Recent News

• Pluripotent stem cell-derived gametes: truth and (potential) consequences CellStemCell
• Medicine on the fringe: cell-based interventions in advance of evidence, StemCells
• Ethics report on interspecies somatic nuclear transfer research, CellStemCell
• iPS cells and ES cells are distinguished by gene expression signatures, CellStemCell
• Italians sue over stem cells, Nature
• Human ISL1 heart progenitors generate diverse multipotent cardiovascular cell lineages, Nature
• Limbs regrow without pluripotency, Scientist
• Cells keep a memory of their tissue origin during axolotl limb regeneration
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• Uncovering how cells cover gaps in wound healing and embryonic development, ScienceDaily
• Chief scientist quits California stem cell agency, Nature
• Endothelial cells support survival, proliferation and neuronal differentiation of transplanted adult ischemia-induced neural stem/progenitor cells after cerebral infarction, StemCells
• Future directions: use of interventional MRI for cell-based therapy of PD, NeurosurgClinNA
• Steps to the clinic (special issue intro), Science
• FDA regulation of stem cell-based products, Science
• Out with the old, in with the new? Science
• The NIH draft guidelines on human stem cell research, Science
• The increasing complexity of the cancer stem cell paradigm, Science
• Derivation of iPSCs from pig somatic cells, PNAS
• Ohio's third frontier commission awards $5 million to stem cell research, PlainDealer
• Research on human-animal entities, SCRR
• Payment of egg donors in stem cell research in the USA, ReproBiomedOnline
• NY state allows payment for egg donations for research, NYTimes
• NY to pay for eggs for stem cell research, WashPost
• Characterization of hMSC-engineered cartilage, CellsTissuesOrgans
• Genetic basis of inherited macular dystrophies and implications for stem cell therapy
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• Chief scientific officer leaving CIRM, TheNiche
• How science united for hybrid embryo debate, WellcomeTrust
• Induced pluripotent stem cells and the stability of the differentiated state, EMBOreports
• Birth of parthenote mice directly from parthenogenetic ESCs, StemCells
• Bionetworking: experimental stem cell therapy and patient recruitment in India, Anthro&Med
• Disease targeting of a disease-related gene in human induced pluripotent stem & embryonic stem cells, CellStemCell
• Stem cell amendment could receive new restrictions, legislature says (Mich), DetroitNews
• Stem cell chairman to step down at end of term (CIRM)
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• Hero dog of 9/11 sprouts five clones, JoongAngDaily
• NY stem cell committee approves payments for eggs, TheNiche
• Human fallopian tube: a new source of multipotent MSCs discarded in surgical procedures, JofTranslationalMed
• Will women one day father children? Globe&Mail
• Pluripotency: the third option, TheScientist
• Hints to making sperm in a dish, NatureRepSCs
• Parkinson's:the breakthrough, Independent
• Comments on the NIH draft guidelines, TheNiche
• Conflating MTAs and patents, NatureBiotech
• Reply to conflating MTAs and patents, NatureBiotech
• US regulator wades into stem cell therapies for heart disease, NatureBiotech
• India's first true stem cell trials, NatureBiotech
• No dangerous side effects from stem cell treatment for brain disorder, MercNews
• StemCells clinical trial results: cells survive, seem safe, TheNiche
• Disgraced scientist given award while still on trial, KoreaHerald
• CA stem cell chief seeks trials in 4 years, Bloomberg
• Benefits of the stem cell ban, Scientist
• Stem cell research in Spain:If only they were windmills, CellStemCell
• Naive and primed pluripotent states, CellStemCell
• Resetting the epigenome beyond pluripotency in the germline, CellStemCell
• Stem cells and torture, WeeklyStandard
• Geron's Okarma urges Obama to set up stem cell panel, Bloomberg
• A signalling principle for the specification of the germ cell lineage in mice, Cell
• University of Minnesota says stem cell research complaint isn't valid, PioneerPress
• Top stem cell scientist Svendsen leaving UW-Madison for California, CapitalTimes
• US patients try stem cell therapies abroad, CNN
• Stem-cell guidelines are a good start, WashPost
• Pigs offer new stem cell source, BBCNews
