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Five-year-old Lucy the Labradoodle's back limbs have been rendered unusable by rheumatoid arthritis, and she must scoot along the ground with her front paws to grab a bone. Her owners believe that a costly stem-cell treatment is the reason she's even lived as long as she has.
Two teams of Chinese scientists have made a major advance in mice in the development of a new kind of stem cell that doesn't involve destroying embryos.
The government issued final rules Monday expanding taxpayer-funded research using embryonic stem cells, easing scientists' fears that some of the oldest batches might not qualify and promising a master list of all that do.
South Korea will lift a three-year ban on human stem cell research, a presidential advisory committee announced Wednesday.
When President Barack Obama eased limits on taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research, the big question became how far scientists could go. Friday, the government answered: They must use cells culled from fertility clinic embryos that otherwise would be thrown away.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that lifting federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research was the "right thing to do and the ethical thing to do."
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, probably too long for many of today's seriously ill.
A top Vatican official for bioethics on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to fund broader research into stem cells.
Scientists are cheering President Barack Obama's lifting of federal funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, hopeful the move will open the financial floodgates to speed new treatments.
The embryonic stem cell research debate is steeped with religious arguments, with some faith traditions convinced the research amounts to killing innocent life, others citing the moral imperative to alleviate suffering, and plenty of religious believers caught somewhere in between.
President Barack Obama's decision to lift the contentious Bush-era restraints on stem-cell research came with a larger message for all scientists: Follow the data, not political ideology.
Rep. Jim Langevin was 16 years old when a policeman's accidental gunshot severed his spinal cord and left him paralyzed. Though doctors told him he would never walk again, Langevin said he's remained optimistic for a scientific breakthrough that would make it possible.
Shares of stem-cell therapy developers continued gaining ground Monday after President Obama said he would overturn restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
President Barack Obama said Monday he is allowing federal taxpayer dollars to fund significantly broader research on embryonic stem cells because "medical miracles do not happen simply by accident," and promised his administration would make up for the ground lost under his predecessor.
President Barack Obama's announcement Monday that he is overturning his predecessor's policies toward embryonic stem cells also will include a broad declaration that science — not political ideology — would guide his administration.
Some areas where researchers say stem cells of various types may one day prove of value, although all the research is in very early stages:
Reversing an eight-year-old limit on potentially life-saving science, President Barack Obama plans to lift restrictions Monday on taxpayer-funded research using embryonic stem cells.
A family desperate to save a child from a lethal brain disease sought highly experimental injections of fetal stem cells — injections that triggered tumors in the boy's brain and spinal cord, Israeli scientists reported Tuesday.
Expect an executive order soon from President Barack Obama on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Geron Corp. will enter uncharted territory when it begins the first federally approved human studies on an embryonic stem cell therapy, marking what some consider a major milestone in a field that's still a long way from commercialization.
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 long-awaited project aimed at spinal cord injury.
When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop.
Perhaps no sector has more to gain under the Obama administration than the nation's fledgling stem cell companies, which have long bemoaned a Bush policy that limits funding to embryonic stem cell research.
Michigan voters will be thrust into the crossroads of science, ethics and religion next month when they decide whether to loosen the state's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.
Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field.
Stem cells could create new skin to help burns victimsFrench researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help serious burns victims. They say the stem cells grew into fully formed human skin 12 weeks after being grafted on to mice.
London hospital to help women grow a breast Women in London could be the first to be offered a technique that allows them to regrow breasts from their own cells if they have had a masectomy.
Bunny Rabbits Thrive with New Penile Erectile TissueResults of a new study will be very interesting to men, as US scientists have been able to grow penile erectile tissue using stem cells and bunny rabbits.
Skin cream made from aborted fetus?It sounds like a horror story made up by an anti-abortion group, but it is not.
Stem cell agency awards $230 million in grantsCalifornia's stem cell agency announced Wednesday $230 million in grants for research into treating cancer, diabetes and a host of other devastating diseases that scientists hope will be ready to test in human subjects in the next four years.
