The decision to end many restrictions on embryonic stem cell research has removed a key barrier to research and discovery. Scientists are driven by the desire to succeed as fervently as our most ...

A team at Kobe University has created a game-changing resource for autism research: 63 mouse embryonic stem cell lines, each ...

Earlier today scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University announced that they have produced embryonic stem cells from an embryo ... Sign up An icon in the shape of an angle pointing ...

A group of researchers published in the journal Cell proof that they had created embryonic stem cells through cloning. The scientists produced embryos using human skin cells, and then used the ...

Before her stem cell surgery in July, Sue Freeman, 78, couldn’t take a walk, go shopping or cook by herself because of macular degeneration, a disease that affects millions of Americans and for ...

The big story today, of course, is the president's action on embryonic stem cell research. But while many of us have an opinion on the issue, we don't necessarily fully understand the questions ...

THE first treatment derived from embryonic stem cells might soon undergo clinical trials. The cells would be used to help repair damaged spinal tissue. One of the main concerns with embryonic stem ...

Alternatives to embryonic stem cells exist, but their potential may be limited. June 20, 2007 — -- As the controversy over federal funding of embryonic stem cell research rages on ...

NIH opens federal funding for 13 embryonic stem cell lines, will review 96 more. Dec. 2, 2009— -- The National Institutes of Health announced it will make 13 new embryonic stem cell lines ...

Stem cells are getting serious. Two decades after they were discovered, human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are being tested as a treatment for two major diseases: heart failure and type 1 ...

Researchers announced Wednesday, May 15, in the journal Cell that they've been able to make stable colonies of embryonic stem cells by injecting the DNA from 'adult' human cells into a human egg ...