• Controversial Chinese stem-cell company gets top billing, GreatBeyond
• The essential guide to stem cells, PopSci
• Disease-corrected haematopoietic progenitors from Fanconi anaemia iPS cells, Nature
• Gene therapy combined with reprogramming makes disease-free cells, TheNiche
• Stem cells treat anaemia in mice, Nature
• Diabetes stem-cell treatment looks to cell capsules, NatureRSC
• Generation of human iPS cells by direct delivery of reprogramming proteins, CellStemCell
• Gene free reprogramming in human cells, Niche
• Call for abstracts - Beyond the embryo: Transnational, transdisciplinary and translational perspectives on stem cell research, Due June 15
• A contact lens-based technique for expansion and transplantation of autologous epithelial progenitors for ocular surface reconstruction, Transplantation
• More on the ACLU suit to invalidate Myriad's patents on breast cancer genes, SCL&BBlog
• Stem cell rules draw torrent of comments, ScienceInsider
• Draft stem-cell guidelines criticized, Nature
• The stem cell research environment: a patchwork of patchworks, SCRR
• After patient dies, Aastrom halts trial, Niche
• Investor-funded research could bring march of science to a standstill, LATimes
• Victoria and California form stem cell alliance, ScienceInsider
• Gene therapy could expand stem cells' promise, ScienceDaily
• Recent developments in stem cell research: Social, ethical and legal issues for the future, IndianaJGlobalLegalStudies (for free download, click 'download' then 'SSRN')
• New York: OK to pay for eggs for stem cell research, BiopolTimes
• hES guidelines need input, not hysteria, Niche
• Senate vote outlaws human hybrids, Times-Picayune
• SB115: Prohibits human-animal hybrids, LALegis
• OK house passes human cloning ban, EdmondSun
• Hwang claims to have cloned pig cells, KoreaTimes
• Physicians oppose stem cell clinic, RoyalGazette
• Hematopoietic stem cell development is dependent on blood flow, Cell
• Biomechanical forces promote embryonic haematopoiesis, Nature
• Retroactive ethics in rapidly developing scientific fields, CellStemCell
• Are NIH's stem cell rules a 'tectonic shift' & a plea to speak out on science policy, ScienceInsider
• Emerging ethical, legal and social issues associated with stem cell research & the current role of the moral status of the embryo, SCRR
• Stem-cell therapy faces more scrutiny in China, Nature
• Adult neural stem cells in the mammalian central nervous system, CellResearch
• Advancing neuroregenerative medicine: a call for expanded collaboration between scientists and ethicists, Neuroethics
• An evaluation regarding the current situation of stem cell studies in Turkey, StemCellRevRep
• Panel votes to outlaw human-animal hybrids, AP
• Soul of a polarized democracy, CommResearch
• Stem cell division, Salon
• Neuroprotective effects of messenchymal stem cells derived from hESCs in transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats, JCBFM
• A history lesson for stem cells, Science
• James Wilson: Gene therapy researcher warns stem-cell scientists not to repeat his field's mistakes, Nature
• A closer look at the single cell, NatureRepSCs
• Caution and hope for the stem cell industry, NatureRepSCs
• Follicle of youth, NatureMed
• The value of a good debate, CellStemCell
• Payment of egg donors in stem cell research in the USA, RBMOnline
• Ontario scientists to get $100 million boost, TheNiche
• Korean aims to succeed where Hwang failed, ScienceInsider
• In Vitro germ cell differentiation from cynomolgus monkey embryonic stem cells, PLoSOne
• Stem-cell treatments for spinal-cord injury may be worth the risk, Nature
• Human neural stem cells can target and deliver therapeutic genes to breast cancer brain metastases, MolThe
• Is stem cell therapy proarrhythmic? Circulation
• StemGent and Fate therapeutics form latest iPS IP teams, TheNiche
• Change in federal stem cell funding policy spurs interest in the field, JNCI
• MicroRNA-145 regulates OCT4, SOX2 and KLF4 and represses pluripotency in hESCs, Cell
• Japan cuts red tape holding up stem-cell work, Nature
• Unintended changes in cognition, mood and behavior arising from cell-based interventions for neurological conditions: Ethical Challenges, AJOB
• Korea conditionally lifts ban on stem cell study, KoreaTimes
• S.Korea lifts ban on SC research, AFP
