Stem-cell science: Mirage or shining city?
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Microscopic embryonic stem cells might hold the answer to afflictions from baldness, wrinkles, and age spots to the most intractable diseases.
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Mother India gives birth to 43 million children a year. Biotech companies on the verge of the world's largest stem-cell bonanza may create a market that would tempt poor families. By Scott Carney.
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The prospect of using human embryonic stem cells to treat disease appears a small step closer as the result of two new experiments with the cells, which are mired in political controversy because they are derived from human embryos.
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Scientists use cloning to create personalized stem cell lines in monkeys.
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A debate over a hypothesis that cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells could affect the path of research.
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New research is casting doubts on the usefulness of the human embryonic stem cells available under the White House&#39;s research policy.
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UK scientists are attempting to restore vision in people with a leading cause of blindness using stem cells.
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A third team of researchers has found a way to convert an ordinary skin cell into valued embryonic-like stem cells, with the potential to grow batches of cells that can be directed to form any kind of tissue.
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TORONTO (CP) - A group of Canadian researchers has made a discovery of potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could not only one day lead to new treatments for diabetes but also change the way scientists understand the way cells develop.
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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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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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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.
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Stem cells have become famous for their ability to heal, spurring hopes that they might one day cure Parkinson&#39;s disease, spinal cord injuries, and a wide variety of ailments.
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Stem cells from human eyes can generate various cell types required for sight, a finding that marks an important step towards regenerative treatments for eye diseases.
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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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THERE ARE three myths in the politically charged controversy over stem cell research. One myth is that all stem cell research involves only embryonic stem cell research.
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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.