New Stem Cell Source Confirmed
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If a new method works, scientists could derive embryonic stem cells -- without destroying embryos -- from more than 3,000 cells discarded annually at fertility clinics. In Bodyhack.
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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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Britain granted its first license for human cloning Wednesday, joining South Korea on the leading edge of stem cell research, which is restricted by the Bush administration and which many scientists believe may lead to new treatments for a range of diseases.
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Scientists at a California company reported yesterday that they had created the first mature cloned human embryos from single skin cells taken from adults, a significant advance toward the goal of growing personalized stem cells for patients suffering from various diseases.
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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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Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia -- the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, potentially fatal disease.
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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 t...
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Mouse embryos created through a "virgin birth" process called parthenogenesis show that egg cells can be a source of valued embryonic stem cells, researchers said on Thursday.
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The scientific journal Nature has corrected a press release regarding an article claiming that embryonic stem cells could be made without destroying an embryo.
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Scientists who incited controversy last month over a stem cell paper published in Nature now show their stem cells can repair damaged retinas. In Bodyhack.
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Human therapeutic cloning has moved a  step closer after U.S. researchers said they had successfully  created embryonic stem cells from monkey embryos.
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Science & environment: British scientists have been given the go-ahead to begin potentially ground-breaking experiments using injections of stem cells to repair patients' damaged hearts
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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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In an innovative move, a biotech company has found a new way of making stem cells without destroying embryos, touting it as a way to defuse one of the country's fiercest political and ethical debates.
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The prospect that âthe curseâ might be a source of stem cells to sustain life was a surprise to some experts.
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The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.
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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.