Aug. 8 -- FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Only two of 21 approved human embryonic stem cell lines are routinely used by researchers in the United States, says a new study. The study found that two ...

Scientists from the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have described how they combined stem cells from eight different mouse strains to create a model for studying neurological conditions that better mimics ...

Twenty lines are currently undergoing this review process, and the working group is expected to make their recommendations to an NIH advisory committee on Friday. All told, there are a total of 109 ...

Three (3) human embryonic stem cell lines once eligible (5/4/10) for federal funding are “on hold” until further notice because they were derived from embryos that were too early. “These lines were ...

After watching his colleague, " Good Morning America " co-anchor Robin Roberts, raise awareness about stem cell donation after undergoing a lifesaving bone marrow transplant, ABC News correspondent ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Scientists at a private Chicago fertility clinic say they have isolated 12 new stem cell lines from genetically flawed human embryos -- an advance that could help research into cures ...

A team of researchers in China has reported for the first time the live birth of a monkey that contains a high proportion of cells derived from a monkey stem cell line. This “chimeric” monkey is ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has allowed a contract for the dissemination of embryonic stem cell lines approved for US government funding to lapse, shuttering a key stem cell bank, and ...

Hundreds of embryonic stem cell lines, whose use in the United States had effectively been curtailed by the Bush administration, can be used to study disorders and develop cures if researchers can ...

THE SWIRL of controversy that greeted President Obama's executive order lifting the ban on federal funding of stem cell research in March didn't make a significant ...