[pat (OP)]

Does anyone remember a study a few years ago that claimed that stinging nettles (and maybe bee stings) could help ease the pain of arthritis ? How is that supposed to work ?

Pat

[hku]

hi   pat   how u doing  am a new member in this website and would like you to please kindly send me information abuot the ethical issues governing stem cells i'd really like it soon because am so desperate
thanks alot  
ciao

hkumaru

[chris]

Go to the homepage (http://www.thenakedscientists.com) and click on search - then type "stem cells" into the search box. Having just done that I have produced many results from all over the site about a range of stem-cell related topics.

Here's a few links to get you going :

Embryonic Tissue to repair damaged brains (plus lots of links):
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/html/guestfile/rogerbarker.htm

Stem cells and how they work :
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/katarneycolumn2.htm

Adult Stem Cells :
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/katarneycolumn4.htm

Interview with Clive Svendsend about stem cell mediated repair :
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/html/shows/2000.11.26.htm

chris

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