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Using Stem Cells to Cure Blindness
Scientists are designing stem-cell-based therapies for degenerative retinal diseases.
Human Tests of Embryonic Stem Cell Treatments Planned
A California biotech company expects to begin trials of a treatment for spinal cord injuries next year.
Video: Stem Cell Research
How it can help us understand disease.
Stem Cells Reborn
In the wake of scientific fraud in South Korea, researchers are renewing their race to clone stem cells.
Turning Stem Cells into Tissues
Scientists are learning how to control the two unique properties of stem cells.
Ethical Stem Cells?
A biotech company has described a method for growing stem cells without destroying embryos.
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