Recent News

• High quality research is effectively being vetoed, BioNews
• A nonviral minicircle vector for deriving human iPS cells, NatureMethods
• Landmark pluripotent patent has stem cell researchers nervous, ScienceInsider
• Hwang tries for a comeback, BiopolTimes
• Irish bioethics council axed, NatureBiot
• Cultivating regenerative medicine innovation in China, RegenerativeMedicine
• A legal defense for compensating research egg donors, CellStemCell
• They're not perfect, but they're model cells, SceinceProgress
• Age-related changes in niche cells influence hematopoietic stem cell function, CellStemCell
• First US patent issued for induced stem cell protocol, GreatBeyond
• Stem-cell shenanigans/Lawmakers should force state institute to shape up (editorial) SDUnionTrib
• Oversight framework over oocyte procurement for SCNT, TheorMed&Bioethics
• Stem cells: big roles for small RNAs, Nature
• Opposing microRNA families regulate self-renewal in mouse embryonic stem cells, Nature
• Journal stem cell work 'blocked', BBCNews
• Actualizable potential, reproduction, and embryo research: bringing embryos into existence for different purposes or not at all, CQHE
• Consequentialism without consequences: ethics and embryo research, CQHE
• Stem cells rescue nerve cells by direct contact, ScienceDaily
• Stem tour: Cassy Boyda (Slide Show), MilwaukeeJS
• Britain grants patent for iPS cells, NatureNews
• Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors, Nature
• The California stem cell initiative: persuasion, politics and public science, AJPH
• Stem cell rules advance in Michigan senate, DetroitFreepress
• Stem cell line given the nod, NatureNews
• Bush stem cell line OK for approval, TheScientist
• First US stem cells transplanted into spinal cord, CNN
• Familiarity and prudence of the Japanese public with research into iPSCs and their desire for its proper regulation, SCRR
• Stem cells in human neurodegenerative disorders - time for clinical translation? JCI
• Stem cell therapies: California dreamin'? Cell
• On moral incoherence and hidden battles: Stem cell research in Argentina, DevWorldBioethics
• The nuclear receptor Nr5a2 can replace Oct4 in the reprogramming of murine somatic cells to pluripotent cells, CellStemCell
• Cell line switcheroo, TheGreatBeyond
• Murine embryonic stem cell-derived pyramidal neurons integrate into the cerebral cortex and appropriately project axons to subcortical targets, JNeuroscience
• DNMT1 maintains progenitor function in self-renewing somatic tissue, Nature
• Foreign clinics making wild claims and growing fears of cancer. Are stem cells REALLY the miracle we've been promised, DailyMail
• Doctor who sent patients for stem cell injections is accused of exploitation, BMJ
• Human iPS cell lines show similar stress defence mechanisms and mitochondrial regulation to hESCs, StemCells
• Scientists turn stem cells into pork, NYTimes
• Law, ethics, religion and clinical translation in the 21st century: a conversation with Stephen Bellamy, StemCells
• Stem cells in China: Wild east or scientific feast? TheEconomist
• KAP1 controls endogenous retroviruses in embryonic stem cells, Nature
• Delivering stem cells improves repair of major bone injuries in rats, ScienceDaily
• Grant money could speed stem cell cures, LATimes
• Judge throws out Nevada 'Personhood' initiative, AP/MercNews
• UK regulator considers fate of 'stem cell doctor', TheGreatBeyond
• Cloning mice and men:prohibiting the use of iPS cells for human reproductive cloning, CellStemCell
• Will iPS cells enhance therapeutic applicability of cord blood cells and banking? CellStemCell
• Tracking the rise of stem cell tourism, RegenerativeMedicine
• Stem cell nations working together for a stem cell world, RegenerativeMedicine
• The bioethics of stem cell research and therapy, JCI
• Progress toward the clinical application of patient-specific iPS cells, JCI
• Stem cells: roadmap to the clinic, JCI
• Stem cell research policy and iPS cells, NatureMethods
