human embryonic stem cells

Pronuclear transfer can reduce the risk of transferring defective mitochondria, a study shows.  

A set of international stem cell guidelines recommends that oversight committees at research institutions oversee all research on embryos.

A method that forces human eggs to divide can produce embryonic stem cells capable of division and differentiation with only one copy of each gene.

Human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells participated normally in early mouse embryo development in a recent study.

In his search for effective therapies for Parkinson’s disease, Lorenz Studer is uncovering pluripotency switches and clues to what makes cells age.

Human induced pluripotent stem cells appear functionally equivalent to stem cells from embryos in a study.

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Researchers isolate an easy-to-manipulate, stable, and spatially distinct pluripotent cell type.  

Researchers inject retinal support cells derived from human embryonic stem cells into the eyes of four men with macular degeneration, bolstering evidence of the experimental treatment’s safety.

Researchers report an association between culture conditions and genetic changes in stem cells over time.

Researchers craft hormone-producing pancreas cells from human embryonic stem cells, paving the way for a cell therapy to treat diabetes.

A handful of stem cell therapeutics for vision disorders are showing promise in early-stage trials, and still more are in development. But there’s a long road to travel before patients see real benefit.
 

See the striking images behind the quest to develop stem cell therapeutics for vision disorders.

Compared to induced pluripotent stem cells generated from somatic cells, stem cells created by nuclear transfer appear to be closer to the genetic state of embryonic cells.

Nearly three years after Geron shuttered its stem cell program, BioTime receives funding to relaunch a Phase 1 trial for spinal cord injury.

Male scientists stress mice out; using SCNT to reprogram adult cells; acetate can reach mouse brain, reduce appetite; WHO sounds “post-antibiotic era” alarm

Study confirms that somatic cell nuclear transfer, an alternate method of creating patient-specific pluripotent stem cells, can be used to reprogram adult cells.

An international team has created human embryonic stem cells from adult skin cells for the first time.

Once believed to be irrevocably differentiated, mature cells are now proving to be flexible, able to switch identities with relatively simple manipulation.

Just two weeks after discredited stem cell scientist Woo Suk Hwang received a US patent for his fraudulent work, his luck runs short as his convictions of embezzlement and bioethics violations are upheld.