StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEM) announced that it welcomes the approval yesterday by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the first 13 human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines for use in NIH-funded research under the NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research adopted in July 2009

When a baby is born, new parents often wonder, “Will he be the next President of the United States?” or “Could she be the one to find a cure for cancer?” But the underlying question for many specialists is, “Is this child ‘at risk’ for developmental issues?” Until now, an answer to this question has been elusive…

The British Psychological Society welcomes the passage of measures protecting young people from harm caused by tobacco into law in the Health Act 2009. The President of the Society, Sue Gardner, says: “We regard the protection of children and young people from smoking as an extremely high priority.

Roll Call reports that President Obama’s eight-day trip to Asia “will have little effect on Democrats’ ability to move health care legislation through the Senate, according to Senate and White House aides.” When news first broke that he would be gone for an extended amount of time, many Democrats met the news with “consternation,” but it now appears that Obama won’t be missing the “crunch time.

“Women Democrats have taken an awful lot of hits for the team lately,” such as voting for President Obama instead of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008 and allowing the Obama administration to place the Paycheck Fairness Act “on the backburner,” columnist Katha Pollitt writes in The Nation. However, “what I don’t want to hear right now about” Rep