• Directed transdifferentiation of mouse mesoderm to heart tissue by defined factors, Nature
• Diversity in public views towards stem cell sources and policies, StemCellRevRep
• The miracle stem cell cures made in Britain, Telegraph
• Researchers create iPS cells that glow green, DailyYomiuri
• Storm over embryo 'bank' which could be used as a body repair kit, DailyMail
• Cloning heats up as next bioresearch fight, CQPolitics
• OK senate fails to override stem-cell ban veto, TulsaWorld
• Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells using recombinant proteins, CellStemCell
• Induced pluripotent stem cells, reading list, Niche
• Stem cell compromise, NYTimes
• Stem cells: Fast and furious, Nature
• Still strict on stem cells, Nature
• Doctor makes human cloning claims, CBSNews
• Latest human cloning claims leave sour taste, NewScientist
• Humanized mouse infected with HIV vaginally and rectally allows human testing, ScienceDaily
• The birth of the biological single parent? Globe&Mail
• Draft guidance for industry: Somatic cell therapy for cardiac disease, FDA
• Magnetised stem cells could treat arthritis, NewScientist
• Proposed NIH stem cell guidelines dismay leading Stanford researcher, Stanford
• NIH announces draft stem-cell guidelines, Nature
• Draft NIH guidelines for human stem cell research - requesting public comment, NIH
• Limited federal funds for stem cell work using donated embryos, WashPost
• Stem cell research in Asia: a critical view, JCellBiochem
• Reproductive medicine meets hESC research, Fert&Steril
• Absence of rules on stem-cell research misleading, IrishTimes
• International stem cell environments: a world of difference, NatureRep:SCs
• Stroke patient's own stem cells used in trial for first time, ScienceDaily
• Horse stem-cell technique to be tested in people, Reuters
• Diabetes breakthrough is 'not a cure', NatureGreatBeyond
• Stem cells can 'treat diabetes', BBCNews
• C-peptide levels and insulin independence following autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in newly diagnosed type-1 diabetes mellitus, JAMA
• Looking past red flags: coverage of MS stem-cell transplant research lacks caution, ColumbiaJRev
• Stem cells jump start bone's healing process, ScienceDaily
• Iran at forefront of SC research, WashTimes
• The beginning of the end of the embryo wars, Lancet
• Prospects of SC therapy for replacing DA neurons in PD, TrendsinPharmSci
• Al Gore, Shinya Yamanaka, Genentech's VCs and induced pluripotency, Niche
• Making new eggs in old mice, Nature
• The murky ethics of stem cell tourism, LancetOncology
• Stem cells:low-risk reprogramming, Nature
• Production of offspring from a germline stem cell line derived from neonatal ovaries, NatureCellBio
• Evidence that mice produce egg cells after birth, NYTimes
• Epigenetics: DNA isn't everything, ScienceDaily
• Embryonic stem cell-specific microRNAs promote induced pluripotency, NatureBiotechnology
• Scotland's stem cell deal with China alarms Catholic Church, Times
• Stem cells and neurodegenerative disease: cool science and skepticism, NatureRepSCs
• SC-studded scaffolding fills holes left by simulated strokes in rat brains, NatRepSCs
• Human motor neurons engraft in a rat model of Lou Gehrig's disease, NatureRepSCs
• Bone marrow SCs, surgery assessed for spinal cord injury, NatureRepSCs
• US stem cell move 'could help Scottish scientists', Herald
• China looks to expand stake in SC tech, Reuters
• Stem cell therapy makes cloudy corneas clear, ScienceDaily
• New guidance on the patentability of ESC patents in Europe, NatureBiotech
• Regenerative medicine: Understanding the market, UnivNottingham
• Overcoming opposition, Brazil banks on stem cells, Science
• The challenge of regulating rapidly changing science: SC legislation in Canada, CellStemCell
• Genetic control of wayward PSCs and their progeny after transplantation, CellStemCell
• 'Personhood' bill defeated in ND senate, AP
• Pitt researcher again pursues cloning patent, Trib-Review
• MT anti-cloning measure signed into law, KTVQ
• An act banning reproductive human cloning, MT
• iPS cell technology gains momentum in drug discovery, NatureRevDrugDisc
• Evidence for cardiomyocyte renewal in humans, Science
• Call for abstracts: Beyond the embryo - Transnational, transdisciplinary and translational perspectives on stem cell research