• The contributions of empirical evidence to socio-ethical debated on fresh embryo donation for human embryonic stem cell research, Bioethics
• Many expect organ cloning to be routine by 2020, Reuters
• The modern dilemma of making a whole new you, SydneyMorningHerald
• Defined factors induce reprogramming of gastrointestinal cancer cells, PNAS
• Strengthening IRB review of highly innovative interventions in clinical trials, JAMA
• Vitamin C enhances the generation of mouse and human induced pluripotent stem cells, CellStemCell
• Lagging laws, NatureNeuroscience
• Bioartificial matrices for therapeutic vascularization, PNAS
• Stem cell transplants at childbirth, SCRR
• Embryo ruling keeps stem cell research legal, Science
• School of medicine receives $30 million grant to coordinate a consortium of national stem cell experts, MNT
• Consensus guidance for banking and supply of hESC lines for research purposes, SCRR
• Stem cell therapy restores vision, GreatBeyond
• 'Retrograde' closure of bioethics body criticised, IrishTimes
• Orphan nuclear receptor TLX activates Wnt/ β-catenin signalling to stimulate neural stem cell proliferation and self-renewal, NatureCellBio
• State stem cell funding possibly in jeopardy (CT), Courant
• Stem cell support of oogenesis in the human, HumanReprod
• US Patent Office grants Geron's request for an interference, Geron
• Reprogramming towards pluripotency requires AID-dependent DNA demethylation, Nature
• Pluripotency process unveiled, TheScientist
• UK stem cell tool kit: a regulatory tool for those conducting human SC research in the UK, MRC
• Egg-citing advances in generating primordial germ cells in the laboratory, BiolofReprod
• Are iPSCs the future of cell-based regenerative therapies for spinal cord injury? JCellPhys
• Stem cell transplants at childbirth, SCRevRep
• From Minnie to Mickey (and all they did was turn off a gene), Independent
• Pfizer acquires a stem-cell therapy, NYTimes
• Neuralstem receives approval to conduct first ALS stem cell trial, MNT
• The personal alchemy behind scientific alchemy, NYTimes
• Lack of population diversity in human embryonic stem-cell lines, NEJM
• Neural stem cells as a novel platform for tumor-specific delivery of therapeutic antibodies, PLoSone
• Stem-cell research leaving minorities behind? DetroitFreePress
• Consent issue dogs stem-cell approval, NatureNews
• Irish supreme court rules lab embryos not protected, ScienceInsider
• Editorial: state shouldn't over-regulate stem cell research, DetroitNews
• Prepubertal human spermatogonia and mouse gonocytes share conserved gene expression of germline stem cell regulatory molecules, PNAS
• Growing body parts, CBS:60 Minutes
• Stem-cell induction made simpler, NatureNews
• Long-term fate of allogeneic neural stem cells following transplantation into injured spinal cord, SCRev&Rep
• Presence of a ROCK inhibitor in extracellular matrix supports more undifferentiated growth of feeder-free hESCs and iPSCs upon passaging, SCRev&Rep
• Harmonizing global science, Science
• Stem cell therapy aids the return of Lava Man (Horse Racing), NYTimes
• Embryonic stem cell-derived L1 overexpressing neural aggregates enhance recovery in parkinsonian mice, Brain
• Highly efficient generation of human hepatocyte-like cells from induced pluipotent stem cells, Hepatology
• iPS: Mapping the policy issues, Cell
• Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for sickle cell disease, NEJM
• Law, ethics, religion and clinical translation in the 21st century - a discussion with John Sinden, StemCells
• Ethics, law, religion and clinical translation in the 21st century, StemCells
• Engineering antigen-specific T cells from genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells in immunodeficient mice, PLoSone
• Is it right to pay women for their eggs, BBCNews
• Stem cell researchers watching legislative moves, NYTimes
• Gene therapy and stem cells save limb, ScienceDaily
