In opening remarks, Dr. Holdren emphasized the key role of STEM in addressing grand challenges and growing the economy.
In some cases, extremism may stem in part from male frustration that the old order is being subverted, he speculates.
The relationship between money and happiness is surprisingly weak, which may stem in part from the way people spend it.
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And the newspaper companies' tribulations do not necessarily presage the demise of the news business, for they stem in part from the tumultuous and expensive transition from paper to electronic distribution.
Beijing's problems in keeping track of its economy stem in part from the fact that while it is surpassed only by the United States in size, China is growing and changing much faster than any rich country.
Amex's problems stem in part from a familiar source: an aggressive move out of its traditional business of charge cards, which must be paid off each month, into riskier credit cards that allow customers to carry a balance.
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Reducing the dropout rate of women in STEM careers is especially important because women in STEM jobs earn 33 percent more than those in non-STEM occupations and the wage gap between men and women in STEM jobs is smaller than in other fields.
Investing in STEM education in particular is important to ensure our country can succeed in the 21st century, and that starts in classrooms at Parkville and around the Nation.
Despite recent efforts by the government and the private sector to encourage students to pursue careers in STEM-oriented disciplines, the gap between those pursuing STEM education in the U.S relative to other countries shows no signs of closing.
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Embryonic stem cells are advantageous in research because they can be grown more easily than adult stem cells in a culture, and are pluripotent, meaning they can develop into any of the various cell types of the body, according to the National Institutes of Health.
The rationale for pursuing stem cell therapy in autism is based on encouraging results of unpublished data examining stem cell therapy in children with cerebral palsy, a group of disorders that affect not only movement, but learning, behavior and cognition.
In joining the STEM Master Teachers Corps, these educators will make a commitment to champion the cause of STEM education in their respective communities, and will receive additional resources to mentor math and science teachers, inspire students, and help their communities grow.
Last month, Prof Wilmut announced that he was abandoning the cloning of human embryos in stem cell research in favour of a new technique developed in Japan.
In addition to producing stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries, Geron says, it has seven other types of cells derived from stem cells in its pipeline.
Professor Ian MacKenzie, a researcher in stem cell biology from the Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry in London, said that it was still likely that stem cells played a significant role in the development of cancer.
Our educational system at the K-12 level does not adequately prepare enough students with needed proficiencies in STEM, resulting in an insufficient pipeline of kids enthusiastic about and equipped to pursue scientific and technological fields at the collegiate level.
Note: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Council on Women and Girls recently launched the "Women in STEM Speakers Bureau, " where top Administration female STEM specialists participate in roundtables with girls in grades 6-12 across the country.
They broke these up, in order to extract cardiac stem cells from them (these cells can be identified by the presence on their surfaces of a particular protein), and then bred the stem cells in tissue cultures until they numbered millions.
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Designed to spark the interest of middle and high-school girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects, the Women in STEM Speakers Bureau was launched by the White House Council on Women and Girls and Office of Science and Technology Policy in September of last year.
Former President Bush gave a great example of a residues speech that had the intended effect back in 2001 when he discussed the issue of using stem cells in scientific research.
Today we are well into the Information Age, where we need students knowledgeable in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in order to satisfy employment demands for a wide range of industries.
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The first solid evidence implicating stem cells in cancer came in the early 1990s when John Dick, a stem cell researcher at the University of Toronto, developed a method for transplanting cancerous human bone marrow cells into mice.
In 2009, Bolli was ready to launch the SCIPIO trial (Cardiac Stem Cells in Patients with Cardiomyopathy).
But Caplan says access to many of the stem cells will be determined by companies that have invested heavily in stem cell research and technology, and have their own commercial interests in mind.
Most researchers agree that one day they will supplant embryonic stem cells in the lab.
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The world's first official trial using human embryonic stem cells in patients has been halted.
The heavier weight on STEM helps minimize the effect of a double-counted STEM worker in a tech company.
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They were able to get a clone in a stem-cell line in basically one of 17 eggs used.
But Beachy had also turned to a new approach, examining the role of stem cells in Down syndrome.
Today's tests concentrate on the stalk-like brain stem, in charge of basics such as breathing, sleeping and waking.
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