Pluripotent Stem Cells
A fertilized egg is totipotent, meaning that it has the potential to give rise to every type of cell needed for the development of the organism. The cell undergoes successive di...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers announced
Tuesday that they had found a way to make powerful human
embryonic stem cells without using cloning technology and
without making a human embryo. Here ...
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Three independent teams of scientists have succeeded in creating
''chimaeric'' mice using body cells that were reprogrammed to an
embryonic state without using eggs or destroying embryos, the...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists and ethicists
alike welcomed the news Tuesday that two groups had been
able to reprogram ordinary skin cells to act like embryonic
stem cells -- the body's ultima...
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Text of President Bush's remarks on stem cell research Wednesday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.America is a nation that leads the world in science and technology. Our innovative spirit is ma...
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Text of President Bush's remarks on stem cell research Wednesday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.America is a nation that leads the world in science and technology. Our innovative spirit is ma...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two separate teams of
researchers announced Tuesday they had transformed ordinary
skin cells into batches of cells that look and act like
embryonic stem cells -- but without...
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(Adds Thomson paragraph 4, political reaction paragraphs
16-20) By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have transformed
ordinary human skin cells into batches ...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Using a new type of stem cells
made from ordinary skin cells, U.S. researchers said
Thursday they treated mice with sickle cell anemia, proving in
principle that such cells cou...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
MR. BUSH'S STEM CELL DIVERSION (The New York Times, New York)
The executive order on stem cells issued by President Bush
yesterday seeks ...
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VATICAN CITY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Friday
condemned the cloning of human embryos, calling it the "worst
type of exploitation of the human being". "This ranks among the most morally il...
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Pluripotent Stem Cells
Stem cells - the ultimate master cell