• Stem cell 'deafness cure' closer, BBCNews
• Clarifying the President's Council's clarification of the Obama stem cell policy, BioethicsForum
• Report on the donation of supernumerary embryos from fresh IVS and ICSI treatment cycles, HumanFertility
• Continuous single-cell imaging of blood generation from haemogenic endothelium, Nature
• Novocell announces patent on insulin-producing stem-cell technique, SDUnionTrib
• Stem cells put to test in stroke treatment, HoustChron
• Biomarker system for studying muscle, stem cells and cancer in vivo, FASEBJournal
• Human and murine amniotic fluid c-Kit+Lin cells display hematopoietic activity, Blood
• CIRM enters battle over textbook guidelines, CASCRep
• Stem cell research hits snag in TX, HoustChron
• Catholics similar to mainstream on abortion, stem cells, Gallup
• Synthetic blood could be in circulation within 10 years, SundayTimes
• Stem cells to grow bigger breasts, SundayTimes
• Human induced pluripotent stem cells free of vector and transgene sequences, Science
• Most state stem cell efforts staying afloat, Science
• CIRM close-hauled, seeks bonds to sustain headway, Science
• Uniquely hominid features of adult human astrocytes, JNeuroscience
• Federal funding of ESC research, BioeForum
• Epigenetic regulation of genetic integrity is reprogrammed during cloning, PNAS
• Assessment of the therapeutic efficacy and fate of engineered hMSCs for cancer therapy, PNAS
• The whole world is watching: Hope-and anxiety- run high as the first clinical trial of an ESC-derived therapy begins this summer, Newsweek
• Women may not keep own stem cells, Times
• Synthetic blood from embryos bill, BBCNews
• Generation of iPS cells from human blood, Blood
• Stem cell tourism, what's a scientist to do? Niche
• Stem cell clinical trials index (2), TheStemCell
• Naked regulators, JLawMed
• KFDA plans ban on stem cell-derived cosmetics, JoongAngDaily
• Changes needed to foster Texas stem-cell research, HoustonChron
• Monitoring and regulating offshore stem cell clinics, Science
• New stem cell regulation: By whose authority, NatureRepSCs
• The enlightment returns, Science
• Private cord blood banking, Pediatrics
• Stem cell center looks to recast itself in a supporting role (Australia), Science
• For congress & NIH, headaches ahead on stem cells, Science
• SC research: After Obama's exec. order, NRSC
• China imposes temporary ban on clinical use of therapeutic cloning, Xinhua
• Profiting from pluripotency, TheScientist
• New stem cell policy founded on ethics and expertise, CAP
• Europe plays catch-up to Obama's science drive, NewScientist
• Can gene therapy plus liver 'stem cells' cure diabetes? Niche
• A few states buck stem cell trend with bans, Reuters
• A stem cell battle along state lines, LATimes
• The rules on stem cells, NYTimes
• How we put the stops on science, Newsday
• Our shared values don't stop at the laboratory door, SFChronicle
• GA senate OKs SCl research limits, AccessNoGA
• SB169: Ethical treatment of human embryos, GAGenAssy
• With NIH back in the game, CIRM leans toward translation, Niche
• New battle lines on stem cells, ChiTrib
• 1000 young people to make views on stem cell research known (UK), MNT
• Some states push back against SC research, AP
• Zach Hall on Monday at the Whie House, CASCR
• Human neural stem cell grafts in the spinal cord of SOD1 transgenic rats, JCompNeuro
• Alternative iPS cell characterization criteria for in vitro applications, CellStemCell
• Broader implications of defining standards for the pluripotency of iPSCs, CellStemCell
• Stem cell focus part of new Harvard major, CBS
• Science vs. Ethics? WashPost
• SC decision worries some scientists, NYTimes
• The president politicizes stem-cell research, WSJ
• Obama aims to shield science from politics, WashPost
• Remarks of President Barack Obama: Signing of Stem Cell Executive Order and Scientific Integrity Presidential Memorandum
• Exec. Order: Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells
• Presidential Memorandum: Scientific Integrity
• ISSCR scientists elated for future of hESC research after Obama lifts funding ban
• Finally, a coherent stem cell policy, MSNBC
• Will the UK have to stem brain drain? BBC
• Industry set for stem cell profits, Scientist
• Stem cell scaffold for stroke treatment, Nature
