Court OKs US-funded stem cell research for now
(AP) -- An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now.
(AP) -- An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now.
Biotechnology
Sep 29, 2010
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(AP) -- The Obama administration has told an appeals court that a judge's order halting federal funding of stem cell research would result in destruction of valuable biological materials and set back taxpayer-funded work.
Biotechnology
Sep 27, 2010
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Scientists have built a clearer picture of how lengthy strands of DNA are concertinaed when our cells grow and divide, in a discovery could help explain how cell renewal can go wrong.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 2, 2010
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A US court on Monday ordered a temporary halt to federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, which President Barack Obama had authorized, saying it involved the destruction of human embryos.
Biotechnology
Aug 23, 2010
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Take a skin cell from a patient with Type 1 diabetes. Strip out everything that made it a skin cell, then reprogram it to grow into a colony of pancreatic beta cells. Implant these into your patient and voilĂ ! She's producing ...
Biochemistry
Jul 18, 2010
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Dr Andrew Johnson is speaking today at the UK National Stem Cell Network annual conference. He and his team from the University of Nottingham have been using a Mexican aquatic salamander called an axolotl to study the evolution ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 11, 2010
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Some viruses insert themselves into the host's DNA during infection in a process called retroviral integration, causing several diseases, including AIDS and cancer, notes a Texas A&M researcher who specializes in fetal diseases. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2010
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French researchers from CNRS and Universite de Nice have recently identified cells that surprisingly change identity during embryogenesis in the Drosophila. By studying these "mixer cells" in a healing model, the scientists ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 9, 2010
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By capturing movies of both the blood and vasculature of zebrafish embryos, each less than two millimeters long, researchers have been able for the first time to see the very moment that blood begins to flow.
Other
Jun 3, 2010
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New insight into what stem cells are and how they behave could help scientists to grow cells that form different tissues.
Cell & Microbiology
May 25, 2010
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