Stem cells

A creative use of stem cells made from adult tissues may hasten drug development for debilitating diseases

A new use for stem cells: Drug screening

The way our genes are arrayed and move in the 3-D space of the cell nucleus turns out to profoundly influence how they function, in both health and disease

Scientists and clinicians push for a clearer, more permissive law on human embryonic stem-cell work.

Why hundreds of embryonic stem cell lines aren't enough

Edwards's work with Patrick Steptoe resulted in the first birth of a test-tube baby--Louise Brown in 1978

In a congressional hearing Thursday top-level researchers argued that government-backed research should continue to explore all stem cell varieties

A recent federal court injunction based on a congressional budget amendment passed years before the first human embryonic stem cells were isolated has thrown many of the field's ongoing projects into limbo

Hailed as a potential alternative to embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) raise their own ethical dilemmas

Although liver cells created from induced pluripotent stem cells reflect the defects of their source, they may offer a new tool to study inherited disorders

Reprogramming cells from your own body could give them the therapeutic power of embryonic stem cells, without the political controversy