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UCSF's Gail Martin co-discovers embryonic stem cells in mice, and coins the term "embryonic stem cell."

Arnold Kriegstein

UCSF Stem Cell Experts in the News

April 10, 2007
On KPCC-FM's AirTalk, Arnold Kriegstein, director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, discusses two stem cell research bills currently under debate in the U.S. Senate.

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KPCC

Links to breaking news and background stories containing comments by UCSF stem cell scientists

February 22, 2007
On NPR's All Things Considered, UCSF stem cell scientists Robert Blelloch and Susan Fisher provide an overview on the state of therapeutic cloning studies.

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NPR

January 26, 2006
Arnold Kriegstein, director of UCSF's Institute for Regeneration Medicine, recently participated in a discussion of the future of stem cell research following the admission of fraud in a prominent South Korean laboratory.

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Excerpt - UCSF Today
Full broadcast - WBUR

October 19, 2005
UCSF's Arnold Kriegstein comments on South Korean plan to establish international stem cell consortium.

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