• With Bush ban gone, stem cell research will proliferate, Wired
• Obama to lift ban on funding for ESC research, WashingtonPost
• Product regulation and the clinical translation of stem cell research, StemCellRev
• What a week for iPS! Niche
• Scientists create stem cells purged of carcinogens used in process, LATimes
• Why hESCs make teratomas, NatureReportsSCs
• Highly efficient neural conversion of hES and iPS cells by dual inhib. of SMAD signaling, NatureBiot
• PD patient-derived iPS cells free of viral reprogramming factors, Cell
• Stem cell clinical trials must be closely monitored, NatureReportsStemCells
• hESCs: 10 years on, LabInvestigation
• Korean egg-donor lawsuit thrown out of court, Nature
• Ethical and policy issues surrounding the donation of cryopreserved and fresh embryos for hESC research, StemCellRev
• Highly efficient differentiation of hESCs and iPSCs into mature pancreatic insulin-producing cells, CellResearch
• Cancer risk after exposure to treatments for ovulation induction, AmerJEpidemiology
• Dogs hold out stem-cell hopes, PhilaInq
• piggyBac transposition reprograms fibroblasts to iPS cells, Nature
• 'Ethical' stem cell creation hope, BBCNews
• Canadians make stem-cell breakthrough, GlobeandMail
• REST maintains self-renewal and pluripotency of embryonic stem cells, Nature
• Personhood amendment passes Montana senate, Reuters
• SB0406:Defining person, Montana
• Funding boom or bust? NatureCellBio
• Stem cell federal funding bill enters the senate, GreatBeyond
• Cord-blood banking: worth it or not, LATimes
• In hard times, more US women try to sell their eggs, ReutersUK
• Therapeutic cloning and reproductive liberty, JMedPhilos
• Tissue engineering using autologous microcirculatory beds as vascularized bioscaffolds, FASEBJournal
• SC research supporters offer senate bill, Reuters
• S487: To amend the PHS act to provide for hESC research
• Doctors plan voice box transplant, BBCNews
• Iran investing in stem cells, Scientist
• Bio-electrospraying ESCs, IntegrativeBio
• Directed differentiation of human iPS cells generates active motor neurons, StemCells
• Stem-cell inaction prompts concerns, Nature
• Genome-wide association analysis reveals a SOD1 mutation in canine degenerative myelopathy that resembles ALS, PNAS
• Forebrain ependymal cells are Notch dependent and generate neuroblasts and astrocytes after stroke, NatureNeuroscience
• From one genome, many types of cells. but how? NYTimes
• Stem cells extracted from pets help treat their ailments, ChicagoTrib
• Stem cell researches in Brazil, StemCellRev
• Statins, stem cells and cancer, JCellBiochem
• Cord blood SCs for HSC transplantation in the UK, how big should the bank be? Haematologica
• STEPS: bridging basic & clinical science for cell & neurogen factor therapy in treating stroke, Stroke
• Warning over 'stem-cell tourists', Scotsman
• FDA puts plan for a neural stem cell trial on hold, Niche
• Investors stem cells, Niche
• Science wins $21B boost as stim package becomes law, Science
• Korean funding for stem cell research dwindling, Chosun
• Post-translational regulation of Oct4 transciptional activity, PLoSOne
• Neuroimaging as a basis for rational stem cell therapy, PedNeuro
• Reprogramming therapeutics, Neuron
• Significant correction of pathology in brains of twitcher mice following injection of genetically modified mouse neural prog cells, MolGenMet
• Regulation of hSC research in Australia, StemCellRevRep
• Big pharma shows its caring side, NewScientist
• ND house passes abortion ban, KXMC
• An act to provide legislative intent as it relates to references to individual, person or human being
• Seven states have launched efforts for personhood rights for pre-born, LifeSite
• Stem cell 'cure' boy gets tumour, BBCNews
• Donor-derived brain tumor following neural SC transplantation in an AT patient, PLoSMed
• A rosette-type, self-renewing hESC-derived neural SC with potential for in vitro instruction and synaptic integration, PNAS
• IFN activates dormant HSCs in vivo, Nature
• Positive results from a heart SC trial, Niche
• Axelrod: Stem cell order coming soon from Obama, HuffPost
• Banks, repositories and registries of stem cell lines in Europe, StemCellRev
• Skin cells reprogrammed as heart cells beat in a dish, Wired
• HR872:To amend the PHS act to provide for hESC research, to direct the NIH to issue guidelines...
