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Mice created from skin cells

Mice created from skin cells

From Cox Newspapers WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego have created healthy adult mice out of mouse skin cells… Read more »

Replacement teeth grown in mice

Replacement teeth grown in mice

Researchers in Japan have successfully grown replacement teeth in mice, according to a report in PNAS journal. Tissue containing the cells and instructions for building a tooth… Read more »

Researchers May Have Found Equivalent of Embryonic Stem Cells

Researchers May Have Found Equivalent of Embryonic Stem Cells

By Rob Stein, WashingtonPost.com Chinese scientists have bred mice from cells that might offer an alternative to human embryonic stem cells, producing the most definitive evidence yet… Read more »

Sperm From Stem Cells

Sperm From Stem Cells

By Peter Allen, cbsnews.com This week, British researchers announced another extraordinary breakthrough in medical research. They have taken stem cells from an embryo and created human sperm…. Read more »

Scientists Reprogram Clearly Defined Adult Cells Into Pluripotent Stem Cells — Directly And Without Viruses

Scientists Reprogram Clearly Defined Adult Cells Into Pluripotent Stem Cells — Directly And Without Viruses

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Feds ease restrictions on use of stem cells

Feds ease restrictions on use of stem cells

By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post From SFGate.com Hundreds of embryonic stem cell lines, whose use in the United States had been curtailed by the Bush administration, can… Read more »

Heart Stem Cells Show Promise

Heart Stem Cells Show Promise

Play CBS Video From CBSnews.com Can a human heart repair itself?  One heart is trying. Heart attack patient Ken Milles is the first person ever to get… Read more »