Stem Cells Have DNA Safety Mechanism
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Embryonic stem cells, proto-cells that become the different cells in a baby, have a safety mechanism to prevent passing on damaged DNA, US scientists report.
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Embryonic stem cells may not have to actually grow replacement body parts to be useful.    New research suggests these cells also secrete healing molecules powerful enough to reverse a lethal birth defect in mice...
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Scientists have made two significant advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage caused to the heart after an attack.
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In a bid to sidestep the ethical debate over the use of human embryos in medical research, scientists have developed a way to derive viable stem cell lines without harming the embryo.
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Canadian scientists have found cancer stem cells that seem to fuel the uncontrolled growth of malignant brain tumors. If they could be targeted with
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Possible stem cells identified in the mouse pancreas could hold the key to new treatments for type 1 diabetes. Researchers at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada believe that the cells
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Research into using stem cells to repair damaged nerves just got a big boost, with scientists pinpointing a protein key to controlling binocular vision -- visual depth perception -- in mammals.
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Research on embryonic stem cells continues to ignite national debate over the beginning of human life. And with the Legislature likely to take up the issue in its next session, many worry that inaccurate information is being perpetuated by stem cell proponents and their counterparts.
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Creating a bank to store a new type of  stem cell produced from donors' ordinary skin cells could help  reduce time and money for treating patients with regenerative  medicine in the future, a Japanese researcher said on  Wednesday.
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Three teams of scientists said yesterday they had coaxed ordinary mouse skin cells to become what are effectively embryonic stem cells without creating or destroying embryos in the process -- an advance that, if it works with human cells, could revolutionize stem cell research and quench one of the...
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Scientists develop a method of routinely growing stem cells in conditions similar to the human body.
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have identified the growth factors essential to allow spermatogonial stem cells -- the continually self-renewing cells that produce sperm -- to exist in culture indefinitely.
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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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Stem cells, which are believed to hold great medical promise, also play a lead role in fuelling the formation and growth of brain tumours.
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Â· Tissue from young girls matured in laboratory Â· Technique could avoid chemotherapy side-effect.
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CHEVY CHASE, Md., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a single change in a person&#39;s DNA can contribute to a range of life-shortening risk factors, including
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Scientists have discovered a new type of embryonic stem cell in mice and rats that should speed up research into regenerative medicine and help in the hunt for cures to a range of diseases.