The embryonic stem cell research debate is steeped with religious arguments, with some faith traditions convinced the research amounts to killing innocent life, others citing the moral imperative to ...

Welcome to Lab Dish, a First Opinion column on regenerative medicine from Paul Knoepfler. Twenty years ago, the use of human embryonic stem cells in research was among the most fiercely debated topics ...

Stem cell research and therapeutic cloning have the potential to play an integral role in medical research, according to noted geneticist Dr. Irving Weissman, but those areas of study also raise their ...

Very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) are a rare and intriguing subpopulation of adult stem cells that exhibit molecular signatures reminiscent of embryonic stem cells. Identified in various ...

Nobody calls them "test-tube" babies anymore. However, in the fledgling days of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the term was common. Carrying overtones of Frankenstein and sci-fi otherworldliness, the ...