• SKPs derive from hair follicle precursors and exhibit properties of adult dermal cells, CellStemCell
• 27 more hESC lines head for OK, TheScientist
• Protective effects of human iPS-derived retinal pigment epithelium cell transplantation in the retinal dystrophic rat, PLoSone
• Stem cell center to rise in biology hub, Science
• Stem cell transcriptional loops generate precise temporal identity, CellStemCell
• Oct4 and LIF/Stat3 additively induce Krüppel factors to sustain ESC self-renewal, CellStemCell
• Mending the failing heart with a vascularized cardiac patch, CellStemCell
• Technical challenges in using human induced pluripotent stem cells to model disease, CellStemCell
• Mending the failing heart with a vascularized cardiac patch, CellStemCell
• Embryos, stem cells and moral status: a response to George & Lee, EMBORep
• Biotech cos. rise as gov't OKs new stem cell lines, NYTimes
• First human embryonic stem cell lines approved for use under new NIH guidelines, NIHNews
• Obama begins embryonic stem cell research support with $21 million, ScienceInsider
• New stem cell lines open to research, NYTimes
• NIH authorizes use of first human embryonic stem cells under new policy, WashPost
• NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry: Lines Eligible for Use
• NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry: Lines Pending Review
• To be, or not to be? EMBOReports
• Embryonic stem cell research is not dehumanising us, JMedicalEthics
• Stem cell separation: a bottleneck in stem cell therapy, BiotechJ
• Who owns science? The Manchester Manifesto
• How science is shackled by intellectual property, TheGuardian
• Japan scientists attack govt research cut plans, AFP
• MD stem cell panel sees record interest for research grants, BaltoBizJ
• Race is on to use ESCs in humans, NewScientist
• U. of Nebraska defeats tighter limits on stem cell research, NYTimes
• Stem cells could be the secret reason why breast is best, Independent
• Experts warn against stem cell tourism, ABCNews
• Stem cell therapy sees man 'infected' with cancer, WAToday
• Clean pigs offer alternative to stem cell transplants, Science
• Patents are crucial to stem cell research, scientist says, DeutscheWelle
• Embryonic stem cell therapy closer to human trials, AFP
• University weighs tighter limits on stem cell research, NYTimes
• 2nd human hESC trial? TheScientist
• Women don't need to risk their health with egg donation, WAToday
• Embryonic stem cells to cure eye disease? TheGreatBeyond
• Breathing new life into 'old' eggs, NewScientist
• Epigenomics: Methylation matters, Nature
• Why not pay women to donate their eggs for research? SydneyMorningHerald
• When does oversight overstep? TheScientist
• Stem cell research: toward greater unity in Europe? Cell
• Nuclear reprogramming in eggs, NatureMedicine
• Fresh hope for German stem-cell patent case, NatureNews
• Europe to decide over patenting of human embryo research, DeutscheWelle
• MafB/c-Maf deficiency enables self-renewal of differentiated functional macrophages, Science
• Embryos' fate: a fertile debate, ChicagoTribune
• Pioneer's appeal on stem cells, TheAge
• Geron stem cell therapy shows benefit in rodents; shares up, Forbes
• Rescue of radiation-induced cognitive impairment through cranial transplantation of hESCs, PNAS
• Patenting human pluripotent cells: balancing commercial, academic and ethical interests, HumReprod
• The dog cloner, Nature
• Scientists want debate on animals with human genes, Reuters
• Learning how animals regenerate body parts, NYTimes
• Faster route to stem-like cells, Nature
• Direct cell reprogramming is a stochastic process amenable to acceleration, Nature
• Breath of fresh air transforms stem cells, NewScientist
• Generation of lung-epithelial-like tissue from hESCs, RespResearch
• Stem cell experts skeptical of Geeta Shroff's miracle cure claims, Times
• Good science and good ethics: why we should discourage payment for eggs for stem cell research, NatureRevGenetics
