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Americans like science and technology but are happy enough not knowing very much about it: That's how the numbers in repeated National Science Foundation polls read. About…
View ArticleNIH Research Chief: Shut Down Human Embryonic Stem Cell Experiments Immediately
In what could be a major blow to health research, the National Institutes of Health on Monday ordered an immediate shutdown of NIH experiments involving human embryonic stem…
View ArticleCourt Ruling Reinstates Federal Embryonic Stem Cell Funding (For Now)
The push-pull between the Obama administration and U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth over the government's funding of embryonic stem cell research has swung back the other…
View ArticleFirst Government-Approved Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Stopped in Its Tracks By...
The first company to start human clinical trials using embryonic stem cells is quitting the project and laying off more than a third of its staff. Geron Corp. said it is discontinuing its FDA-approved...
View ArticleMonkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras
Scientists have produced the world's first chimeric monkeys, developed from stem cells harvested from separate embryos. They contain genetic material from as many as six genomes. The infant rhesus...
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