Stem Cells
Fetal stem cells may soon see breakthrough in Parkinson’s research
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been among the leading recipients of federal grants for research projects that involve ...
Scientists, fearing safety, silent as Planned Parenthood attacked for sale of fetal issue
In recent weeks, it’s been nearly impossible not to hear people — presidential candidates, attorneys general, lawmakers, pundits, outraged relatives ...
Tiny petri dish ‘organoids’ aren’t perfect, but show big promise
It was an otherwise normal day in November when Madeline Lancaster realized that she had accidentally grown a brain. For ...
Do major medical advances justify stem cell research with aborted fetuses?
Stem cell science is a big deal in California, thanks to the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, a state agency that ...
Breast reconstruction surgery receiving boost from stem cell technique
It’s hard to pin down exactly how many people get mastectomies in the United States. According to the Journal of the ...
Some stem cell clinics offer costly, unproven procedures, in US and abroad
Stem cell treatments of various kinds are now widely available in America at more than 100 stem cell clinics offering ...
5 Myths about GMOs
In the neverending debate about genetically modified foods, which myths do you believe? ...
Beating heart tissue grown in laboratory using stem cells
UC Berkeley researchers, in collaboration with scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, have developed a template for growing beating cardiac tissue ...
Could stem cells hold the key to treating incurable mitochondrial diseases?
Mitochondrial disease therapy using stem cells appears feasible, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature. However, years of preclinical ...
PGD–preimplantation genetic diagnosis–dramatically increases disease prevention
Preventing disease is a standard goal of medicine. But a new technology takes it farther than we normally do by preventing ...
Engineered yeast can potentially detect disease, build synthetic organs
Scientists at the University of Washington (UW) say they have engineered yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that can "talk" to one another, using ...
Chimera alert? Myths and facts of human-non-human animal hybrids in medicine
Science is making leaps and bounds creating part human and part non-human animal tissues and organs. The applications are medical, ...
Transfusions with laboratory-grown blood cells to begin trials
The first attempt at giving human volunteers “synthetic blood” made in a laboratory for the first time will take place ...
Will genetic cyber-athletes come to dominate sports?
The era of the über-athlete may be nearer than most people think, and it will spark fierce ethical debates. The ...
Researchers grow mammary gland in petri dish to study breast cancer
A research group has developed an assay whereby cultured human breast epithelial cells rebuild the three-dimensional tissue architecture of the ...
Can Parkinson’s disease be cured by an injection of fetal cells into the brain?
A new stem cell treatment for Parkinson's diseased highlight the delicate balance of risks vs. rewards. It entail using fetal ...
White House asks scientists to hold off on editing the human genome
Scientists should hold off on experiments that could permanently alter people's DNA and pass the changes along to future generations, ...
Danger of unapproved stem cell therapies growing as clinics expand across US
More than 170 clinics across the country are selling experimental stem cell procedures for dozens of diseases and conditions — ...
Former doctor continues selling unproven stem cell procedures after license revoked
In fall 2014, two decades after Malibu psychiatrist William Rader began selling unproven stem cell treatments to desperate patients with ...
New stem cell type could allow growing human organs in animals
A newly discovered type of stem cell could help provide a model for early human development — and, eventually, allow ...
Assisted reproduction may help same-sex couples conceive, but won’t end stigma towards non-traditional families
A new study from Cambridge University and the Weizmann Institute of Science predicts the use of skin cells and stem cells to create biological ...
First baby born through promising new IVF technique using stem cells
Doctors in Canada have begun a new chapter in medical history, delivering the first in a wave of babies through ...
Stem cell therapy for vision loss shows promising first results
A company that has spent more than 20 years trying to develop treatments based on embryonic stem cells is taking ...
Stem cell therapy might help prevent brain tumors in breast cancer patients
Researchers have developed a mouse model of brain-metastatic breast cancer and found the potential of stem-cell-based therapy to eliminate metastatic ...
Treating multiple sclerosis may rely on stem cell stimulation
Two drugs already on the market — an antifungal and a steroid — may potentially take on new roles as ...
GENeS launches: New project provides journalists, NGOs, policy analysts scientific expertise on breaking stories
Journalists and policymakers take note: GENeS--Genetic Expert News Service--is now live! Turn to GENeS for independent expert analysis and commentary ...
Understanding autism: Human stem cells offer new research approach
The simplest and most direct method of studying the human brain is to probe the living organ directly. For myriad ...
