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Health News // 1 decade ago
Legally blind improve from stem cells
A controversial transplant of stem cells derived from a human embryo may result in some vision improvement for three blind test subjects, U.S. researchers said.
Science News // 1 decade ago
Cloning technology could be used on humans
A U.S. researcher said a new cloning technique could be used by unethical scientists to develop a way to create designer babies.
Science News // 1 decade ago
Human stem cell breakthrough cited
U.S. researchers said they've found a way to create human embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo.
Science News // 1 decade ago
Skin cells reprogrammed to stem cells
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reported they have reprogrammed skin cells to behave as stem cells by introducing four genes.
Science News // 1 decade ago
Cell might sub for embryonic stem cells
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.
Science News // 1 decade ago
Stem cells: Cure for macular degeneration?
U.S. scientists say embryonic stem cells can slow vision loss when injected into rats suffering from a disease similar to macular degeneration.
Science News // 1 decade ago
U.S. stem-cell flap continues
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.
Science News // 1 decade ago
New stem cell technique is reported
U.S. scientists say they have developed a technique to generate new lines of cultured human embryonic stem cells, leaving the embryo intact.
Top News // 1 decade ago
Stem cell breakthrough in Japan
Japanese researchers have been able to make adult cells act like embryonic stem cells, at least in mice.
Science News // 1 decade ago
New stem cell techniques spare embryos
Two teams of scientists say they have each devised unique methods to obtain embryonic stem cells without destroying a viable embryo.


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This is a huge step forward -- it could be the breakthrough we've been looking for

Researchers report stem cell alternative Sep 27, 2008

Cloning isn't here now, but with this new technique we have the technology that might be able to actually produce a child. If this was applied to humans it would be enormously troublesome

Cloning technology could be used on humans Apr 15, 2008

There's not going to be one shoe that fits all

Cell might sub for embryonic stem cells Jan 07, 2007

It's an exciting first step toward treating spinal cord injuries with human embryonic stem cells

Stem cell therapy cures paralysis in rats May 11, 2005

Before we can get into the clinic, it's very important that we have lines that are safe for applications -- and this is where we are starting to run into problems

Health Biz: Physicians join the P4P game Mar 10, 2005

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Robert Lanza (born 11 February 1956) is an American Doctor of Medicine, scientist, Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Lanza was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up south of there, in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Lanza "altered the genetics of chickens in his basement", and came to the attention of Harvard Medical School researchers when he appeared at the university with his results. Jonas Salk, B. F. Skinner, and Christiaan Barnard mentored Lanza over the next ten years. Lanza attended University of Pennsylvania, receiving BA and MD degrees. There, he was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and a University Scholar. Lanza was a Fulbright Scholar. Lanza currently resides in Clinton, Massachusetts.

Lanza was part of the team that cloned the world's first early stage human embryos for the purpose of generating embryonic stem cells. Lanza demonstrated that techniques used in preimplantation genetic diagnosis could be used to generate embryonic stem cells without embryonic destruction.

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