• hESC-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cell transplants improve recovery after cervical spinal cord injury, StemCells
• The gold rush for iPSCs, NatureBiotech
• A continuum of cell states spans pluripotency and lineage commitment in hESCs, PLoSone
• Human blood vessel-derived endothelial progenitors for endotheliazition of small diameter vascular prosthesis, PLoSone
• Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy with a lentiviral vector in x-linked ALD, Science
• Gene therapy halts fatal brain disease, Wired
• The ethics of patenting hESCs, KIEJ
• The more things change: the new NIH guidelines on human stem cell research, KIEJ
• FoxO3 regulates neural stem cell homeostasis, CellStemCell
• HLA matching potential of an established human embryonic stem cell bank in China, CellStemCell
• Centenarians as stem cell donors, AJOB
• 3 CA stem cell grants revoked, TheScientist
• iPS cells in regenerative medicine: an argument for continued research on hESCs, RegenMed
• Geron trial may resume next year, Scientist
• The big question: are scientists now really able to make sperm and egg cells in the lab? Independent
• Michigan panel to discuss stem cell research bills, WLNS
• Stem cell research petition to circulate to push for a vote (SDak), RapidCityJ
• Of mice and men: stem cells and ethical uncertainties, JohnsHopkins
• Heavy metal guitarist turns to stem cells to heal hand, NewScientist
• Hwang Woo-suk's cloning fraud has not set back stem cell research, Times
• California awards grants for researtch projects in nonembryonic stem cells, NYTimes
• Scientists 'five years' from producing artificial spem and eggs, Times
• Stem cell study leads to breakthrough in understanding infertility, Guardian
• Human DAZL, DAZ and BOULE genes modulate primordial germ-cell and haploid gamete formation, Nature
• Judge throws out stem cell lawsuit, ScienceInsider
• Epigenetic reversion of post-implantation epiblast to pluripotent embryonic stem cells, Nature
• California hands out $230 million to move stem cells into the clinic, GreatBeyond
• Inducible pluripotent stem cells: not quite ready for prime time? CurrOpinOrgTransp
• Behavioral improvement after transplantation of neural precursors from ESCs in to the globally ischemic brain of adolescent rats, BrainDev
• Woo Suk Hwang convicted, but not of fraud, NatureNews
• No jail time for Hwang, TheScientist
• South Korea stem cell scientist guilty of fraud, Reuters
• Mickie Bhatia:ESCs come of age, JEM
• $3.7M NIH grant will fund study on stem cells derived from ALS patients, MNT
• Hwang verdict imminent, NatureNews
• Oxysterols drive dopaminergic neurogenesis from stem cells, CellStemCell
• Transplanted tissue improves vision, ScienceDaily
• California and China agree to collaborate on stem cells, ChinaBioToday
• A chemical platform for improved induction of human iPSCs, NatureMethods
• 'Ethical' stem cell crop boosted, BBCNews
• Why are we afraid to regulate embryonic research? BakerInstBlog
• Jostling spurs cell spreading, TheScientist
• Material properties of the cell dictate stress-induced spreading and differentiation in embryonic stem cells, NatureMaterials
• Generation of functional ventricular heart muscle from ventricular progenitor cells, Science
• Culturing stem cell awareness, CellStemCell
• A clear line on stem cells, WashPost
• Patch uses stem cells to plug holes in the heart, PopSci
• Groundbreaking stem cell surgery gives boy new cheekbones, ABCNews
• Ethical concerns over use of new cloning technique in humans, Nature
• Americans are flocking to Costa Rica for stem cell treatments, MinnPost
• Live cell imaging distinguishes bona fide human iPSCs from partially reprogrammed cells, NBT
• Jaw bone created from stem cells, BBCNews
• Controversial stem cell project gets green light, OttawaCitizen
• Move towards regulation of stem cell therapeutics, PHGFound
• Engineering anatomically shaped human bone grafts, PNAS
