Recent News

• iPS cells match ES cells in disease-modeling smack down, SCOPE
• Stem cells used to produce blood platelets, Reuters
• Stem cell transplant patients at greater risk for long term health problems, FoxNews
• Pig induced pluripotent stem cells may be safer than previously thought, ScienceDaily
• Unravelling the pluripotency paradox in fetal and placental mesenchymal stem cells, SCRR
• Dates, judges set in appeal of stem cell suit, ScienceInsider
• William B Hurlbut: Building a bridge over troubled stem cell waters, AJOB
• Embryonic stem cells to be made available for free, NewScientist
• Donor cell type can influence the epigenome and differentiation potential of human induced pluripotent stem cells, NatureBiotech
• Tilting toward secrecy, NatureBiotech
• Access to human embryonic stem cell lines, NatureBiotech
• Inside the strange science of cord blood banking, WiredScience
• California stem cell agency needs to study itself, LATimes
• Stem cells: The clock within, Nature
• The circadian molecular clock creates epidermal cell heterogeneity, Nature
• Peering from the shadows: Stem cell research and the quest for regulation in Argentina, SCRR
• Stem cells that are pure enough for the clinic, Nature
• Stem cell research in the UK reaches significant milestone, EurakAlert!
• Stem cell research, scientific freedom and the commodification concern, EMBOReports
• Consternation and confusion following EU patent judgment, CellStemCell
• European court ruling on embryonic stem cells: Ripple effects, CellStemCell
• The European Court of Justice Ruling in Brustle v. Greenpeace: The impacts on patenting of human induced pluripotent stem cells in Europe, CellStemCell
• Insight: Stem cell therapy poised to come in from the cold, Reuters
• Geron's Discontinued stem cell trial: what about the research participants? BioethicsForum
• Stem cell research supported in Horizon 2020, NatureNewsBlog
• Where research ethics meet profit margins, TheMark
• Organ recital in a dish, Nature
• Cord blood banking, transplantation and iPSC, StemCells
• Cell biology: the new anatomy, NatureNews
• Screening ethnically diverse hESCs identifies a chromosome 20 minimal amplicon conferring growth advantage, NatureBiotech
• Aging stem cells may explain higher prevalence of leukemia, infections among elderly, study shows, StanfordSoM
• Transplanted hypothalamic Neurons Restore Leptin Signaling and Ameliorate Obesity in db/db Mice, Science
• Neuromuscular junction formation between human stem cell-derived motoneurons and human skeletal muscle in a defined system, Biomaterials
• Reprogrammed neurons reveal drug lead for incurable childhood disease, SpoonfulOfMedicine
• Modelling schizophrenia using human induced pluripotent stem cells, Nature
• The public, political parties and stem-cell research, NEJM
• Stem cells: research funding and the 2012 elections, LATimesBoosterShots
• Stem-cell pioneer bows out, Nature
• Stem cell treatments in China: Rethinking the patient role in the global bio-economy, bioethics
• Fetus donates stem cells to heal mother's heart, NewScientist
• Stem cell trial for spinal cord injuries halted: SCI individuals as lab rats? NeuroethicsAtTheCore
• Delayed stem cell therapy following heart attack is safe, but not effective, ScienceDaily
• UCP2 regulates energy metabolism and differentiation potential of human pluripotent stem cells, EMBOJrnl
• Geron's stem cell bust leaves investors holding the bag, TheStreet
• Stem Cell Trial Halted, BioethicsBulletin
• Stem cell study helps clarify the best time for therapy to aid heart attack survivors, ScienceDaily
• Stem cells: New hope for heart failure patients, ABCNews
• Breast milk stem cells may bypass ethical dilemmas (many remain skeptical), NewScientist
• Pope: Yes to adult stem cells, no to embryonic, NYTimes
• Opinion: Vatican push for adult stem cells can't neglect good science, MSNBC
• FDA Okays First Cord Blood Product, ABCNews
• Assessing the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in egg donation: Implications for hESC research, AJOB
