The US biomedical funding agency also hints at future restrictions on research involving human embryonic stem cells.

The stem cell-based embryo model and actual human embryos share many characteristics but are distinctly different. However, internationally, not everyone agrees on the definitions and what we should ...

I am proud to still be at the forefront of this issue as we continue to push the crucial issue of embryonic stem cell research. This effort has never been solely about my bill; it has been on behalf ...

While some studies using stem cells culled from embryos to treat Parkinson’s type symptoms in mice have been encouraging, grafts of fetal and embryonic tissue may provoke the body’s immune response, ...

Congressional supporters of human embryonic stem cell research launched their most intensive effort to expand federal funding for the controversial field, introducing identical bills yesterday in the ...

Using embryonic stem cells for medical research should not be controversial. Thousands of such cells are routinely discarded and destroyed by fertility labs. They might as well be used in research to ...

I can't blame Larry Luttrell ("'Culture of life' leaders value cells, but not people." June 10) for being confused about the president's opposition to embryonic stem cell research because the media ...

Senescence. It’s a beautiful-sounding word whose tones suggest it should be a perfume or an essential oil. But that’s not even close. Senescence is the loss of a cell’s power to divide and grow, thus ...