'Retina in a Dish' is the Most Complex Tissue Ever Engineered in the Lab
Retina in a DishResearchers in Japan have grown a retina from mouse embryonic stem cells in a lab, but this isn't just another incremental advance in tissue engineering. Scientists claim their "retina...
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Stem Cell Treatments Could Cure Common Causes of Blindnessorangeacid via FlickrKeeping in step with this week's flood of awesome stem cell news, a development on the embryonic front: California...
View ArticleResearchers Turn Cloned Human Embryo into Working Stem Cell Line
Human Embryonic Stem CellsVojtech.dostal via WikimediaPotentially big stem cell news out of the New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory today in Nature, though in our experience it's always good to...
View ArticleFirst Government-Approved Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Stopped in Its Tracks By...
Human Embryonic Stem CellsWellcome ImagesThe first company to start human clinical trials using embryonic stem cells is quitting the project and laying off more than a third of its staff. Geron Corp....
View ArticleMonkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras
Roku and Hex© OHSUScientists have produced the world's first chimeric monkeys, developed from stem cells harvested from separate embryos. They contain genetic material from as many as six genomes. The...
View ArticleScientists 3-D Print With Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem Cell PrinterColin HattersleyHuman embryonic stem cells can be printed out with a valve-based printing technique, tailored to account for the cells' delicate properties. The cells were loaded into...
View ArticleMany Promising Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies Ensnared In Legal Loophole
Human Embryonic Stem CellsClay Glennon, University of Wisconsin-MadisonIn this image, the human embryonic stem cells are colored blue.Hey, isn't it great that university scientists are working on...
View ArticleSimple New Way Of Creating Stem Cells Undergoes Investigation
Photo Of A Mouse Fetus From The STAP Stem Cells WorkHaruko ObokataA recent, major milestone in stem cell research is undergoing some double checks.As we reported, just a few weeks ago, a team of...
View ArticleChinese Scientists Turn Mouse Stem Cells Into Working Sperm Cells
Health Study offers hope for men who are infertile, but there's still a long way to go Scientists in China have successfully made mouse sperm cells from embryonic stem cells.
View ArticleScientists Discover A New Kind Of Stem Cell
Health And are now one step closer to figuring out how stem cells work There’s a new stem cell in town: induced XEN, or iXEN. Though scientists thought for years they were a byproduct of other...
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