Stem Cells
Treating heart attacks with stem cells: The 'biggest breakthrough' yet?
Posted on November 15, 2011, at 5:20 PMResearchers are thrilled after discovering that damaged heart muscles can be repaired and strengthened with an injection of cardiac stem cells
How safe is Peyton Manning's stem cell therapy?
Posted on September 22, 2011, at 12:06 PMThe Colts' injured quarterback is one of several pro athletes to travel abroad for a controversial — and potentially dangerous — stem-cell treatment
Could a Planet of the Apes-style revolt actually happen?
Posted on August 2, 2011, at 11:40 AMSome scientists are alarmed by experiments combining animal cells with human DNA and stem cells
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Can stem cells cure baldness?
Posted on December 21, 2010, at 7:30 AMA researcher in Germany says he has discovered a way to regrow dead hair follicles. Could this make baldness a thing of the past?
Building a better human
Posted on August 27, 2010, at 12:50 PMScientists equipped with the secrets of the human genome are getting closer to cures for diseases and longer life spans
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Obama's stem-cell setback: What's next?
Posted on August 26, 2010, at 7:15 AMSix theories on what happens now that a federal judge has blocked Obama's attempt to expand federal funding for stem-cell research
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