A new era in embryonic stem cell research arrived as the U.S. government approved 13 batches of the master cells for a study using taxpayer dollars, with dozens more in the pipeline.

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U.S. researchers have found a way to coax human embryonic stem cells to turn into the types of cells that make eggs and sperm, shedding light on a stage of early human development that has not been fully understood.

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A disgraced South Korean scientist who falsely claimed to have achieved major breakthroughs in stem cell research was convicted Monday of charges connected to his research.

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A scientific journal has retracted a controversial paper claiming to have created the first human sperm from embryonic stem cells.

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U.S. scientists have the first evidence that those "reprogrammed stem cells" that made headlines last month really have the potential to treat disease: They used skin from the tails of sick mice to cure the rodents of sickle cell anemia.

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Genetically engineered stem cells from bone marrow showed promise as a potential new way to deliver a cancer-killing protein to tumors, British researchers said on Tuesday.

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Researchers have developed a new way to make embryonic-like stem cells by soaking them in genetically engineered proteins, a new step toward using ordinary cells to treat disease.

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Scientists seeking taxpayer money for embryonic stem cell research under President Barack Obama's new plan must use cells originally culled from fertility clinic embryos.

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Stem cells may help deaf people hear again, according to early stage research by British scientists.

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After President Barack Obama lifted limits on human embryonic stem cell research, a few states are taking action to ban the research.

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For all the past week's headlines about embryonic stem cells' medical promise there is a sobering reality: The science to prove that promise will take years.

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Researchers say they've found a safer way to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells in a move that could eventually remove the need to use human embryos.

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A family desperate to save a child from a lethal brain disease sought highly experimental injections of fetal stem cells - shots that triggered tumors in the boy's brain and spinal cord.

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Studies are aiming to reset immunity for patients with severe scleroderma - work that, if successful, could cast new light on numerous autoimmune diseases.

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It may be futile to try producing stem cells by putting human DNA into cow or rabbit eggs and making hybrid cloned embryos, a strategy that has triggered controversy, a study says.

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Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.

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A U.S. biotech company says it plans to start this summer the world's first study of a treatment based on human embryonic stem cells, a project aimed at spinal cord injury.

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Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs.

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British plans to allow scientists to use hybrid animal-human embryos for stem cell research won final approval from lawmakers in a sweeping overhaul of science laws.

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Researchers trying to find ways to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells said on Sunday they found a shortcut by "sprinkling" a chemical onto the cells.

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Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday.

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Studies are aiming to reset immunity for patients with severe scleroderma - work that, if successful, could cast new light on numerous autoimmune diseases.

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The Australian government has issued its first license allowing scientists to create cloned human embryos to try and obtain embryonic stem cells.

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Although researchers have discovered ways to make powerful stem cells without the use of human embryos, the controversial use of embryonic stem cells is still necessary, a panel of experts said.

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Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory.

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