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
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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
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 »
Scientists Find Differences in Embryonic Stem Cells and Reprogrammed Skin Cells
From Newswise.com UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that… Read more »
New York Becomes First State To Allow Payment For Donating Eggs For Stem Cell Research
From MedicalNewsToday.com New York’s Empire State Stem Cell Board earlier this month decided to allow embryonic stem cell researchers who receive state funding to compensate women for… Read more »
Hysterectomies Could Be Source of Stem Cells
Researchers eye tissues that are normally discarded after surgery From health.usnews.com Fallopian tubes removed from fertile women of child-bearing age during hysterectomies or other procedures might prove… Read more »