Japan researcher proposes stem cell bank
76961
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.
451790
After years of searching, Shinya Yamanaka found a way to turn adult skin cells into the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells without using an actual embryo.
242213
South Korea will allow stem-cell research to find cures for 18 diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and cerebral palsy, government officials said Thursday.
140311
Japanese companies design 'helper robots' that could assist an aging population.
196561
Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
330454
It may sound unbelievable, but Japanese researchers have been able to restore vision in people with damaged and clouded corneas by using cells taken from the patient&#39;s cheek tissue.
43642
Stem cell technologies could be used to cure diseases and heal injuries within 10 years, a Japanese scientist who recently broke new ground in the field said Wednesday.
745379
South Korea&#39;s disgraced stem cell  scientist Hwang Woo-suk, who is on trial for criminal fraud, is  in Thailand to discuss joining an international consortium for  human embryonic stem cell research, a news report said on  Monday.
481501
British authorities decided Wednesday to permit research that uses animal eggs to create human stem cells &#151; studies experts say are critical to unlocking treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases.
415032
Trying to put the Hwang Woo-suk scandal behind them, Korean scientists seek methods for deriving stem cells without killing embryos. In Bodyhack.
387404
Researchers in the UK and Japan say adult stem cells could be used to reverse liver disease.
287999
Harvard University researchers said  on Wednesday they were seeking permission to use cloning  technology to make human stem cells.
313922
If a technique used in mice can be adapted to human cells, it would let scientists use a patientâs skin cells to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells.
265883
Scientists use cloning to create personalized stem cell lines in monkeys.
433045
UK researchers say the discovery of a new type of "missing link" stem cell in rodents could boost research.
176511
Rarely do the worlds of stem-cell research and Native American artifacts collide. But Dr. Michael D. West, the scientist behind Advanced Cell Technology Inc. of Worcester, has made it happen.
430550
Researchers in Wisconsin and Japan said yesterday that they have turned ordinary human skin cells into what are effectively embryonic stem cells without using embryos or women's eggs -- the previously essential ingredients that have embroiled the medically promising field in a nearly decade-long ...