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Personalized Stem Cells from Menstrual Blood

C'elle promises to "preserve 'Your Monthly Miracle.'"
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
By Emily Singer

A New Use for Your Leftover Embryos

A biotech company offers to turn unused IVF embryos into personalized stem-cell lines.
Friday, August 17, 2007
By Emily Singer

Fraudulent Stem Cells Actually a Scientific First

What Korean scientists falsely reported to be the first cloned human stem cells were the result of a different scientific first: parthenogenesis, or virgin birth.
Friday, August 03, 2007
By Emily Singer

Are Chimeras People Too?

Catholic bishops oppose human-animal hybrids but say that if one is created, it should be considered a full human.
Friday, June 29, 2007

Can Centaurs and Talking Pigs Be Far Behind?

The United Kingdom Department of Health reverses its proposed ban on chimeras, saying that Parliament should allow the fusing of humans and other species.
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Some Stem Cells from Females Work Better

The question of which sex gets it right when it comes to muscle stem cells used to regenerate muscle tissue has been settled.
Friday, April 13, 2007

Stem-Cell Vote Due in Congress ... Again

Two bills to allow embryonic stem-cell research are poised for votes in the Senate as the feds continue to debate a moot point: should we research these special cells or not?
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Branson Again: Virgin Health Bank

The Virgin billionaire starts a bank for umbilical blood; a deposit costs only $3,000.
Friday, February 16, 2007

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