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Good Mornin' All, Here's the overnite news / articles ...... MJF, Donald Calne, et al finally make it to the NYT re: 'cluster'... My favorite research scientist, Catherine Verfaillie is back in the news with more discoveries... Verfaillie and her colleagues announced late last year that these cells, called multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs), demonstrate the potential to differentiate beyond mesenchymal cells, into cells of visceral mesodermal origin, such as endothelium, as well as into cells with neuroectodermal phenotype and function. Now... Look that up in yer Funk & Wagnall's.... Cheers ............ murray * * * Hints of a Parkinson's 'cluster' Mary Duenwald The New York Times Thursday, May 16, 2002 4 who worked together years ago have the disease. Why? http://www.iht.com/articles/57830.htm CBS Interactive - Human Cloning Explore the mysteries and debates of human cloning, and review the historical breakthroughs of the Human Genome Project. (I like the Time Line part... murray) http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/cloning/framesource.html No Cloning Around On Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, May 15, 2002 (CBS) The House has already passed a bill making all human cloning illegal, but the Senate Wednesday delayed consideration again until next month at the earliest.... But members of Congress were told Wednesday that legislation won't stop science. (+ links to prev. stories) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/15/politics/main509192.shtml Researchers Identify Gene Involved in Deciding Cloned Embryo's Fate Cloned sheep, cows, cats, pigs and human embryos have made regular appearances in the headlines lately. Less widely appreciated is how very difficult it is to successfully clone a mammal. Indeed, the vast majority of cloned embryos fail to fully develop. Now new research could help explain why. http://www.sciam.com/news/051502/2.html Adult Stem Cells Study Called Success Wednesday, May 15, 2002 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- University of Minnesota researchers have coaxed adult bone marrow stem cells into becoming functioning liver cells, the latest in their efforts to demonstrate the versatility of these miniature building blocks and their potential to someday replace more controversial embryonic stem cells in research and treatment. http://www.sltrib.com/05152002/nation_w/737128.htm What we have seen is that adult stem cells cultured from the bone marrow of humans, mice and rats can be induced to differentiate into cells that look, stain and function like liver cells," said Catherine Verfaillie, M.D., director of the University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute and author of the research. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/05/020515074318.htm CBS News Interactive - The 107th. Congress http://cbsnews.cbs.com/htdocs/politics/congress/html/framesource.html * * * "Murray Charters" <[log in to unmask]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn