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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11606647 IRA FLATOW, host: You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION: SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. And we've sort of gotten into some […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7447917 MADELEINE BRAND, host: Joining me now is NPR's science correspondent Joe Palca. And Joe has studied this issue intently for many, many […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7447914 MADELEINE BRAND, host: And now to the prospects for new stem cell funding at the federal level. I spoke earlier with Republican […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7447911 MADELEINE BRAND, host: From the studios of NPR West, this is DAY TO DAY. I'm Madeleine Brand. Coming up, we'll check in […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4817264 IRA FLATOW, host: You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Up next, the latest stem cell news. This […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4815507 ALEX CHADWICK, host: This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Alex Chadwick. The big news in stem cell research this week: An announcement […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4669809 IRA FLATOW, host: You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. And for the rest of the hour, we're […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4666186 ED GORDON, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Ed Gordon. Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed two separate […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4651065 IRA FLATOW, host: Some stem cell research news from this side of the pond. Scientists from the University of California at Irvine […]

IRA FLATOW, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. A little bit later in the hour, we'll get a preview of next week's Board of Education […]

IRA FLATOW, host: You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Next up, a stem cell update. Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are […]

IRA FLATOW, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. A little bit later in the program, we'll be talking about Vioxx and the business of drug […]

IRA FLATOW, host: You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. And for the rest of the hour, we're going to be talking about some advances in […]

ALEX CHADWICK, host: I'm Alex Chadwick. This is DAY TO DAY. Last week's memorials for Ronald Reagan again raised the issue of using embryonic stem cells for medical research. They […]

JOE PALCA, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Joe Palca in Washington, sitting in for Neal Conan. One of the most exciting developments in the last decade has […]

IRA FLATOW, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Later, just a little bit later in the hour, we're going to be talking with James Watson […]

IRA FLATOW, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Later in the hour we'll be talking with Freeman and George Dyson about the Orion-Project plan for […]

IRA FLATOW, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Last July, President Bush said he would allow federal funding to be used for embryonic stem cell […]

IRA FLATOW, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Transplanting neural stem cells into the brain to cure or treat disease is a relatively new field […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16470482 MICHELE NORRIS, NORRIS: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris. MELISSA BLOCK, NORRIS: And I'm Melissa Block. The [...]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5300326 ROBERT SIEGEL, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. German [...]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5055385 MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. One [...]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5050267 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Many scientists believe cloned embryonic stem cells have enormous potential for understanding and treating diseases. Now scientific and ethical [...]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4659796 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Vicki Page receives treatment for here cerebral palsy, but there is no cure. Many scientists believe stem cell research [...]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4658967 MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. The [...]

RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Last fall, California voters approved an embryonic stem cell measure and backed it with billions of dollars of taxpayer money. It was an attempt to compensate for [...]

LIANE HANSEN, host: In November, voters in California put their state in the vanguard of research on human embryonic stem cells. They passed Proposition 71, which will back stem cell [...]

RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Scientists in California have created new embryonic stem cell lines that overcome a potential problem facing the use of stem cells in human therapy. Scientists who want [...]

MICHELE NORRIS, host: Back to the politics of embryonic stem cell research now. We're joined by Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center For The People & The Press. [...]

MELISSA BLOCK, host: The faith that much of the public has invested in embryonic stem cell research is shared by scientists. But if you listen closely to what those scientists [...]

STEVE INSKEEP, host: Ron Reagan spoke last night at the Democratic National Convention, an unlikely venue for the son of a Republican president. (Soundbite from Democratic National Convention) Mr. RON [...]

MELISSA BLOCK, host: Scientists at Harvard University announced today that they've made 17 new lines of human embryonic stem cells. And they said they'll give the cells to any scientist [...]

MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have reversed nerve damage [...]

ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. Today, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania are reporting [...]

MARGOT ADLER, host: A year ago today, President Bush surprised critics and some of his most loyal supporters with an announcement. He said that under certain circumstances federal money could [...]

BOB EDWARDS, host: Two new studies provide ammunition for both sides in the politically charged world of stem cell research. Although stem cells some day may cure disease, taking them [...]

ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Scientists in Texas are reporting promising results from studies with human adult stem cells. If adult stem cells turn out to be useful for treating human diseases, [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: From NPR News, it's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Linda Wertheimer. NOAH ADAMS, host: And I'm Noah Adams. Next week officials at the National Institutes of Health will [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: President Bush is due to make a decision soon about funding research into embryonic stem cells. These cell are able to turn into almost any kind of [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: President Bush returns to Washington later today with an important decision hanging over him: whether to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. In Rome yesterday, [...]

NOAH ADAMS, host: The Senate's only doctor has announced his support for using federal money to fund research on embryonic stem cells. Senator Bill Frist, a Republican from Tennessee, was [...]

BOB EDWARDS, host: The Bush administration is expected to announce soon whether it will permit government funding for human embryonic stem cell research. Today there's a study concerning animal embryonic [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: Bacterial meningitis can often be cured with heavy doses of antibiotics, but for people suffering from diseases without cures, research may be the only hope. Writer Morton [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: Later this spring, the Bush administration plans to make what scientists see as a critically important decision. It will decide whether federal funds can be used to [...]

IRA FLATOW, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I am Ira Flatow. A little bit later in the program, we'll have an update on the Indian Ocean tsunamis, […]