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Stem Cells
By: Ke Wu
| Published: Oct 29, 2010
According to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the standard American source on stem cell research, three characteristics of stem cells…
Stem Cells
Stem Cell Tourism
By: Christina Raup
| Published: Jun 14, 2010
When James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin announced in 1998 that he had derived and cultured human embryonic stem cells(hESCs), Americans…
Stem Cellsethics
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Oct 11, 2010
The discovery of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) provided a pioneering step in stem cell research. HSCs are a type of multipotent adult stem cell,…
Hematopoietic Stem CellsStem CellsmedicineCancer
Human Embryonic Stem Cells
By: Ke Wu
| Published: Sep 13, 2010
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are capable of dividing for long periods of time and can give rise to specialized cells under particular…
Stem CellsReproductiondifferentiationHuman Development
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Oct 11, 2010
The purpose of regenerative medicine, especially tissue engineering, is to replace damaged tissue with new tissue that will allow the body to resume…
TechnologyStem CellsRegenerationmedicine
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: May 06, 2010
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) are cells derived from non-pluripotent cells, such as adult somatic cells, that are genetically manipulated so…
LiteratureStem CellsRegeneration
Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells (UCBSC)
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jul 01, 2010
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells are hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) that are recovered from the blood of the umbilical cord and placenta after…
Cord Blood Stem Cell TransplantationReproductionStem Cellsmedicine
Ethics and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Jun 10, 2009
The recent development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and related technologies has caught the attention of scientists, activists,…
ethicsStem Cells
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
By: Madeleine Howell-Moroney
| Published: Jan 25, 2022
TechnologyStem CellsEmbryonic Stem CellsFibroblast-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsHuman Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell
President George W. Bush's Announcement on Stem Cells, 9 August 2001
By: Samuel Philbrick
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
On 9 August 2001, US President George W. Bush gave an eleven-minute speech from his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on the ethics and fate of federal…
LiteratureStem CellsHuman Development