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Researchers report stem cell alternative

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Scientists say they might have found an alternative to embryonic stem cells that would allow them to exit an ethics debate over using discarded embryos.

Cloning technology could be used on humans

LONDON, April 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher said a new cloning technique could be used by unethical scientists to develop a way to create designer babies.

Human stem cell breakthrough cited

WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said they've found a way to create human embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo.

Skin cells reprogrammed to stem cells

MADISON, Wis., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reported they have reprogrammed skin cells to behave as stem cells by introducing four genes.

Cell might sub for embryonic stem cells

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a cell found in amniotic fluid of pregnant women has many of the same traits as embryonic stem cells, the Washington Post reported.

Stem cells: Cure for macular degeneration?

WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 21 (UPI) --

U.S. stem-cell flap continues

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., are criticizing a scientist who says he created stem cells without destroying an embryo.

New stem cell technique is reported

ALAMEDA, Calif., Aug. 23 (UPI) --

Stem cell breakthrough in Japan

KYOTO, Japan, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Japanese researchers have been able to make adult cells act like embryonic stem cells, at least in mice.

New stem cell techniques spare embryos

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Two teams of scientists say they have each devised unique methods to obtain embryonic stem cells without destroying a viable embryo.