The latest restrictions require scientists to submit more comprehensive grant applications, and those applications will go through more stringent ethics reviews.

Insulin-producing cells grown in the lab could offer a functional cure for the disease.

Human embryonic stem cells differentiate and organize themselves on a chip.

The research may necessitate the formation of new ethical guidelines.

The finding confirms that a cluster of cells that directs the fate of other cells in the developing embryo is evolutionarily conserved across the animal kingdom.

For the first time, a transplant of replacement tissue grown from stem cells has been shown to be feasible for patients with macular degeneration.

OCT4 is necessary for blastocyst formation in the human embryo, researchers report.

A screen of human embryonic stem cell lines finds several that accumulated changes in the gene TP53, including aberrations commonly seen in cancer.

The UK Stem Cell Bank offers several lines derived from human embryonic tissue.