• HR873: To amend the PHS act to provide for hESC research
• Casting doubt on the safety of 'off-the-shelf' MSCs for cell therapy, MolecTher
• So many papers, so little time, Niche
• Stem-cell transplant wipes out HIV, Nature
• Brazil to establish nat'l stem cell centre, SciDev
• No to human cloning (Sing.), StraitsTimes
• Fabrication of an artificial 3-d vascular network using sacrificial sugar structures, SoftMatter
• Cotton candy may help grow human tissue, MSNBC
• Telomeres acquire ESC characteristicsa in iPS Cells, CellStemCell
• EU pushes advanced therapies, NatureBiotech
• Stem cells caught in morality clause, NatureBiot
• Osiris seals billion dollar deal with Genzyme for cell therapy, NatureBiotech
• SC scientists expecting more fed funding, MHT
• Deriving sperm & eggs from human skin cells: facilitating community discussion, JCHLP
• Importing hPSC lines derived at another institution, CellStemCell
• Distribution of hESC lines, CellStemCell
• Hierarchical maintenance of MLL MLSCs employs a transcriptional program shared with embryonic rather than adult stem cells, CellStemCell
• Stem cells, systems biology and human feedback, NatureReportsStemCells
• Stem cell institute looks for new ways to raise cash, Science
• Oct4 induced pluripotency in adult neural stem cells, Cell
• Reprogramming with all but Oct4, Niche
• OK stem cell funding plan approved, NewsOK
• Committee again sidesteps cloning research bid, JoongAngDaily
• How to divide up the 'science cake'? BBCNews
• Biological characterization of long-term cultured HMSCs, ArchPharmResearch
• Japanese SC scientist announces promising results, BusinessWeek
• Politics enters state's stem cell research program, LATimes
• Human embryos derived by SCNT using an alternative enucleation approach, Cloning&StemCells
• CIRM training grants approved, but award uncertain in financial climate, Niche
• Obama keeping stem-cell advocates waiting, PhilaInq
• Reprogramming of human somatic cells using human and animal oocytes, Cloning&StemCells
• Animal eggs no good for cloning, Scientist
• Reprogramming of fibroblasts into iPS cells with orphan nuclear receptor Esrrb, NatureCellBio
• Mouse differentiating spermatagonia can generate germinal cells in vivo, NatureCellBio
• Stem cell research:the quest continues, Time
• Evolution by intelligent design, Discover
• Stem cells to be produced from adult cells in Australia, TheAustralian
• Bush's stem cell ban to end? Scientist
• Autologous non-myeloablative haemopoietic stem cell transplantation in relapsing-remitting MS, Lancet
• Stem cell therapy 'reduces the symptoms' of multiple sclerosis, Times
• Scientists anticipate new funds for stem cell research video), NewshourWithJimLehrer
• Stem cell facility might not get built, UnionTrib
• Celebration & concern over US trial of ESC, Science
• Embryonic stem cells and science (Kojo Nnamdi Show), WAMU – Washington, D.C.
