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Stem Cells
What to Know About the Genetically Engineered Skin That Saved a Young Boy's Life
By Alice Park
FDA Cracks Down on Stem Cell Clinics But Patients Are Still at Risk
By Alexandra Sifferlin
Three People Are Nearly Blind After Getting a Stem Cell Treatment
By Alice Park
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You Asked: Should I Be Nervous About Lab-Grown Meat?
Health-conscious eaters are wary of artificial anything. But here's why lab-grown meat tends to get a pass
By Markham Heid
September 14, 2016
Human-Animal Chimera Studies Will Soon Be Allowed In the U.S.
The NIH is poised to lift a ban that prevented researchers from creating human-animal chimeras with stem cells
By Alice Park
August 5, 2016
How to Power Disney World With Rotten Tomatoes
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
June 23, 2016
It’s Now Possible to Make Mouse Sperm in a Lab
The research has implications for infertile couples
By Alice Park
February 25, 2016
Shrinking Stem Cells Are the Real Reason for Hair Loss
Researchers have zeroed in on one the driving forces behind hair loss, and it’s closely related to aging
By Alice Park
February 5, 2016
How the Developing World Is Improving
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
December 7, 2015
4 Surprising Ways Science is Battling Aging
New strategies could mean big advances in staying young
By Jeffrey Kluger
December 3, 2015
Scientists Use Stem Cells From Rats To Create First Contracting Muscle
Using stem cells from rats, scientists have generated new sections of the diaphragm that could one day replace damaged or missing ones in babies
By Alice Park
December 1, 2015
Scientists Have Found a Way to Make Red Blood Cells
Researchers combined stem cell techniques with the latest genome editing strategies to grow red blood cells in the lab
By Alice Park
October 22, 2015
Why We Still Need Fetal-Tissue Research
Two sting videos that claim to implicate Planned Parenthood in the illegal practice to selling fetal tissue for a profit prompted a Congressional investigation of the organization. But it doesn’t mean that research on fetal...
By Alice Park
July 21, 2015
Researchers Grow a Breast In a Dish
Technically, it’s breast tissue but it develops in a lab culture the same way it would in a teen hitting puberty. And it could help scientists to better understand how the breast develops and what happens when things go awry in breast cancer
By Alice Park
June 12, 2015
The Incredible, Surprising, Controversial New Way to Make a Baby
A new in vitro technique could change fertility
By Alice Park
May 7, 2015
Meet the First Baby Born With Help From Stem Cells
This newborn is the first baby in the world born using a breakthrough IVF treatment
By Alice Park
May 7, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 17
1. Is the Taliban’s fracturing a sign of its demise or a possible turn to a more lethal strategy? By Sundarsan Raghavan in the Washington Post 2. To fight cybercrime, President Obama needs Silicon Valley....
By The Aspen Institute
February 17, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 15
1. India and the U.S. have much to gain from strengthening their “unique but sometimes frustrating partnership.” By Nicholas Burns in the Boston Globe 2. Big energy is betting on power storage tools that let...
By The Aspen Institute
January 15, 2015
Most Cancer Beyond Your Control
There’s a lot we can do to protect ourselves from certain cancers — don’t smoke, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun, and try not to breathe or ingest too many chemical pollutants in the air...
By Alice Park
January 2, 2015
Most Types of Cancer Just 'Bad Luck,' Researchers Say
Two thirds of cancers could be explained as biological misfortune
By Helen Regan
January 2, 2015
This New Kind of Stem Cell May Revolutionize How We Treat Diseases
Scientists have created a new type of stem cell that could speed treatments for diseases and make them safer
By Alice Park
December 10, 2014
'Bubble Boy' Disease Cured With Stem Cells
Researchers have treated more than two dozen patients with a treatment made from their own bone marrow cells
By Alice Park
November 19, 2014
New Hope for Replacing Nerves Damaged by Parkinson's Disease
Stem cells may provide a new way of regrowing the motor neurons affected by the movement disorder
By Alice Park
November 7, 2014
Stem Cells Allow Nearly Blind Patients to See
Embryonic stem cells can be turned into a therapy to help the sight of the nearly blind
By Alice Park
October 14, 2014
Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Gets Boost from Stem Cells
Scientists started with stem cells and created the first insulin-making cells that respond to changes in glucose
By Alice Park
October 8, 2014
Woman Receives First Stem Cell Therapy Using Her Own Skin Cells
A Japanese woman is the first to receive retinal cells made from her own skin cells
By Alice Park
September 12, 2014
Science Scandal Triggers Suicide, Soul-Searching in Japan
Yoshiki Sasai’s death has generated mixed emotions among Japan's scientific community
By Kirk Spitzer / Tokyo
August 8, 2014
Blockbuster Stem-Cell Studies Retracted Because of Fraud
Editors of Nature, which published two papers claiming to generate stem cells in a simplified way, are retracting both papers after data was “misrepresented.”
By Alice Park
July 2, 2014
First Stem Cells Cloned From Diabetes Patient, Thanks to Egg Donors
The feat could lead to new cell-based treatments for the disease, but it relies on the willingness of women to donate their eggs
By Alice Park
April 28, 2014
Researchers Clone Cells From Two Adult Men
After years of failed attempts, researchers have successfully generated stem cells from adults. The process could provide a new way for scientists to generate healthy replacements for diseased or damaged cells in patients
By Alice Park
April 17, 2014
Japan Stem-Cell Scientist Guilty of Falsifying Data
A committee has found Haruko Obokata, a scientist based in Kobe, Japan, guilty of misconduct for falsifying research data that would have rocked the scientific community if proved to be true
By Alice Park
April 1, 2014
Stem Cell Researcher Calls for Retraction of His Own Work
Japanese co-author says “I’m no longer sure that the articles are correct.”
By Alice Park
March 11, 2014
Growing Your Own Tissue: Just Add Stress and Stir
Researchers report on an exciting new way to reprogram cells so patients might one day grown their own cells to replace diseased ones
By Alice Park
January 29, 2014
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