• Vaccination with human pluripotent stem cells generates a broad spectrum of immunological and clinical response against colon cancer, StemCells
• Stem cell feud goes to constitutional court, KoreaTimes
• Ethical aspects of the use of stem cell derived gametes for reproduction, HealthCareAnalysis
• A Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Tgf-β Signaling Replaces Sox2 in Reprogramming by Inducing Nanog, CellStemCell
• Reproductive tourism in Argentina: clinic accreditation and its implications for consumers, health professional and policy makers, DevWorldBioethics
• Stem cells which 'fool the immune system' may provide vaccination for cancer, ScienceDaily
• Good science and good ethics: why we should discourage payment for eggs for stem cell research, NatureRevGenetics
• SOX2 is an amplified lineage-survival oncogene in lung and esophageal squamous cell carcinomas, NatureGenetics
• Genetic engineering of human stem cells for enhanced angiogenesis using biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles, PNAS
• Notes on a neural stem cell conference, Niche
• Developments & challenges in hESC research in Spain, SCRev&Rep
• Gold standards in the diamond age: the commodification of pluripotency, CellStemCell
• No human-hybrid work in the UK? GreatBeyond
• Vital embryo research driven out of Britain, TheIndependent
• Evan Harris: we owe it to the sick to support this research, TheIndependent
• Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from human cord blood, CellStemCell
• Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from human cord blood using OCT4 and SOX2, CellStemCell
• What to do with the grail now that we have it? iPSCs, potentiality, and public policy, CellStemCell
• The human egg is back, CellStemCell
• Who's in favor of translational cell therapy for stroke: STEPS forward please? CellTransplantation
• Consent: criteria should be drawn up for tissue donors, Nature
• Consent: a need for guidelines to reflect local considerations, Nature
• Induced pluripotent stem cells: it's like déjà vu all over again, Circulation
• Translating stem cell therapy to the clinic: déjà vu all over again, MolecularTherapy
• Functional recovery after the transplantation of neurally differentiated mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow in a rat model of spinal cord injury, CellTransplantation
• For love or money? The saga of Korean women who provided eggs for embryonic stem cell research, TheorMedBioeth
• A progenitor cell origin of myeloid malignancies, PNAS
• Transplantation tolerance in an age of induced pluripotency, CurrOpinOrgTranspl
• Q&A: Is stem cell research misguided? TheScientist
• 88 stem cell lines submitted to NIH for ethical vetting: Harvard dominates, TheNiche
• Identification by automated screening of a small molecule that selectively eliminates neural stem cells derived from hESCs but not dopamine neurons, PLoSone
• Enhanced generation of iPSCs from a subpopulation of human fibroblasts, PLoSone
• Stem cell vetting raises concerns, confusion, TheNiche
• Davor Solter: non-retiring with stem cells in Singapore, NatRepSCs
• (Stem cell) banking crisis, NatRepSCs
• Rocky road to regulation, NatRepSCs
• Stem cell charter takes aim at critics, CBC
• A long way to go...NatureImmunology
• The 'stem cell' concept: is it holding us back? JBio
• Cost-effectiveness of private umbilical cord blood banking, Ob&Gyn
• Stem cell lines: let the vetting begin, InTheField
• Cracking down on stem cell companies, InTheField
• New stem cell bill in US Congress? InTheField
• FDA green lights stem-cell trial for Lou Gehrig's disease, TheNiche
• MD, CA team on stem cell research, BaltoBizJ
• SKorea scientist wins dog cloning court battle, AFP
• NIH opens website for hESC lines for approval and announces members of working group, NIH
• Submit your cells, GreatBeyond
• Stem cell symposium supplement, YaleJofHealthPolicyLaw&Ethics
• iPSCs in regenerative medicine:an argument for continued research on hESCs, RegenMed