• Do parents of ESC lines need ethical protection? SciAm
• SKorean firm says it cloned dogs using SCs, AP
• SCs used to reverse paralysis in animals, PhysOrg
• UConn's new stem cell lines boost health research in the state, HartfordCourant
• 'Not taken in by the media hype', HumReprod
• Adult cells may aid infertile, LATimes
• Always falling behind, CGS
• Legislation to reverse SC ban vowed by US lawmaker, Bloomberg
• DNA Snoops, LATimes
• Scientists see progress in FDA SC trial approval, ISSCR cautions clinical research still at an early stage, ISSCR
• Right on Geron, Scientist
• As US emerges from dark age, Canada's scientific advantage fades, Globe&Mail
• Stem cell blockbuster during Obama's first week, ABCNews
• CIRM Makes a YouTube move, CaliSCReport
• Combinatorial Pluripotency, NatureRepStemCells
• Historic trial to treat spinal cord injury with stem cells, NewScientist
• US allows use of embryonic stem cells, FinanTimes
• First ESC trial gets approval from the FDA, WSJ
• SC therapy gives hope to accident victims, Times
• FDA approves a stem cell trial, NYTimes
• FDA OKs 1st human trials using ESCs, ChicagoTrib
• CA poised to be leader in SC research, UnionTrib
• UK's reputation as world leader in stem-cell research challenged, TimesHigherEd
• Stem cell trials - should they go ahead? Why harm to patients is not a reason to stop them, PracticalEthics
• Stem cell stroke therapy assessed, BBCNews
• Blindness cure will be pioneered in Scotland, Scotsman
• Stem cells:modelling genetic diseases with iPS cells, NatureRevNeuroscience
• Lifting stem cell funding restrictions by exec. order is inadequate according to GPI, WSJMarketWatch
• A superficial success, NatureRepStemCells
• Challenges anticipated in removal of stem cell restrictions, NatureMedicine
• Stem cell board member gets ethics warning, SFChronicle
• Rival stem cell technique takes the heat out of hybrid embryo debate, Guardian
• New policy would boost stem cell research in state and nationwide, StanfordReport
• MPs to investigate stem cell funding row, Independent
• Uncertain future for hybrid research, BBCNews
• Human-animal clone research halted amid funding drought, Telegraph
• Funding halted for stem cell research, Independent
• Independent film-makers for stem cells, Niche
• Ministry set to boost SC patents support, DailyYom
• US stem cell bank has acquired all 21 lines, ChiTrib
• Reprogramming fibroblasts into iPSCs with orphan nuclear receptor Esrrb, NatureCellBiology
• Transplantation of hESC-derived photoreceptors restores some visual function in mice, CellStemCell
• Rats, cats and elephants, but still no unicorn: iPSCs from new species, CellStemCell
• Isolation and production of cells suitable for human therapy: challenges ahead, CellStemCell
• Immoral advances: Is science out of control?, NewScientist
• Neuronal activity-induced Gadd45b promotes epigenetic DNA demethylation and adult neurogenesis, Science
• Big potential in rat pluripotent SCs, NatureRepsSCs
• Characterization of hESCs with features of neoplastic progression, NatureBiotech
• Stem cell therapies the old-fashioned way, NatureReportsSCs
• Stem cell transplants: the power of peer-to-peer, NatureBiotech
• Pfizer's $100m stem cell stake, NatureBiotech
• Public life cut short, NatureBiotech
• Biotech sector ponders potential 'bloodbath', NatureBiotech
• Stem cell companies moving to products, Niche
• 'Scrawny' gene keeps stem cells healthy, ScienceDaily
• Stanford/UCSF study shows that testes stem cells can change into other body tissues, MNT
• Democrats debate methods to end stem cell ban, NYTimes
• Hope of insulin cell transplant, BBCNews
• Bayer filed for stem cell patent before Kyoto U team, JapanToday
• Stem cells: US policies on hESC, NatureRevMCB
• Capture of authentic ESCs from rat blastocysts, Cell
• Scientist: Stem cells could end animal testing, CNN
• Reprogrammed skin cells provide testing ground for new drugs, Nature
• Re-differentiated reprogrammed cells recapitulate patients' disease; other breaking stories, Niche
• Stem cell Therapies as an Emerging Paradigm in Stroke (STEPS), Stroke
