Stem cells derived from humans can spontaneously form the tissue that develops in the part of the eye that allows us to see, according to a new study published … [Read full article]
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Skin Cells Turned into Healthy Heart Muscle in a Patient, for First Time
For the first time, researchers have successfully taken skin cells from a heart failure patient and reprogrammed them to be new heart muscle cells that can integrate into the … [Read full article]
Ethical Regulations Proposed for Human-Animal Hybrids
A working group of the Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research in London has drawn up the first “regulatory framework” to guide the creation, use and treatment of animal-human hybrids, also known as chimeras. The framework is outlined in the group’s July 22 published document ‘Animals Containing Human Material’ and calls for the UK to take the lead in establishing safeguards for future chimera experiments.
New Stem Cell Technique is "Major Advance"
The development of stem cell science and the cultivation of embryonic stem (ES) cells has been marked by controversy due to the required destruction of the embryos from which the … [Read full article]