Stem cell movement faces setbacks in Mo.
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Eight months ago, Missouri seemed well on its way to becoming a national leader in stem cell research. Voters amended the state's constitution to protect stem cell research &#151; even the controversial form using cells from human embryos. Actor Michael J. Fox appeared in TV ads, visibly shaking from Parkinson's disease as he sought votes for stem cell supporter Claire McCaskill in her bid for the U.S. Senate.
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A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research.
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The stem cell lines available for federally-funded research in the US have characteristics which mean they may never be used for medical treatments in humans, a new study suggests.
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Some experts say consumers should think twice before spending money on storing stem cells, because it is not clear how useful they will be.
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Bush won. Thatâs the bad news for stem cell researchers. The good news: California&#39;s Prop. 71 passed. The science is already seeing the election&#39;s fallout.
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LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO  - A proposal to spend  $3 billion in California state funds on stem-cell research is  likely to attract scientists and create jobs, but some critics  question whether the investment will pay off.
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Human stem cells taken from both embryos and fetuses delayed a fatal brain and nerve disease in mice, moving throughout the brain to take on the jobs of damaged neurons, scientists reported on Sunday.
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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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A little more than three months after California voters approved a measure allocating $3 billion in public funds for stem cell and related research, organizers are struggling with down-to-earth concerns.
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California, in an act of rebellion against the White House, may be on the verge of spending $300 million a year in each of the next 10 years on stem cell research.
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It's time to get down to business for stem-cell scientists and administrators after the tremendous boost they received from the passage of California's Proposition 71. Two advisory board appointments have been made; there are 25 to go. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 19--When the subject is stem cell research, the term embryo is not only ethically charged, but increasingly hard to define.   Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have stretched the definition even further.
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Batches of human embryonic stem cells available under the strict policies of the U.S. government are contaminated with an animal molecule and are probably no good for using to treat people, scientists reported on Sunday.
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute are one step closer to understanding how blood cells develop through the use of human embryonic stem cells.
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Researchers are using human embryonic stem cells to determine the toxicity of potential pharmaceuticals.
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A 17-year-old from Mendota Heights, Minn., has been turning heads with her unconventional umbilical cord stem cell research. On Wednesday, Nicole Ali was in the nation&#39;s capital, accepting a $50,000 scholarship for her work.
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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.