Stem Cell Research
Japan researchers close in on stem cell trial
Feb 14, 2013 03:51 EST
Researchers in Japan have moved one step closer to clinical trials using adult stem cells in a therapy they hope will prove a cure for common sight problems, an official said Thursday.
Scientists 'print' 3D object with stem cells
Feb 04, 2013 19:07 EST
Scientists on Monday said that for the first time they had printed 3D objects using human embryonic stem cells, furthering the quest to fabricate transplantable organs.
US Supreme Court leaves stem cell research alone
Jan 07, 2013 17:25 EST
The US Supreme Court declined Monday to enter the emotionally-charged debate over stem cell research, refusing to hear an appeal centered on the issue of federal government funding.
Nobel assembly says has never heard of US plaintiff
Dec 07, 2012 13:20 EST
The assembly that awards the Nobel Medicine Prize said Friday it had never heard of a stem cell researcher who has filed a US lawsuit against it for allegedly crediting his work to this year's laureates.
Stem cell pioneer sues Nobel assembly in US
Dec 06, 2012 16:06 EST
A pioneer of stem cell research is suing the assembly that awards the Nobel medicine prize, in a first such lawsuit, over claims it made about this year's winners, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Ethics debate unstilled by stemcell success: Nobel laureate
Nov 12, 2012 12:40 EST
Newly-crowned Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka on Monday cautioned that stem cells could still spur sharp debate, despite his achievement in creating cells that are not derived from embryos.
Japan stem cell Nobel laureate to get research boost
Oct 10, 2012 12:02 EDT
Japan's Nobel prize-winning Shinya Yamanaka will likely get up to 30 billion yen ($383 million) for his stem cell research over the next decade, an official said Wednesday.
Stem cell pioneers win Nobel for medicine
Oct 08, 2012 22:10 EDT
Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain won the Nobel Prize for work in cell programming, a frontier that has nourished dreams of replacement tissue for people crippled by disease.
Huge potential for Nobel-winning cell research
Oct 08, 2012 10:12 EDT
Research in reprogrammed cells, which on Monday earned the 2012 Nobel Prize, has been hailed as a new dawn for regenerative medicine but remains troubled by several clouds.
Teacher tried to dissuade Nobel winner from science
Oct 08, 2012 07:16 EDT
Veteran British scientist John Gurdon, who shared the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, is often described as the "godfather of cloning" for his work on stem cell research but was once told by his teacher not to pursue a career in science.
Obama and Romney on the social issues
Oct 06, 2012 23:19 EDT
Here are the positions of President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on social issues that may -- or may not -- play a role in the run-up to the November 6 election.
Japan team offers fertility hope with stem cell eggs
Oct 05, 2012 13:44 EDT
Japanese stem cell scientists raised hopes of a cure for infertility in humans Friday when they announced they had created viable eggs using normal cells from adult mice.
Progress claimed in quest to clone mammoth
Sep 12, 2012 07:57 EDT
There may be some life left yet for the woolly mammoth, according to controversial research by Russian and South Korean scientists that has raised hopes the extinct animal could be cloned.
Lee Chong-Wei toppled from top No. 1 badminton ranking
Jun 21, 2012 21:57 EDT
Injury-hit Malaysian badminton hero Lee Chong-Wei has surrendered his world number one ranking to arch-rival Lin Dan of China after nearly four years at the top.
Linux creator, stem cell scientist win big technology prize
Jun 13, 2012 12:40 EDT
US-Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds, who created the Linux open source operating system, and Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka on Wednesday won a 1.2-million-euro technology prize in Finland.
Lab uses skin cells to help repair heart muscle
May 23, 2012 04:39 EDT
Lab scientists on Wednesday reported that for the first time they had taken skin cells from patients who had suffered heart failure and turned them into cells that could repair damaged cardiac muscle.
Stem cell therapy could repair some heart damage
Mar 24, 2012 12:29 EDT
Patients with advanced heart disease who received an experimental stem cell therapy showed slight improvements in blood pumping but no change in most of their symptoms, US researchers said Saturday.
Stem cell treatment could repair heart damage
Mar 24, 2012 09:52 EDT
Patients with advanced heart disease who received an experimental stem cell therapy showed slightly improved heart function, researchers said at a major US cardiology conference on Saturday.
S.Korean, Russian scientists bid to clone mammoth
Mar 13, 2012 03:13 EDT
Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.
Doctor looks to China for spinal injury 'cure'
Mar 07, 2012 09:06 EST
One of the world's leading researchers into spinal cord injuries says China could hold the key to a cure that he has been searching for since he met late actor Christopher Reeve in the 1990s.