Groundbreaking Stem Cell Surgery: Doctors Restore A Teenager's Missing Cheekbones using his Own Stem CellsWhen one first mentions plastic surgery the obvious place that the mind heads is to the cosmetic; but plastic surgery is about far more than breast implants and tummy tucks.In a groundbreaking procedure that could impact the lives of thousands, doctors at the Cincinnati Children …
Jaw bone created from [human adult] stem cells. 23:07 GMT, Saturday, 10 October 2009 00:07 UKScientists have created part of the jaw joint in the lab using human adult stem cells. They say it is the first time a complex, anatomically-sized bone has been accurately created in this way.
Stem cell pioneers could win Nobel PrizeTwo Canadian scientists whose discovery of stem cells has paved the way for controversial research could be candidates for the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, the winners of which will be announced Monday.
Inventors Unite! You may not realize that working with test tubes can lead to a patent. However, Dr. Paul Sanberg and his colleagues at the University of South Florida already have patents for research on stem cells.
Utah ethicist heads stem cell panelUniversity of Utah medical ethics expert Jeffrey R. Botkin will chair a federal panel that will review scientists' requests to conduct government-funded research using embryonic stem cells left over from couples who used "test-tube fertilization" to have babies.
Stem Cell Powered Textiles May Assist Tissue RegrowthResearchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Stuttgart, Germany developed a method to embed multipotent mesenchymal stem cells onto the surface fibers of common surgical fabric implants.
The use of so called "embryonic" stem cells is creating a lot of heated debate in a number of discussion sites. I have even participated by posting on it here in Newsvine and in Gather.
Liposuction fat 'liquid gold of stem cells'Human fat removed during liposuction is "liquid gold" which can be easily converted to stem cells, researchers have said.
Flab and freckles could advance stem cell researchFat cells are more easily turned into iPS cells than fibroblasts.
New way to boost breast size unveiled Ladies looking for a "lift" up top used to have only two choices: silicone or saline. But now a "new way" to build up breast size is in the works.
Is America scientifically illiterate? Science enjoys the best and the worst of times today, celebrated as the secret sauce behind economic growth, but embattled in high-profile areas such as climate change, stem cells and evolution.
S. Korea seeks 4-year prison term for stem cell fraud South Korean prosecutors told a Seoul court on Monday they wanted a four-year prison term for disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk, whose research team has been linked to major fraud in its once-celebrated stem cell studies.
Christian Pro-Embryo Group Sues Obama Administration Over Stem Cell PolicyA Christian group has filed a lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health alleging that the Obama Administration's stem cell policy violates federal law, reports the online newspaper Kansas Liberty.com.
'Magnetic' stem cells for heartsHeart attacks and other vascular injuries could eventually be treated using regular injections of magnetised stem cells, experts say.
Powerful anti-cancer compound uncoveredA new study conducted on mice has uncovered a chemical compound that effectively targets cancer stem cells - the key cells that spread malignant tumours and are usually resistant to treatment.
Skin growths saved poisoned Ukrainian president - health - 07 August 2009 - New ScientistSkin growths saved poisoned Ukrainian president [...]The growths are rearrangements of skin, created from skin stem cells. "A new organ was created out of normal structures of the skin, and the tissue expressed very high levels of dioxin-metabolizing enzymes..."
Immortality improves cell reprogrammingKnocking out genes with a role in in cancer prevention helps produce stem cells.
Obama enacts new U.S. stem cell research rulesU.S. President Barack Obama directed federal agencies on Thursday to enact new rules governing federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells.
Embryos bring life to disease researchSYDNEY scientists will begin an Australian-first project this week to study a genetic disease at its earliest stage of development.
Whole mice created from skin cellsTwo teams of Chinese scientists have made a major advance in mice in the development of a new kind of stem cell that doesn't involve destroying embryos.
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