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A new cloning method that relies on skin cells is far more efficient and easier to use Read more...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins were able to damaged skulls by transplanting human embryonic stem cells directly to the site of massive injuries. Working in the laboratory, the research team took stem Read more...

The renowned cloning scientist Ian Wilmut says he's abandoning cloning as a source of medical cures in favor of a new approach that creates stem cells from skin fragments. The new stem cell approach Read more...

The Independent is reporting that scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center are on the verge of announcing that they have developed a new technique for cloning embryos from adult Read more...

Stem Cell Research Critics maintain that Geron's repeated assertion that it is a year away from beginning trials on its stem cell program serves as an example of research Read more...

In what is shaping up as one of the toughest rehab jobs in science, disgraced Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk is logging long hours in his new lab. Hwang was accused of one of the biggest frauds in scientific history when he claimed in 2005 to have cloned human embryos and developed embryonic stem cells from them. Hwang apologized for the scam but insisted that he should be …

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Scientists working for Bio Sidus in Argentina have developed a genetically modified cow that can produce insulin in its milk. The company says the four cloned calves will start producing the insulin-rich milk when they reach maturity. To clone the cows, scientists insert a human gene into an embryo, which is then implanted in the mother. The insulin is later extracted from the milk. Bio Sidus said that the procedure can be used to develop insulin for 30 percent less than current methods …

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Stem Cells

Acclaimed scientist Ian Wilmut told an audience in Connecticut that efforts on embryo cloning--often thwarted by government regulators--may be overtaken by research on reprogramming DNA so that adult stem cells can be used to create new stem cells. Report

NPR reports on state funding for stem cell research, and the …

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A team of Korean researchers has come close to creating interspecies stem cells by combining monkey cells with cow ova. The resulting blastocyst--a source of stem cells--did not thrive. But researchers say they feel confident that their approach will deliver batches of fresh cells. Culturing new stem cell lines from animal ova would advance research testing new therapies as well as offer an approach that could conceivably avert having to use cloned human embryonic stem cells in …

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A top South Korean scientist on the verge of opening a new laboratory in Seoul says he is six months away from creating cloned embryonic stem cells. Professor Park Se-pill at Cheju National University said a team of researchers was preparing to start work in the field, which has been overshadowed by an earlier research hoax involving cloned stem cells by Hwang Woo-suk. …

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