• Two factor reprogramming of human neural stem cells into pluripotency, PLoSone
• Transformation of nonfunctional spinal circuits into functional states after the loss of brain input, NatureNeuroscience
• Transcriptional signature and memory retention of human iPSCs, PLoSone
• Stem cell fight ahead, BaltoSun
• CIRM signs agreement to collaborate with Germany on stem cell research, Niche
• Cell lines derived from human parthenogenetic embryos can display aberrant centriole distribution and altered expression levels of mitotic spindle check-point transcripts, SCRR
• Monkeys, mitochondria and the human germline, BioethicsForum
• Egg donor proposal stirs concern, CSCR
• Can our understanding of epigenetics assist with primary prevention of congenital defects? JMG
• US firm withdraws from Korean cloning dogfight, ShortSharpScience
• Developmental biology: instructions writ in blood, Nature
• International Society for Stem Cell Research reading list, NatureRepSCs
• Consent row as human cells used for hybrid embryo clones, Scotsman
• What does Nanog do? NatureRepSCs
• Cell pioneers Gurdon, Yamanaka honored with Lasker Award, Bloomberg
• Stem cell pioneers take home Lasker, GreatBeyond
• Couple offers daughter as guinea pig for stem cell gamble, DailyTelegraph
• Stem cells delay disease onset in mice with neurodegenerative disease, NatureRepSCs
• A luminal epithelial stem cell that is a cell of origin for prostate cancer, Nature
• Stem cell co. faked success: SEC, TheScientist
• Trading on hope, NatureBiotech
• Stem cell drug fails 2 late-stage clinical trials, NYTimes
• Ethics scrutiny needed for Chinese-European projects, Nature
• Stem cell treatment 'is child abuse', Times
• Flab and freckles could advance stem cell research, Nature
• Liposuction leftovers easily converted to iPSCs, ScienceDaily
• Sox2 is dispensable for the reprogramming of melanocytes and melanoma cells into iPSCs, JCS
• More synergetic cooperation of Yamanaka factors in iPSCs than in ESCs, CellResearch
• Efficient generation of hepatocyte-like cells from human iPSCs, CellResearch
• The FunGenES database, PLoSOne
• China cracks down on stem cell tourism, NewScientist
• Safety call over stem cell trips, BBCNews
• Ethical governance of biological and biomedical research: Chinese-European cooperation, bionet
• Pluripotent stem cells and disease modeling, CellStemCell
• Transplanted cells detoxify poisoned brain, somewhat, TheNiche
• The practical consequences of a national human embryonic stem cell registry, SCRevRep
• Generation of pluripotent stem cells from patients with type 1 diabetes, PNAS
• Stem-cell projects falter, Nature
• Stem cells: the promises and perils of p53, Nature
• Private cord blood banking, SCRevRep
• Top scientist's industry move heralds stem-cell shift, Nature
• Stem cell trial may resume soon, ScienceInsider
• Stem cells, down to one factor, TheNiche
• One-gene method makes safer human cells, NewScientist
• Direct reprogramming of human neural stem cells by OCT4 , Nature
• Hypoxia enhances the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells, CellStemCell
• Developing safe therapies from human pluripotent stem cells, NatureBiotech
• Please do not eat the stem cells, NatureRepSCs
• DNA swap could cure inherited diseases, Times
• Gene therapy for the unborn, Independent
• Geron comments on FDA hold on spinal cord injury trial, Geron
• Establishment of trophoblast stem cell lines from SCNT embryos, PNAS
• Nanoparticles as tools to study and control stem cells, JCellBiochem
• The ethics of egg manipulation, Nature
• Mitochondrial gene replacement in primate offspring and embryonic stem cells, Nature
• Genetic advance raises IVF hopes, BBCNews
• Reconnecting injured nerves, NatureNeurosc
• Russian stem-cell firm to go public, TheNiche
• S Korea seeks 4-year prison term for stem cell fraud, Reuters
• What is the fate of leftover frozen embryos? MSNBC
• Adenoviral gene delivery can reprogram human fibrobalsts to iPSCs, StemCells
