Stem-Cell Case Shows Need for Asian Donors
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Pia Awal was in the midst of planning her October wedding when a routine doctor's visit brought devastating news. After more than a year of remission, her cancer was back. Now mid-October marks a different kind of milestone &#151; the time by which doctors say Awal, who has acute myelogenous leukemia, must receive a lifesaving stem cell, or bone marrow, transplant.
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A man's testicles might be a source of stem cells to help him fight serious diseases, US scientists have shown.
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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.
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Leaders of embryonic stem-cell banks in the United States and the United Kingdom pledge to work together to promote research, create standards and distribute each other's cells. By the Associated Press.
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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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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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PHILADELPHIA _ 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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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.
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Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman's breasts using fat and stem cells.
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BEIJING -- They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America, they search the Internet for experimental treatments _ and often land on Web sites promoting stem cell treatments in China.
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A committee hears testimony on the possible usefulness of stem cells and current research restrictions, but it's an argument that boils down to when human life begins. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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A court rejects claims that California's burgeoning stem-cell agency is plagued by conflicts of interest. Once all legal hurdles are cleared, the agency can seek Wall Street funding. By the Associated Press.
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Scientists use cloning to create personalized stem cell lines in monkeys.
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A majority of couples with stored embryos from fertility treatments say they would be willing to donate unused embryos for stem cell research, says a doctor who surveyed patients.
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UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells.
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SCHILLER PARK, Illinois  - Not so long ago, if you would have told Ed McNally that one day he'd be shipping stem cells, bone tissue and tendons instead of documents, he would probably have questioned your sanity.
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Patients should beware of so-called stem cell wonder cures as most have not been properly tested, experts say.