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Stories about: brain tissue

Brain Tissue from Stem Cells Created in Japan Human stem cell research has been a controversial subject all around the globe for many years, because of the fact that the harvesting of viable stem cells has to be conducted on viable human embryos. Religious and anti-abortion groups say that this is a crime, as the embryos would have otherwise grown to become adul... 6 November 2008 13:41 GMT New Multiple Sclerosis Drug Created Scientists at the University of Cambridge made a significant discovery when they noticed that alemtuzumab, a drug created for the express purpose of fighting leukemia, in fact worked best against multiple sclerosis (MS) and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The drug also seemed to have the power to resto... 23 October 2008 09:11 GMT