Stem Cells

Drugs unlock the body's own stem cell cabinet

The discovery of drug regimes that liberate specific types of stem cells from the bone marrow could allow patients to produce their own healing stem cells

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2011 preview: Crunch time for stem cells

2011 PREVIEW:  12:00 30 December 2010  | 11 comments

Trials of therapies to treat paralysis and blindness could reveal the therapeutic potential of human embryonic stem cells

Intestine grown from stem cells for the first time

IN BRIEF:  18:00 15 December 2010  | 1 comment

Human intestinal tissue has been made in the lab for the first time from stem cells. It's a big step towards replacing diseased gut tissue

Stem cell trial for blindness gets green light

16:36 22 November 2010

Twelve people in US are to get an embryonic stem cell treatment for a hereditary form of blindness

First person treated in milestone stem cell trial

17:59 11 October 2010  | 2 comments

Person with spinal injuries first to receive cells originating from human embryonic stem cells

New route to stem cell therapy opens up

12:15 04 October 2010

A breakthrough in turning adult skin cells into stem cells without the need for embryos gets round a major safety obstacle

Retinal cone cells transplanted into blind mice

00:01 22 September 2010  | 2 comments

Cone cells vital for colour vision have been transplanted successfully for the first time, taking us a step closer to restoring vision to the blind

Anxious stem cell scientists await ruling

UPFRONT:  16:10 21 September 2010  | 1 comment

Scientists in the US face mounting disruption to federally funded research as they await a court ruling over whether their work can continue

US stem cell funding freeze lifted – for now

20:58 09 September 2010

An appeals court has granted a temporary stay to the controversial injunction that last month froze new government grants for embryonic stem cell research

US-backed stem cell research set to end in months

23:09 24 August 2010  | 2 comments

The Department of Justice says existing federally funded projects can continue for now, but applications for future funding have been put on hold

Court freezes federal funding for embryonic stem cells

11:38 24 August 2010  | 2 comments

An injunction has been granted to scientists who claim that President Obama's policy to widen funding for human embryonic stem cell research is ille