Light-sensing retina created using stem cells
In a research first, a section of light-sensing tissue, closely resembling the human retina, has been grown in the laboratory from human stem cells...
by Alice Plein
In a research first, a section of light-sensing tissue, closely resembling the human retina, has been grown in the laboratory from human stem cells...
A paper in the journal Stem Cell Reports has reignited debate among a section of the stem cell research community. The study calls into question the existence of a type of cell that, if validated, would have great potential for use in regenerative medicine...
Can you grow an organ in the lab? Can you grow new cells to replace diseased ones? Embryonic stem cells have the potential to grow into any cell in the body, but how is the cell type determined?...
Human stem cells have been converted into bone cells using a technique called 'nanokicking'...
Bone fragments were removed from the eyelid of a woman after a facelift that used her own stem cells yielded some unexpected results...
by Dr Greg Ball
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have been created from a routine blood sample by researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK, marking an improvement over existing experimental methods that require more invasive tissue biopsies....
by Tom Barrow
The future funding of human embryonic stem cell research under the European Union may be in jeopardy after its inclusion in the next research funding programme is challenged by MEPs....
by Dr Greg Ball
Adult stem cells extracted from liposuctioned fat have been used to grow new blood vessels, according to scientists presenting their work at a conference. The researchers hope that one day their technique could be used in vascular surgery...
Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid can be reprogrammed into a more versatile state similar to embryonic stem cells (ES cells) without the introduction of extra genes, UK scientists have found. The discovery offers hope that these cells could be banked for therapeutic use, research and drug screening...
Six major UK research funding bodies have called for the continued funding of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research in the EU's programme for research and development...
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