Stem Cells


Bioengineered kidneys could help alleviate organ shortage

Xavier Symons | 27 April 2013 |
tags: bioengineering, organ transplants, stem cells
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have created bioengineered rat kidneys which successfully filter blood and produce urine. If the technique works with humans, it could do away with the need for donor kidneys.

“In vitro eugenics” is coming, predicts Australian bioethicist

Michael Cook | 06 April 2013 |
tags: artificial gametes, eugenics, stem cells
an Australian bioethicist says that it will be possible to use stem cell technology to breed better humans in a Petri dish.

Valuable new stem cells discovered in breast tissue

Xavier Symons | 16 March 2013 |
tags: regenerative medicine, stem cells
Rare stem cells extracted from adult breast tissue are pluripotent and can become most cell types, researchers at the University of California at San Francisco have found.

Key stem cell guideline ignored in US

Michael Cook | 22 February 2013 |
tags: informed consent, stem cells
A review of human embryonic stem cell lines in the US has raised concerns about informed consent amongst gamete donors.

Chinese scientists create brain cells from urine

Michael Cook | 13 December 2012 |
tags: iPS cells, stem cells
Chinese scientists have created brain cells from urine

Researchers eager to create parentless embryos with stem cells

Michael Cook | 13 December 2012 |
tags: fertility, iPS cells, stem cells
An international fertility conference early next year will teach participants how to create embryos with stem cells.

Japanese stem cell scientist faked credentials

Michael Cook | 21 October 2012 |
tags: Japan, research fraud, stem cells
Another stem cell fraud -- this time in Japan.

A Nobel Prize for ethics?

Michael Cook | 09 October 2012 |
tags: Julian Savulescu, Nobel Prize for Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, stem cells
This year's laureates are both stem cell scientists.

Sperm precursor cells created in lab

Michael Cook | 07 September 2012 |
tags: assisted reproduction, stem cells

California stem cell institute hits jackpot… with adult stem cells

Michael Cook | 14 July 2012 |
tags: CIRM, stem cells
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is rejoicing over its first big success. What went unsaid is that this approval is for treatment with adult stem cells, not human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). But the CIRM was established with a US$3 billion bond issue to deliver cures through hESCs.

Alternative stem cell source: amniotic fluid

Jared Yee | 14 July 2012 |
tags: adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, iPS cells, stem cells
Stem cells from amniotic fluid can be converted into a more versatile state which is similar to human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), scientists said last week.

First stem-cell fraud case enters courts

Jared Yee | 13 July 2012 |
tags: stem cell tourism, stem cells
Stem cell tourism may be on its last legs.

Scepticism about California’s stem cell institute persists

Michael Cook | 07 June 2012 |
tags: California, stem cells
The dispute over 2004's Proposition 71, for setting up California's US$3 billion stem cell research institute, has surfaced again in the local media. Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik wrote a stinging critique as part of his attack on a new proposition to tax cigarettes to pay for medical research

Oh no! Not again! Not another Korean stem cell fraud!

Michael Cook | 02 June 2012 |
tags: fraud, Korea, stem cells
Korean scientists will need more than a stiff drink to recover their joie de vivre after another stem cell researcher at Seoul National University has admitted that she manipulated data for articles published in an international journal.

Crippled rats walk again with help of electrical stimulation therapy

Michael Cook | 02 June 2012 |
tags: spinal cord injury, stem cells
Swiss scientists believe that a combination of electrical impulses and drugs could help some spinal trauma victims walk again.

A dramatic shift of direction for a stem cell advocate

Michael Cook | 19 May 2012 |
tags: Michael J. Fox, stem cells
Michael J. Fox has changed his mind on human embryonic stem cell research

South Korea ramps up stem-cell research

Jared Yee | 05 May 2012 |
tags: Korea, stem cell research, stem cells
South Korea's stem cell research is bouncing back after the disgrace caused by researcher Hwang Woo-suk, whose work with stem cells proved to be fraudulent.

Texas passes stem cell regulations

Jared Yee | 21 April 2012 |
tags: law, stem cells, Texas, US
The Texas Medical Board approved controversial regulations last Friday which are claimed to guarantee safe clinical use of stem cells and other “investigational agents”.

Vatican cancels high-level stem cell conference

Michael Cook | 29 March 2012 |
tags: stem cells, Vatican
It is no secret that the Vatican and most researchers on human embryonic stem cells do not see eye to eye on much more than the time of day. So the real question about why the Third International Congress on Responsible Stem Cell Research, scheduled for 25–28 April, was organised at all, rather than why it was abruptly cancelled this week.

Bioethicist resigns from Texas stem cell company

Michael Cook | 02 March 2012 |
tags: conflict of interest, professional standards, stem cells
"Enough. I resigned from #Celltex Therapeutics on & effective 2/28/2012. I am preparing timely, lengthy, pointed comments on the whole matter." This is a Tweet this week from Glenn McGee, the embattled bioethicist who moved from the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) to a stem cell company in Texas.
 
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