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Canadian born Bollywood actress Lisa Ray has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cellsknown as plasma cells, which produce antibodies. It is a rare and incurable disease

Canadian born Bollywood actress Lisa Ray has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer of the plasma cells, and says the disease is “incurable”.

How messages sent within stem cells through a specific communication pathway can trigger the cells to specialize and become blood cells in humans, has been discovered by scientists of the McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute.

In a world-first breakthrough, Australian scientists have used contact lenses coated in stem cells to restore a person’s sight.

Almost no one was surprised this week when President Obama lifted restrictions on stem cell research that involved the destruction of human embryos. Even jaded Washington watchers are adjusting to the idea that this is a president with an eerie determination to do exactly what he said he would do during his campaign.
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As a presidential candidate, Mr.Obama spoke out in favor of stem cell research, so his intention to undo the curbs put in place by President George W. Bush is not surprising. But the decision is nonetheless of great interest, involving a long-controversial intersection of science and personal moral beliefs.
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The first human trials of a stem cell therapy for an eye disease that causes blindness in young people could start next year.

President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, scheduled to be announced Monday, White House officials said Friday. It is expected to provide a major boost to one of the most promising but controversial fields of biomedical research in generations...