Despite great hopes for stem cell therapy, major structural and cultural changes within the NHS are needed if it is to succeed in the UK. Currently the chances of getting effective treatments into routine use in the short-term are small and the industry is at serious risk of ‘market failure’.

Natural changes in voltage that occur across the membrane of adult human stem cells are a powerful controlling factor in the process by which these stem cells differentiate, according to research published by Tufts University scientists.

A set of new stem cell lines will make it possible for researchers to explore ten different genetic disorders—including muscular dystrophy, juvenile diabetes, and Parkinson's disease—in a variety of cell and tissue types as they develop in laboratory cultures. Researchers led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator George Q. Daley have converted cells from individuals with the diseases into stem cells with the same genetic errors.

Singapore scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveil an atlas that showing the location of "genomic hotspots" of essential protein "switches" (transcription factors) that are critical for maintaining the embryonic stem (ES) cell state.

President George W. Bush and his anti-abortion allies could reap a political benefit of a breakthrough in stem cell research in a debate Democrats have long been planning to use in next year's elections.

United States researchers have come up with a novel use for men's testicles, which they say are a rich source of stem cells and so could be transformed into a wide range of tissue types to help fight disease.

Engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed tools to help solve two of the main problems slowing the progress of stem cell research — how to quickly test stem cell response to different drugs or genes, and how to create a large supply of healthy, viable stem cells to study from only a few available cells.

An important finding has been made by McMaster researchers about Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), a sex-linked genetic disorder that affects approximately one in 4,000 males and one in 6,000 females.

British authorities will allow to use animal eggs to create human stem cells - studies that have touched off a firestorm of debate about the propriety of mixing the biological stuff of man and beast.

The using animal eggs to create human stem cells could go forward in principle, British authorities said Wednesday. The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority decided to accept such research, which involves placing human DNA into cow or rabbit eggs that have had their genetic material removed.

Research at Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital on the use of adult stem cells is showing promising signs for victims of heart disease.

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. is proud to announce that Dr. Robert Lanza, the company’s Vice President of Research and Scientific Development, has been recognized for his research and contributions to stem cell science and technology in the current issue of PharmaVOICE (cover story July/August issue).