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June 14, 2013 1:16 pm

Stem Cell Discovery Could Help Regrow Fingers

Mammals can regenerate the very tips of their fingers and toes after amputation, and now new research shows how stem cells in the nail play a role in that process.

May 15, 2013 3:00 pm

Cloning Is Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells

Scientists have finally succeeded in using cloning to create human embryonic stem cells, a step toward developing replacement tissue to treat diseases but one that might also hasten the day when it will be possible to create cloned babies.

May 10, 2013 1:33 pm

New Natural Bone Can be Regrown With Reprogrammed Stem Cells

Bone replacements that are needed due to trauma or disease like osteoarthritis, can now be grown in a patient-specific way from pluripotent skin stem cells.

May 8, 2013 2:02 pm

US engineers "print" functioning artificial ear

Scientists at Princeton University in the US used off-the-shelf printing tools to create a functional ear that can ‘hear’ radio frequencies beyond the range of normal human capability.

May 7, 2013 2:07 pm

Skin Cells Used To Create Personalized Bone Substitutes

A team of scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute announced Monday the generation of patient-specific bone substitutes from skin cells capable of repairing large bone defects.

May 3, 2013 1:46 pm

Stem cells give young girl a new life

Hannah Warren, a 2-year-old born without her trachea, was the recipient of a new windpipe grown from her own stem cells at the Children’s Hospital of Illinois.

April 11, 2013 1:12 pm

British Physicist Stephen Hawking Visits Stem Cell Lab Where ALS Research Is Performed

British physicist Stephen Hawking visited a stem cell lab in Los Angeles, Calif. where he spoke to an audience comprised of employees at Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, ALS patients and their families.

April 5, 2013 5:13 pm

Researchers Put Human Brain Cells in Mice. Why Aren't Conservatives Freaking Out?

Last week we learned that people can make smarter mice, but it’s not at all clear what the results of the recent experiment are saying about people.

April 2, 2013 2:59 pm

How coral can help you grow a new knee

A tiny implant made from coral could help repair knee joints crippled by osteo-arthritis. The implant helps to stimulate the growth of new cartilage from stem cells — the body’s own immature cells that can turn into any type of tissue.

April 2, 2013 2:57 pm

3-D Stem Cell Culture Technique Developed to Better Understand Alzheimer's Disease

A team of researchers have developed a technique to produce three-dimensional cultures of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells called embryoid bodies, amenable to live cell imaging and to electrical activity measurement.