• iPS cell generation using a single lentiviral stem cell cassette, StemCells
• Breakthrough of the year: Reprogramming cells, Science
• Nuclear reprogramming in cells, Science
• Year that could be turning point on disease, Times
• Stem cells drug testing predicted to boom under Obama, ScienceDaily
• Non-ESC clinical trials announced, Niche
• How to make a stem cell home, NatureRepSCs
• Weighing the risks and rewards en route to the clinic, NatureRepSCs
• Adult monkey cells reprogrammed, NatureRepSCs
• Patent rules force stem-cell research to seek alternatives, Scotsman
• Using embryos to put fertility first, NYTimes
• Scientists begin digging for genetic triggers, JSOnline
• Rivals race to turn back a cell's clock, JSOnline
• Stem cell ruling 'opens doors' for Scots firms, Scotsman
• Stick to the guidelines and fewer get hurt, NatureReportsStemCells
• Vatican condemns cloning, embryonic stem cell research, WashPost
• Stem cell research critics refile lawsuit to black funding of life science research, Missourian
• NovoCell, Yamanaka make dream team against diabetes, Niche
• Ova time: women line up to donate eggs-for money, WSJ
• 'Hybrid embryo' legal block lost, BBCNews
• Cross-border research on hESCs, StemCellRevs
• Will stem cell science finally deliver? Newsweek
• Australian agency proceeds cautiously with Hwang patent, NatureMed
• Fertility patients' views about frozen embryo disposition, Fert&Ster
• MS Society calls for law change on unproven stem cell trials, MSSociety
• Offshore stem cell treatments, NatureRepStemCells
• Intro to special issue - New release: the complete guide to organ repair, Science
• A call for a new federal ESC research agenda, CAP
• Parents torn over fate of frozen embryos, NYTimes
• Cancer stem cell stories, Niche
• Stopping snake oil treatments, Niche
• World stem-cell session to be held in Baltimore, BaltoSun
• ISSCR releases guidelines for the clinical translation of stem cells, ISSCR
• ISSCR Guidelines for the clinical translation of stem cells(pdf), ISSCR
• ISSCR Patient handbook on stem cell therapies, ISSCR
• New ISSCR guidelines underscore major principles for responsible translational stem cell research, CellStemCell
• Stem cell clinics online, CellStemCell
• hESC-derived motor neurons are sensitive to the toxic effects of glial cells carrying an ALS-causing mutation, CellStemCell
• Non-cell autonomous effect of hSOD1 astrocytes on motor neurons derived from hESCs, CellStemCell
• Potency and fate specification in CNS stem cell populations in vitro, CellStemCell
• Guidelines and techniques for the generation of iPS cells, CellStemCell
• An about-face on stem cells, BaltoSun
• Europe rejects patent governing use of embryonic stem cells, Guardian
• Wisconsin stem cell patent refused by European agency, Independent

Archives of 'Stem Cells in the News'

Hinxton Group 2008: Science, Ethics and Policy Challenges of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Gametes

• Le staminali contro l’infertilità, LaStampa
• New sources of sex cells, Nature
• Eggs and sperm from stem cells on the horizon, ethics group tells AAAS meeting
• Ethical questions follow stem cell advances, NPR
• Sperm from skin becoming a reality?, Science
• How 'artificial sperm' could help infertile couples, TimesOnline
• AAAS panel addresses science and policy of stem cells and reproductive technologies, ScienceProgress
• Expertos Británicos piden permiso para ‘fabricar’ esperma y óvulos artificiales, ElMundo
• Study: stem cells may allow infertile, gay couples to have children, ChristianPost
• Stem cell advances could help childless couples, Guardian
• Leading scientists tell politicians to stop interfering over ethics of embryo research, Independent
• Artficial sperm and eggs 'may be created in the next five years', DailyMail
• Ethics of lab made gametes, CellNEWS
• Sperm and eggs from stem cells 'in 15 years', TimesOnline
• 'Limit' to lab egg and sperm use, BBCNews
• Scientists warn over 'interference', PressAssociation
• Sperm and eggs from skin cells in near future, MedIndia
• Male eggs and female sperm 'science fiction' says report, PinkNews
• Same sex couples could create children, Telegraph