Studies find new ways to make embryonic stem cells
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Researchers have taken ordinary skin cells from a mouse and reprogrammed them to look and act like embryonic stem cells in a long-promised experiment that provides an alternative way to get the valued and controversial cells.
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Using a technique borrowed from in vitro fertilization, researchers have for the first time shown that it is possible to create new embryonic stem cell colonies without destroying human embryos. Corrected article
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Stem cells taken from human embryos were coaxed into becoming motor neurons in an experiment that might one day help scientists repair damaged nervous systems, researchers reported Sunday.
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A University of Connecticut scientist may have discovered a new and efficient way to clone
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Scientists say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells.
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Making stem cells with destroying human embryos could revolutionize medical research in the U.S.--and help unlock the very secrets of life.
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Scientists say they've created embryonic stem cells by stimulating unfertilized eggs, a significant step toward producing transplant tissue that's genetically matched to women.
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Researchers are using human embryonic stem cells to determine the toxicity of potential pharmaceuticals.
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A fundamental mechanism has been discovered that allows embryonic stem cells to divide indefinitely while avoiding the duplication of genetically damaged cells that can lead to cancer.
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A new study shows that embryonic stem cells can heal defective heart cells in mice. It could be a new way to look at the potential healing power of these controversial cells. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Scientists discover what could be cardiac master cells capable of becoming different tissues in the heart.
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Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have found a fundamental mechanism used by embryonic stem cells to assure that genetically damaged stem cells do not divide and pass along the damage to daughter stem cells.
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Science & environment: Research is step towards goal of creating supplies of embryonic stem cells genetically matched to patients
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Scientists have moved closer to being able to use human stem cells to manufacture blood.
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Researchers came a step closer to finding a safe way to use stem cells in clinical treatment Thursday when a team of Japanese scientists announced they found a way to induce stem cells without triggering tumors.
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Science & environment: Hopes boosted by experiments showing that human embryonic stem cells could be turned into a variety of brain cells
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Spain's Socialist government approved new conditions governing research with embryonic stem cells Friday, allowing scientists to investigate using frozen embryos while seeking cures to diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and diabetes.