• Transplantation directs oocyte maturation from ESCs and provides a therapeutic strategy for female infertility, HumMolGen
• Germline-competent mouse-iPSC lines generated on human fibroblasts without exogenous leukemia inhibitory factor, PLoSOne
• Modelling pathogenesis and treatment of familial dysautonomia using patient-specific iPSCs, Nature
• ErythRED, a hESC line enabling identification of erythroid cells, NatureMethods
• Japan relaxes human stem-cell rules, Nature
• Japan streamlines embryonic stem cell reviews, ScienceInsider
• Pro-embryo group sues NIH over stem cell policy, ScienceInsider
• A regulatory argument against hESC research, JMedicinePhilos
• Generation of functional eyes from pluripotent cells, PLoSBiology
• Signalling pathways controlling pluripotency and early cell fate decisions of hiPSCs, StemCells
• NIH chief's first day: stem cell registry 'high priority' but no ETA, TheNiche
• When the past catches up with the present, NatureRepSCs
• Geron: FDA delays 1st trial of stem cell treatment, AP
• Report of the International Bioethics Committee on human cloning and international governance, UNESCO
• William Brody to join CIRM governing board, CIRM
• Better positioned in stem cells, Blood
• Stable gene transfer and expression in cord blood, Blood
• 'Magnetic' stem cells for hearts, BBCNews
• Generation of iPS cells from human beta-thalassemia fibroblast cells, CellResearch
• Emerging concepts in neural stem cell research, LancetNeuro
• China spinal cord injuries network: changes from within, LancetNeuro
• Ethical issues relating to the banking of umbilical cord blood in Mexico, BMCMedEthics
• A dynamic trio, GreatBeyond
• S Korean firm to open major dog cloning centre, PhysOrg
• Children and population biobanks, Science
• Efficient targeting of expressed and silent genes in hESCs and iPSCs using zinc-finger nucleases, NatureBiotechnology
• Recipe for iPS cells just got clearer, Science
• Cancer stem cells resemble healthy stem cells, resist therapy, NatureRepSCs
• Immortality improves cell reprogramming, Nature
• A p53 mediated DNA damage response limites reprogramming to ensure iPS cell genomic integrity, Nature
• The Ink4/Arf locus is a barrier for iPS reprogramming, Nature
• Linking the p53 tumour suppresor pathway to somatic cell reprogramming, Nature
• Suppression of iPS cell generation by the p53-p21 pathway, Nature
• Immortalization eliminates a roadblock during cellular reprogramming into IPS cells, Nature
• Differentiation stage determines potential of hematopoietic cells for reprogramming into iPSCs, NatureGenetics
• Regulated fluctuations in Nanog expression mediate cell fate decisions in ESCs, PLoSBiol
• Veterinarians using stem cells to treat animals (in spite of scarce evidence and high costs), AP
• The delivery dilemma, NatureRepSCs
• The innate debate over HSCs, NatureRepSCs
• Stem cell patents: a landscape analysis, NatureBiotech
• And then there were two: use of hESC lines, NatureBiotech
• Legislature to duke it out over stem cell regulations, DetroitNews
• Stem cell research opponents try, try again on ballot initiative, StLToday
• Extra embryos pose ethical issue for parents, CalgaryHerald
• The ISSCR: who are we and where are we going? CellStemCell
• Phosphoproteomic analysis of hESCs, CellStemCell
• Phosphorylation dynamics during early differentiation of hESCs, CellStemCell
• Cell-based therapies and functional outcome in experimental stroke, CellStemCell
• Neural transplants in patients with Huntington's disease undergo disease-like neuronal degeneration, PNAS
• 5-HT4 receptor-mediated neuroprotection and neurogenesis in the enteric nervous systems of adult mice, JNeuroscience
• US report backs distinction between science and policy, NatureNews
• Science for policy project final report, BipartisanPolicyCenter
• Toward clinical therapies utilizing hematopoietic cells derived from human pluripotent cells, Blood
• Doubts over stem cell images prompt new inquiry, NewScientist
