Embryonic stem cell (ESC) research holds the potential to completely revolutionize the world of regenerative medicine, yet it is often met with ethical resistance. Here I would like to argue that ...

An international team of experts in embryology and bioethics has published the first white paper on the use of embryonic ...

Just as the world learns that researchers in South Korea have successfully extracted stem cells from cloned embryos, Congress is considering a bill to expand the use of federal funds to harvest stem ...

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Those who call themselves pro-life and still do not support stem cell research in light of breakthrough discoveries that circumvent ethical concerns are behaving against their purpose. It make little ...

An Aug. 11 article about stem cells misspelled the name of National Institutes of Health official Lana Skirboll. (Published 8/13/01) For all the restrictions President Bush imposed on federal funding ...

The ethical issues involved in stem cell research will be addressed in a free public lecture and discussion on Monday, April 17, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Laurie Zoloth, professor ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New international guidelines on human embryonic stem cell research called for close scrutiny of scientists and clear consent from people donating cells, but did not settle the ...

NEW YORK — Two new mouse experiments may show how to obtain human embryonic stem cells without ethical hurdles, a step that could allow federal funding for such research, scientists reported Sunday.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four ...