Science Jun 07 Watch Scientists Convert Mouse Skin Cells to Stem Cells In new studies published by three independent teams of scientists, skin cells of mice were successfully converted into stem cells. Specialists explain what the findings mean for human stem cell research and the potential for bypassing the controversial use of…
Politics Jul 17 Watch President Bush Threatens to Veto Stem Cell Bill President Bush threatened to use his veto power after the Senate reopened debate Monday on a bill to lift restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Two analysts discuss the medical research implications.
Science Jun 06 Harvard Researchers Start Cloning Human Embryos with Private Funds Harvard researchers announced Tuesday that they have begun efforts to clone human embryos to create stem cells by using private funding to get around federal funding restrictions. By Admin, PBS News Hour
Science May 19 Scientists Clone Stem Cells From Human Patients Scientists in South Korea, who announced last year that they extracted stem cells from a cloned human embryo, have used the same technology to create embryonic stem cells from human patients. By PBS News Hour
Jul 14 Stem Cell Basics By PBS News Hour Some have declared the research to be morally repugnant. Others have said scientists have been wildly optimistic in their promises of how treatments may help patients. Continue reading
Jul 23 Pope Urges Bush to Reject Stem Cells By Admin Pope John Paul II urged President Bush Monday to ban stem cell research using human embryos. Continue reading