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Twenty-seven new embryonic stem cell lines from Harvard have been approved for federally funded use in studying pancreatic development.

Scientists have created ES cells without destroying an embryo or cloning a patient.

After reinventing their sound in 1999 with The Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips are again at a crossroads on their 12th album, their 3rd this decade.

On 3/9/2009 President Obama of the USA issued a Presidential Order that permits federal funding for studies of embryonic stem cells. What is the meaning and significance?

Amphibians, birds and fish all have the ability to re-grow lost or damaged hair cells. Mammals (including humans) don't - but wait!

A new experimental procedure discovered may one day lead to human male fertility treatments. Scientists learning to differentiate stem cells from marrow to proto-sperm.

In about 1/2 to 3 percent of all pregnancies, the umbilical cord of a fetus develops abnormalities such as outpockets or growths called umbilical cord cysts.

These special somatic cells are primitive, undeveloped research darlings that have the remarkable potential to differentiate into many different cell types.

Stem cells from a person's skin, bone marrow and nose are being used to develop treatments without the ethical and health-risk complications of embryonic cells.

Free from the controversy associated with embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells are readily available and show benefits for autoimmune disorders and various cancers.

Age-related macular degeneration may one day be treated by injecting stem cell-derived photoreceptors into the eye, which has been shown to work in mice.

"I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders." (Henry David Thoreau)

Adult stem cell therapy uses stem cells collected from fat and implanted in injured areas to treat arthritis, soft tissue orthopedic injuries and fractures in dogs.

The recently discovered induced pluripotent stem cells, or IPS cells, seem to be just as promising as embryonic stem cells without any of the ethical drawbacks.

Embryonic stem cell research is ongoing, but has ethical issues. Adult stem cells offer new possibilities, i.e. give them embryonic-like traits, but bring new questions

The chicken is the closest thing to a dinosaur living on Earth today. Can a chicken embryo be made to develop into something akin to a dinosaur? Jack Horner thinks so.

Genetic tests can be wrong if one of the tested people is a human chimera.

Now that you are into your first month of pregnancy, what are some important developments with both you and your baby?

Scientists at Newcastle University in the UK have grown human sperm from embryonic stem cells in the hope that this will help men facing infertility.

Cosmetic companies are seeking a variety of unusual anti-aging ingredients to lure wrinkle-obsessed consumers into buying new products to fight tell-tale lines.

The human heart has two upper and two lower chambers. When the wall that divides the upper pair of chambers has a hole oxygen rich and oxygen poor blood can mix.

Cells switch from proliferation, a growth phase, to specialization, the active production of proteins, through the process of differentiation.

Volunteers can donate Bone Marrow or Stem Cells by joining national registries. What does donating Stem Cells or Bone Marrow involve?

Currently, more than 200,000 units of cord blood are stored by public and private cord blood banks. Read on to find out why it is saved and how to donate.

What is cord blood banking? Should parents store their child's cord blood stem cells? What does it cost? How do you donate? This article series has the answers.

Roughly 25% of all pregnant women experience bleeding or spotting during the first weeks of pregnancy, but most progress to normal deliveries.

Mammals generally invest heavily in raising their offspring and this determines how they choose their mates and also how often they can breed.

Notre Dame University's commencement ceremony has come and gone and its graduates have left the campus, but the controversy will not die as the number of voices mounts.

Discover how the red kangaroo, the largest of the kangaroo species, lives, fights, jumps, breeds and how it is capable of arresting development of its young in the womb.

How are stem cells stored? How can you donate your baby's cord blood to a public bank? What happens when the cells are needed for transplant? Here are the answers.

Endometriosis may affect nearly one half of women of reproductive age. Diagnosis remains problematic in spite of advances in technology. Treatment must be individualized.

Stem cell therapies are used to treat chronic and congential conditions and promise a future bright with hope too in cosmetic treatments. But just not yet.

H1N1 (swine flu) shot rumors may be flying faster than the virus is spreading. Get the facts with answers to these 3 vital H1N1 vaccination questions.

Genetic disorders afflict millions and are caused either by inherited or acquired DNA mutations. This article outlines some ways human cells have for fighting DNA damage.

Animals come in bewildering array of different sizes and forms but do they all have anything in common?

As we enter the second month of pregnancy, what are some changes happening both with you and your baby?

Hector Berlioz paved the way for opera composers and contemporary film composers to associate melodic fragments with the narrative development of characters.

Avicennia germinans is one of 4 species of mangroves found in the tropics and sub tropics.

Charles Darwin is famed for penning a definitive work about the evolution of life, but his own life is under the microscope in the British biopic, Creation.

Doctors hope to find cures for Parkinson's disease and other maladies by testing on cross human and animal embryos.

The blood which flows from the placenta into the umbilical cord is rich in stem cells. Saving cord blood is a step parents can take to help their child in the future.

Plants grow, reproduce, die or go dormant, and sprout again according to patterns that vary species by species. Most flowering plants fall into one of three categories.

At the end of week seven of pregnancy, the beginnings of every major system in the human body is in place.

As you enter week nine of your pregnancy, your baby is no longer an embryo. Several new changes are apparent as your baby continues to grow.

The Secular Student Association, as part of its conference will plan to visit a museum that they say misrepresents evolution and the origins of life.

Flowering species-including the trees-represent the top of the evolutionary line for plants, with a reproductive process that generates seeds to carry on the species.

Long famous for films he has almost made, Quentin Tarantino is finally ready to mount his massive production of Inglorious Bastards.

A delightful but sparsely observed phenomenon is the budding of trees in spring, a process that, contrary to widely held belief, does not involve formation of buds.

The theory behind using vaccinations is simple; they are used to boost a body's immune system against problematic antigens and in this case, cancerous cells.

Hermaphrodites, while common in nature, are rare in the human population. But when someone appears to be both woman and man, they still may not be a true hermaphrodite.