Reprogrammed stem cells are not attacked by the immune system, or are they?
Reprogrammed stem cells are not attacked by the immune system, or are they?
The highest court in the country has declined to hear an appeal regarding the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, allowing such spending to continue.
After undergoing untested cosmetic surgery that uses stem cells to rejuvenate skin, a woman grew bone fragments in the flesh around one of her eyes.
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Scientists have developed new method for generating brain cells from urine, speeding up the process and eliminating some of the problems with previous techniques.
Researchers develop a practical technique for deriving stem cells from routine blood samples.
Two former Geron CEOs make a bid for the company’s defunct human embryonic stem cell business.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.