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Scientific American
December 2008
Tim Hornyak |
Turning Back the Cellular Clock: A Farewell to Embryonic Stem Cells? Shinya Yamanaka discovered how to revert adult cells to an embryonic state. These induced pluripotent stem cells might soon supplant their embryonic cousins in therapeutic promise   |
Scientific American
July 2008
Sally Lehrman |
Dolly's Creator Moves Away from Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells Like many stem cell pioneers, Ian Wilmut, the creator of Dolly the sheep, has jumped to an alternative approach. Is this the beginning of the end for embryonic cloning? |
Reason
October 2001
Ronald Bailey |
Blastocyst Brouhaha Which human cells count as people? |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Releasing the Brakes on Cell Fate Converting one cell type directly into another is a kind of modern-day alchemy, an ultimate goal in biological research. But unlike turning base metals into gold, changing a cell's identity is feasible, new research shows. |
Chemistry World
August 15, 2007
John Bonner |
Chemists Claim Biological Alchemy South Korean chemists say they have turned muscle cells from the sole of a human foot into something akin to stem cells, using a simple molecule called neurodazine. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
Brian Orelli |
A Stem-Cell Primer Public funding from states could help companies doing stem cell research. Read about Geron, StemCells, Osiris Therapeutics, ViaCell and Invitrogen, companies that may profit from the increased public spending. |
Wired
January 2004
Wendy Goldman Rohm |
Seven Days of Creation The inside story of a human cloning experiment |
Popular Mechanics
November 27, 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Stem Cells 2.0: Beyond the Hype, Engineers Look to Build Fast Engineers play the important role of making lab bench discoveries reproducible and efficient for use in industry. |
Chemistry World
April 2, 2009
Michael Gross |
Light-guided hydrogels direct cell growth Researchers in the US have developed a gel-like material whose structural and chemical properties can change in response to laser light |
Chemistry World
May 2008
Philip Ball i |
Pulling our strings There is much more to DNA than that elegant double helix. The author explores the twists and tangles of chromatin. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2004
Charly Travers |
Are Stem Cells a Rule Breaker? Does the science offer real hope or just hype? Biotech investors take on enough risk in the normal course of drug development that they do not need to worry about whether or not the underlying technology even works. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Cassandra Willyard |
A Faster Knockout With a virus, a needle, and an ultrasound machine, researchers have drastically cut the time it takes to disable a gene in mice. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Stem Your Expectations of Stem-Cell Discoveries Making "stem" cells out of skin cells isn't all it's cracked up to be. The recent discovery has a long way to go before it can catch up to the research currently being done with stem cells. |
Wired
June 2005
Clive Thompson |
How to Farm Stem Cells Without Losing Your Soul A solution to the stem cell dilemma that even the Vatican can love. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
John Carey |
Gene-Based Therapy: Back To The Couch Recent setbacks show (again) that biotech needs more patience and less ballyhoo |
Scientific American
March 2007
Alison Snyder |
Sight for Sore Eyes Having generated a cell source and overcome the safety concerns associated with transplanting stem cells, researchers still face possibly their biggest challenge: showing that the transplanted photoreceptors wire up to other neurons that eventually connect to the optic nerves. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Aastrom to Leap Into Trials The biotech firm advances to the next stage of clinical studies in stem cell research. Investors, take note. |
Scientific American
January 17, 2007
Charles Q. Choi |
A Stroke for Stem Cells The brain becomes a target in stem cell clinical trials. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2012
Sarah C.P. Williams |
The Twists and Turns of Immunity Fred Alt has built a career making sense of the immune system -- specifically, the diverse antibodies that fight off invading molecules, from viruses to cancer cells to pollen. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Repairing a Broken Heart Stem cells may be the new cure. If research continues on track, Geron expects to ask FDA to start clinical trials late next year or in early 2009. Investors, take note. |
Chemistry World
July 21, 2011
Elinor Richards |
Cell Control to Change Cell Function US scientists can now control the reactions occurring inside cells. |
Bio-IT World
July 15, 2003
Kevin Davies |
Stem Cell Suicide The International Society for Stem Cell Research must engage in a political discourse to salvage the hope of embryonic stem cell research. |
Wired
January 2003
Charles C. Mann |
The First Cloning Superpower Inside China's race to become the clone capital of the world. |
Bio-IT World
Dec 2005/Jan 2006
Maureen McDonough |
The Century of the Cell Like most new life science industries, the stem cell business landscape looks like a maze. There are many paths, turns, and dead-ends, but it is quite possible that there will be more than one route to the finish line. |
Salon.com
June 18, 2002
Scott Anderson |
Playing God Bush's bioethics czar Leon Kass wants to criminalize lifesaving medical research as violating the natural order of things. Would he have opposed wiping out smallpox? |
Salon.com
August 21, 2000
Lori B. Andrews |
Embryos under the knife The latest reproductive technology is just the next step on our sprint toward human cloning. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Rob Waters |
Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle Drugmakers hope to save big by using stem cells to test drugs for dangerous side effects long before costly human trials are needed. |
Fast Company
March 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
Eureka? Alan Trounson, the new president of California's stem-cell agency, talks about the science, the opposition, and his qualms about working with embryos. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 64
David Bradley |
Stem to Sperm New research shows that stem cells from human bone marrow can be converted into early-stage sperm. The discovery could lead to novel fertility treatments in the long-term. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Lab-Grown Liver New cell culture system solves problem of growing liver cells. |
Scientific American
September 19, 2005
Charles Q. Choi |
Chatting Up Cells Stem cells can transform into whatever cell the body tells them to. Unfortunately, scientists have yet to master that particular gift of gab. But investigators may soon crack the language with tiny "chat rooms" for stem cells. |
Scientific American
January 2009
Charles Q. Choi |
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells -- an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies |
Popular Mechanics
November 17, 2009
Elizabeth Svoboda |
Five Body Parts You May Be Able to Regrow Soon(ish) New hope for injured hearts, lungs, arms and legs as well as other body regeneration strategies. |
Bio-IT World
April 2006 |
Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory Goes Live Children's Hospital in Boston's Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory web site allows online visitors to manipulate and investigate a "living" culture of embryonic stem cells. |
Salon.com
December 29, 2000
Arthur Allen |
Will Thompson, Bush clash over human embryo research? The HHS nominee supports it, but right-to-lifers want it stopped.... |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Schoenbach et al. |
Zap Extreme voltage could be a surprisingly delicate tool in the fight against cancer. The list of effects that scientists have achieved using nanoseconds-long pulses is growing rapidly, though their actual use as a medical treatment is still years away. |
Chemistry World
July 11, 2006
Simon Hadlington |
Spin Doctors Find New Way to Make Skin Scaffold Researchers have developed a new type of polymer scaffold support for growing cultured human skin cells. The team showed that the mechanical and geometric properties of the scaffold are far more important than any specific chemical property. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2010
Richard Saltus |
Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures Thinking big but starting small, Sangeeta Bhatia is closing in on her ambitious goal: growing human livers in the lab from scratch. |
Chemistry World
June 9, 2008
Simon Hadlington |
Artificial virus silences genes Scientists in Korea have created an artificial virus that can target the nucleus of cancer cells and knock out specific genes. |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
The Stem-Cell Flap: Simmer Down Advocates are overstating stem cells' near-term ability to treat grave illnesses. In doing so, they not only distort the science; the hopes they raise among many people who are sick today are also sure to be dashed. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Rewritable DNA for digital data storage A rewritable memory storage module can form the basis of a digital memory system, scientists suggest, with the cell being able to 'record' transient changes in its internal chemistry. |
Salon.com
December 19, 2000
Carolyn McConnell |
"The Century of the Gene" by Evelyn Fox Keller A new book argues that there may be no such thing as a gene. At least, it has proved very difficult to isolate a discrete physical item that can do the work our notion of the gene does... |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
Repairing The Engines Of Life Can research into stem cells and other advanced techniques heal ailing hearts and brains? U.S. labs are hamstrung by the federal government. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Arlene Weintraub |
A Boost for Broken Hearts? The Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Barbados is convinced that stem cells from fetuses can repair cardiac damage. |
Chemistry World
July 24, 2012
Rachel Cooper |
Light speeds up new cell growth Scientists from Singapore have combined a photovoltaic polymer with a biocompatible polymer to make a nanofiber-based scaffold that can grow cells for skin regeneration. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Bruce Einhorn |
Asia Is Stem Cell Central Singapore isn't the only country in the region trying to profit from the U.S. restrictions. Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea all see stem cell research as a way to get ahead in biotech. |
Chemistry World
October 23, 2011
David Bradley |
Clicking Together Cultural Niches Researchers in the US have made three-dimensional hydrogels that are not only compatible with living cells but can be tuned to create specialist growing environments - culture niches - for studying cell function. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2012
Ben Comer |
Stem Cells: A Promise Deferred? Ideology, politics, and a stilted political debate may be causing pharma to overlook the potential of emerging stem cell therapies in fostering a new generation of cures. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010 |
A Kaleidoscopic View Elaine Fuchs, head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University in New York, has managed to pioneer new ways of studying skin and hair and to manipulate stem cell differentiation. |
Scientific American
September 2008
Melinda Wenner |
Rethinking the Wrinkling: Key Genes Cause Aging Key genes, rather than cell and DNA damage, as causes of aging. |