• Fully functional bioengineered tooth replacement as an organ replacement therapy, PNAS
• Scientists use stem cells to grow fully functioning teeth in mice, Guardian
• Chemotropic guidance facilitates axon regeneration and synapse formation after spinal cord injury, NatureNeuroscience
• Govt to invest more in stem cell research (SKorea), ChosunIlbo
• Hungary detains 4 over illegal stem cell treatment, Reuters
• 'Guerilla' stem cell clinic raided by police, NewScientist
• Healing our brains, changing our selves? Scienceline
• Germany tightens law on stem cell treatments, BMJ
• Journal retracts claim of sperm made from stem cells, AP
• Artificial sperm research 'included plagiarised paragraphs', Telegraph
• Mice made from induced stem cells, NatureNews
• iPS cells can support full-term development of tetraploid blastocyst-complemented embryos, CellStemCell
• iPS cells produce viable mice through tetraploid complementation, Nature
• Manimal planet:anti-mermaid legislation rises from the deep, ScienceProgress
• Church weighs in as Uruguay debates stem cells, Zenit
• Maryland slashes stem cell budget by another $3M, BRN
• Stem cell body finds new way forward, Austral.
• Guidelines for stem cell treatment still not complete (Bermuda), RoyalGazette
• Italian court sidesteps stem-cell challenge, Nature
• Determining the status of non-transferred embryos in Ireland, PEHM
• Men still relevant, say bioethicists, BioEdge
• ESCs, Francis Collins and the NIH, Lancet
• Human dignity in international policy documents: a useful criterion for public policy? Bioethics
• Effects of cell number on teratoma formation by hESCs, CellCycle
• In vitro germ cell differentiation from Cynomolgus monkey embryonic stem cells, PLoSOne
• In vitro grown human ovarian follicles from cancer patients support oocyte growth, HumanReproduction
• A fertility first: human egg cells grow up in lab, Wired
• Brownback, Landrieu introduce human-animal hybrid prohibition act, BrownbackBlog
• S1435: Human-animal prohibition act of 2009
• Editorial: Reasonable compensation, NYTimes
• Iran claims it has cloned a cow, PressAssn
• Variation in the safety of iPS cell lines, NatureBiotech
• Why Yamanaka's new results don't (necessarily) spell doom for most human iPS cells, TheNiche
• IVF discounts beat cash rewards for research eggs, NewScientist
• A monkey in sheep's clothing, Reuters
• Lingering concerns remain about NIH stem cell rules, ScienceInsider
• Dependence of mouse embryonic stem cells on threonine catabolism, Science
• Jewish law positive over reported UK breakthrough in 'artificial sperm', JerusalemPost
• Editorial: New stem cell rules, NYTimes
• Paralyzed with 7-14 days to decide on a test, VoiceofSanDiego
• In vitro derivation of human sperm from embryonic stem cells, StemCells&Development
• John Harris: a world without men? that's not the real ethical issue here, Independent
• Does lab sperm mean an end to fathers? not in my lifetime, Telegraph
• Sperm-like cells made from human ESCs, Nature
• Scientists 'unconvinced' about sperm cell creation claims, BreakingNews
• Sperm claims under the microscope, Channel4
• 'Synthetic sperm' from stem cells raises hope for male infertility, Guardian
• Induction of pluripotency in adult unipotent germline stem cells, CellStemCell
• Stem cell lawyer says let women be paid for egg donations, UnivMelbourne
• Researchers pleased with final stem cell rules, ScienceInsider
• NIH publishes final "National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research"
• Success with iPSCs, TheScientist
• A role for LIN28 in primordial germ-cell development and germ-cell malignancy, Nature
• Editorial: Time for change at stem cell institute, SacramentoBee
• Stem cell: what's in a name, NRSCs
• We must reverse the Bush legacy of stem-cell problems, Nature
• 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
  Stem Cells
• 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)
  Consumer Watchdog
• 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