Journal: Stem cell safeguards needed
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A top scientific journal plans to adopt some stricter safeguards against fraud, in wake of a headline-grabbing South Korean cloning sham exposed a year ago.
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Stem cells have been used to save mice embryos from a lethal heart defect.
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More Americans know about stem cell research, and more approve of it this year than in 2001, according to a new Harris Poll. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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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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Scientists are working on a technique to repair fractures using a patient's own stem cells.
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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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Naysayers argue that embryonic stem-cell research deserves no federal funding because it has shown no success. Neither have other heavily funded research programs. By Brandon Keim.
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A proposal to spend &#36;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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A new approach for producing embryonic stem cells faces considerable hurdles, executives from stem cell companies said.
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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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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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The human embryonic stem cells available for research are contaminated with nonhuman molecules from the culture medium used to grow the cells, researchers report.
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California's new $3 billion stem  cell research program risks floundering if it does not build a  solid foundation at the start, critics said.
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Here's a reality check amid Congress' showdown with President Bush over stem cell research: The potential treatments for diabetes, spinal cord injury and other devastating disorders are years away from being tested in people.
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California's new stem cell agency is generating a lot of talk &#151; and it's not all about the ethics of human embryonic research.
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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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Some of the world&#39;s top scientists, ethicists and policy experts on stem cell research gathered yesterday at the Salk Institute in La Jolla to speak about both the promise and ethical perils tied to the young field.