Tag: Stem Cells
Moving Stem Cells Front and Center
IRVINE, Calif. - Hans S. Keirstead might be the Pied Piper of stem cells - and not just because he makes rats walk. He...
Stem-cell research still an embryonic business
Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph into healthy human cells could be standing on a gold mine: Four million Americans...
Stem-Cell Research Underway at UCI
Hans Stegmann Keirstead, assistant professor and researcher at the Reeve-Irvine Research Center, is revolutionizing medical science through work which prevents rats from suffering degenerative...
Ethicists Wary of New Stem Cell Proposals
WASHINGTON -- A member of the President's Council on Bioethics and two Columbia University scientists are promoting new research methods that could, they say,...
Harvesting Stem Cells from Fat Tissue
Dr. Keith March and his team of researchers at the IU School of Medicine are finding a possible lifesaver, from a most surprising source:...
Stem Cell Therapy Answer to Uncurable Diseases
Patients paralyzed by injuries to their spinal cords have the hope of walking again thanks to stem cell therapy, which is expected to become...
A Stem Cell Christmas Miracle?
A report earlier this week that South Korean researchers have used stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood to help a woman with a...
Paralyzed woman walks again after stem cell therapy
=SEOUL : A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells...
Stem cell basics, minus opinions
There are few controversies that polarize individuals as does the one surrounding stem cell research. I will attempt to take a very difficult subject...
California’s New Stem-Cell Initiative Is Already Raising Concerns
By JOHN M. BRODER - New York Times
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 - As California moves to begin a lushly financed program of embryonic stem...
