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Embryonic Stem Cells Used To Improve Vision Of Blind Patients
Written by: Peter Murray 13 days ago
Macular degeneration had left Sue Freeman, 78, legally blind. She couldn’t go for a walk by herself, she couldn’t go [...]
Latest Victory For Regenerative Medicine: Pituitary Grown From Embryonic Stem Cells
Written by: Peter Murray 54 days ago
Chalk up another part of the body that can be grown from stem cells – at least in mice. Scientists [...]
Freezing Life: Cryogenics Is The Last Hope For Many Endangered Species
Written by: Peter Murray 64 days ago
The Great Barrier Reef is dying. As pollution and other man-made influences threaten the reef, which is not expected to [...]
Financial Priorities Force Geron To End Human Trials For Promising Stem Cell Treatment
Written by: Peter Murray 79 days ago
The promise of future stem cell treatments just took a significant hit. Biopharmaceutical trailblazer Geron Corporation just called it quits as [...]
If MacGyver Was A Biologist – Epetri Dish Monitors Cell Growth In Realtime (video)
Written by: Peter Murray 110 days ago
A camera-attached laboratory microscope: $2,500. An imaging chip, a smartphone, and some Lego blocks: $400. Scientists at Caltech, out to [...]
UK Stem Cell Company Cures Race Horse Tendons, Humans Next
Written by: Constance J. Woodman 334 days ago
In a very unusual breakthrough, a stem cell treatment for racehorses is ready to be tried… on you. British scientists [...]
First Planned Taste Test for Artificial Meat is Probably Doomed
Written by: Aaron Saenz 349 days ago
What does artificial meat taste like? Our chances of learning the answer anytime soon look dismal. Vladimir Mironov at the [...]
Researchers Turn Skin Cells Into Beating Heart Cells (video)
Written by: Peter Murray 356 days ago
It’s faster, more powerful, and user-friendly. No, I’m not talking about the latest generation tablet, I’m talking about the latest [...]
Man Cured of HIV Using Stem Cells. Fluke or Hope?
Written by: Aaron Saenz 412 days ago
Timothy Ray Brown has officially been declared cured of HIV. A US citizen living in Germany with HIV, Brown was [...]
Stem Cells Into Intestinal Tissue, More Biological Alchemy for Your Body
Written by: Aaron Saenz 413 days ago
It’s time to check off another item on the list of body parts that we can recreate in a lab. [...]