Stem Cells
Will pigs usher in the next medical revolution?Peter Cowan | 14 December 2011 |tags: organ donation, stem cells, xenotransplantationTransplanting organs from pigs could be the answer to the shortage of organs for desperately ill patients.Non, je ne regrette rienMichael Cook | 24 November 2011 |tags: stem cellsIt is now all but certain that human embryonic stem cells will not deliver cures to dread diseases. Apologies, anyone?
A setback for embryonic stem cell researchMichael Cook | 21 October 2011 |tags: European Union, human ecology, stem cellsA milestone case in the European Court of Justice may signal a new direction in campaigns against human embryo research.
Most medical research is wrong? Are you kidding?Michael Cook | 22 November 2010 |tags: science, stem cellsNo. In fact, the leading figure in medical statistics says plainly, “most claimed research findings are false”.Landmark stem cell trial beginsPatrick Cusworth | 15 October 2010 |tags: stem cellsA US company has announced that it has begun a clinical trial with embryonic stem cells in the hope of curing spinal cord injuries. Ho hum.Stem cell tearsMichaela Kingston | 14 September 2010 |tags: Obama, science, stem cellsWill researcher have to look for other jobs now that federal funding for human embryo research in the US may dry up?
Upsetting the stem cell applecartMichael Cook | 26 August 2010 |tags: stem cells, USHave two US presidents and a raft of agencies been misinterpreting a federal law for nearly ten years? A judge says Yes.
Consternation in Barad-dûrMichael Cook | 04 April 2008 |tags: California, stem cellsAn ethical development could make embryonic stem cell research obsolete and derail plans for California's $3 billion institute.
Harvard’s stem cell misstepJames Sherley | 29 June 2006 |tags: stem cellsHarvard University has given the cause of therapeutic cloning the backing of its immense prestige. A stem cell scientist tells MercatorNet that this is based on inflated hopes and bad science.To clone or not to cloneJames Sherley | 07 December 2005 |tags: stem cellsWhether or not embryos should be cloned and then destroyed for their stem cells has been one of the hottest issues in science this year. James Sherley, a professor at MIT, says that the use of cells from cloned embryos is scientifically and ethically dubious.Cloning pioneer hits the wallMichael Cook | 30 November 2005 |tags: cloning, Hwang Woo-suk, Korea, stem cellsA Korean national hero has confessed that he told lies about his research about cloning human embryos. Will his colleagues 'fess up, too?False dawn for stem cell curesMichael Cook | 27 May 2005 |tags: fraud, Hwang Woo-suk, Korea, stem cellsThe sick and the scientists are rejoicing over two different visions of the future after the cloning of human embryos by Korean scientists. |