• European stem cell researchers face a tougher road, Forbes
• Pituitary Glands Grown From Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, TheGuardian
• Self-formation of functional adenohypophysis in three-dimensional culture, Nature
• Regulating autologous adult stem cells: the FDA steps up, CellStemCell
• Optimization of immunosuppresive therapy for spinal grafting of human spinal stem cells in a rat model of ALS, CellTransplantation
• Easily' re-programmable cells' could be key in creation of new life forms, ScienceDaily
• The unmasking of novel unipotent stem cells in the mammary gland, EMBOJournal
• TX board delays final approval of new rules restricting stem cell therapy like Gov Perry's, WashPost
• Women may one day make their own sperm from skin cells, HeraldSun
• Fertilized oocytes digest paternal mitochondria, ScienceDaily
• You can count on this: Barcoded hematopoietic stem cells, CellStemCell
• The impact of market volatility on the cell therapy industry, CellStemCell
• Inducible apoptosis as a safety switch for adaptive cell therapy, NEJM
• Reprogramming stem cells to a more basic form results in more effective transplant, study shows, ScienceDaily
• Derivation of haploid embryonic stem cells from mouse embryos, Nature
• European stem cell ruling is misleading, Nature
• Cells drive aging, but can be purged, study finds, NYTimes
• Vatican to host stem cell research conference, NPR
• Mississippi to vote on 'personhood', NatureNews
• Concise review: deciphering the mechanism behind iPSC generation, StemCells
• Are we finally able to repair our own organs? TheGuardian
• Geron presents clinical data update from GRNOPC1 spinal cord injury trial, Geron
• Mass-produced blood project threatened by stem cell ruling, TheIndependent
• Stem-cell find breathes new life into lung repair, NewScientist
• European stem cell patent ban good? TheScientist
• Purging and isolating pluripotent cells, "sweet" dreams become true? CellResearch
• European ban on stem-cell patents has a silver lining, NatureNews
• Functional integration of dopaminergic neurons directly converted from mouse fibroblasts, CellStemCell
• Vatican signs deal to collaborate on adult stem cell research, LATimes
• Clinical xenotransplantation: The next medical revolution? TheLancet
• Ban on ES Cell Patents Deeply Immoral, PracticalEthics
• European court rules against (almost all) patenting of embryonic stem cells, PhilosophicalComment
• European court ruling 'threatens stem cell work', BBCNews
• Stem cell scientist disappointed by European ruling, DeutscheWelle
• European court bans stem cell patents, EuroStemCell
• Stem cell agency slated for share of Calif bond sale this week, CSCR
• In praise of stem-cell simplicity, NewScientist
• Race and Genetics in Stem Cell Transplantation, BioNews
• Stem cell spread: 4 jocks and a cheerleader, NatureNewsBlog
• South Korea's Stem Cell Approval, NatureBiotech
• More on cash for eggs, BiopolTimes
• Nevada Doctor Pleads Not Guilty in Stem Cell Case, NYTimes
• Making Heart Cells -- Billions of Them, WSJ
• Can stem cells be reprogrammed to be healthier, ScientificAmerican
• Give your eggs to science, get paid, suggests new report, NatureNewsBlog
• "Is your mind closed to open innovation?" WellcomeTrustFoundationBlog
• Aligning research legislation: Interspecies embryos and animals containing human material, Bionews
• Stem-cell clinical trials move debate beyond labs, WSJ
• Moving human SCNT research forward ethically, CellStemCell
• Genome sequencing of mouse iPS cells revels retroelement stability and infrequent DNA rearrangement during reprogramming, CellStemCell
• Why we need to be more accepting of 'humanized' lab animals, ScienceProgress
• Impracticality of egg donor recruitment in the absence of compensation, CellStemCell
• Don't fear the cloned human stem cells: They're not people, MSNBC
• Stem cells: Cloning advance calls for careful regulation, Nature
• Stem cells: Triple genomes go far, Nature
• Human oocytes reprogram somatic cells to a pluripotent state, Nature
• First stem cells created from cloned human embryos, SpoonfulofMedicine
