A cell with similar properties to an embryonic stem cell, but created in the laboratory by 'reprogramming' cells from adult tissues, such as skin cells.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published recommendations calling for clear legislative action to differentiate stem cell-based embryos from embryos and to safeguard against ethical breaches...
Functional mouse induced pluripotent stem cells were generated using genes originating in an ancient unicellular organism and injected into a mouse embryo to create chimeric mice...
Stem cell models of early preimplantation human embryos have been shown to retain the capacity to pause development, using a mechanism observed in other mammals...
A 25 year-old female patient with type 1 diabetes is producing insulin one year after receiving an injection of islet cells, created from her own cells...
Clinically usable, laboratory-developed blood stem cells have been produced using a novel method...
In this dystopian novel, eggs or sperm can be created from any person's cells, resulting in celebrities facing the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived...
Dr Roger Gosden comments from the USA on the new Code of Practice for the Generation and Use of Human Stem-Cell-Based Embryo Models...
A stem cell-based therapy for Parkinson's disease entered higher dose clinical testing after a positive initial safety evaluation...
A form of immunotherapy derived from induced pluripotent stem-cells has been shown to be effective in treating brain cancer in mice...
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