A coalition of anti-abortion legislators is calling for an end to human embryonic stem cell research at the National ...

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

The International Society for Stem Cell Research is pressing the NIH to end its pause on new Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry submissions, warning that the move could slow medical advances. The ...

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has submitted a formal response to a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding its pause on new ...

With biotech companies inching up on clinical trials for human embryonic stem cell-based therapies, the US Food and Drug Administration held a meeting yesterday to discuss scientific issues in ...

A clinical trial to reverse age-related vision conditions using stem cell treatment could finally deliver on the promise of a ...

Researchers at Hannover Medical School have developed a benchtop bioreactor system that can generate up to 40 million human macrophages per week from induced pluripotent stem cells. The medium-scale ...

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...