• Egg freezing for non-medical uses, JMedEthics
• Britain joins the slog through the stem cell vineyards, ScienceProgress
• The unregulated commercialization of stem cell-treatments: a global perspective, FrontofMed
• Will cell reprogramming resolve the embryonic stem cell controversy? a narrative review, AnnalsInternalMedicine
• Correcting sickle cell disease with stem cells, ScienceDaily
• Patient, doctors encouraged by ALS trial, CNN
• Patent trolls target biotechnology firms, NatureNews
• German ethics council weighs in on human-animal chimeras, ScienceInsider
• New stem cell activity identified in human brain, ScienceDaily
• How stem cells fight chemo, Nature
• Hwang Woo-Suk Receives Canadian Patent for hESC Line, Arirang
• Hampshire woman has part of limb artificially regrown, BBCNews
• The Rebirth of Stem Cells, Forbes
• Experts caution against stem cell treatments abroad, CNN
• UK approves Europe's first ESC clinical trial, ScienceInsider
• Scientists turn back the clock on adult stem cells aging, ScienceDaily
• First patient enrolls in a clinical trial funded by CIRM, CIRMResearchResultsBlog
• Texas prepares to fight for stem cells, NatureNews
• South Korea to renew stem cell research after scandal, BBCNews
• Gene therapy shows promise in reducing HIV, Reuters
• Austria resinstates disgraced doctor, NatureNews
• Peyton Manning's stem cell hail mary, ABCNews
• Terrell Owens in South Korea for stem-cell treatment, USAToday
• Stem cell lawsuit back again, ScienceInsider
• New type of spinal cord stem cell discovered, Eurakalert
• Making laws about making babies, NYTimes
• Researchers failing to make raw data public, NatureNews
• The determination of stem cell fate by 3D scaffold structrures through the control of cell shape, Biomaterials
• StemCells eyes asset sale to raise cash, Reuters
• Critical similarity found between two types of do-it-all stem cells, ScienceDaily
• New patent law could change how academics commercialize discoveries, ScienceInsider
• Specific lectin biomarkers for isolation of human pluripotent stem cells identified through array-based glycomic analysis, CellResearch
• Stem cell funding in the Midwest, NatureBiot
• Toward safer regenerative medicine, NatureBiot
• EU clears stem cell trial for broken hearts, MSNBC
• Stem cell discovery offers clues for reversing baldness, Time
• Stem cell pseudomedicine: Calling a spade a spade, SCTMonitor
• Embryonic stem cells require Wnt proteins to prevent differentiation to epiblast stem cells, NatureCellBio
• In vitro generation of human cells with cancer stem cell properties, NatureCellBio
• Stem cells may save rhinos from extinction, NewScientist
• Endurance exercise has stem cells make bone over fat, SciAm
• Isolation and in vitro expansion of human colonic stem cells, NatureMed
• Q&A with the new head of the NIH stem cell center, SpoonfulofMedicineBlog
• A youthful environment can rejuvenate old stem cells, NewScientist
• UK stem cell stroke trial passes first safety test, BBCNews
• Parents in India bank on stem-cells, not the 'tooth fairy', Globe&Mail
• Translating the lessons from gene therapy to the development of regenerative medicine, MolecularTherapy
• Polling supports stem cell research, ColumbiaDailyTribune
• The genetic sergeants that keep stem cells stemmy, NotExactlyRocketScienceBlog
• Texas med board to restrict stem cell use, UPI
• Arizonan guilty in stem cell smuggling, ModernTimesMag
• Autologous pluripotent stem cells generated from adult mouse testicular biopsy, SCRR
• Germ-layer and lineage-restricted stem/ progenitors regenerate the mouse digit tip, Nature
• Parkinson's disease induced pluripotent stem cells with a triplication of the α-synuclein locus, NatureComm
• Gov. Perry's unapproved stem cell treatment, WebMD
• Conversion of mouse and human fibroblasts into functional spinal motor neurons, CellStemCell
• Doctors question Perry's stem cell back treatment, NYTimes
• Stem cell agency's int'l travel plans irk Jerry Brown, SacBee

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