Category: Court Ruling Means Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Can (Temporarily) Proceed

MEwens
The appeals court could make a decision later the month on whether funding should be allowed to continue as the case proceeds.
Read more this great post here

Amy Dockser Marcus
Also: Consumer Reports publishes surgery group ratings; judge won’t stay stem cell ruling; gender differences in mild cognitive impairment.
Read more this great post here

MEwens
Also: Stem cell legislation in the House; Abbott ends an auction; NYC public hospitals prepare for some changes.
Read more this great post here

MEwens
Also: NEJM editors say Meridia should be yanked; stem cell plaintiffs explain themselves to the WSJ; are hospital profits the driver of health-care costs?
Read more this great post here

Katherine Hobson
Also: Price hike for last-resort insurance in California; potential warfarin replacements line up; dialysis deal reached in Atlanta; U.S. asks judge to allow embryonic stem cell research to proceed.
Read more this great post here

MEwens
Also: AARP reports on brand-name drug prices; Medtronic gives grim view of medical device demand; report says millions of older Americans may need to switch Medicare drug plans in 2011.
Read more this great post here

Katherine Hobson
Also: study quantifies radiation from nuclear imaging tests; Genzyme and Sanofi talk price; routine care coverage for clinical trial participants.
Read more this great post here

JGrimes
The Obama administration today issued final guidelines regarding use of stem cells for research purposes and in the process, it announced rules expected to make even more stem cells available for lab work.
In a draft of the guidelines outlined by the National Institutes of Health in April, only stem cells from excess […]

Laura Yao
Biotech company Geron will partner with GE Healthcare to develop products made from human embryonic stem cells that may help discover and develop new drugs, the companies said today.
The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed but Geron’s stock is up 17% in mid-day trading.
Geron got the nod from the FDA in […]

JGrimes
New York has become the first state to pay women for donating egg cells for taxpayer-funded research into embryonic stem cells, according to the Washington Post. New York’s Empire State Stem Cell Board will offer as much as $10,000 in state funds to a qualified donor.
While in-vitro fertilization clinics usually pay donors, researchers […]