Stem Cells on Their Way to Becoming Smooth Muscle Tissue: ?We Can Say We Are Midway There?

7 Nov, 2006 06:08 pm When stretched, a type of adult stem cell taken from bone marrow can be nudged towards becoming the type of tissue found in blood vessels,...

"The technique has been out for a number of years, it?s been proven to be safe"

25 Sep, 2006 10:27 am In a letter published in August in Nature online [1], Robert Lanza and his team reported a new technique to generate embryonic stem cells ?...

?I am optimistic about the ability of humans to draw the line between appropriate uses and inappropriate uses?

26 Jun, 2006 10:28 am Larry Goldstein is Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology. He reviews for Scitizen the ethical debate on stem cells...