Stem Cells for the Future Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a very common neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than 2% of the population over ...

Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer and the United Nations

The acceptability of SCNT and research cloning is at the heart of deep disagreements that thwarted attempts to pass a treaty condemning and...

Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

Another way to create stem cells is by taking a human egg (oocyte) and removing the nuclear DNA – the DNA that holds the programming for t...

Creating Pluripotent Stem Cells

In addition to stem cells that are isolated from the body, scientists have found a way to create stem cells by using various reprogramming ...

Are All Stem Cells the Same: Pluripotent or Totipotent?

Not only do stem cells come from different sources , but they differ according to their malleability. Stem cells at different developmental...

Stem Cell Sources

Stem cells differ according to their source and their malleability. Just as there are many different types of specialized or differentiated...

What Are Stem Cells?

Stem cells are very special , powerful cells found in both humans and non-human animals. They have been called the centrepieces of regenerat...

Is it legal?

Currently, all forms of stem cell research in the U.S. are legal at the federal level. That is, it is not illegal to make or work with new...

The Ethics of Human-Animal Chimeras

Chimeras  are organisms  composed  of cells or tissues from more than  one individual.  Chimeras  have been produced   for  research   for ...

The Relationship of Stem Cell Research to Reproductive Cloning

Although  cloning  and  stem  cell  research  are  often lumped together  in the context  of ethical debates, the goals and  results  of the...

Is an Embryo a Person?

The  controversy   over  embryonic  stem  cell research touches  on some of the same fundamental questions that society has grappled with...