Claims to cure autism with stem cells investigated by London police
The Metropolitan Police is investigating allegations against a doctor offering stem cell therapy to cure autism in children in London...
A cell that can multiply and give rise to a variety of other, more specialised cell types. For example, stem cells in the bone marrow make many different blood cells.
The Metropolitan Police is investigating allegations against a doctor offering stem cell therapy to cure autism in children in London...
Embryo models generated from human stem cells have provided insights into how identical twins develop...
by Yan Lau
Changing the expression of a specific protein can significantly improve the performance of immune-cell-based cancer therapies, according to two separate studies published in Nature...
The meticulous scrutiny of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of medical treatments and procedure by NICE is put into question by Professor Dusko Ilic when comparing the use of cryopreserved ovarian tissue and testicular tissue for restoration of fertility...
As stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) become increasingly complex, they also raise big questions – how do we define a human embryo, and what limits should be placed on SCBEM research?...
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
Heralding the technology behind SCBEMs as 'one of the 21st century's most dramatic scientific developments', Professor Emily Jackson's lecture was packed with fascinating legal and ethical commentary...
Stem cells collected from amniotic fluid during pregnancy can be grown into organoids to study organ development and improve prenatal diagnosis of medical conditions...
A small clinical trial involving 12 patients with Parkinson's disease has reported no safety concerns with a newly developed human stem cell-based therapy...
by Rithika Bose
Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create a complete model of the human central nervous system and mirror its early stages of development in vitro...
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