to take race into account when awarding contracts. Caltrans set aside 6.75 percent of federal contracts for women, blacks, people of Asian-Pacific descent, and American Indians. The Federal Highway Administration approved the plan. The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLE) sued Caltrans on behalf of a contractor. State [...]

WSJ Covers Top Ten Percent Gaming Study

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal posted a blog item about a study that shows students have found ways to game the Texas Top Ten Percent plan. The study was released a couple of months ago, and I blogged about it here. An excerpt: “Regardless of a high school’s academic ranking, a Texas high school student [...]

Microsoft Compromises Users’ Privacy: No HTTPS in Arab Countries, Iran

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

Written by Anas Qtiesh With the ongoing protestes and violent crackdown from governments in the Middle East, compromising online security could have dire repercussions on the wellbeing of internet users in the region. Email security is a priority and HTTPS should be enabled by default. Gmail does that, while Microsoft allows users to choose to activate the [...]

Not the Time to be Discouraged

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

A guest post from  Jane Cawthorne. There are a lot of things to worry about right now. Last weekend, I attended a conference on climate change. It was devastating, if unintentionally so. I left knowing that it is less likely my daughter will reach fifty years old than I will, and if she does, she [...]

Stem Cell Therapy for Autism

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

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