Stem cells could also be used for pharmaceutical testing; human tissue could be developed to test for human reactions to new drugs that are not necessarily visible in animal tests.Finally, the most ...

Embryonic stem cells are powerful tools for understanding how organisms develop and how tissues regenerate. These cells have ...

Scientists for the first time have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming blood cells, an advance that may eventually offer a safe and inexhaustible source of blood for transfusions and new ...

Larry Goldstein is perturbed with George W. Bush. The scientist at the University of California San Diego suggests that the president's restrictions on stem-cell research are standing in the way of ...

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Friday refused to order the Obama administration to stop funding embryonic stem cell research, despite complaints the work relies on destroyed human embryos.

Stem cells play a central role in regenerative medicine, since they possess the capacity for self renewal and the ability to ...

Today President Obama signed an order allowing federal taxpayer dollars to fund embryonic stem cell research. His decision is a reversal of George W. Bush's order that limited federal research to 21 ...

The House takes up the controversial subject of embryonic stem-cell research. Members are expected to approve a bill that would expand federal funding for research using cells from human embryos, a ...

A new Pew poll found that Americans view abortion as a moral issue, even compared to other scientific and medical procedures that involve the use of fertilized human eggs. In the poll, 49 percent of ...

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Monday lifting some restrictions on the use of federal taxpayer money to work with human embryonic stem cells. [nN08408124] Following ...

An update on research efforts that are exploring the use of stem cells to fix damaged hearts. We're going to switch gears here. For the rest of the hour, we'll take a look at the growing field of ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Monday lifting some restrictions on the use of federal taxpayer money to work with human embryonic stem cells. Following are some ...